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Informist, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of chana showed mixed trends while those of tur and urad were unchanged in key spot markets across the country, traders said. Prices of chana were steady in some markets while they fell in others owing to a decline in need-based demand from millers, they said. Prices of tur stabilised after a steep rise following lower-than-expected quality and quantity of new crop arrivals, they said. Urad prices were unchanged as demand matched supply, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, fell by INR 50 from Tuesday to INR 5,900-INR 5,950 per 100 kg, said Gaurav Kochar, a local trader. Prices were weighed down by a decline in need-based demand from millers, he said. Demand had risen slightly earlier in the week on firm demand for chana dal, or processed chana, he said. Prices had also risen previously amid low arrivals of old chana stock in spot markets, he said. Prices could be range-bound with a weak bias in the near term as millers are likely to have stocked up on the legume for the time being, Kochar said. 

 

Meanwhile, the sowing of rabi chana has been wrapped up in several states, with the crop entering the flowering stage in states like Maharashtra, Kochar said. Chana acreage across the country is expected to remain largely unchanged from last year, he said. As of Friday, the area under chana had risen over 5% to 9.59 million hectares from 9.12 million hectares a year ago, data from the agriculture ministry showed.

 

Prices of chana in Delhi were unchanged at INR 5,800-INR 5,825 per 100 kg, traders said.

 

Prices of new TUR in Akola, Maharashtra, were steady at INR 7,550-INR 7,600 per 100 kg, said Ankit Kedia, a local trader. Prices have settled after rising steeply by INR 100-INR 300 per 100 kg in the week owing to lower-than-expected quality and quantity of the new kharif crop, he said. Prices are likely to stay in the range of INR 7,400-INR 7,800 per 100 kg at least till February as demand from millers is expected to stay high, he said. 

 

Prices could also stay in the upper range as worries of supply constraints are growing, Kedia said. "We will only get good quality tur in the next 10–15 days," he said. Even then, prices are unlikely to buckle under arrival pressure because of reports of crop damage from Vidarbha in Maharashtra, he said. "Before, we were told that the crop in Vidarbha is of really good quality, but now some reports suggest some of it could be damaged," he said.

 

Depending on the quality of arrivals, prices could come under pressure only after February, Kedia said. "If prices fall, they will not fall below INR 7,000 per 100 kg," he said.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, were steady at INR 7,750-INR 7,800 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association.

 

URAD prices at Chandausi, Uttar Pradesh, were steady at INR 7,400-INR 7,425 per 100 kg, traders said. Prices in Jaipur, Rajasthan, were also unchanged at INR 7,000-INR 7,900 per 100 kg. Prices were unchanged as demand for the legume matched supply, they said.

 

Seasonal demand for festivals such as Makar Sankranti and Pongal in January is expected to support prices in the near term, the association said in its weekly report Monday. Currently, rabi urad acreage across India is running behind last year's levels, which may limit arrivals of the new crop in the short term. Arrivals of the rabi crop from Andhra Pradesh are expected only in Feb-Mar. Until then, the market will largely be dependent on Myanmar imports and remaining kharif crop stocks, it said.  End

 

Edited by Rajeev Pai

 

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