CHENNAI , tur dal is down about………
Prices of tur and urad dal have eased significantly in the last one month. In Chennai, tur dal is down about 12 per cent to ₹150 a kg from ₹170 a month earlier. Urad dal is sold at ₹170, down 10 per cent from the levels of ₹190 last month. But these two dal varieties have risen the most, when compared to others.
Here are the prices of various commodities in Chennai.
Price scale is given as Rs./kg
| Commodity | Quantity | Now | Year ago |
| Rice | 1 kg | 30 | 30 |
| Wheat | 1 kg | 34 | 32 |
| Atta | 1 kg | 32 | 34 |
| Gram Dal | 1 kg | 75 | 49 |
| Tur Dal | 1 kg | 150 | 86 |
| Urad Dal | 1 kg | 170 | 86 |
| Moong Dal | 1 kg | 125 | 111 |
| Masoor Dal | 1 kg | 100 | 80 |
| Sugar | 1 kg | 32 | 34 |
| Milk | 1 ltr | 37 | 37 |
| Ground Nut Oil | 1 ltr | 129 | 101 |
| Sun flower Oil | 1 ltr | 93 | 85 |
| Gur (Jaggery) | 1 kg | 50 | 57 |
| Tea | 1 kg | 220 | 220 |
| Salt | 1 kg | 18 | 17 |
| Lime | 1 kg | 60 | 60 |
| Apple | 1 kg | 140 | 140 |
| Papaya | 1 kg | 28 | 25 |
| Pineapple | 1 kg | 40 | 40 |
| Pomegranate | 1 kg | 120 | 120 |
| Sapota | 1 kg | 40 | 40 |
| Banana | 1 kg | 30 | 32 |
| Bitter Gourd | 1 kg | 54 | 40 |
| Brinjal | 1 kg | 80 | 32 |
| Cabbage | 1 kg | 24 | 30 |
| Cauli Flower | 1 kg | 80 | 32 |
| Garlic | 1 kg | 240 | 120 |
| Ginger | 1 kg | 80 | 120 |
| Chilly | 1 kg | 40 | 32 |
| Onion | 1 kg | 32 | 17 |
| Potato | 1 kg | 32 | 34 |
| Tomato | 1 kg | 30 | 28 |
*Source: Ministry of Consumer Affairs, National Horticulture Board.