Darrangদৰং
9.29 lakh people. Larger than Fiji, Cyprus, or Bhutan. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 9,28,500 (9.29 lakh)
- Headquarters
- Mangaldoi
₹878 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Darrang.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Darrang · PLP 2023-24
₹878 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹341 cr
MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises)
₹265 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹131 cr
Informal credit - SHGs/JLGs
₹45 cr
Darrang district in Assam has a total priority-sector credit potential of about ₹878 crore for 2023-24. Farming and its allied activities make up the bulk of this at ₹522.50 crore (roughly 60% of the plan), while small businesses (MSME) account for ₹265.20 crore (about 30%).
The single biggest opportunity is everyday crop farming at ₹340.67 crore, built around paddy grown on roughly 50,000 hectares and reaching about 85% of the population. Beyond crops, livestock is a strong cluster — dairy (₹24.90 crore), poultry (₹22.60 crore) and sheep/goat/pig rearing (₹14.89 crore) — followed by farm-machinery loans (₹24.38 crore) and fisheries (₹14.43 crore). The district also has 4 large corporate tea gardens plus around 165 small tea gardens, and NABARD-backed farmer producer companies (FPOs) in the Dalgaon and Bechimari blocks that already group 600+ farmers. Food and agro-processing carries ₹24.32 crore of potential, with ₹10.49 crore more for storage and market-yard infrastructure. For small businesses, the plan splits ₹178 crore of term loans and ₹87.20 crore of working capital.
The PLP is candid about the roadblocks: weak irrigation, unreliable rural power (which holds back processing units), a thin extension and technology-transfer network, too little farm mechanisation, and a shortage of warehouses and cold storage. Fixing these, alongside better roads and milk routes, is what the plan says must happen for the credit potential to become real.
What the plan promotes
- Paddy is the dominant crop on about 50,414 ha; agriculture engages roughly 85% of the population and crop production alone carries ₹340.67cr of credit potential (39% of the plan)
- Dairy (₹24.90cr), poultry (₹22.60cr) and sheep/goat/piggery (₹14.89cr) allied livestock activities are widely practised and form the biggest investment-credit lines after crops
- 4 medium-to-large corporate Tea Gardens and around 165 Small Tea Gardens operate in the district, alongside ₹13.79cr of plantation & horticulture potential
- Weaving is an important household activity; MSME (term + working capital) carries ₹265.20cr of potential, the second-largest sector
- NABARD has promoted 2 Farmers Producer Organisations (FPOs) that aggregate 600+ farmers, with two more FPOs on vegetables being set up in Dalgaon and Bechimari blocks under the 10,000-FPO scheme
- EShakti SHG-digitisation project has been live since 2020-21, digitising records of 12,000+ SHGs via 400+ animators; ₹44.61cr informal-credit potential through SHGs/JLGs
Gaps the plan names
- Low capital formation and poor quality of physical infrastructure, worsened by farmers' lack of awareness and a weak agricultural extension network and technology-transfer mechanism
- Inadequate irrigation facilities; the Government is urged to strengthen and improve irrigation infrastructure
- Poor and unreliable power supply, particularly in rural areas, which constrains setting up and running agro and food-processing activities and industries
- Limited farm mechanisation and low adoption of improved/affordable implements; need to establish custom-hiring centres run by farmer co-operatives
- Shortage of warehouses, micro-warehouses and cold storages/cold chains; the district needs to attract private investment for storage infrastructure
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What the plan promotes
- Paddy is the dominant crop on about 50,414 ha; agriculture engages roughly 85% of the population and crop production alone carries ₹340.67cr of credit potential (39% of the plan)
- Dairy (₹24.90cr), poultry (₹22.60cr) and sheep/goat/piggery (₹14.89cr) allied livestock activities are widely practised and form the biggest investment-credit lines after crops
- 4 medium-to-large corporate Tea Gardens and around 165 Small Tea Gardens operate in the district, alongside ₹13.79cr of plantation & horticulture potential
- Weaving is an important household activity; MSME (term + working capital) carries ₹265.20cr of potential, the second-largest sector
- NABARD has promoted 2 Farmers Producer Organisations (FPOs) that aggregate 600+ farmers, with two more FPOs on vegetables being set up in Dalgaon and Bechimari blocks under the 10,000-FPO scheme
- EShakti SHG-digitisation project has been live since 2020-21, digitising records of 12,000+ SHGs via 400+ animators; ₹44.61cr informal-credit potential through SHGs/JLGs
Gaps the plan names
- Low capital formation and poor quality of physical infrastructure, worsened by farmers' lack of awareness and a weak agricultural extension network and technology-transfer mechanism
- Inadequate irrigation facilities; the Government is urged to strengthen and improve irrigation infrastructure
- Poor and unreliable power supply, particularly in rural areas, which constrains setting up and running agro and food-processing activities and industries
- Limited farm mechanisation and low adoption of improved/affordable implements; need to establish custom-hiring centres run by farmer co-operatives
- Shortage of warehouses, micro-warehouses and cold storages/cold chains; the district needs to attract private investment for storage infrastructure
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About Darrang
Darrang district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters are located at Mangaldoi. The district occupies an area of 1585 km2.
Source: Wikipedia — Darrang district
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