Bokaroबोकारो
20.6 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 20,62,330 (20.6 lakh)
- Area
- 2,883 km²
- Headquarters
- Bokaro Steel City
₹3,815 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Bokaro.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Bokaro · PLP 2023-24
₹3,815 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME
₹2,461 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹486 cr
Education
₹221 cr
Housing
₹194 cr
Bokaro's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sees about Rs 3,815 crore of lending potential across all priority sectors, up 16% on last year. The plan is dominated by industry: MSME alone accounts for Rs 2,461 crore (Rs 2,061 cr term loans plus Rs 400 cr working capital), reflecting Bokaro's standing as one of India's biggest steel and power hubs, home to the Bokaro Steel Plant and DVC/TTPS thermal plants fed by local coal. Agriculture and allied activities make up Rs 797 crore (about 21% of the plan).
On the farm side, the biggest openings are crop production at Rs 486 crore (mainly rice and maize), dairy at Rs 50 crore, poultry at Rs 47 crore, and fisheries at Rs 29 crore. Food and agro-processing carries Rs 60 crore of potential, supported by 18 food-processing and 8 spice units. Other notable slices are education (Rs 221 cr), housing (Rs 194 cr) and export credit (Rs 43 cr).
The plan flags clear gaps: too little storage and cold-chain capacity (Rs 45 crore of farm-infrastructure need), farming that is mostly single-crop and rain-fed on hilly, forested land, and a low credit-to-deposit ratio of just 38% - meaning far more money is saved locally than is being lent out. It urges Farmer Producer Organisations, the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund, and stronger state-led infrastructure and coordination to turn this potential into real loans on the ground.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production, maintenance & marketing is the single largest farm activity at Rs 486.19 cr; rice and maize are the main crops with paddy production of ~1.04 lakh MT (2018-19) and average yields of 2601 kg/ha for rice.
- Bokaro is one of India's most important industrial centres, home to the Bokaro Steel Plant (current steel output ~4 million tonnes, potential to reach 10 million tonnes) fed by local coal from Dugda, Kathara, Kargali; MSME potential is Rs 2460.75 cr.
- Bermo-Phusro coal belt lies within the district, along with stone, stone boulder and stone chip production; three thermal power plants (DVC's BTPS - India's first thermal plant, DVC 750 MW plant, and Bihar govt's TTPS 420 MW) support industry.
- Dairy potential is Rs 49.87 cr and poultry Rs 47.33 cr; the district has 2 milk chilling/processing units (50,000 LPD capacity) and 444,172 cross-bred plus 105,624 indigenous poultry.
- Food & agro-processing potential is Rs 59.78 cr, backed by 18 food (rice/flour/dal/oil/tea) processing units and 8 spice/masala units in the district.
- Fisheries potential is Rs 28.70 cr with fish production of ~1050 MT; sheep/goat/piggery term credit is projected at Rs 20.14 cr.
Gaps the plan names
- Warehousing, market yards, godowns and cold storage remain a key gap for storing foodgrain and adding value to farm produce after harvest, with agri-infrastructure potential of Rs 44.71 cr under NABARD's RIDF support.
- Most of the district's land is hilly and forest-covered; only about 39.21% of the total area is under cultivation and horticulture (about 9.09% of net cultivable land), and farming is largely mono-crop and rain-dependent, needing irrigation and watershed development.
- Credit-deposit ratio is low at 37.73% (Rs 6530.04 cr credit against Rs 20580.46 cr deposits), showing a large gap between deposits mobilised and credit deployed in the district.
- Rising cost of cultivation, inadequate marketing infrastructure, climate-related risk and limited farmer access to modern technology and affordable credit have made farming less profitable, requiring FPO-led value addition and aggregation.
- Achieving the PLP potential requires state-government-led infrastructure creation and closer coordination among farmers, government agencies, traders, training institutions, banks and NGOs, reviewed through the DCC/DLRC/BLBC quarterly meetings.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop production, maintenance & marketing is the single largest farm activity at Rs 486.19 cr; rice and maize are the main crops with paddy production of ~1.04 lakh MT (2018-19) and average yields of 2601 kg/ha for rice.
- Bokaro is one of India's most important industrial centres, home to the Bokaro Steel Plant (current steel output ~4 million tonnes, potential to reach 10 million tonnes) fed by local coal from Dugda, Kathara, Kargali; MSME potential is Rs 2460.75 cr.
- Bermo-Phusro coal belt lies within the district, along with stone, stone boulder and stone chip production; three thermal power plants (DVC's BTPS - India's first thermal plant, DVC 750 MW plant, and Bihar govt's TTPS 420 MW) support industry.
- Dairy potential is Rs 49.87 cr and poultry Rs 47.33 cr; the district has 2 milk chilling/processing units (50,000 LPD capacity) and 444,172 cross-bred plus 105,624 indigenous poultry.
- Food & agro-processing potential is Rs 59.78 cr, backed by 18 food (rice/flour/dal/oil/tea) processing units and 8 spice/masala units in the district.
- Fisheries potential is Rs 28.70 cr with fish production of ~1050 MT; sheep/goat/piggery term credit is projected at Rs 20.14 cr.
Gaps the plan names
- Warehousing, market yards, godowns and cold storage remain a key gap for storing foodgrain and adding value to farm produce after harvest, with agri-infrastructure potential of Rs 44.71 cr under NABARD's RIDF support.
- Most of the district's land is hilly and forest-covered; only about 39.21% of the total area is under cultivation and horticulture (about 9.09% of net cultivable land), and farming is largely mono-crop and rain-dependent, needing irrigation and watershed development.
- Credit-deposit ratio is low at 37.73% (Rs 6530.04 cr credit against Rs 20580.46 cr deposits), showing a large gap between deposits mobilised and credit deployed in the district.
- Rising cost of cultivation, inadequate marketing infrastructure, climate-related risk and limited farmer access to modern technology and affordable credit have made farming less profitable, requiring FPO-led value addition and aggregation.
- Achieving the PLP potential requires state-government-led infrastructure creation and closer coordination among farmers, government agencies, traders, training institutions, banks and NGOs, reviewed through the DCC/DLRC/BLBC quarterly meetings.
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About Bokaro
Bokaro district is one of the most industrialized zones in India. It is one of the twenty-four districts of the Jharkhand state, India. It was established in 1991 by carving out one subdivision consisting of two blocks from Dhanbad district and six blocks from Giridih district. It is the part of State Capital Region(SCR).
Source: Wikipedia — Bokaro district
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