Recent unseasonal rains during March and early April month have caused significant damage to the standing crops which were ready for harvesting in states of central and north India.
As expected, agricultural commodities market has reacted sharply to this event.
In the first fortnight of April month, the prices rose significantly in some commodities.
Table 1 and figure 1 given below show the extent of price rise in few important commodities in the Indian futures market.
Jeera(cumin), Chana (Chickpea) and Mustard seed have seen highest price rise among the Rabi season crops.
The cascading effect is also seen in the commodities like soybean and soy oil.
However, in Wheat not much change is seen because the government of India has ample buffer stocks with it. Further government has also started wheat procurement at MSP.
Once the government procurement programmes end by June, the wheat market is also expected to witness significant price rise during this marketing season.
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