The rice market on Monday witnessed a mixed trend, with the prices of Pusa-1121 dropping marginally, that of PR and Permal varieties changing marginally , and all other aromatic and non-basmati varieties remaining unchanged.

On Monday, Pusa-1121 (steam) and Pusa-1121 (raw) fell marginally by Rs 20 a quintal each, to quote at Rs 4,880 and Rs 4,380 respectively, while Pusa-1121 (sela) was down by Rs 25, and sold at Rs 3,875-3,900, .

Duplicate basmati ruled flat at 3,500-3,530 a quintal. Pure basmati (raw) remained unchanged at Rs 5,900-6,000, while basmati (sela) ruled at Rs 4,000-4,025.

Among the brokens of Pusa-1121, Tibar sold at Rs 3,100-3,270, Dubar around Rs 2,550, and Mongra at Rs 1,900-2,080 a quintal.

Sharbati (steam) quoted at Rs 2,900-2,980, while Sharbati (sela) sold at Rs 2,750-2,800 a quintal.

PR-11 (sela) sold at Rs 2,000-2,175, while PR-11(raw) quoted at Rs 1,950-2,130.

Permal (sela) sold at Rs 1,700-1,920 a quintal, while Permal (raw) ruled at Rs 1,900-2,080.

Among the brokens of the Sharbati variety, Tibar quoted at Rs 2,350-2,475, Dubar was at 2,100-2,200 and Mongra, at Rs 1,700-1,730.

Paddy Arrival

Just around 2,000 bags of Govinda, Sathi varieties arrived from Uttar Pradesh and quoted at Rs 800-850 a quintal.

The arrivals have not been regular with very little stock coming from various parts of Uttar Pradesh and Uttrakhand, said Mr Sewa Singh Arya, a commission agent and State President of Bhartiya Kissan Union.

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