Botadબોટાદ
6.56 lakh people. Larger than Malta, the Maldives, or Brunei. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 6,56,005 (6.56 lakh)
- Area
- 2,564 km²
- Headquarters
- Botad
₹3,885 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Botad.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Botad · PLP 2023-24
₹3,885 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹2,042 cr
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
₹477 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹389 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹383 cr
Botad's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sees about ₹3,884.94 crore of lending potential across the district. Farming dominates: roughly ₹3,156.78 crore (81%) is for agriculture and allied work, while small businesses (MSME) account for ₹476.63 crore (12%).
The single biggest opportunity is the crop loan book — ₹2,041.88 crore, more than half the plan — built on cotton, groundnut, til (sesame) and wheat across the four talukas of Botad, Gadhada, Barvala and Ranpur, where about half the farms are small or marginal. Beyond raising crops, the plan flags strong scope in food and agro-processing (₹365.63 crore); Botad is a major cotton, groundnut and guava producer. Farm machinery (₹147.14 crore) and water/irrigation (₹140.24 crore) are the next openings, with storage, godowns and cold chains (₹136.98 crore) close behind.
Livestock is a steady earner: dairy loans of ₹59.81 crore plus ₹87.18 crore of working-capital cards for dairy and fishing families, helped by 117 milk societies and a 120,000-MT milk chilling plant. On the non-farm side, Botad has 110 cotton ginning and spinning units, ball-bearing makers in Ranpur, GIDC industrial estates, and NABARD-trained women in embroidery, pearl-bead and artificial-jewellery work.
The plan is candid about hurdles: the district is drought-prone with groundwater at a critical stage; banks lend too little on term loans (only ~34% of target met); SHG financing is weak; and rural artisan clusters stay unorganised and short of formal credit.
What the plan promotes
- Crop loans dominate at ₹2,041.88 cr (53% of the plan); the climate suits cotton, groundnut, onion and wheat — cotton was sown on 163,872 ha, groundnut 2,291 ha, til (sesame) 7,770 ha, bajra 1,001 ha and wheat 13,245 ha in 2021-22, across four talukas (Botad, Gadhada, Barvala, Ranpur) where ~50% of holdings are small/marginal (average 2.63 ha)
- Food and agro-processing carries ₹365.63 cr of potential — the largest term-loan opportunity after crops; Botad is a major cotton, groundnut and guava producer with strong rural scope for processing units
- Farm mechanisation is assessed at ₹147.14 cr and water resources (micro-irrigation, dug/bore wells, drip & sprinkler) at ₹140.24 cr, with thrust on water conservation in this drought-prone, critically over-drawn groundwater zone
- Dairy term loans of ₹59.81 cr plus ₹87.18 cr of AH & Fisheries KCC working capital; dairy, storage and farm fencing are flagged as developmental-initiative thrust areas, backed by 117 milk co-operative societies and one milk chilling plant of 120,000 MT capacity
- Storage and marketing infrastructure (warehouses, market yards, silos, cold storage/cold chains) is pegged at ₹136.98 cr and land development at ₹117.84 cr — the district has 119 godowns with 44,200 MT capacity and one cold storage
- MSME potential of ₹476.63 cr (term ₹199.13 cr + working capital ₹277.50 cr); 110 cotton ginning/spinning/weaving units operate, Ranpur block manufactures ball-bearings for the automobile sector, GIDC is developing industrial estates and joint-venture industrial parks, and DIC Botad offers a 5% interest subsidy on new SSI units
Gaps the plan names
- The district is prone to extreme climatic conditions with drought in recent years (after earlier very heavy rainfall), and underground water status is at a critical stage — the canal network helps but needs to be organised more systematically
- Term-loan offtake is poor: banks need to focus much more on term lending, as crop-loan achievement (~77%) far outpaces agriculture term-credit (Agr) which achieved only ~34% against the Annual Credit Plan in 2021-22
