BENGALURU:
Retail toor dal prices on Tuesday shot up to Rs 200 per kg. The prices of pulses have increased unabated in the last few months due to deficient monsoon and unseasonal rains.
As per the officials, the production has fallen drastically due to deficient monsoon and the supply from other states has also reduced.
Traders say that given the present trend, there is no sign of the prices coming down.
Cultivation has not been taken up this time in many places due to the lack of the expected monsoon. If it rains in the coming days, the market will take at least three months to recover after the harvest. So, till then, there is no other way, but to bear with the price hike, the traders said.
The prices of pulses have increased unabated in the last few months due to a fall in domestic output. Last week, the prices of pulses were above Rs 120 per kg but now it has crossed Rs 150 per kg.
The price of tur dal has risen from Rs 150 to Rs 170 in the wholesale market while the retail price is Rs 180 to Rs 180 per kg. The price of urad dal has jumped to Rs 160 per kg in the retail market while chana dal, which was selling at Rs 70, went up by Rs 10 this week and the retail price is Rs 90 per kg.
The moong dal was Rs 100 and now it is Rs 110 while the retail price is Rs 130. Green gram, which was Rs 100, is now Rs 125 in the wholesale market and the retail price is Rs 130 per kg. Hyacinth bean, which was selling at Rs 160 last week, is now Rs 185, and the retail price is Rs 200 per kgn. The price of Kabuli chana, which was Rs 110, is upto Rs 170 and the retail price is Rs 190 and green peas up Rs 10 from Rs 80 last week in the wholesale market while the retail price is Rs 100 per kg.
