Khanna Grain Market Guide — Selling Wheat & Paddy in Asia's Largest Yard (Ludhiana, Punjab)
Khanna, in Ludhiana district, is the grain market most often described as Asia's largest, and in the wheat season it behaves like one: arrivals climb to lakhs of quintals within a few weeks and the whole town runs on trolleys, palledari labour and arhtiya shops. Paddy takes over the same yard in October and November.
Last reviewed: October 2026 · Rates, fees and timings change — check Agmarknet and confirm with the market committee.
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MSP CalculatorProcurement at Khanna is arhtiya-driven. You sell through a licensed commission agent who books the lot, arranges weighing and palledari labour, and files the MSP paperwork for whichever agency is lifting that day — PUNGRAIN, PUNSUP, Markfed, the state warehousing corporation or FCI. The arhtiya is paid commission under the Punjab cost sheet rather than by you in cash, which is exactly why the farmer has to check three things personally: the net weight, the quality report, and the payment entry in his own bank account.
Wheat arrives April to May and paddy October to November, with paddy the more volatile of the two because arrivals can outrun the state's lifting capacity. Wheat is judged on moisture and shrivelled grain, paddy on moisture, chaff and immature grain. The MSP window covers both; private traders and millers buy outside it, normally at a discount to MSP but with less paperwork.
Guide first — price is a linked helper, not the headline.
Wheat · modal price / quintal
₹2,374
₹-251 (-9.6%)vs yesterday
Falling vs 7-day avg (-5.2%) — hold if you can
Prices as of 2026-11-04 · Indicative sample — confirm on Agmarknet/eNAM or with the mandi office.
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Documents you need
- Aadhaar of the seller, with the same spelling as the land record
- Land record (fard / khatauni) for the plot that grew the crop
- Bank passbook or cancelled cheque linked to Aadhaar
- J-form and gate entry issued at the yard
- The arhtiya's cost sheet showing commission, market fee and palledari
Important warnings
- • Palledari and bag charges are deducted per bag and differ between yards — ask the rate before unloading, because it is the largest unexplained line on most Punjab grain bills.
- • The quality cut is applied at sampling. Once the lot is tipped it cannot be re-sampled, so a wet or dusty trolley is a decision you make at the farm, not at the gate.
- • Payment is not instant. It follows the agency's lifting and fund release, and in a glut year when lifting slows it can stretch from days to weeks.
- • A lot booked in someone else's name, or on land that is not in your record, is the commonest reason a genuine farmer's payment gets stuck. Keep the Aadhaar name and the land record identical.
- • Legal commission rate: Statutory up to 2.5% (Punjab rules); Centre pays fixed ~Rs.50.75/qtl wheat, ~Rs.50.61/qtl paddy from RMS 2026-27 — verify current cost sheet.
How to sell your crop at Khanna Grain Market
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Fix your arhtiya before the season opens. He books the lot, arranges labour and files the procurement papers; without one, a loaded trolley simply waits outside the gate.
- 2
Dry the grain at the farm to the prescribed moisture — about 12% for wheat and 17% for paddy. A wet lot is cut on weight at sampling, never renegotiated.
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Get the J-form and gate entry from the arhtiya, and write down the lot number and trolley number yourself.
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Watch the weighment: gross, tare and net. Collect the weighment slip before the lot is tipped.
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Read the quality report — moisture, shrivelled grain, dust — and ask for a re-sample on the spot if the cut looks wrong.
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Confirm the payment has been entered against your Aadhaar-linked account, and keep the J-form until the money is credited.
Say you bring 100 quintals of wheat and the MSP that season is ₹2,500 a quintal — ₹2,50,000 gross. A 2% quality cut for moisture and shrivelled grain takes ₹5,000, palledari and bags roughly ₹1,500, and the arhtiya's commission is settled through the state cost sheet rather than out of your hand. You receive about ₹2,43,500, or ₹2,435 a quintal. Had the same wheat been dried properly at the farm, the quality cut would have been close to zero: a week of drying is worth about ₹5,000 on this single lot.
Local tips
In wheat season Khanna works in shifts, so a trolley that reaches in the morning is usually weighed the same day, while one that arrives at night may wait. Photograph the J-form and the weighment slip and keep both on your phone — when a payment is disputed, it is always one missing slip that holds everything up. And do not mix a wet trolley with a dry one to fill a load: the whole lot is then sampled at the worst moisture in it.
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Punjab: registration & rules recap
Arhtiya-based procurement: the farmer sells through a licensed arhtiya who handles weighing, payment and bank settlement. For MSP wheat/paddy you need your land record and bank account linked for direct payment (DBT). The state also asks farmers to complete land mapping through their arhtiya before the season, and landowners can check the mapping on the Mandi Board portal emandikaran-pb.in.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the wheat and paddy MSP at Khanna this season?
How much commission does an arhtiya charge at Khanna?
How many days does payment take at Khanna mandi?
Why was my wheat cut on quality at Khanna?
Can I sell at Khanna without an arhtiya?
Is Khanna grain market connected to eNAM?
Sources & official links
- Agmarknet — daily arrivals & prices →
- eNAM — national agriculture market portal →
- Punjab Mandi Board →
- Punjab Mandi Board — land mapping (emandikaran) →
- data.gov.in — Agmarknet open data (API) →
Verify today's rate on Agmarknet before you load, and confirm commission, hamali and other charges with the Ludhiana market committee.
Punjab
Mandi prices and government rules change often — always confirm current prices and procedures with your local mandi office or the official Agmarknet/eNAM portal. Ask Sahayak below for the latest guidance.