- SHG-Bank Linkage financing is at a low level and needs strengthening; cooperative coverage is thin — only 117 of 640 cooperative societies (18%) are milk societies, leaving room to form new agriculture and allied-sector cooperatives
- Post-harvest infrastructure and capacity-building of agripreneurs/entrepreneurs and their producer organisations (FPOs) are named thrust areas, alongside converting PACS into Multi-Service Centres and tapping the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
- Unorganised clusters of rural artisans must be mapped and commercialised to reach economies of scale; MSMEs face poor access to formal credit, weak skills, technology gaps and competition from e-commerce, so DIC-led micro-surveys, RSETI/REDP training and women-enterprise focus are needed
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What the plan promotes
- Crop loans dominate at ₹2,041.88 cr (53% of the plan); the climate suits cotton, groundnut, onion and wheat — cotton was sown on 163,872 ha, groundnut 2,291 ha, til (sesame) 7,770 ha, bajra 1,001 ha and wheat 13,245 ha in 2021-22, across four talukas (Botad, Gadhada, Barvala, Ranpur) where ~50% of holdings are small/marginal (average 2.63 ha)
- Food and agro-processing carries ₹365.63 cr of potential — the largest term-loan opportunity after crops; Botad is a major cotton, groundnut and guava producer with strong rural scope for processing units
- Farm mechanisation is assessed at ₹147.14 cr and water resources (micro-irrigation, dug/bore wells, drip & sprinkler) at ₹140.24 cr, with thrust on water conservation in this drought-prone, critically over-drawn groundwater zone
- Dairy term loans of ₹59.81 cr plus ₹87.18 cr of AH & Fisheries KCC working capital; dairy, storage and farm fencing are flagged as developmental-initiative thrust areas, backed by 117 milk co-operative societies and one milk chilling plant of 120,000 MT capacity
- Storage and marketing infrastructure (warehouses, market yards, silos, cold storage/cold chains) is pegged at ₹136.98 cr and land development at ₹117.84 cr — the district has 119 godowns with 44,200 MT capacity and one cold storage
- MSME potential of ₹476.63 cr (term ₹199.13 cr + working capital ₹277.50 cr); 110 cotton ginning/spinning/weaving units operate, Ranpur block manufactures ball-bearings for the automobile sector, GIDC is developing industrial estates and joint-venture industrial parks, and DIC Botad offers a 5% interest subsidy on new SSI units
Gaps the plan names
- The district is prone to extreme climatic conditions with drought in recent years (after earlier very heavy rainfall), and underground water status is at a critical stage — the canal network helps but needs to be organised more systematically
- Term-loan offtake is poor: banks need to focus much more on term lending, as crop-loan achievement (~77%) far outpaces agriculture term-credit (Agr) which achieved only ~34% against the Annual Credit Plan in 2021-22
- SHG-Bank Linkage financing is at a low level and needs strengthening; cooperative coverage is thin — only 117 of 640 cooperative societies (18%) are milk societies, leaving room to form new agriculture and allied-sector cooperatives
- Post-harvest infrastructure and capacity-building of agripreneurs/entrepreneurs and their producer organisations (FPOs) are named thrust areas, alongside converting PACS into Multi-Service Centres and tapping the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund
- Unorganised clusters of rural artisans must be mapped and commercialised to reach economies of scale; MSMEs face poor access to formal credit, weak skills, technology gaps and competition from e-commerce, so DIC-led micro-surveys, RSETI/REDP training and women-enterprise focus are needed
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About Botad
Botad district is a district in the state of Gujarat, India. It was formed on August 15, 2013 from the southwestern section of Ahmedabad District and the northwestern part of Bhavnagar District. Erstwhile, it was part of Bhavnagar District. Botad District is surrounded by Surendranagar District to the northeast, Rajkot District to the west, Bhavnagar District and Amreli District to the south and Ahmedabad District to the East.
Source: Wikipedia — Botad district
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