More Stories

Informist, Thursday, Jul. 24, 2025

By Shreya Shetty

MUMBAI – Prices of all the pulses rose in key spot markets across the country Thursday, traders said. Prices of chana and masur rose due to rise in festival demand and drop in arrivals owing to heavy rainfall across key regions in central India, they said. Prices of tur rose tracking the rise in prices of imports and positive market sentiment, they said.

CHANA prices in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, rose by INR 50 from Wednesday to INR 6,500-INR 6,550 per 100 kg, said Dinesh Mangal, a local trader. Demand for processed dal, or chana dal, and besan is firm ahead of the festival season, he said. The festival season starts next month with Raksha Bandhan and continues till Diwali in October.

Prices are likely to rise further by INR 100-INR 150 per 100 kg, with festival demand for chana seen rising further, Mangal said. Prices are also supported by a fall in arrivals of chana, he said. Heavy rainfall over several parts of central India has disrupted transportation, leading to a drop in the number of trucks bringing arrivals to several spot markets in the region, he said.

Prices of chana in Delhi rose by INR 50 from the previous day to INR 6,450 per 100 kg, traders said.

TUR prices in Solapur, Maharashtra, rose by INR 50 from Wednesday to INR 6,800-INR 6,900 per 100 kg, said Rahul Srinivas, a local trader. About 15–16 trucks with 20,000-25,000 kg each of tur arrived in the market, he said, adding that prices of domestic tur have risen tracking a rise in the prices of imports. Prices have also risen due to positive market sentiment, with prices of almost all pulses on an upwards trend due to strong festival demand, he said.

Though the sowing of tur in Maharashtra had slowed down due to deficient rain, it has picked up following continuous rainfall in the past few days, Srinivas said. However, overall tur acreage is likely to see a slight drop in Maharashtra, he said. Tur acreage in the state as of Monday stood at 1.10 million hectares, slightly down from 1.11 million hectares sown a year ago, a report from the state agriculture department showed. Maharashtra is the top tur-producing state in the country.

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, rose by INR 100 from the previous day to INR 7,050-INR 7,100 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association.

MASUR prices in Indore rose by INR 50 from Wednesday to INR 6,450-INR 6,500 per 100 kg, Mangal said. Similar to chana, prices of masur have risen due to a rise in festival demand and a drop in arrivals, he said. The demand for masur particularly increases during the "shravan" or "sawan" month, a holy Hindu period being observed from Jul. 11 to Aug. 9 this year, he said.

Prices of the choti variety of masur at Lalitpur in Uttar Pradesh rose by INR 100 from the previous day to INR 6,200-INR 6,700 per 100 kg, according to the association. Prices of the moti variety of masur in Lalitpur also rose by INR 100 from Wednesday to INR 7,500-INR 8,300 per 100 kg.  End

Edited by Nishant Maher

For users of real-time market data terminals, Informist news is available exclusively on the NSE Cogencis WorkStation.

Cogencis news is now Informist news. This follows the acquisition of Cogencis Information Services Ltd by NSE Data & Analytics Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd. As a part of the transaction, the news department of Cogencis has been sold to Informist Media Pvt Ltd.

Informist Media Tel +91 (22) 6985-4000

Send comments to feedback@informistmedia.com

© Informist Media Pvt. Ltd. 2025. All rights reserved.