Urad, other pulses edge higher on rising demand

Prices of urad and other pulses climbed up to Rs 300 per quintal at the wholesale market today on brisk buying by stockists on the back of rising demand against tight supplies from producing belts and costlier imports.
Traders said besides rising demand from retailers, tight supplies on fall in arrivals from producing belts mainly pushed up select pulse prices.
Furthermore, depreciating rupee against the dollar that made imports costlier and expectations of lower output this year due to crop damage following recent unseasonal rains influenced the sentiment to some extent, they said.
In the national capital, urad and its dal chilka local spurted by Rs 300 each to Rs 7,800-8,300 and Rs 8,700-8,900 per quintal respectively. Urad dal best quality and dhoya followed suit and jumped up by a similar margin to Rs 8,900-9,500 and Rs 9,300-9,800 per quintal respectively.

Moong its dal chilka local moved up by Rs 100 each to Rs 7,500-8,200 and Rs 8,300-8,800 per quintal. Its dal dhoya local and best quality inquired higher by the same margin to Rs 8,300-8,600 and Rs 9,100-9,200 per quintal.
Moth, arhar and its dal dara variety also edged up by Rs 100 each to Rs 6,100-6,400, Rs 6,900-6,950 and Rs 8,250-8,550 per quintal respectively.

In line with overall trend, rajma chitra gained Rs 100 to Rs 4,600-5,900 per quintal.
Following are today's pulses rates (in Rs per quintal):
Urad Rs 7,800-8,300, Urad Chilka (local), Rs 8,700-8,900, urad best Rs 8,900-9,500, Dhoya Rs 9,300-9,800, Moong Rs 7,500-8,200, Dal Moong Chilka local Rs 8,300-8,800, Moong Dhoya local Rs 8,300-8,600 and best quality Rs 9,100-9,200.

Masoor small Rs 6,300-6,500, bold Rs 6,300-6,600, Dal Masoor local Rs 7,400-7,500, best quality Rs 7,500-7,600, Malka local Rs 7,600-7,800, best Rs 7,800-7,900, Moth Rs 6,100-6,400, Arhar Rs 6,900-6,950, Dal Arhar Dara Rs 8,250-8,550.
Gram Rs 4,200-5,000, Gramdal (local) Rs 4,600-4,800, best quality Rs 4,700-5,000, Besan (35 kg), Shakti Bhog Rs 1,900,Rajdhani Rs 1,900, Rajma Chitra Rs 4,600-5,900, Kabuli Gram small Rs 4,350-6,650, Dabra Rs 2,700-2,800, Imported Rs 4,700-5,100, Lobia Rs 4,800-5,200, Peas white Rs 2,800-2,825 and green Rs 2,800-2,900.