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Traders plea for steps to check soaring pulses prices
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Saturday, 03 October, 2026, 12 : 00 PM [IST]
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Ashwani Maindola, New Delhi
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Pulse prices in India have risen sharply, placing direct pressure on consumers. Market experts report price surges of up to 20 per cent in recent trading sessions across key varieties, including chana, masoor, white matar, and toor.
Trade experts are calling for union government action to stabilise prices and secure market supplies.
Shankar Thakkar, national secretary of the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) urged the Central Government to take immediate, concrete steps, including swift relief on import duties, necessary relaxations on import restrictions, facilitating pulse imports, and helping the traders against rising logistical costs.
Specifically, trade representatives are recommending immediate action on lowering the current 11 per cent import duty on chana and masoor to stabilise domestic supplies, easing import curbs on moong, where retail prices have spiked from Rs 80 to Rs125 per kilogram, facilitating white matar imports, which originate primarily from Canada, Russia, and Ukraine, while addressing associated shipping costs, along with intervening to check rising ocean container rates, which have climbed 8 per cent to 10 per cent over the past month, and reducing the post-import sales window from 180 days to 90 days to ensure continuous stock availability in wholesale markets.
Meanwhile, Devendra Vora, a senior broker from Navi Mumbai, stated that deficient rainfall in states like Maharashtra and Karnataka has severely impacted toor and other crops this year. With El Nino expected to cause drier weather conditions ahead, government sources also project lower yields for Rabi crops.
He emphasised that the government needs to take timely measures to keep prices under control.
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