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Informist, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of all pulses were steady in key spot markets across the country, traders said. Prices of chana are likely to rise in the near term due to concerns about delay in sowing in the upcoming rabi season, they said. Prices of tur stabilised after a steep climb following reports of crop loss due to heavy rainfall, they said. Prices of urad were steady due to lack of cues.

 

CHANA prices in Akola, Maharashtra, were steady at INR 5,800-INR 5,825 per 100 kg, said Ankit Kedia, a local trader. Prices have stabilised after rising by INR 100-INR 300 per 100 kg on Monday, he said. Prices had risen earlier, tracking a rise in prices of imports, he said.

Prices could be supported in the near term due to rising concerns about delay in chana sowing, Kedia said. Many parts of Maharashtra have been battered by continuous heavy rainfall in the past few days, which has stalled the harvest of several kharif crops such as soybean, he said. Once the harvest of kharif crops wraps up, farmers wait at least 10 days to resow the land with rabi crops. The rainfall has also increased the levels of moisture in the soil, which is not ideal for sowing chana.

 

Usually, the sowing of chana in Maharashtra begins after Dusshera, which takes place in the first week of October, he said. With the delay in harvest and high soil moisture levels, the sowing of chana could be delayed until after Diwali, or till the last week of October, Kedia said.

 

Prices of chana in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, were steady at INR 5,800-INR 5,850 per 100 kg, traders said.

 

TUR prices in Akola were steady at INR 6,800-INR 6,825 per 100 kg, Kedia said. Prices have stabilised after a steep climb following reports of crop damage due to heavy showers in Maharashtra, he said. Since Saturday, parts of Maharashtra, particularly Vidarbha, Marathwada and central Maharashtra, have received very heavy to extremely heavy rainfall. Maharashtra is the top tur producing state in the country.

 

Though reports suggest extensive damage to the standing tur crop in Maharshtra, Kedia believes otherwise. "There is no damage (to the tur crop) in Vidarbha, and while there is some damage in Latur and Nanded, it is limited to the fields which are near water bodies such as rivers," he said. 

 

Prices of tur at Katni in Madhya Pradesh were steady at INR 6,850-INR 6,950 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association.

 

URAD prices in Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, were steady at INR 7,300-INR 7,350 per 100 kg, traders said. Prices of urad in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, were also steady at INR 7,375-INR 7,400 per 100 kg. Prices were steady due to lack of fresh cues, traders said.

 

Urad prices are likely to fall in the near term due to the ongoing imports from Myanmar and Brazil and the rise in arrivals of the new kharif crop, the association said in its weekly report on Monday. Most of the new crop has been exposed to extended periods of heavy rainfall, which has increased the moisture content in the legume, lowering its quality. Demand from millers is likely to rise only once better quality arrivals begin, it said.  End

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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