North Goa
8.18 lakh people. Larger than Bhutan, Luxembourg, or Malta. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 8,18,008 (8.18 lakh)
- Area
- 1,736 km²
- Headquarters
- Panaji
₹3,640 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in North Goa.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for North Goa · PLP 2023-24
₹3,640 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
₹2,538 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹334 cr
Housing
₹300 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹296 cr
North Goa's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sees about ₹3,640 crore of bankable opportunity across priority sectors. Most of it — ₹2,538 crore (70%) — is in small businesses (MSME), reflecting the district's service- and industry-led economy. Farming and allied work account for ₹700 crore (about 19%), and the rest sits in housing (₹300 cr), education (₹40 cr) and other schemes.
Within MSME, roughly ₹1,813 crore is for setting up or expanding units and ₹725 crore for day-to-day working capital. The district has around 533 registered enterprises, ten industrial estates (Corlim, Colvale, Thivim, Mapusa) and is a notable pharma hub.
On the farm side, crop loans lead at ₹334 crore, followed by term loans for dairy (₹63 crore, backed by 92 milk cooperatives), fisheries (₹54 crore, including an ongoing ornamental-fish project), food and agro processing (₹45 crore) and plantation/horticulture (₹40 crore). GI-tagged products like Mankurad mangoes, Bebinca and Kunbi weave, plus tourism around the beaches and the new Mopa airport, add further scope.
The plan flags clear hurdles: unresolved land-title problems block crop lending, tiny farm plots make value addition essential, and only 10% of self-help groups are credit-linked because the state lacks NGOs to support them. A low credit-deposit ratio (33.9%) also signals untapped lending headroom.
What the plan promotes
- Crop loans projected at ₹334 cr (~48% of the ₹700 cr farm credit); main crops are paddy, pulses, sugarcane, vegetables, coconut, cashew, mango and arecanut
- MSME potential of ₹2538 cr (70% of priority sector) anchored by ~533 registered enterprises and ten industrial estates at Corlim, Colvale, Thivim and Mapusa; North Goa is a prominent pharmaceutical hub
- Dairy term credit ₹63 cr with 92 dairy cooperative societies and 92 milk collection centres; dairy is a rising economic activity in the district
- Fisheries (marine, inland, brackish-water) potential ₹54 cr; an ICAR project on ornamental fisheries is ongoing in the district
- Food & agro processing ₹45 cr; 235 food (rice/flour/oil/tea/coffee) processing units plus cashew, spices and milk-processing units operate in the district
- GI tagging of Goan produce such as Mankurad mangoes, Bebinca, Saat Shiro Bhindi and Kunbi weave, in association with the Department of Science & Technology, Goa
Gaps the plan names
- Land title issues are a serious impediment to issuing crop loans; policy reforms in land ownership, community farming and contract farming are needed, with Joint Liability Group (JLG) financing to be promoted
- Small farm holding size means processing, value addition, farmer-level aggregation and product branding are required for farmers to realise better prices
- SHG-Bank Linkage is below par owing to low poverty levels — only 10% of SHGs in North Goa are credit-linked
- The State lacks good Self Help Promoting Institutes (SHPIs)/NGOs to hand-hold SHGs; NABARD is trying to rope in PIAs from neighbouring States
- CD ratio is low (33.9% as on 31 March 2022, below the RBI 40% benchmark) due to high deposits from high per-capita income and NRI remittances
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What the plan promotes
- Crop loans projected at ₹334 cr (~48% of the ₹700 cr farm credit); main crops are paddy, pulses, sugarcane, vegetables, coconut, cashew, mango and arecanut
- MSME potential of ₹2538 cr (70% of priority sector) anchored by ~533 registered enterprises and ten industrial estates at Corlim, Colvale, Thivim and Mapusa; North Goa is a prominent pharmaceutical hub
- Dairy term credit ₹63 cr with 92 dairy cooperative societies and 92 milk collection centres; dairy is a rising economic activity in the district
- Fisheries (marine, inland, brackish-water) potential ₹54 cr; an ICAR project on ornamental fisheries is ongoing in the district
- Food & agro processing ₹45 cr; 235 food (rice/flour/oil/tea/coffee) processing units plus cashew, spices and milk-processing units operate in the district
- GI tagging of Goan produce such as Mankurad mangoes, Bebinca, Saat Shiro Bhindi and Kunbi weave, in association with the Department of Science & Technology, Goa
Gaps the plan names
- Land title issues are a serious impediment to issuing crop loans; policy reforms in land ownership, community farming and contract farming are needed, with Joint Liability Group (JLG) financing to be promoted
- Small farm holding size means processing, value addition, farmer-level aggregation and product branding are required for farmers to realise better prices
- SHG-Bank Linkage is below par owing to low poverty levels — only 10% of SHGs in North Goa are credit-linked
- The State lacks good Self Help Promoting Institutes (SHPIs)/NGOs to hand-hold SHGs; NABARD is trying to rope in PIAs from neighbouring States
- CD ratio is low (33.9% as on 31 March 2022, below the RBI 40% benchmark) due to high deposits from high per-capita income and NRI remittances
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About North Goa
North Goa district is one of the three districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of 1,736 square kilometres, and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belagavi district of Karnataka to the east, by South Goa district to the south, and by the Arabian Sea to the west.
Source: Wikipedia — North Goa district
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