Mungeliमुंगेली
7.02 lakh people. Larger than Luxembourg, Malta, or the Maldives. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 7,01,707 (7.02 lakh)
- Headquarters
- Mungeli
- Established
- 2012
₹999 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Mungeli.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Mungeli · PLP 2023-24
₹999 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹444 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹159 cr
MSME
₹139 cr
Export credit / Education / Housing
₹112 cr
Mungeli district's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sees about Rs 999 crore of lending potential. Roughly Rs 685 crore (about 69%) is for farming and allied work, and Rs 139 crore (14%) is for small businesses (MSMEs); the rest covers housing, education, social infrastructure, clean energy and self-help groups.
Farming is the backbone. The single biggest opportunity is crop loans of about Rs 444 crore for the district's paddy, maize, pulses and wheat growers, most of whom (about three in four of 1.65 lakh farm families) still don't borrow from banks. Beyond crops, the plan flags strong scope in dairy (Rs 56 crore), farm machinery like tractors (Rs 59 crore), lift irrigation (Rs 13 crore), fisheries (Rs 12 crore) and food and agro-processing (Rs 18 crore), with storage godowns and cold chains adding another Rs 43 crore. Horticulture, mushrooms and beekeeping are singled out for private investment. Cooperatives (66 PACS plus dairy and fishery societies) and around 6,500 self-help groups are the local channels to organise producers.
The plan's own worries: irrigation is too dependent on kharif canals, so rivers and lift schemes should be tapped; farm labour is short, so machines are needed; the credit-to-deposit ratio (57%) is below the national mark; and soil health needs organic farming as chemical use is high in places. Lormi block, part of the Achanakmar Tiger Reserve, is a tribal belt with forest-based potential.
What the plan promotes
- Mungeli is an agriculture-dominated district: total geographical area 2.75 lakh ha of which 41% is forest; kharif crops are paddy, maize, arhar and urad, rabi crops are wheat, gram, pea, tiwda (lathyrus) and linseed, with 183% cropping intensity.
- Crop production, maintenance and marketing carries the biggest credit potential at Rs 443.80cr, targeting the ~76% of 1.65 lakh farm families who are still non-borrowers via Rupay Kisan Credit Cards.
- Dairy is a flagged thrust area with Rs 55.75cr potential, backed by rising milk output, the 20th Livestock Census herd (cross-bred and indigenous cattle plus ~36,900 buffaloes) and government subsidy schemes for breed improvement and green fodder.
- Farm mechanisation potential of Rs 59.05cr is prioritised to offset the shortage of farm labour, financing tractors, power tillers and combine harvesters.
- Water-resource / minor irrigation credit of Rs 13.33cr targets lift irrigation from rivers and streams, since only 24% of rabi area is irrigated and irrigation is 73% canal-dependent.
- Horticulture, mushroom cultivation and beekeeping are earmarked for private-sector investment with a combined Rs 7.38cr potential.
Gaps the plan names
- Irrigation is heavily kharif- and canal-dependent (73% from canals); the plan calls for expanding lift irrigation from rivers and streams and raising rabi irrigation coverage well above the current 24%.
- Shortage of farm labour makes wider mechanisation essential; the department, banks and NABARD are pushing tractor and implement financing to fill the gap.
- Roughly 76% of the 1.65 lakh farm families are non-borrowers, so banks must extend easy-terms Rupay Kisan Credit Card loans to bring them into formal credit.
- The district's credit-deposit ratio is only 57%, below the 60% national norm, indicating banks need to lend more against local deposits.
- Most SHGs remain outside bank-credit linkage (only 1731 of 2650 groups linked); reaching ~6500 groups is needed to cover the poor.
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What the plan promotes
- Mungeli is an agriculture-dominated district: total geographical area 2.75 lakh ha of which 41% is forest; kharif crops are paddy, maize, arhar and urad, rabi crops are wheat, gram, pea, tiwda (lathyrus) and linseed, with 183% cropping intensity.
- Crop production, maintenance and marketing carries the biggest credit potential at Rs 443.80cr, targeting the ~76% of 1.65 lakh farm families who are still non-borrowers via Rupay Kisan Credit Cards.
- Dairy is a flagged thrust area with Rs 55.75cr potential, backed by rising milk output, the 20th Livestock Census herd (cross-bred and indigenous cattle plus ~36,900 buffaloes) and government subsidy schemes for breed improvement and green fodder.
- Farm mechanisation potential of Rs 59.05cr is prioritised to offset the shortage of farm labour, financing tractors, power tillers and combine harvesters.
- Water-resource / minor irrigation credit of Rs 13.33cr targets lift irrigation from rivers and streams, since only 24% of rabi area is irrigated and irrigation is 73% canal-dependent.
- Horticulture, mushroom cultivation and beekeeping are earmarked for private-sector investment with a combined Rs 7.38cr potential.
Gaps the plan names
- Irrigation is heavily kharif- and canal-dependent (73% from canals); the plan calls for expanding lift irrigation from rivers and streams and raising rabi irrigation coverage well above the current 24%.
- Shortage of farm labour makes wider mechanisation essential; the department, banks and NABARD are pushing tractor and implement financing to fill the gap.
- Roughly 76% of the 1.65 lakh farm families are non-borrowers, so banks must extend easy-terms Rupay Kisan Credit Card loans to bring them into formal credit.
- The district's credit-deposit ratio is only 57%, below the 60% national norm, indicating banks need to lend more against local deposits.
- Most SHGs remain outside bank-credit linkage (only 1731 of 2650 groups linked); reaching ~6500 groups is needed to cover the poor.
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About Mungeli
Mungeli district is a district of Chhattisgarh, India, with headquarters in Mungeli. It was carved out of Bilaspur district in 2013.
Source: Wikipedia — Mungeli district
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