Upper Subansiri
0.83 lakh people. Larger than Monaco or Vatican City. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 83,448 (0.83 lakh)
- Area
- 7,032 km²
- Headquarters
- Daporijo
₹27 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Upper Subansiri.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Upper Subansiri · PLP 2023-24
₹27 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹10 cr
MSME
₹5 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹5 cr
Informal credit delivery system
₹2 cr
Upper Subansiri (Arunachal Pradesh) has a total priority-sector lending potential of about ₹26.92 crore for 2023-24. Farming and allied activities dominate: agriculture is ₹17.35 crore (64.45%) of the plan, while MSME is ₹5.20 crore and the rest covers education, housing, social infrastructure, renewable energy and SHG lending.
The biggest opportunity is plantation and horticulture at ₹5.64 crore — the district grows oranges, pineapple, banana, guava, litchi, large cardamom and more, and NABARD wants aromatic and medicinal plants added. Crop loans (KCC) come to ₹3.55 crore on paddy, millet, maize and ginger grown through jhum and wet-rice cultivation. Animal husbandry is a major thrust: dairy ₹1.12 crore, poultry ₹1.05 crore and pig/goat rearing ₹0.81 crore, with fisheries adding ₹0.70 crore. Around the district headquarter Daporijo and towns like Nioku and Leling there is scope for agro and food processing (₹1.08 crore) and handloom & handicraft units under the MSME line.
The PLP is candid about what holds the district back: heavy dependence on the monsoon and traditional farming, no storage or processing units, transport and marketing bottlenecks, no regulated markets, poor supply of improved cattle and pig breeds, and weak extension services. Its fixes are FPOs under 'One District One Product', post-harvest infrastructure via the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, and RIDF/NIDA funding for basic rural infrastructure.
What the plan promotes
- Plantation & Horticulture is the largest single term-loan line at ₹5.64 cr — oranges, pineapple, banana, guava, jackfruit, papaya, lemon, litchi, plum, peach, large cardamom and pears; aromatic & medicinal/herbal plants to be encouraged
- Crop loan (KCC) projected at ₹3.55 cr on jhum (shifting) and wet-rice cultivation — paddy, millets, maize, oilseed, pulses, chillies, potato and ginger are the district's main crops
- Animal Husbandry is a thrust area with strong demand for Dairy (₹1.12 cr), Poultry (₹1.05 cr) and Sheep/Goat/Piggery/Pig rearing (₹0.81 cr); mithun (21,932 head) and indigenous pigs (22,958 head) are widely reared
- Fisheries projected at ₹0.70 cr — wide demand-supply gap for fish and fish seed offers good scope for fish farming
- MSME credit potential of ₹5.20 cr (term + working capital); Handloom & Handicrafts flagged as a sector with good growth potential for the tribal population
- FPOs being promoted under the Central Sector Scheme to form 10,000 FPOs, aligned to the 'One District One Product' initiative, with post-harvest infrastructure via the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
Gaps the plan names
- Over-dependence on the monsoon and traditional (rainfed, jhum) methods of cultivation leave 60% of the agriculture-dependent rural population unemployed or underemployed for most of the year
- Lack of storage and processing units plus transportation and marketing bottlenecks, with an absence of regulated markets in the district
- Lack of technical inputs and fertilizers, and inadequate credit inputs reaching farmers
- Limited supply of improved breeds of cattle and pigs, shortage of concentrated feed and weak extension services holding back animal husbandry
- Difficult mountainous, rugged terrain and poor connectivity making infrastructure creation costly — State Government urged to tap RIDF/NIDA funds
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What the plan promotes
- Plantation & Horticulture is the largest single term-loan line at ₹5.64 cr — oranges, pineapple, banana, guava, jackfruit, papaya, lemon, litchi, plum, peach, large cardamom and pears; aromatic & medicinal/herbal plants to be encouraged
- Crop loan (KCC) projected at ₹3.55 cr on jhum (shifting) and wet-rice cultivation — paddy, millets, maize, oilseed, pulses, chillies, potato and ginger are the district's main crops
- Animal Husbandry is a thrust area with strong demand for Dairy (₹1.12 cr), Poultry (₹1.05 cr) and Sheep/Goat/Piggery/Pig rearing (₹0.81 cr); mithun (21,932 head) and indigenous pigs (22,958 head) are widely reared
- Fisheries projected at ₹0.70 cr — wide demand-supply gap for fish and fish seed offers good scope for fish farming
- MSME credit potential of ₹5.20 cr (term + working capital); Handloom & Handicrafts flagged as a sector with good growth potential for the tribal population
- FPOs being promoted under the Central Sector Scheme to form 10,000 FPOs, aligned to the 'One District One Product' initiative, with post-harvest infrastructure via the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
Gaps the plan names
- Over-dependence on the monsoon and traditional (rainfed, jhum) methods of cultivation leave 60% of the agriculture-dependent rural population unemployed or underemployed for most of the year
- Lack of storage and processing units plus transportation and marketing bottlenecks, with an absence of regulated markets in the district
- Lack of technical inputs and fertilizers, and inadequate credit inputs reaching farmers
- Limited supply of improved breeds of cattle and pigs, shortage of concentrated feed and weak extension services holding back animal husbandry
- Difficult mountainous, rugged terrain and poor connectivity making infrastructure creation costly — State Government urged to tap RIDF/NIDA funds
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