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ਬਾਸਮਤੀ ਝੋਨਾBasmati paddy rate today
Every basmati paddy row reporting across the Bathinda-belt yards today, in ₹ per quintal, with a trend recorded across market days.
Reading the basmati paddy board
Basmati is the crop the Bathinda belt is paid a premium for, and the only major crop here sold entirely to private trade — there is no MSP floor under it. That makes the daily board matter more for basmati than for anything else a grower carries to the yard: the rate is set each day by exporter and miller demand, variety by variety.
The two numbers that decide a basmati grower's season are variety and moisture. 1509 arrives first, from late September, and its early-window rate often runs hot before volumes build; 1121 follows from late October and usually commands the top of the board on length. Grain brought in wet is discounted hard — drying to the buyer's moisture band before loading the trolley is the cheapest price improvement available.
Residue compliance is becoming the third number. Export consignments are tested, and paddy grown on a documented, compliant spray schedule is the grain exporters increasingly pay up for. That is the core of KissanLink's market-linkage programme this season.
Yards listing this crop
Common questions
When do basmati arrivals start in the Bathinda belt?
Early varieties such as Pusa 1509 typically begin arriving from late September into October, with 1121 following from late October. Peak arrivals run through November.
Is there an MSP for basmati paddy?
No. Basmati is purchased by private trade — millers and exporters — so the daily mandi rate is the price. Parmal (common) paddy is what government agencies procure at MSP.
Why do 1121 and 1509 trade at different rates?
They are different products to a miller: 1121 is prized for extreme grain length after cooking, while 1509 is an earlier, shorter-duration crop. Their export orders, and therefore their rates, move separately.