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Informist, Thursday, Jun. 18, 2026

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of chana and tur fell, while prices of masur were unchanged in key spot markets across the country, traders said. Chana prices were weighed down by low demand, they said. Tur prices fell due to ample supplies through arrivals and the government's stocks, while masur prices are steady as low demand was on par wih its low supply, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, fell by INR 50 per 100 kilograms to INR 5,975-INR 6,000 per 100 kg Thursday, said Dinesh Mangal, a local trader. Prices were weighed down by muted demand, he said. Demand for chana remains sluggish as temperatures across the country are still high, he said. Typically, once the monsoon begins and temperatures fall, the consumption of chana dal, or processed chana, and besan, or chana flour, rises. However, with a delay in the monsoon onset over most parts of the country this year, rainfall is yet to begin in many states. 

 

Prices of chana are likely to remain range-bound as arrivals are also declining, Mangal said. In the near term, once monsoon showers begin in full swing, demand is expected to rise, supporting prices, he said. "By then prices could rise by INR 100–INR 200 per 100 kg," he said.

 

Prices of chana in Delhi fell by INR 50 per 100 kg to INR 5,950-INR 5,960 per 100 kg, traders said.

 

TUR prices in Solapur, Maharashtra, fell by INR 100 per 100 kg to INR 7,400-INR 7,900 per 100 kg Thursday, said Rahul Srinivas, a local trader. About 14–15 trucks with 20,000-25,000 kg tur each arrived in the market, he said. Prices fell due to low demand amid ample supplies of tur, he said. Arrivals of the crop remain steady, while the government has begun to offload its stocks in markets, he said. The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. and National Cooperative Consumers' Federation of India Ltd. have been selling tur via various auctions across multiple states in the past few days, he said.

 

"The government wants to keep prices of commodities in check. Prices of petrol, natural gas, and other things have already risen, so they want to assure consumers that they don't have to shell out more for food grains," Srinivas said. Though demand is likely to remain muted in the near term, a steep fall is unlikely as the market is expected to resist prices which are sharply below the minimum support price of INR 8,000 per 100 kg, he said.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, fell by INR 50 per 100 kg to INR 8,150-INR 8,250 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association. 

 

MASUR prices in Indore were steady at INR 5,975-INR 6,000 per 100 kg, Mangal said. Prices are unchanged as demand and supply of masur are both low and equally matched, he said. Arrivals of the rabi crop have reduced significantly as most of it has been procured by the government, he said. In the near term, prices of masur could fall as the government is likely to begin offloading its stocks, as it has already begun doing so for other pulses, he said.

 

Prices of the moti variety of masur in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, were steady at INR 6,000-INR 6,350 per 100 kg, according to the association.  End

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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