Key evidence

The authority and licence are explicit.

Observed records come from AGMARKNET 2.0, provided by the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, Government of India.

Dataset source through27 Jul 202627 Jul 2026

The source catalogue and licence are linked directly.

MandiLens publishes a transformed subset and documents modifications.

The source provider does not endorse this website.

Official AGMARKNET reports

AGMARKNET 2.0 market price and arrival reports

Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India

Geographic coverageAndhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
commodities representedArecanut, Banana, Brinjal, Coconut, Cotton, Green Chilli, Groundnut, Maize, Onion, Paddy (Common), Potato, Ragi, Tomato, Turmeric
Dataset source through27 Jul 2026
source variety rows168

Technical report

Detailed notes, interpretation, and operational boundaries

This section documents what the published evidence means, how it was produced, and where the interface deliberately avoids making a stronger claim than the data supports.

01

Primary authority

Directorate of Marketing and Inspection, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India publishes the underlying market price and arrival reports through AGMARKNET 2.0.

  • MandiLens is an independent prepared interface and does not imply government endorsement.
  • The source catalogue and API URL are preserved in the manifest rather than replaced with an unattributed copy.
  • The public release currently represents 6 states, 75 districts, 115 markets, 14 commodities, and 90,307 prepared market-day records.
02

Retrieval and release identity

A release distinguishes the latest source date, the retrieval timestamp, and the application generation timestamp.

  • Source data is represented through 2026-07-27; it was retrieved at 2026-07-27T06:50:03.999978+00:00.
  • Per-partition date ranges reveal when an individual commodity or market ends earlier than the overall dataset.
  • Checksums allow a consumer to verify that a downloaded partition belongs to the manifest being read.
03

Licence and attribution

The configured licence is Government Open Data License - India.

  • Attribution is required and the source provider is named on source and data pages.
  • The licence link is published beside the catalogue link so downstream users can inspect the governing terms directly.
  • Prepared calculations, labels, and forecasts are identified as application outputs rather than source-published facts.
04

What the source does not prove

An official source establishes provenance, not complete coverage, error-free reporting, or suitability for a transaction decision.

  • Markets can report irregularly, varieties can differ, arrivals can be missing, and historical corrections can alter prior values.
  • A report is a market observation for its stated date; it is not a live executable bid or guaranteed farmer realization.
  • The application therefore pairs source attribution with validation counts, freshness, consistency, and limitations.

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