New Delhi:  The chickpea market remained bullish this week due to subdued selling pressure at lower prices and consistently increased activity from pulse millers. Stockists showed little interest in offloading their stocks at lower prices, resulting in limited market arrivals. On the other hand, regular and active buying by pulse millers to meet their production requirements kept demand strong, providing continuous support to chickpea prices. The availability of chickpeas in producing markets also remains limited. The new crop is still some time away, preventing any supply pressure from building up. This imbalance between demand and supply in the markets has increased competition among buyers, directly impacting prices and leading to a firming trend.  Meanwhile, the availability of imported chickpeas at ports also remains limited. Due to low arrivals of imported goods, selling pressure from importers remains weak. This has resulted in a tight supply situation in the domestic market, increasing the dependence of millers and traders on domestic chickpeas. The lack of expected relief from imports is providing additional support to the rising chickpea prices. Increased activity from pulse millers led to a rise of Rs. 100-125 per quintal in Delhi chickpea prices this week, bringing the prices to Rs. 5750-5775 per quintal for Madhya Pradesh origin and Rs. 5825-5850 per quintal for Rajasthan origin by the end of the week.

Due to weak selling by importers and continued buying interest, imported chickpea prices rose by Rs. 100-150 per quintal this week. With this increase, prices reached Rs. 5500 per quintal for Mumbai Tanzania, Rs. 5600-5625 per quintal for Nhava Sheva Australia, and Rs. 5525 per quintal for Mundra. 

Due to increased buying activity, Rajasthan gram prices saw an increase of Rs. 75-150 per quintal this week.  With this increase, prices at the end of the week were Rs. 4600-5250 per quintal in Jodhpur, Rs. 5850 in Jaipur, Rs. 5350-5400 in Bikaner, Rs. 5300-5400 in Kishangarh, and Rs. 4800-5300 per quintal in Kota.

Due to better demand from dal millers, Maharashtra gram prices increased by Rs. 100-200 per quintal during the current week. With this increase, prices at the end of the week were Rs. 5300-5900 per quintal in Solapur, Rs. 5450-5475 in Latur, Rs. 5800-5825 in Akola, Rs. 5850 in Nagpur, and Rs. 5200-5400 per quintal in Ahmednagar.

Due to continued strong demand, Madhya Pradesh gram prices registered a jump of Rs. 150-300 per quintal this week. With this increase, prices at the end of the week were Rs. 5300-5500 per quintal in Ashoknagar, Rs. 5000-5700 in Ganjbasoda, Rs. 5200-5600 in Sagar, Rs. 5725-5775 in Katni, and Rs. 5750-6000 per quintal in Indore.

Supported by a general upward trend and increased buying, Kanpur gram prices increased by Rs. 100 per quintal during the current week. With this increase, prices at the end of the week were Rs. 5825-5850 per quintal. Similarly, Raipur gram also registered an increase of Rs. 100 per quintal this week, bringing the prices to Rs. 5700-5900 per quintal at the end of the week. Chickpea Lentils: Due to increased buying activity, the prices of chickpea lentils rose by Rs. 100-150 per quintal during the current week.  With this increase, the prices at the end of the week were as follows: Delhi Rs. 6650/7000, Bhatapara Rs. 6850/6950, Katni Rs. 7100, Gulbarga Rs. 6600/6800, Jalgaon Rs. 7000/7450, Indore Rs. 6800, Jaipur Rs. 6575, and Kanpur Rs. 6450/6500 per quintal.