Select pulses led by gram rose by up to Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale pulses market today on paucity of stocks on restricted supplies from producing regions against demand from retailers.
Marketmen said besides tight stocks position on restricted arrivals from producing regions, rising demand from retailers mainly led to the rise in gram and other pulses prices.
Meanwhile, the government has procured 1.11 lakh tonnes of pulses so far from farmers for creating buffer stock and also contracted to import 38,500 tonnes as part of its effort to control the retail prices.
The Centre also asked state governments to seek allocation of pulses from the buffer stock and sell at reasonable prices not exceeding Rs 120 per kg.
In the national capital, gram rose by Rs 200 to Rs 6,200-6,700 per quintal. Its dal local and best quality traded higher by a similar margin to Rs 6,500-6,800 and Rs 6,950-7,050 per quintal, respectively.
Kabli gram small variety went up by Rs 100 to Rs 7,200-8,700 per quintal.
Arhar and its dal dara variety also moved up by Rs 100 each to Rs 8,900 and Rs 11,800-13,500 per quintal, respectively.
In line with overall trend, urad and its dal chilka local rose by Rs 100 each to Rs 10,900-12,100 and Rs 11,000-11,100 per quintal respectively. Its dal best quality and dhoya enquired higher by the same margin to Rs 11,100-11,600 and Rs 11,500-11,800 per quintal.
Masoor small and bold hardened by Rs 100 each to Rs 5,950-6,250 and Rs 6,000-6,300 per quintal. Its dal local and best quality traded higher by a similar margin to Rs 6,500-7,000 and Rs 6,600-7,100 per quintal.
Rajmah chitra too ended higher by Rs 50 to Rs 5,500-6,850 per quintal.
