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Rising price of pulses slows down consumers' pulse 6/9/2015 12:02:39 AM Rates Variation (Last 2 Months) April 1 June 1 Increase Rajmash 135 164 09 Mote Mash 92 114 22 Mash Dhule 110 135 25 Masoor 80 100 20 Arhar 102 120 18 Chane Ki Dal 55 70 15 Chane Kesari 64 78 14 Roungi 70 80 10 Chane Safed 66 73 07 Moongi 108 110 02 Moongi Dhuli 122 126 04 Early Times Report JAMMU, June 8: Already hit by shooting prices of essential commodities, the consumers are now finding it difficult to get their favourite pulses and other food articles at affordable rates. The cost escalation of food articles particularly pulses over the period of two months has literally forced people to alter their menu. The steep hike in the prices of pulses could be gauged from the fact that in the last two months the rates have increased by about twenty percent and the buck doesn't stops here as the market experts say that the prices of wheat, rice, spices, cooking oils and other food items will experience upward trend in the coming days. "The reason for rising prices of pulses and other food articles is because of the untimely rainfall in J&K and other north Indian states besides the apprehensions that the monsoon will be less than expected has also attributed to the soaring prices of essential commodities," traders in Ware House area told Early Times. "The untimely rainfall in the months of March and April in J&K and other neighbouring states led to mass destruction of crops due to which the cost of food articles including pulses, wheat and rice have increased manifold… This trend of hiked prices will continue as it is just a beginning and the consumers should be ready to face the bitter reality that the inflation will break all previous records," they added. The traders further said that the state of Jammu and Kashmir is totally dependent on import for ensuring adequate and smooth supply of food items adding that the major share of supply of pulses comes from Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan where rains wreaked havoc on standing crops which ultimately led to the rise in prices of pulses. "The retail price of Chickpeas Brown (Chana) has risen by Rs 13 to Rs 14 per kilogram while the cost of other pulses including Kidney Beans (Rajmash), Split Bengal Gram (Chana Dal), Pigeon Pea (Arhar), Red Lentils (Masoor Dal) has also increased sharply," traders said. They said that the Metrological Department's prediction that the some of the states could experience less than fifteen percent monsoon from the overall average which has led to the hoarding of food articles by black marketers and its impact is already being felt in the common man's platter.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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