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Informist, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of chana and masur were steady, while those of tur rose in key spot markets across the country Friday, traders said. Prices of chana were unchanged amid stable need-based demand from millers, they said. Prices of tur rose amid firm demand for the new, better quality arrivals of the new crop from Maharashtra, which have begun after a slight delay. Prices of masur were steady amid tepid market activity, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, were steady at INR 5,900-INR 5,950 per 100 kg, said Raja Jain, a local trader. Prices have been fluctuating by INR 50-INR 100 per 100 kg for the past few days, depending on the need-based demand from millers, he said. Though arrivals of domestic chana have reduced substantially, most millers prefer the imported variety as the older domestic stock is poor in quality, he said. The imported chana from Australia is also cheaper than the domestic variety, he said. 

 

Prices are likely to remain range-bound in the near term, but could witness an upward trend in February, Jain said. "Demand for the upcoming wedding season and then Holi will start, but we won't have fresh arrivals by then," he said. Arrivals of the new rabi chana crop are expected to begin in full swing only in March, he said. "The current rabi crop is of good quality because of the favourable weather we had during the season, and we are expecting a rise in output this year," he said.

 

Prices of chana in Delhi were steady at INR 5,900-INR 5,925 per 100 kg, traders said.

 

Prices of new TUR in Akola, Maharashtra, rose by INR 50 from Thursday to INR 7,700-INR 7,750 per 100 kg, said Ashok Gupta, a local trader. Prices rose due to a rise in demand, as many millers want to stock up their currently-empty processing pipeline, he said. Prices are also supported by a sharp drop in arrivals of the old tur stocks and the delayed arrival of the new kharif crop from Maharahstra, he said.

 

Though the market has been getting the freshly harvested crop from Karnataka for a while now, the quality of the legume was not up to standard, Gupta said. As such, many millers and traders were awaiting arrivals from Maharashtra, particularly from the Vidarbha and Marawathwada regions in the state. "The tur crop from Marathwada and Vidarbha is probably of the best quality in the country, but this time its arrivals are late, so prices are going up," he said. 

 

In the near term, the movement in prices is likely to depend on the pace and quantity of arrivals of the new crop from Maharashtra, Gupta said.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, rose by INR 50 from the previous day to INR 7,800-INR 7,900 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association.

 

MASUR prices in Indore were steady at INR 5,700-INR 5,750 per 100 kg, Jain said. Prices are unchanged amid tepid market activity, he said. They are likely to come under pressure once arrivals of the new rabi crop begin by the end of February, though a steep downtrend is unlikely due to expectations of a normal output, he said. The rabi masur output this year is likely to match last year's levels, 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 Vandana Hingorani

 

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