Problems of handling huge quantities of grain at mandi level have been studied, To quantify the problems, a study of the man hours required for performing various marketing operations such as unloading, cleaning, bagging, weighing, stacking. stitching, loading and transportation have been reported. It was found that man hours requirements of sieving was 50.38 percent of the total requirements. The space for market operations was less than 50 percent of the actual requirements  to smoothly handle the seven day average peak arrivals. Mechanization of mandi operations is a must, the extent of which will depend upon the quantity of grain handled per day. Decentralized procurement is also recommended to relieve some of the congested mandies.