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Informist, Monday, Apr. 20, 2026

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI - Prices of pulses were steady in key spot markets across the country Monday, traders said. Chana was unchanged amid low market activity, they said. Prices are expected to remain range-bound in the near term amid limited demand. Tur prices were also steady amid some need-based demand from millers and traders, they said. Prices are likely to stay largely steady amid ample availability of the legume. Moong prices are expected to stay steady till arrivals of the new summer crop begins in May, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, were unchanged at INR 5,500-INR 5,600 per 100 kg, said Kailash Kakani, a local trader. Prices were steady amid low market activity, he said. Many market participants are away for Akshaya Tritiya, he said. While the festival was largely celebrated on Sunday across the country, some villages are also celebrating it on Monday, he said. 

 

Prices are expected to be range-bound in the near term as demand is likely to remain subdued, Kakani said. Most millers and traders are only making need-based purchases, while the government's procurement of the legume is off to a slow start in Madhya Pradesh, he said. Only a few centres in the state have begun procuring the legume, he said. "The state government is more focused on buying wheat right now, but by the end of April, chana procurement will hopefully increase," he said.

 

Prices of chana in Delhi were steady at INR 5,500-INR 5,550 per 100 kg, traders said.

 

TUR prices in Solapur, Maharashtra, were steady at INR 7,400-INR 7,600 per 100 kg, while those of the old crop were also unchanged at INR 6,700-INR 7,050 per 100 kg, said Mukesh Sanklecha, a local trader. Around 10–12 trucks carrying 20,000–25,000 kg of the new crop and one to two trucks with old tur arrived in the market, he said.

 

Prices are steady amid some need-based demand, he said. "There are only limited purchases happening right now as many millers and traders have already stocked up on tur," Sanklecha said. Prices are expected to remain unchanged amid ample supply of the legume, he said. While arrivals of the kharif crop have reduced on month, they are still higher-than-expected, he said. "Earlier reports of crop damage and loss in Karnataka and Maharashtra had suggested a decline in production this year, but arrivals are still coming, so may be the reports were exaggerated," he said. Prices are expected to remain steady in the near term amid ample supply of the legume as imports from Myanmar are also on, he said.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, were steady at INR 7,900-INR 8,000 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association.

 

MOONG prices in Jaipur, Rajasthan, were steady at INR 6,700-INR 7,000 per 100 kg, according to the association. Prices are unchanged as demand for the legume is on par with its supply, he said. Arrivals of the new summer crop are expected to begin in the first week of May, which could weigh on prices temporarily, he said. "Depending on the quality of the summer crop, prices could see an uptrend after coming under pressure of the new arrivals temporarily," he said.  End

 

Edited by Vandana Hingorani

 

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