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Informist, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2025

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of pulses were unchanged in key spot markets across the country Tuesday, traders said. Prices of chana were steady as low demand for the domestic variety was on par with its supply, they said. Prices of tur were flat amid steady demand for the new crop, while urad was unchanged due to a lack of fresh cues, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Akola, Maharashtra, were steady at INR 5,525-INR 5,550 per 100 kg, said Ankit Kedia, a local trader. Prices are unchanged as demand and supply of domestic chana are both weak and equally matched, he said. Arrivals of old stocks of chana have declined, he said. "Only inferior old stocks are coming into the market, and that's usually purchased by millers to process into besan," he said. Millers and traders are turning to imported chana to meet their need-based demand, he said. Imported chana from Australia is cheaper and of better quality than the domestic variety, he said.

 

Prices are likely to remain range-bound till arrivals of the new rabi chana begin either by January-end or February, Kedia said. "Even though Makar Sankranti and Pongal are in January, chana is not really consumed in bulk during these festivals," he said.

 

Prices of chana in Delhi were steady at INR 5,575-INR 5,600 per 100 kg, traders said.

 

Prices of old TUR in Akola were steady at INR 6,300-INR 6,850 per 100 kg and new tur was also steady at INR 

7,200-INR 7,250 per 100 kg, Kedia said. While arrivals of the old tur crop have almost dried up, the market has begun receiving small batches of the new kharif crop from Maharashtra, he said. Though the quality of the fresh arrivals is not up to the mark, there are buyers who are still purchasing it, so demand is there, he said. As such, prices are unchanged, he said.

 

Arrivals from Maharashtra, one of the top producers of tur in the country, are likely to begin in full swing post Jan. 10, Kedia said. However, the market does not expect any pressure on prices due to fear of lower production in Karnataka, another top producer of the legume, he said. Prices are unlikely to slip below INR 7,000 per 100 kg, he said.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, were steady at INR 7,400-INR 7,500 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association.

 

URAD prices at Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, were flat at INR 7,050 per 100 kg, traders said. In Jaipur, Rajasthan, also they were unchanged at INR 6,600-INR 7,500. Prices were steady due to a lack of fresh cues, they said.

 

Urad prices are expected to remain range-bound in the near term, with limited fluctuations, depending on the movement of cost and freight rates of imports and the rupee against the US dollar, the association said in its weekly report on Monday. Firm cost and freight rates and slower imports due to the Christmas and New Year holidays could offer short-term support during the next few days, it said.  End

 

Edited by Vandana Hingorani

 

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