32% of FCI's FY21 wheat procurement cost to be mandi taxes, middlemen fee

The other components are poo­led cost of grains and distribution cost that includes freight, handling, and storage, etc

As the debate rages on the impact of high mandi taxes on the finances of the Food Corporation of India (FCI), the data available with the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) — the body that fixes minimum selling price (MSP) of crops — shows that arthiya (middlemen) com­mission and mandi taxes are expected to account for 32% of the total procurement incidentals of FCI in the 2020-21 wheat procurement season that began in April. Procure­ment incidental of FCI is part of the economic cost of procuring foodgrain.
 
The other components are poo­led cost of grains and distribution