Lime up 20% to ₹6,000
Lime's median across 69 mandis was ₹6,000 a quintal, against ₹5,000 on the previous market day. Cheapest ₹2,000 at APMC Pune (Pune, Maharashtra); dearest ₹15,500 at Kovilpatti(Uzhavar Sandhai) (Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu).
Key numbers
- Median
- ₹6,000
- Previous day
- ₹5,000
- Mandis
- 69
- Low – high
- ₹2,000 – ₹15,500
New Delhi: Against ₹5,000 on the previous market day (6 October 2026), the price is ₹1,000 higher (20%). 71 mandis reported that day, 69 today.
Lime prices came in from 69 mandis in 8 states today. The lowest was ₹2,000 and the highest ₹15,500; most of that gap is variety and quality.
Before you sell: compare two or three nearby mandis, add the cost of transport, and take the crop dried and graded — clean produce fetches a better price.
Lime: national median, day by day
- 3 Oct77 mandis
- 4 Oct68 mandis
- 5 Oct74 mandis
- 6 Oct71 mandis
- 7 Oct69 mandis
The number of reporting mandis changes daily; a day with far fewer or more mandis is a less reliable comparison.
Median by state
Every mandi →Highest- and lowest-paying mandis
Highest
- Kovilpatti(Uzhavar Sandhai )Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu · Lime₹15,500
- Rajapalayam(Uzhavar Sandhai )Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu · Lime₹15,500
- Dindigul(Uzhavar Sandhai )Dindigul, Tamil Nadu · Lime₹15,000
- Palayamkottai(Uzhavar Sandhai )Thirunelveli, Tamil Nadu · Lime₹15,000
- Koduvayoor MarketPalakad, Keralam₹14,700
Lowest
- APMC PunePune, Maharashtra₹2,000
- Nagapattinam(Uzhavar Sandhai )Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu · Lime₹2,700
- Vedaranyam(Uzhavar Sandhai)Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu · Lime₹2,750
- Thammampatti (Uzhavar Sandhai )Salem, Tamil Nadu · Lime₹2,750
- Jalagandapuram(Uzhavar Sandhai )Salem, Tamil Nadu · Lime₹2,750
Modal price, ₹ a quintal. Variety and quality change the price.
This story was written automatically from Agmarknet's official/open data. Every number in it comes from that data — nothing is estimated. Spot a mistake? Write to kisansamacharofficial@gmail.com.
