Pulwama
₹2,411 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Pulwama.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Pulwama · PLP 2023-24
₹2,411 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹1,050 cr
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
₹656 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹425 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹81 cr
Pulwama's 2023-24 credit plan sizes up ₹2,410.97 crore of lending potential across priority sectors. Farming dominates: agriculture is about 66% (₹1,581.89 cr) and MSME is 27% (₹656.25 cr), with the rest split between housing, education, social infrastructure, exports and renewable energy.
The single biggest opportunity is everyday crop finance — ₹1,049.81 cr, or 44% of the whole plan — because Pulwama is Kashmir's top rice district and also grows maize, pulses, oilseeds, fodder and world-famous saffron on the Karewa lands of Pampore, Kakapora and Pulwama. Fruit is the other big story: plantation and horticulture carry ₹238.73 cr, backed by apple, almond, walnut and cherry orchards. Dairy is worth ₹86.05 cr in this land known as the 'Dudha-kul of Kashmir'.
On the industry side, the willow cricket-bat cluster (about 87 units exporting 42,000+ bats a year), Pashmina and Kani weaving, and the Mega Food Park at Lassipora anchor the ₹656.25 cr MSME potential, with food and agro-processing alone at ₹68.63 cr.
The plan's own warnings: the district has very little cold and dry storage (a real problem when the valley is snowbound in winter), fruit and vegetable processing is almost negligible, power supply is unreliable, and handicraft exporters need GI tags, branding and design help to compete.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production, maintenance & marketing carries the biggest potential at ₹1049.81 cr (44% of the plan); Pulwama is J&K's top rice grower and also produces maize, pulses, oilseeds and fodder.
- Plantation & horticulture (including sericulture) offers ₹238.73 cr — the district produced 214,917 MT of fruit in 2019-20, famous for apple, almond, walnut and cherry.
- Saffron is a flagship crop grown on ~3,200 ha of Karewa land at Pampore, Kakapora and Pulwama blocks; branding and grading of saffron for export is flagged.
- Dairy term loans of ₹86.05 cr — Pulwama is known as 'Anand' or 'Dudha-kul of Kashmir' with ~4.91 lakh litres/day milk output and units like Zum Zum Milk Products and Khyber Agro Farms.
- Sheep/goat/piggery (₹34.55 cr) and poultry (₹28.34 cr) term loans; the district had ~941 poultry farms producing 21 million eggs and 65 lakh broilers.
- MSME potential of ₹656.25 cr anchored on the willow cricket-bat cluster (~87 registered units exporting 42,000+ bats/year) and handicrafts — Pashmina, Kani Shawl and Raffal weaving.
Gaps the plan names
- Very little storage infrastructure in the district; urgent need for dry and cold storage (e.g. a cold store at Village Bugam) to serve ~15,000-18,000 fruit-and-vegetable farmers, especially as the valley is cut off in winter.
- Processing of fruits and vegetables is almost negligible despite rising horticulture output; regular electricity supply is needed for cold stores to function.
- Handicraft/handloom sector needs preservation and professionalisation — design digitisation, GI tagging, branding, artisan insurance and better retailer-artisan margin sharing; power-loom competition and weak/irregular power supply hurt export credit.
- Low spread of Business Correspondents, lack of SHPI/JLGPI promoting institutes, poor rural infrastructure, absence of crop-insurance facilities and lack of off-farm skills constrain conversion of potential into actual credit.
- Weak secondary sector — few agro-based small-scale industries in the private sector; needs concessions and incentives to attract private investment in industry.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop production, maintenance & marketing carries the biggest potential at ₹1049.81 cr (44% of the plan); Pulwama is J&K's top rice grower and also produces maize, pulses, oilseeds and fodder.
- Plantation & horticulture (including sericulture) offers ₹238.73 cr — the district produced 214,917 MT of fruit in 2019-20, famous for apple, almond, walnut and cherry.
- Saffron is a flagship crop grown on ~3,200 ha of Karewa land at Pampore, Kakapora and Pulwama blocks; branding and grading of saffron for export is flagged.
- Dairy term loans of ₹86.05 cr — Pulwama is known as 'Anand' or 'Dudha-kul of Kashmir' with ~4.91 lakh litres/day milk output and units like Zum Zum Milk Products and Khyber Agro Farms.
- Sheep/goat/piggery (₹34.55 cr) and poultry (₹28.34 cr) term loans; the district had ~941 poultry farms producing 21 million eggs and 65 lakh broilers.
- MSME potential of ₹656.25 cr anchored on the willow cricket-bat cluster (~87 registered units exporting 42,000+ bats/year) and handicrafts — Pashmina, Kani Shawl and Raffal weaving.
Gaps the plan names
- Very little storage infrastructure in the district; urgent need for dry and cold storage (e.g. a cold store at Village Bugam) to serve ~15,000-18,000 fruit-and-vegetable farmers, especially as the valley is cut off in winter.
- Processing of fruits and vegetables is almost negligible despite rising horticulture output; regular electricity supply is needed for cold stores to function.
- Handicraft/handloom sector needs preservation and professionalisation — design digitisation, GI tagging, branding, artisan insurance and better retailer-artisan margin sharing; power-loom competition and weak/irregular power supply hurt export credit.
- Low spread of Business Correspondents, lack of SHPI/JLGPI promoting institutes, poor rural infrastructure, absence of crop-insurance facilities and lack of off-farm skills constrain conversion of potential into actual credit.
- Weak secondary sector — few agro-based small-scale industries in the private sector; needs concessions and incentives to attract private investment in industry.
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About Pulwama
Pulwama district is an administrative district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is located to the south of Srinagar. Its district headquarters are situated in the city of Pulwama. It is located in the central part of the Kashmir Valley.
Source: Wikipedia — Pulwama district
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