Pakka Khata articles and practical guides about Mandi.
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Learn what a mandi is, how agricultural markets in Pakistan work, the role of farmers, commission agents, traders, and buyers, different types of mandis, price discovery, and how digital solutions like Pakka Khata are helping modernize agricultural trading.
The market committee fee is a statutory charge — commonly 0.5–2% of the sale — collected on transactions in Punjab’s notified mandis, separate from the adhati’s own commission. Here’s how it works and how to keep records clean.
A Pakistani mandi parchi subtracts several charges before the farmer is paid: bardana, nami, mitti, tulai, kaat, adhat and the market-committee fee. Here is exactly what each one means and how it is computed.
A kacha arhti only facilitates the sale and earns commission; a pakka arhti also buys on their own account and resells. The difference changes who pays, who carries risk, and how the parchi settles.