Porbandarપોરબંદર
5.85 lakh people. Larger than Malta, the Maldives, or Brunei. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 5,85,449 (5.85 lakh)
- Area
- 2,316 km²
- Headquarters
- Porbandar
₹2,680 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Porbandar.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Porbandar · PLP 2023-24
₹2,680 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹1,483 cr
MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises)
₹645 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹221 cr
Housing
₹113 cr
Porbandar's 2023-24 NABARD credit plan sees about ₹2,680 crore of lending potential for the year. Farming and allied activities make up the bulk at ₹1,877 crore (70%), while small and medium business (MSME) is the next big block at ₹645 crore (24%) and is the plan's named priority for turning the district into an export hub.
The single largest opportunity is crop loans at ₹1,483 crore — this is a mostly rain-fed coastal district growing groundnut and cotton in the monsoon, and wheat, gram and cumin in winter, across roughly 1.16 lakh hectares. Beyond crops, the clearest clusters are: dairy (about ₹50 crore, backed by 238 milk cooperatives), fisheries (about ₹10 crore, with fishing villages at Madhavpur, Miyani, Navibandar and Porbandar and the Porbandar fishing harbour), and food & agro processing (about ₹72 crore). On the industry side, the 106-km coastline and local minerals point to ice plants, frozen sea food, fishing nets, ship and boat building, and soda-ash/bauxite chemical and cement units, with industrial estates at Dharampur and Vanana. Housing adds about ₹113 crore.
The plan flags clear gaps to fix first: not every farmer is covered by a Kisan Credit Card, water is scarce so more drip and micro-irrigation is needed, and fishing has only one harbour for berthing. Realising the potential depends on banks and government departments working together on this infrastructure.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production is the dominant credit head at ₹1,483.14 cr (55.34% of the plan), built on Kharif groundnut and cotton; Rabi wheat, gram and cumin; and summer groundnut, sesame (til), bajra, fodder and vegetables across a 1,15,867 ha net sown area
- MSME is the declared Thrust Area at ₹644.85 cr (24.06%), aimed at making the district an export hub, with two industrial estates at Dharampur (200.69 ha) and Vanana (54.93 ha)
- Coastal and mineral-based small/medium industry along the 106-km coastline: ice factories, frozen sea food, fishing nets/packing material, ship/boat building, chemical industries (soda ash, calcined bauxite, bromine) and cement/cement-based products
- Dairy is the largest agriculture term-loan sub-line at ₹50.17 cr, supported by 238 dairy cooperative societies and milk chilling/processing capacity of about 600 units
- Fisheries potential of ₹10.32 cr from marine and inland capture & culture fishing, with 5 fishing villages (Javar, Madhavpur, Miyani, Navibandar, Porbandar), 4 fish-landing centres and one fishing harbour at Porbandar
- Food and agro processing under ancillary activities at ₹71.97 cr, alongside a Rural Mart set up with NABARD support for SHGs making handicrafts and utility items (bags, purses, mats, foot-mats, toys) at Porbandar
Gaps the plan names
- Crop credit gap: not all borrowers are covered under the Kisan Credit Card fold; adequate KCC-guideline finance and quality extension services are the critical interventions, and banks should extend short-term loans for allied activities and crop marketing too
- Water scarcity: agriculture is mainly rain-fed, so bringing more area under water-efficient micro-irrigation like drip and building farmer awareness are the critical interventions for definitive impact
- Fisheries infrastructure: marine fishing is limited to Porbandar block with only one fishing harbour for berthing, so credit support is needed to boost the sector and the district economy
- MSME scale-up requires harnessing the under-utilised 106-km coastline and local minerals for coastal and chemical/cement industries to realise the export-hub ambition
- Exploiting the assessed potential depends on coordinated critical-infrastructure support across all sectors by banks and government departments, with a thrust on high-tech agriculture and allied activities to double farmers' income
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What the plan promotes
- Crop production is the dominant credit head at ₹1,483.14 cr (55.34% of the plan), built on Kharif groundnut and cotton; Rabi wheat, gram and cumin; and summer groundnut, sesame (til), bajra, fodder and vegetables across a 1,15,867 ha net sown area
- MSME is the declared Thrust Area at ₹644.85 cr (24.06%), aimed at making the district an export hub, with two industrial estates at Dharampur (200.69 ha) and Vanana (54.93 ha)
- Coastal and mineral-based small/medium industry along the 106-km coastline: ice factories, frozen sea food, fishing nets/packing material, ship/boat building, chemical industries (soda ash, calcined bauxite, bromine) and cement/cement-based products
- Dairy is the largest agriculture term-loan sub-line at ₹50.17 cr, supported by 238 dairy cooperative societies and milk chilling/processing capacity of about 600 units
- Fisheries potential of ₹10.32 cr from marine and inland capture & culture fishing, with 5 fishing villages (Javar, Madhavpur, Miyani, Navibandar, Porbandar), 4 fish-landing centres and one fishing harbour at Porbandar
- Food and agro processing under ancillary activities at ₹71.97 cr, alongside a Rural Mart set up with NABARD support for SHGs making handicrafts and utility items (bags, purses, mats, foot-mats, toys) at Porbandar
Gaps the plan names
- Crop credit gap: not all borrowers are covered under the Kisan Credit Card fold; adequate KCC-guideline finance and quality extension services are the critical interventions, and banks should extend short-term loans for allied activities and crop marketing too
- Water scarcity: agriculture is mainly rain-fed, so bringing more area under water-efficient micro-irrigation like drip and building farmer awareness are the critical interventions for definitive impact
- Fisheries infrastructure: marine fishing is limited to Porbandar block with only one fishing harbour for berthing, so credit support is needed to boost the sector and the district economy
- MSME scale-up requires harnessing the under-utilised 106-km coastline and local minerals for coastal and chemical/cement industries to realise the export-hub ambition
- Exploiting the assessed potential depends on coordinated critical-infrastructure support across all sectors by banks and government departments, with a thrust on high-tech agriculture and allied activities to double farmers' income
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About Porbandar
Porbandar district is one of the 33 districts of Gujarat state in western India. The district covers an area of 2,316 km2. It had a population of 5.85,449 of which 48.77% were urban as of the 2011 census. This district was carved out of Junagadh district. It lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Porbandar city is the administrative headquarters of this district. This district is surrounded by Jamnagar district and Devboomi Dwarka to the north, Junagadh district and Rajkot district to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west and south.
Source: Wikipedia — Porbandar district
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