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Informist, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025

 

By Shreya Shetty

 

MUMBAI – Prices of pulses were steady in key spot markets across the country Tuesday, traders said. Prices of chana were steady as demand was sluggish amid low domestic arrivals, they said. Prices of tur were flat amid limited demand, while urad prices were unchanged due to lack of fresh cues, they said.

 

CHANA prices in Akola, Maharashtra, were steady at INR 5,625-INR 5,650 per 100 kg, said Ankit Kedia, a local trader. Both demand and supply are low and almost equally matched, he said. "Most of the business is happening in the import market right now," he said. Good-quality stocks of last year's chana crop have been exhausted, and the only domestic arrivals currently coming to the market are from cold storage, he said.

 

To avoid infestation and rot, older stocks of chana are usually kept in cold storage, which increases its overall selling price, Kedia said. "Domestic chana is already costly, then the cold storage cost addition makes it even more expensive," he said. Imports of chana from Australia are cheaper and of better quality than the domestic variety, he said.

 

Prices of chana in Delhi were steady at INR 5,800-INR 5,825 per 100 kg, traders said.

 

TUR prices in Akola were steady at INR 6,925-INR 6,950 per 100 kg, Kedia said. Prices are unchanged amid steady demand for the legume, he said. Though the ongoing imports of cheaper tur from African countries is preventing any possible rise in domestic prices, it is not weighing down on them either, he said.

 

The quality of tur imports and the domestic stock is "more or less the same," so millers and traders are making do with "whichever one they can get their hands on," he said. "Prices had already fallen a lot under import pressure previously, now they won't fall again," he said. 

Prices of tur in Katni, Madhya Pradesh, were steady at INR 7,150-INR 7,250 per 100 kg, according to the India Pulses and Grains Association.

 

URAD prices at Chandausi in Uttar Pradesh were steady at INR 6,500-INR 6,525 per 100 kg, traders said. Prices of urad in Jaipur, Rajasthan, were also steady at INR 6,600-INR 7,500 per 100 kg. Prices are steady amid a lack of cues, traders said.

 

Urad prices are expected to remain range-bound to weak in the short term as millers are avoiding bulk purchases due to lower demand and ongoing imports, the association said in its weekly report on Monday. Prices are lower than last year, but demand remains need-based in both the imported and domestic markets, pointing to a slowdown in consumption. Despite crop losses in Maharashtra and Bundelkhand, domestic supply remains comfortable.  End

 

Edited by Vandana Hingorani

 

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