Not just lentils, prices of sugar and edible oil have also gone down over the period. Pabitra Bajracharya, president of Nepal Retailers´ Association, told myrepublica.com that the retail price of lentils and edible oil have gone down in the range of 5 to 10 percent. [break]
“Increase in production of lentils in Nepal and India and the decline in prices in Indian markets have pushed down the prices in the market,” Bajracharya added.
Price of popular lentils has gone down by Rs 10 to Rs 20 per kg. Musuro Dal, one of the popular lentil varieties in the country, has become cheaper Rs 15 over the period to Rs 85 per kg.
According to Hamro Pasal, a retail store at New Baneshwar, the price of Rahar Dal has also gone down by Rs 20 to Rs 100 per kg. Similarly, the price of Mas Dal, another popular lentil, which was selling for Rs 130 per kg three weeks before, has gone down by Rs 15 per kg.
However, the price of Mung Khosta has remained unchanged at Rs 150 per kg. The price of Chana Dal has also reduced to Rs 60 per kg from Rs 66 per kg recorded three weeks ago.
The prices of white pea and green pea have also gone down over the period. Green pea is selling for Rs 42 per kg, down from Rs 50 recorded three weeks ago. Likewise, the price of white pea has declined to Rs 38 from Rs 44 per kg.
“Along with popular lentils, price of edible oil have also come down by Rs 5 per liter on average,” Bajracharya said. He, however, informed that the price of Dhara mustard oil has remained unchanged at Rs 140 per liter.
Soybean oil, which was priced Rs 100 per liter three months ago, is now selling for Rs 90 per liter. Likewise, price sunflower oil has also reduced to Rs 93 per liter from Rs 100 per liter over the period.
Price of sugar has also gone down in the market. Bajracharya said though the government has fixed the price at Rs 80 per kg, the popular commodity is selling in the range of Rs 72 to Rs 78 per kg in the market.
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