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Informist, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of pulses were steady in key spot markets across the country, traders said. Prices of chana were unchanged as the demand for old stocks of chana matched its supply, they said. Prices of tur were steady amid stable demand for the new kharif crop, while prices of masur were flat due to lack of fresh cues, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, were steady at INR 5,700-INR 5,750 per 100 kg, said Dinesh Mangal, a local trader. Prices were unchanged as demand for the legume was on par with its supply, he said. "Farmers continue to bring their old stocks to the market because now they have given up hope of any good rise in prices — or else they would have held onto their stocks and only sold at higher rates," he said. Prices of chana have been largely range-bound due to steady demand amid the ongoing imports of chana, he said.

 

Prices are likely to fall in the near term as another large shipment of chana from Australia is expected to arrive at Indian ports between Monday and Wednesday, Mangal said. "Prices could fall by INR 100-INR 200 per 100 kg, but they will correct after a while because there is good demand for imported chana," 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 Solapur, Maharashtra, were steady at INR 6,200-INR 6,750 per 100 kg, and those of the new kharif tur were also steady at INR 6,700-INR 7,350 per 100 kg, said Rahul Srinivas, a local trader. Three to four trucks with 20,000-25,000 kg each of old tur stocks and 55–60 trucks of the freshly harvested tur arrived in the market, he said. Prices are unchanged amid stable demand for the freshly harvested crop, he said.

 

Currently, the quality of arrivals of new crop from Karnataka is worse than expected, he said. "The quality of tur from Karnataka and the small amount that has started to arrive from Maharashtra is of lower quality than arrivals of last year," he said. As such, prices in the near term are likely to depend on the quality of arrivals from Marathwada and Vidarbha in Maharashtra, Srinivas said. "If the new crop from these two regions is not up to par as well, the prices will rise," 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.

 

MASUR prices in Indore were steady at INR 5,650-INR 5,700 per 100 kg, Mangal said. Prices are unchanged due to lack of fresh cues, he said. Prices are likely to remain range-bound till the government issues tenders for the procurement of the legume, he said. "The masur market has always been heavily dependent on the government's procurement. If the government does not purchase masur then the market will come crashing down," he said.

 

Prices of the moti variety of masur in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, were steady at INR 5,400–INR 5,900 per 100 kg, according to the association. Prices of the choti 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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