About 1.9 lakh tonne pulses arrive at Indian ports

New Delhi, Jun 21 (UNI) Farm commodity prices generally remained steady or have shown mixed trend in different centres across the country in the week ending June 15, 2007.

The price movement was monitored by the Department of Consumer Affairs.

Wheat prices remained steady at a majority of reporting centres and declined in Bhopal and Bangalore.

Sugar prices also remained steady across majority of the centres; declined in Bhopal but increased in Hyderabad. Gram prices remained steady over the week across most of the centres; declined in Agartala and Kolkata; and increased in Mumbai.

''Tur dal (red gram) prices were also steady across most of the centres; declined in Agartala and increased in Bhopal and Kolkata.

At Delhi, prices of wheat, atta, tea, salt and groundnut oil remained steady over one week; those of gram and tur dal, sugar, rice, milk and mustard oil remained steady over a month; and prices of ''vanaspati'' remained steady for six months.

Prices of potato and onion increased in Delhi in the week ending June 15.

Till yesterday, June 20, public sector agencies have contracted import of 6.725 lakh tonne pulses of which 1.86 lakh tonnes have already reached the Indian ports. The imported pulses include urad, moong, dunpeas, masoor, chana, yellow peas and tur.

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