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Informist, Tuesday, Jul. 7, 2026

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of chana and tur fell, while prices of urad were unchanged in key spot markets across the country, traders said. Cana and tur prices were weighed down by lower demand, they said. Chana prices are expected to rise in August due to higher festival demand, while tur prices are likely to take cues from the progress in kharif sowing, they said. Urad prices are expected to be firm in the near term due to lower imports, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Akola, Maharashtra, fell by INR 25 per 100 kilograms to INR 6,100-INR 6,125 per 100 kg Tuesday, said Ankit Kedia, a local trader. Prices were weighed down by a slight fall in demand, he said. Arrivals in the market were low, and the government's sales of chana are fulfilling most of the need-based demand from millers and traders, he said. The National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. has been offloading chana in various states in the past few weeks, he said.

 

Prices of chana are expected to rise in August due to higher demand during the festival season, Kedia said. The extent of the rise in prices is likely to depend on the amount of chana the government continues to offload, he said. "Nobody has enough chana supply now, neither farmers nor traders. Only the government has enough stocks," he said. Kedia expects the government to offload chana only at prices near or above the minimum support price of INR 5,875 per 100 kg, which could keep market prices in the higher range.

 

Prices of chana in Delhi fell by INR 25 per 100 kg to INR 5,925-INR 5,950 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association.

 

TUR prices in Akola fell by INR 50 per 100 kg to INR 8,000-INR 8,010 per 100 kg Tuesday, Kedia said. Prices have fallen due to low demand amid steady arrivals, he said. Arrivals have declined slightly in the past few days, while demand remains low, he said. Prices also fell, tracking a drop in prices of tur imports from Myanmar, he said. 

 

The sowing of tur has begun in Maharshtra, as most key tur-producing regions have recorded a rise in rainfall activity in the past few days, he said. Tur sowing is likely to gain speed in the next few days if favourable weather persists, he said. "The sowing window of only two crops in Maharashtra is big — tur and cotton. So, a delay in the sowing of these two crops does not matter, because it will be covered up quickly within the large sowing window," he said.

 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, fell by INR 50 per 100 kg to INR 8,100-INR 8,200 per 100 kg, according to the association.

 

URAD prices at Chandausi in Uttar Pradesh were steady at INR 8,550-INR 8,600 per 100 kg Tuesday, traders said. Prices of urad in Jaipur, Rajasthan, were also steady at INR 7,400-INR 8,400 per 100 kg, they said. Prices were steady amid lack of fresh cues, they said.

 

Urad prices are expected to be firm in the short term, supported by higher cost and freight rates of imports and lower imports, the association said in its weekly report on Monday. Similar to tur, urad shipments are expected to arrive in Indian ports only after Jul. 20, which is likely to tighten supply. Urad harvest in Brazil has commenced, and shipments from there are also expected to arrive in India by the end of July.  End

 

Edited by Avishek Dutta

 

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