Tur dal prices touch Rs 200/kg today

October 19, 2015 13:46

JUST IN: Retail tur dal prices touched Rs 200/kg today as against Rs 85/kg in the year-ago period, as per government data.

Sources said the MMTC Ltd, a Government of India enterprise under the aegis of ministry of commerce, has just imported 1,000 metric tonnes of tur whole (red gram) and floated a bid for processing or conversion of tur whole pulses into tur dal.

The last date for submitting the bid is October 21 and it will be opened the same day. Moreover, the MTDC has floated another tender for import of 2,000 metric tonnes of tur dal and delivery of which is expected by November end. After the import, tur dal is to be transported to the distribution centres at Delhi, Bangalore, Bhubanneswar, Lucknow, Bhopal, Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Hyerabad and other cities.

A National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India Ltd director said, "The tur crop takes around four months to harvest. The tur crop is still in harvest stage and the crop is processed thereafter in the mills to make tur dal. This is the fact that the kharif crop has damaged at large due to inadequate rains. The traders, which have a stock of tur dal is of last year and the rates have been artificially increased anticipating the scarcity of tur dal ahead. Hence, present hike in tur dal is nothing but a cartel."

He added, "The fresh tur crop has badly damaged and the import of tur dal is the only solution at the present situation."

Retail prices of tur dal have shot up by almost 40% in the past one month from Rs 130 a kg to Rs 180 a kg in the market due to decline in supply. Inadequate rain this monsoon badly affected the tur crop, causing scarcity of the produce.

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