The area-wise new crop of desi gram has started arriving in markets.
The arrival of desi gram has started in Indore, Gwalior, Bhopal, Ashoknagar, but the arrival decreases by 28 to 30 percent compared to the same period last year. New goods have begun arriving in Nohar, Bhadra, Sawai Madhopur, Kareli, Bikaner line of Rajasthan, but complaints of shortage in arrival are being received everywhere. On the other hand, the situation in Gujarat and Maharashtra is that the productivity per hectare of gram after harvesting is 8 to 10 percent less than the farmers estimated.
Millers are continuously purchasing lentils; they expect a further shortage of grams in the market shortly. On the other hand, desi gram Old stock is over. Due to heavy import duty, the import of Black Chana is not workable to buy from Australia and Canada. The government has fixed the minimum support price of a domestic gram at $6,86 per kg, while the market’s average price, gram, is being sold for $ 6,03/6,16 per kg.
The government will start procurement from April 1 to get a fair price to the farmers. The production of the domestic gram is unlikely to exceed 65-70 million metric tons this year, while India’s domestic consumption is about 85 to 90 million metric tons. Therefore, there are possibilities that the market will go further up from the current levels.
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