What is the MSP of chana (gram) for 2025-26 and where to sell?

Register on the procurement portal as soon as it opens, not at the last week. The tokens and slots fill fast and the centre near me stopped taking new registrations once the target quantity was booked. Keep your land record, bank passbook and Aadhaar linked details ready before registration.

Quality matters a lot at the procurement centre. My lot was rejected once for high moisture and foreign matter. Now I clean and dry the grain properly and check the moisture limit the agency allows before bringing it, which saved me a wasted trip.

Compare the open mandi rate with MSP after counting transport and the wait at the procurement centre. Some seasons the mandi paid me almost the same as MSP with cash on the same day, so it was not worth the long queue at the government centre. Check your local rate on the eNAM or state mandi rate portal before deciding.

If you can store safely, holding chana for a couple of months after peak arrivals sometimes fetched a better rate for me as supply thinned. But store only in airtight conditions with proper drying, otherwise storage pest and moisture loss eat up the gain. This is a gamble, so do not hold the whole stock.

Selling through a registered FPO helped our group get a better deal because we pooled the produce and graded it together. Buyers and even some processors gave a small premium for a clean, uniform lot. Ask your local KVK or the SFAC if an FPO operates in your area.