Guides
Guides for running an agri-input shop
Written for shop owners and the people who help them: what the rules ask for, what goes wrong, and a routine that works. Useful whether or not you use AgroPay.
GST
GST on fertilizers, pesticides and seeds, for the shop counter
GST rates and HSN codes an agri-input shop deals with in 2026: seeds at 0%, fertilizers at 5%, chemical pesticides at 18%, bio-pesticides at 5%, and the billing mistakes that make returns go wrong.
Compliance · Pesticides
Keeping the pesticide register ready for inspection
What an insecticide dealer's records need to show under the Insecticides Rules, 1971: bills for every sale, an insecticide-wise sales register, expired stock kept apart, and daily stock and price display. With a monthly routine that keeps the register inspection-ready.
GST
Filing GSTR-1 from a JSON file, step by step
Step-by-step: take the GSTR-1 JSON file from your billing software, upload it through Prepare Offline on the GST portal, fix errors, check the summary and file. Written for agri-input shops and their accountants.
Khata
Farmer udhaar without the end-of-season fight
A practical system for farmer credit at a fertilizer, seed and pesticide shop: when to give udhaar, how to record part payments, how ageing buckets tell you whom to remind first, and how to remind without losing the customer.
Stock · Pesticides
Stop losing money to stock that expires on the shelf
How pesticide, bio-product and seed stock expires on the shelf, why first-expiry-first-out (FEFO) beats first-in-first-out, a weekly expiry routine, and how to record expired stock correctly.
Buying
How to choose billing software for your fertilizer shop
How to choose billing software for a fertilizer, pesticide and seed shop: the questions that matter, what to test on your own counter during a trial, how to compare prices over three years, and when not to buy software at all.
Questions these guides do not answer?
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