The government has approved the revision of commission rates payable to Arthiyas and cooperative societies engaged in procurement of wheat and paddy on behalf of the government. The revised commission rates will be effective from the Rabi Marketing Season 2026-27 onwards. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution informed that after the revision, the commission payable to Arthiyas for wheat in Punjab and Haryana will increase from 46.00 rupees per quintal to 50.75 rupees per quintal, while for wheat in Rajasthan it will increase from 41.40 rupees per quintal to 45.67 rupees per quintal. The commission for paddy will increase from 45.88 rupees per quintal to 50.61 rupees per quintal.

Similarly, the commission for procurement of wheat will increase from 27.00 rupees per quintal to 29.79 rupees per quintal, while for paddy it will increase from 32.00 rupees per quintal to 35.30 rupees per quintal. The revision of commission rates is aimed at ensuring the continued efficiency of the procurement system and supporting the agencies involved in facilitating procurement operations on behalf of the government.

The Ministry informed that as per the existing guidelines governing procurement operations, commission is payable to societies, cooperatives, sub-agents and Arthiyas undertaking procurement of wheat and paddy on behalf of the Government and providing intermediary and aggregation services in the procurement process. It added that a sub-committee was constituted with representatives from FCI, state Governments and representative of the Department of Food and Public Distribution, based on requests received from various State Governments for revision of the commission rates. The committee examined the prevailing rates and recommended revision of the commission structure.