Ahmedabadઅમદાવાદ
72.1 lakh people. Larger than Singapore, Denmark, or Finland. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 72,14,225 (72.1 lakh)
- Area
- 8,107 km²
- Headquarters
- Ahmedabad
₹64,680 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Ahmedabad.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Ahmedabad · PLP 2023-24
₹64,680 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises)
₹49,368 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹4,679 cr
Housing
₹4,523 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹3,474 cr
Ahmedabad's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sees about Rs 64,680 crore of lending potential across the priority sector — up roughly 33% on the year before. The mix is unusual for a district plan: MSME dominates at Rs 49,368 crore (about 79% of the total), because Ahmedabad is Gujarat's industrial capital, while farming and allied activity together come to Rs 9,179 crore (about 14%).
For an entrepreneur, the biggest openings are in industry and food. MSME splits into roughly Rs 37,680 crore of term/investment credit and Rs 11,688 crore of working capital. Food and agro-processing alone carries Rs 1,560 crore of potential, with a paddy/rice-milling cluster around Bavla and large agro houses like Adani Wilmar, Gokul Agro and Gujarat Ambuja Exports already based here. Warehouses, cold stores and market yards are pegged at Rs 1,985 crore, and housing loans at Rs 4,523 crore. On the farm side, paddy, wheat, cotton, castor and cumin lead the cropping, the protein-rich rain-fed 'Bhal' wheat is a niche around Dhandhuka and Dholka, and dairy is strong with 2.5 lakh buffaloes and 504 dairy cooperatives.
The plan's own warnings: the district badly needs more storage and cold-storage capacity to cut crop losses and improve prices, wants AIF/AMI subsidy steered to PACS and farmers, and asks for sharper focus on SHGs, FPOs, women and weaker-section borrowers.
What the plan promotes
- MSME is the headline opportunity at Rs 49367.50 cr (79% of priority-sector lending), split Rs 37680.00 cr investment credit and Rs 11687.50 cr working capital — Ahmedabad is the state's industrial capital with excellent connectivity.
- Major agro-food industrial houses anchor the district: Adani Wilmar Ltd., Gokul Agro Resources Ltd. and Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd.; pharma majors include Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Torrent Pharma and Dishman Pharmaceuticals.
- Food and agro-processing credit potential is Rs 1559.55 cr, with a cluster of paddy/rice units concentrated in the Bavla region.
- Predominant crops are paddy, wheat, cotton, castor, gram, jowar, sesame and mustard; paddy is grown mainly in Bavla, Sanand and Viramgam blocks.
- Distinctive 'Bhal' wheat — rich in protein and high in demand — is grown rain-free on residual soil moisture in the Dhandhuka and Dholka region.
- Strong dairy and livestock base: 250000 buffaloes, ~155000 cross/indigenous cows, 176600 goats and ~12 lakh poultry, with 504 dairy cooperative societies and 200 milk collection centres; dairy term-loan potential Rs 175.30 cr.
Gaps the plan names
- As the state's trade centre, the district needs more warehouse storage capacity and cold storages for better price realisation and to cut crop and vegetable losses — current godown capacity is 61240 MT and cold-storage capacity only 45000 MT.
- Gujarat State Government, with NABARD, should extend AIF and AMI subsidy to PACS and farmers to encourage creation of cold storages and storage facilities in the district.
- Safe procurement systems and farmer-welfare measures are needed to reduce post-harvest crop and vegetable loss.
- Focused effort is required for the overall development of SHGs, PACS and FPOs, given that women and small/marginal farmers' welfare depends on these groups.
- Lending to weaker sections, SC/ST and women borrowers needs a more focused attempt, as priority-sector data for these segments requires improvement.
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What the plan promotes
- MSME is the headline opportunity at Rs 49367.50 cr (79% of priority-sector lending), split Rs 37680.00 cr investment credit and Rs 11687.50 cr working capital — Ahmedabad is the state's industrial capital with excellent connectivity.
- Major agro-food industrial houses anchor the district: Adani Wilmar Ltd., Gokul Agro Resources Ltd. and Gujarat Ambuja Exports Ltd.; pharma majors include Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Torrent Pharma and Dishman Pharmaceuticals.
- Food and agro-processing credit potential is Rs 1559.55 cr, with a cluster of paddy/rice units concentrated in the Bavla region.
- Predominant crops are paddy, wheat, cotton, castor, gram, jowar, sesame and mustard; paddy is grown mainly in Bavla, Sanand and Viramgam blocks.
- Distinctive 'Bhal' wheat — rich in protein and high in demand — is grown rain-free on residual soil moisture in the Dhandhuka and Dholka region.
- Strong dairy and livestock base: 250000 buffaloes, ~155000 cross/indigenous cows, 176600 goats and ~12 lakh poultry, with 504 dairy cooperative societies and 200 milk collection centres; dairy term-loan potential Rs 175.30 cr.
Gaps the plan names
- As the state's trade centre, the district needs more warehouse storage capacity and cold storages for better price realisation and to cut crop and vegetable losses — current godown capacity is 61240 MT and cold-storage capacity only 45000 MT.
- Gujarat State Government, with NABARD, should extend AIF and AMI subsidy to PACS and farmers to encourage creation of cold storages and storage facilities in the district.
- Safe procurement systems and farmer-welfare measures are needed to reduce post-harvest crop and vegetable loss.
- Focused effort is required for the overall development of SHGs, PACS and FPOs, given that women and small/marginal farmers' welfare depends on these groups.
- Lending to weaker sections, SC/ST and women borrowers needs a more focused attempt, as priority-sector data for these segments requires improvement.
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About Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad (Amdavad) district is a district comprises the city of Ahmedabad, in the central part of the state of Gujarat in western India. It is the seventh most populous district in India. Ahmedabad District Surrounded By Kheda district in the east, Mehsana district in the north, Anand district in the south and Surendranagar district in the west.
Source: Wikipedia — Ahmedabad district
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