Mahasamundमहासमुन्द
10.3 lakh people. Larger than Fiji, Cyprus, or Bhutan. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 10,32,754 (10.3 lakh)
- Area
- 4,779 km²
- Headquarters
- Mahasamund
₹2,089 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Mahasamund.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Mahasamund · PLP 2023-24
₹2,089 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹1,065 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹367 cr
MSME
₹256 cr
Agriculture infrastructure
₹226 cr
NABARD's 2023-24 credit plan for Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh) estimates about 2,088.74 crore of lendable potential across all priority sectors. Farming dominates: agriculture and allied activities make up roughly 1,703 crore (about 81%), while small and medium businesses (MSME) account for 256 crore (about 12%); the rest covers housing, education, exports and social infrastructure.
The single biggest opportunity is crop loans at 1,065 crore, reflecting how much the district leans on paddy (covering about 2.4 lakh hectares with a high 114% cropping intensity). On top of crop loans, term lending for farm machinery (169 crore), dairy (58 crore), poultry (32 crore) and small irrigation/water works (30 crore) are sizable. Building rural storage and market yards (warehouses, godowns, cold storage) is worth about 157 crore.
Beyond the farm gate, there are clear clusters to build on: rice mills in almost every block, stone cutting and polishing along the Mahanadi river in Mahasamund block, fruit horticulture (mango, guava, lemon, banana, papaya), and NABARD-backed work like two new farmer producer companies in Basna and Bagbahara, a palmarosa (aromatic grass) livelihood project, and a WADI orchard scheme covering 3,000 tribal families.
The plan flags its own roadblocks: farmers stick to paddy and avoid more profitable vegetables, awareness of better practices is thin, and banks are wary of lending to livestock and MSME. It urges crop diversification, an integrated farming system, and skilling the workforce for non-farm jobs.
What the plan promotes
- Paddy is the dominant crop (covers ~240,778 ha, ~618.80 thousand MT in 2021-22) with crop intensity of 114%; crop loans are the single biggest credit line at 1064.74 cr.
- Thrust on diversifying out of paddy monoculture into rabi-season oilseeds and pulses, plus credit-linkage and term lending to FPOs promoted under the central-sector scheme.
- Farm mechanisation is the largest agriculture term-loan sub-line at 168.75 cr, followed by dairy at 58.20 cr.
- Storage and marketing infrastructure (warehouses, godowns, market yards, cold storage) draws the bulk of the 226.41 cr agriculture-infrastructure projection at 157.17 cr.
- Horticulture base around mango, guava, lemon, banana and papaya; NABARD ran a micro-enterprise programme on dehydration and processing of fruits and vegetables in Bagbahara block.
- Rice mills are the main industry, present in almost every block; other industries include stone cutting/crushing-polishing along the Mahanadi in Mahasamund block, minor forest produce collection and brick-making; about 862 working industrial units in the district.
Gaps the plan names
- Heavy dependence on a single paddy crop and reluctance among farmers to diversify into more remunerative vegetables despite limited market access.
- Low awareness of improved farming practices for alternative (non-paddy) crops.
- General reluctance among bankers to finance the animal husbandry/livestock sector, needing trust-building and farmer awareness of the long-term harm of chemical monoculture.
- Shortage of capital investment in agriculture is limiting credit growth; absence of large investment in MSMEs is holding back credit flow to that sector too.
- Very low credit growth in other priority sectors such as education and housing; borrowers need to be made aware of banks' credit-linked subsidy schemes and loan products.
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What the plan promotes
- Paddy is the dominant crop (covers ~240,778 ha, ~618.80 thousand MT in 2021-22) with crop intensity of 114%; crop loans are the single biggest credit line at 1064.74 cr.
- Thrust on diversifying out of paddy monoculture into rabi-season oilseeds and pulses, plus credit-linkage and term lending to FPOs promoted under the central-sector scheme.
- Farm mechanisation is the largest agriculture term-loan sub-line at 168.75 cr, followed by dairy at 58.20 cr.
- Storage and marketing infrastructure (warehouses, godowns, market yards, cold storage) draws the bulk of the 226.41 cr agriculture-infrastructure projection at 157.17 cr.
- Horticulture base around mango, guava, lemon, banana and papaya; NABARD ran a micro-enterprise programme on dehydration and processing of fruits and vegetables in Bagbahara block.
- Rice mills are the main industry, present in almost every block; other industries include stone cutting/crushing-polishing along the Mahanadi in Mahasamund block, minor forest produce collection and brick-making; about 862 working industrial units in the district.
Gaps the plan names
- Heavy dependence on a single paddy crop and reluctance among farmers to diversify into more remunerative vegetables despite limited market access.
- Low awareness of improved farming practices for alternative (non-paddy) crops.
- General reluctance among bankers to finance the animal husbandry/livestock sector, needing trust-building and farmer awareness of the long-term harm of chemical monoculture.
- Shortage of capital investment in agriculture is limiting credit growth; absence of large investment in MSMEs is holding back credit flow to that sector too.
- Very low credit growth in other priority sectors such as education and housing; borrowers need to be made aware of banks' credit-linked subsidy schemes and loan products.
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About Mahasamund
Mahasamund district is a district in Chhattisgarh state in central India. The city of Mahasamund is the district headquarters. The district is particularly famous for the historical temple town of Sirpur besides the Mahanadi river.
Source: Wikipedia — Mahasamund district
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