Price of commodities,vegetables dips

Prices of commodities and vegetables have eased down over a couple of weeks now. Vegetables have become more affordable this month.

Prices of leafy vegetables have crashed except for capsicum and ladys finger,most other vegetables are now cheaper by Rs 10 per kg as compared to last month. In case of pulses,tur dal,which touched Rs 100 per kg last year,is on its way down as the new tur crop has hit the market,traders said. Although many retail stores across the city are still selling tur dal between Rs 85-90 per kg,prices have already dropped considerably at the wholesale market,where tur dal was available at Rs 68 per kg on Sunday,down from Rs 85 per kg in early January.

In the past eight days,we have seen an increase in the tur dal supply which is leading to a drop in prices. Fresh crop is coming into the market from other districts,Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, said Nitin Nahar,a pulse trader at the Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Gultekdi. In February,consumers can expect the prices to go down further, Nahar said.

State agriculture department officials also clamed that the state could produce an above average crop this year with estimates suggesting that the harvest could cross nine lakh tonnes. We expect a bumper crop and we think it will be 125 per cent of the normal, said a state agriculture department official. Currently,the medium duration crop of 150 days growth is being harvested. In February,the long duration crop will be harvested.

Prices of channa and masur dals have also come down by a few rupees. Moong dal is now the most expensive dal at Rs 85 per kg at the wholesale market,but traders said with tur dal becoming more affordable,moong dal prices too will come down.

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