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Informist, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025

 

By Pallavi Singhal

 

NEW DELHI – While prices of tur and masur were steady in key spot markets across the country, those of chana slid on Friday, traders said. Prices of chana were down as inbound shipments rose, they said. Prices of tur were flat amid tepid market activity, while masur prices were steady on lack of fresh cues, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, were down by INR 50 from Thursday at INR 5,700-INR 5,750 per 100 kg, said Raja Jain, a local trader. Prices have fallen ahead of the arrival of one of many Nov-Dec shipments of chana from Australia. According to the India Pulses and Grains Association, a vessel carrying 22,000 tonnes of chana from Australia is expected to arrive at the Kandla port on Saturday. Such shipments are likely to continue till the end of December. However, these imports are unlikely to weight too much on prices as overall demand for chana is "lukewarm", he said. 

 

Meanwhile, sowing of rabi chana in Madhya Pradesh, one of the top producers of the legume, is likely to be wrapped up soon, Jain said. "There is only 5-10% sowing left. Till now, it seems acreage will be mostly the same as last year, maybe it will have some variation of 2-5%, but we will get to know the full picture only by Dec. 20," he said.

Prices of chana in Delhi were steady at INR 5,675-INR 5,700 per 100 kg, traders said.

 

TUR prices in Akola, Maharashtra, were steady at INR 6,900-INR 6,950 per 100 kg, said Ashok Gupta, a local trader. Prices were unchanged due to low trading activity as most market participants are awaiting arrivals of the new kharif crop, he said. Arrivals of the freshly harvested tur crop in Maharashtra are likely to begin in full swing after Jan. 15, he said. In Karnataka, some arrivals of the new crop have begun, though they are of low-to-average quality due to high moisture content, he said. Better quality arrivals in Karnataka are expected to begin at the end of December, he said.

 

Once arrivals of better quality tur crop begin, the government is likely to commence its procurement, Gupta said. This is likely either in January or February, he said.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, were steady at INR 7,150-INR 7,250 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, Jain said. Prices were steady due to lack of fresh cues, he said. Prices are likely to come under pressure when imports from top exporting countries such as Australia and Canada increase, he said. Reports suggest that the Australian masur crop is "good" and is expected to exert pressure on the domestic market by March, he said. 

Prices of the moti variety of masur in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, were steady at INR 5,800-INR 6,150 per 100 kg, according to the association. Prices of the choti variety in Lalitpur were also steady at INR 7,500-INR 8,800 per 100 kg.  End

 

(With inputs from Shreya Shetty)

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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