Anjaw
0.21 lakh people. Larger than Vatican City. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 21,167 (0.21 lakh)
- Area
- 6,190 km²
- Headquarters
- Hawai
- Established
- 2004
₹16 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Anjaw.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Anjaw · PLP 2023-24
₹16 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹9 cr
MSME
₹2 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹2 cr
Agriculture infrastructure
₹1 cr
Anjaw is a remote border district in Arunachal Pradesh's far east, and its 2023-24 NABARD plan sees about ₹15.72 crore of lending potential across priority sectors. Farming and allied work dominate almost completely — roughly ₹12.20 crore (about 78%) is agriculture, while small businesses (MSME) account for only ₹1.95 crore.
The biggest single opportunity is plantation and horticulture at ₹4.27 crore, built on the district's oranges, banana and pineapple, with large cardamom and ginger as the main cash spices. Fisheries (₹1.71 crore) ride on plentiful water from the Lohit river and its perennial tributaries, and livestock is strong too — dairy ₹1.31 crore, piggery and poultry together another ~₹1.34 crore. Food and agro-processing carries ₹0.60 crore of potential even though the district has no processing units today, a clear greenfield gap. The plan also flags high-value crops to introduce — kiwi, apple, Thai lemon, Lalit Guava — and wants a Farmer Producer Organisation set up.
The PLP is frank about the hurdles: rough terrain and poor road connectivity, subsistence-style farming with weak input supply, no cold storage, godowns or market yards, and a community land-holding system that blocks marginal farmers from credit. Crop insurance is unavailable, and both animal-husbandry infrastructure (feed plants, hatcheries, fish-seed farms) and reliable power supply for non-farm units are missing.
What the plan promotes
- Plantation & horticulture is the single largest credit line at ₹4.27cr, driven by oranges, banana and pineapple grown in the district's favourable agro-climate and fertile soil.
- Spices are the main cash crops: large cardamom and ginger (ginger output ~1270 MT on 63 ha), alongside paddy, maize and pulses as staple food crops.
- Animal husbandry has strong demand for dairy (₹1.31cr), pig rearing/piggery within the sheep-goat-piggery line (₹0.72cr) and poultry (₹0.63cr), supplementing farm incomes.
- Fisheries development carries ₹1.71cr of potential, supported by the district's plentiful surface water from the Lohit river and its perennial tributaries (Dalai, Dav, Hali, Lati, Kulung, Lam).
- Thrust for 2023-24 is crop diversification with higher area under irrigation, land development and farm mechanisation (₹0.50cr) to lift crop-loan off-take.
- Developmental push on women's SHGs formed through NABARD-supported NGOs and Farmers' Clubs, with ₹24.00 lakh SHG credit potential estimated for the year.
Gaps the plan names
- Rough terrain, poor connectivity and high maintenance cost of infrastructure across this remote eastern-most border district (borders China and Myanmar).
- Subsistence agriculture with insufficient supply of modern agriculture inputs, plus climate-change impact on farming.
- District lacks irrigation and post-harvest infrastructure; only ~132 ha has irrigation potential utilised and there are no cold-storage, godown or market-yard facilities.
- Community land-holding system is a major hurdle for marginal farmers to access credit, and crop/farmer insurance cover is not available.
- Animal husbandry needs feed-mixing and production plants, faster AI programme rollout, and more hatcheries, breeding farms and fish-seed farms.
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What the plan promotes
- Plantation & horticulture is the single largest credit line at ₹4.27cr, driven by oranges, banana and pineapple grown in the district's favourable agro-climate and fertile soil.
- Spices are the main cash crops: large cardamom and ginger (ginger output ~1270 MT on 63 ha), alongside paddy, maize and pulses as staple food crops.
- Animal husbandry has strong demand for dairy (₹1.31cr), pig rearing/piggery within the sheep-goat-piggery line (₹0.72cr) and poultry (₹0.63cr), supplementing farm incomes.
- Fisheries development carries ₹1.71cr of potential, supported by the district's plentiful surface water from the Lohit river and its perennial tributaries (Dalai, Dav, Hali, Lati, Kulung, Lam).
- Thrust for 2023-24 is crop diversification with higher area under irrigation, land development and farm mechanisation (₹0.50cr) to lift crop-loan off-take.
- Developmental push on women's SHGs formed through NABARD-supported NGOs and Farmers' Clubs, with ₹24.00 lakh SHG credit potential estimated for the year.
Gaps the plan names
- Rough terrain, poor connectivity and high maintenance cost of infrastructure across this remote eastern-most border district (borders China and Myanmar).
- Subsistence agriculture with insufficient supply of modern agriculture inputs, plus climate-change impact on farming.
- District lacks irrigation and post-harvest infrastructure; only ~132 ha has irrigation potential utilised and there are no cold-storage, godown or market-yard facilities.
- Community land-holding system is a major hurdle for marginal farmers to access credit, and crop/farmer insurance cover is not available.
- Animal husbandry needs feed-mixing and production plants, faster AI programme rollout, and more hatcheries, breeding farms and fish-seed farms.
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About Anjaw
Anjaw district (Pron:/ˈændʒɔ:/) is an administrative district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh in north-east India. It was created as a district in 2004, by splitting off from the Lohit district under the Arunachal Pradesh Re-organization of Districts Amendment Act. The district borders China on the north. Hawai, at an altitude of 1296 m above sea level, is the district headquarters, located on the banks of the Lohit River, a tributary of the Brahmaputra River. Anjaw is the easternmost district in India. The furthest villages towards the border with China are Dong, Walong, Kibithu and Kaho.
Source: Wikipedia — Anjaw district
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