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Informist, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of pulses varied across key spot markets of the country, traders said. Prices of chana fell due to a drop in festival season demand, they said. Prices of tur rose due to a fall in arrivals and firm demand from millers, while prices of masur were steady as demand for the legume matched its supply, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, fell by INR 50 from Wednesday to INR 5,700-INR 5,750 per 100 kg, said Dinesh Mangal, a local trader. Prices fell due to a drop in festival demand, he said. "Millers have already bought what they need for Diwali, so festival demand has almost wrapped up now," he said. 

 

Prices are likely to stay steady with a downward bias in the near term, he said. Though the availability of cheaper chana from Australia is expected to weigh on prices, a steep fall is unlikely due to demand for seeds for sowing the rabi crop, he said. Farmers will seek out good-quality chana to sow as seeds, with many parts of the country commencing with the rabi season, he said.

 

Prices of chana in Delhi fell by INR 25 from the previous day to INR 5,800-INR 5,825 per 100 kg, traders said.

 

TUR prices in Solapur, Maharashtra, rose by INR 100 form Wednesday to INR 6,200-INR 7,100 per 100 kg, said Rahul Srinivas, a local trader. Three to four trucks with 20,000-25,000 kg each arrived in the market, he said. Prices have risen due to aggressive demand from millers and traders, he said. Arrivals have dropped across the country, and millers need to fill up their empty processing pipeline, he said. 

 

Though the government is likely to begin offloading its own stock to keep up availability of the legume, the price at which they will sell it is not clear, Srinvas said. Given the uncertainty, buyers are purchasing as much as they can at the prices prevailing in the market, which are at the bottom range, he said.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, rose by INR 100 from the previous day to INR 7,100-INR 7,200 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association.

 

MASUR prices in Indore were steady at INR 6,000-INR 6,050 per 100 kg, Mangal said. Prices are steady as demand is on a par with supply, he said. The government's sale of the legume is making up for the lack of arrivals and insufficient stocks with stockists, which could have otherwise pushed up prices, he said. The government has been offloading masur in small quantities, and will continue doing so in the medium term, he said.

 

Prices of the choti variety of masur in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, remained steady at INR 5,800-INR 6,150 per 100 kg, the association said. Prices of the moti variety in Lalitpur were also steady at INR 7,000-INR 8,000 per 100 kg.  End

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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