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Informist, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of chana and tur rose Thursday while prices of masur remained unchanged in key spot markets across the country, traders said. Chana prices rose due to rise in need-based demand from millers, they said. Prices of tur rose due to firm demand and reports of crop loss and damage to the freshly harvested kharif tur, they said. Masur prices remained steady due to lack of cues, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, rose by INR 50 from Wednesday to INR 5,800-INR 5,850 per 100 kg, said Dinesh Mangal, a local trader. Prices rose due to rise in need-based purchases by millers. "Prices have been fluctuating by INR 50-INR 100 per 100 kg in the past few days depending on how much millers buy for their hand-to-mouth needs," he said. Prices of domestic chana have also been fluctuating in a narrow range, tracking the price movement of chana imported from Australia, he said.

 

Prices of chana are likely to remain range-bound till new arrivals of rabi chana begin by Feb. 15–20, Mangal said. Prices are likely to buckle under arrival pressure starting March, as good quality arrivals are expected, he said. "The crop growing so far has had no spoilage or major pest issues, so we have no worries about supply shortfall," he said. The overall chana output this year is likely to surpass last year's level, he said.

 

Prices of chana in Delhi rose by INR 25 from the previous day to INR 5,825-INR 5,850 per 100 kg, traders said.

 

Prices of new TUR in Solapur, Maharashtra, rose by INR 50 from Wednesday to INR 6,700-INR 7,950 per 100 kg, while prices of old tur remained steady at INR 6,200-INR 7,000 per 100 kg, said Rahul Srinivas, a local trader. Around 65–70 trucks carrying 20,000–25,000 kg of the new tur crop and four to five trucks with old tur arrived in the market, he said.

 

Prices of new tur rose due to firm demand for the fresh arrivals, Srinivas said. Reports of higher-than-expected crop loss and damage has spurred buyers to stock up on "whatever they can get their hands on," Srinivas said. The market has begun receiving the tur crop from Vidarbha in Maharashtra, and the early arrivals are damaged more than was expected, he said. "We will get to know about the full extent of loss once arrivals from the region begin in full swing in the first week of February," he said.

 

Arrivals of the new crop from Karnataka, which began a month ago, have already been lower than last year's levels and are of low-to-medium quality, Srinivas said. Maharashtra and Karnataka are the top tur producing regions in the country. Prices are likely to rise further in the near term, he said.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, rose by INR 50 from the previous day to INR 8,000-INR 8,100 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association.

 

MASUR prices in Indore were steady at INR 5,500-INR 5,700 per 100 kg, Mangal said. Prices are unchanged because of lack of fresh cues, he said. "There is no new development in the masur market," he said. Both arrivals and demand for the legume are low and equally matched, he said. The consumption of select pulses is usually hit during winter as people prefer consuming vegetables. The harvest of multiple vegetables during winter makes them cheaper and more easily accessible than pulses, he said.

 

Prices of the moti variety of masur in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, were steady at INR 5,200–INR 5,400 per 100 kg, according to the association. Prices of the choti variety in Lalitpur were also steady at INR 6,500–INR 7,800 per 100 kg.  End

 

Edited by Ashish Shirke

 

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