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Informist, Thursday, Apr. 23, 2026

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of chana showed mixed a trend, while those of tur and masur were steady in key spot markets across the country Thursday, traders said. Chana prices rose in some markets due to a rise in need-based demand from millers, they said. Tur prices were unchanged as muted demand matched low supply, while masur prices were steady, supported by the government's ongoing procurement, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, rose by INR 50 from Wednesday to INR 5,500-INR 5,650 per 100 kg, said Dinesh Mangal, a local trader. Prices have risen due to a rise in need-based demand from millers, he said. However, the rise in prices is unlikely to be sustained as demand is usually sluggish during April and May due to a slowdown in consumption of pulses, he said. 

 

Prices are likely to remain range-bound in the near term, supported by the government's ongoing procurement and a steady fall in rabi crop arrivals, Mangal said. "Prices won't rise now, but they won't fall either because procurement is going on." Procurement in Madhya Pradesh, though off to a slow start, has picked up speed in the past few days, he said. "This time, NAFED (National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd.) is purchasing chana in Madhya Pradesh, not the state government. Otherwise, procurement would have reached much higher levels by now and prices in spot markets would also have risen," he said.

 

This year, procurement in Madhya Pradesh has been centralised as per the request of the state government due to the lack of funds, Mangal said. "NAFED has too many requirements for quality testing, and this time some of the crop was impacted due to unseasonal rainfall, so their (NAFED) buying is very slow," 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 7,550 per 100 kg, while those of the old crop were also unchanged at INR 6,700-INR 7,050 per 100 kg, said Rahul Srinivas, a local trader. Around 12–14 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 as demand and supply of the legume are almost on par, Srinivas said. Demand for pulses typically slows down during summer as consumption declines, he said. Arrivals have also decreased as many farmers are refusing to offload their crop at the prevailing lower prices, he said. Overall market activity is subdued as hot weather in the region is keeping participants largely indoors. Temperatures in parts of interior Maharashtra have remained above 40 degrees Celsius for the past few days. 

 

Though procurement of tur is not as robust as chana in Maharashtra, it is likely to pick up in the near term as market prices have slipped below the minimum support price of INR 8,000 per 100 kg, Srinivas said.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, were unchanged at 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 6,050-INR 6,100 per 100 kg, Mangal said. Though demand for domestic masur is sluggish, prices are supported by the government's robust procurement of the legume, he said. Most millers and traders prefer imported masur as it is cheaper than the domestic variety. However, the government is purchasing most of the rabi crop, keeping prices from falling, he said. The government is purchasing masur at the minimum support price of INR 7,000 per 100 kg, which is higher than the prevailing market price, he said.

 

Prices of moti variety of masur in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, remained steady at INR 5,800-INR 6,100 per 100 kg, according to the association.  End

 

Edited by Vandana Hingorani

 

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