Tur And Urad Prices: Despite the fall in the prices of pulses in the market, there has been no reduction in the prices in the retail market, which has increased the government’s concern. In such a situation, the government has warned the retailers. Nidhi Khare, Secretary, Department of Consumer Affairs, said that wholesale market prices and retail prices are indicating that retailers are making high margins which is unbearable. He said, the government is keeping a close watch and if this difference continues to increase, the government can take action.
Nidhi Khare has held an important meeting with the Retailers Association of India and big retail chain companies on Tuesday 8 October 2024 and in this meeting pulses have been discussed. This meeting was called keeping in mind the festive season. It was told in the meeting that due to increased availability and more sowing of Kharif pulses, there has been a decline in the prices of pulses in the mandis in recent months. According to the Secretary, there has been an average decline of 10 percent in the prices of tur and urad in the major mandis in the last three months, but there has been no change in the retail prices.
Nidhi Khare said that in the last one month, there has been a decline in the market prices of gram, but the retail prices continue to increase. He said that the different trends between wholesale prices and retail prices are indicating unfair margins. He said, the government is keeping a close watch on this difference in prices and if this difference continues to increase, the government will not shy away from taking strict action. Officials of Retailers Association of India and representatives of Reliance Retail Limited, Vishal Mart, D Mart, Spencer and Mor Retail attended the meeting.
If we look at the government data, the prices of gram dal have increased by 2.76 percent, urad dal by 0.71 percent, moond dal by 1.34 percent and masoor dal by 0.80 percent in a month. Only the prices of arhar dal have seen a decline of 0.09 percent in a month.
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