Baloda Bazarबलौदा बाज़ार
10.8 lakh people. Larger than Fiji, Cyprus, or Bhutan. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 10,78,911 (10.8 lakh)
- Headquarters
- Baloda Bazar
- Established
- 2012
₹1,931 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Baloda Bazar.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Baloda Bazar · PLP 2023-24
₹1,931 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹893 cr
MSME
₹364 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹264 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹145 cr
Baloda Bazar's NABARD plan for 2023-24 sees about ₹1,931 crore of bankable credit potential. Farming is the backbone — agriculture takes roughly ₹1,428 crore (about three-quarters of the plan), with crop loans alone at ₹893 crore. Small business (MSME) is the next big block at ₹364 crore, fitting because this is Chhattisgarh's cement hub.
Three clear money-making clusters stand out. First, food processing (₹144 crore) built around Bhatapara town, which already runs 113 dal mills and 131 poha mills plus rice, besan and spice units. Second, cement and allied industry — the plants at Balodabazar and Simga support around 9,600 jobs, surrounded by rice mills, stone crushers and fly-ash brick units. Third, livestock and fishing: fish farming (₹66 crore), farm machinery (₹72 crore) and dairy (₹40 crore), with milk able to flow to BMC Devbhog. Tomato grows very well here, so a low-cost ketchup/sauce unit is an easy win, and kosa silk weaving already employs about 3,000 people.
The plan is honest about what holds the district back. Banks lean on short-term cash credit and shy away from longer term loans, so the credit-deposit ratio stays low. Many cattle are low-yielding and there is no milk route. Above all, farmers skip a second crop because there is no market to sell it and stray animals destroy what they do grow — so the plan asks for proper marketing channels, community fencing, breed improvement, soil-testing labs and better roads and power.
What the plan promotes
- Crop credit dominates the plan at ₹892.58cr (46%); paddy is backed by the state's Rajiv Gandhi Nyay Yojana support price and the cooperative bank overshot its crop-loan target in 2021-22.
- Food & agro processing potential of ₹143.57cr anchored on Bhatapara block — a state-leading cluster with 113 dal mills and 131 poha mills, 18 rice mills, plus roasted-gram, besan, bakery and spice units.
- MSME credit of ₹364.37cr in Chhattisgarh's cement hub: cement plants and power plants in Balodabazar and Simga support ~9,600 jobs, alongside rice/poha mills, stone crushers, fly-ash bricks and sponge iron.
- Fisheries term-loan potential of ₹66.18cr and farm mechanisation of ₹72.05cr lead agriculture term lending.
- Dairy term loans of ₹39.87cr; the animal-husbandry dept pushes breed improvement via artificial insemination and BMC Devbhog can off-take milk.
- Six blocks have four FPOs formed under the central-sector scheme (CBBOs identified for the remaining two blocks), with NCDC as the implementing agency.
Gaps the plan names
- Wide gap between PM-Kisan beneficiaries and KCC holders — agriculture-dept block officials to close it through proper KYE.
- Most cattle are low-yielding; breed improvement via artificial insemination needed, and the absence of a milk route discourages farmers from keeping high-yield animals.
- Despite good canal/irrigation cover, farmers skip the second crop for want of a market — marketing channels must be set up so the second-crop and stray-cattle problem is solved.
- Stray animals damage standing crops — protect the second crop by penning stray animals or building community fencing.
- Banks focus on cash credit and are reluctant to give term loans; this is the main reason the 60% credit-deposit ratio is not met.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop credit dominates the plan at ₹892.58cr (46%); paddy is backed by the state's Rajiv Gandhi Nyay Yojana support price and the cooperative bank overshot its crop-loan target in 2021-22.
- Food & agro processing potential of ₹143.57cr anchored on Bhatapara block — a state-leading cluster with 113 dal mills and 131 poha mills, 18 rice mills, plus roasted-gram, besan, bakery and spice units.
- MSME credit of ₹364.37cr in Chhattisgarh's cement hub: cement plants and power plants in Balodabazar and Simga support ~9,600 jobs, alongside rice/poha mills, stone crushers, fly-ash bricks and sponge iron.
- Fisheries term-loan potential of ₹66.18cr and farm mechanisation of ₹72.05cr lead agriculture term lending.
- Dairy term loans of ₹39.87cr; the animal-husbandry dept pushes breed improvement via artificial insemination and BMC Devbhog can off-take milk.
- Six blocks have four FPOs formed under the central-sector scheme (CBBOs identified for the remaining two blocks), with NCDC as the implementing agency.
Gaps the plan names
- Wide gap between PM-Kisan beneficiaries and KCC holders — agriculture-dept block officials to close it through proper KYE.
- Most cattle are low-yielding; breed improvement via artificial insemination needed, and the absence of a milk route discourages farmers from keeping high-yield animals.
- Despite good canal/irrigation cover, farmers skip the second crop for want of a market — marketing channels must be set up so the second-crop and stray-cattle problem is solved.
- Stray animals damage standing crops — protect the second crop by penning stray animals or building community fencing.
- Banks focus on cash credit and are reluctant to give term loans; this is the main reason the 60% credit-deposit ratio is not met.
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About Baloda Bazar
Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara district is a district in Chhattisgarh state of India with its headquarters at Baloda Bazar. Before its creation, it was a part of Raipur district. The border of Balodabazar-Bhatapara district shares borders with Bemetara, Mungeli, Bilaspur, Janjgir, Raigarh, Mahasamund and Raipur districts. According to the prevalent tradition in relation to the naming of the Balodabazar in the past, the traders of Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Orissa, Berar etc. used to gather in the market buffaloes of the city to sell the buffalo, buffalo (Boda). As a result, its name became popular in the name of the bullboda market and in the form of the Baloda Bazar.
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