Bhopalभोपाल
23.7 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 23,71,061 (23.7 lakh)
- Area
- 2,772 km²
- Headquarters
- Bhopal
- Established
- 1972
₹13,805 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Bhopal.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Bhopal · PLP 2023-24
₹13,805 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME
₹9,628 cr
Housing
₹1,699 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹1,352 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹565 cr
Bhopal's 2023-24 credit plan sizes total priority-sector lending at about ₹13,805 crore. The district is city-heavy and industry-rich, so MSME dwarfs everything else at ₹9,628 crore — roughly 70% of the plan — split into ₹7,245 crore of investment/term loans and ₹2,383 crore of working capital. Farm-sector credit is a smaller ₹2,253 crore (about 16%), and housing alone is worth ₹1,699 crore.
Within agriculture, the biggest opportunity is ordinary crop loans of ₹1,352 crore for the district's roughly 73,000 farmers, who grow wheat, gram and soybean around Berasia and Phanda. Beyond crops, the standout clusters are food and agro-processing (₹189 crore) built on wheat and soybean, dairy (₹121 crore), irrigation equipment like pumps and drip (₹217 crore), and farm machinery (₹72 crore). Guava (amrood) is the flagged One-District-One-Product crop, alongside mango, onion and potato.
The plan's own warning: farmers over-produce pulses, oilseeds and fruit but can't get fair prices because there aren't enough small processing units, and much of the district has no milk-collection route. It calls for more village milk centres, private cold storage and godowns, stronger farm-extension support, better rural roads and steady power for factories.
What the plan promotes
- MSME dominates the plan at ₹9627.76 cr (~70%), split ₹7245.20 cr investment/term credit and ₹2382.56 cr working capital, reflecting Bhopal's strong industrial base and largely urban economy
- Crop production credit of ₹1351.78 cr for the district's ~73,000 farmers (average crop loan ~₹2.08 lakh); key crops are wheat, gram and soybean (kharif), with maize and pulses/oilseeds
- Housing credit potential of ₹1698.72 cr, the second-largest single line after MSME, driven by the urban housing market
- Food & agro processing potential of ₹189.05 cr under ancillary activities, with the PLP urging value-addition through wheat and soybean processing
- Dairy development term-loan potential of ₹120.93 cr; PLP flags weak reach of the Sanchi (Bhopal) milk union and recommends more village-level milk collection centres
- Water resources (irrigation) term loans of ₹217.44 cr for motor pumps, sprinklers and drip to raise crop output on the 48,942-holding operational area
Gaps the plan names
- Over recent years pulses, oilseeds and horticulture crops have been over-produced, but inadequate food-processing capacity and poor infrastructure mean farmers do not get fair prices for their produce
- Large parts of the district lack milk-route (dugdh marg) coverage; the Sanchi/Bhopal milk union does not reach many areas, so panchayat-level milk collection centres are needed
- Existing agricultural extension network needs strengthening and technology extension support (demonstrations on farmers' fields) to popularise better implements, mechanisation and high-density cropping
- Improvements needed in irrigation, animal health care, more milk routes, poultry/fish hatcheries, fish markets and the rural road network, plus uninterrupted power supply to industries
- Godowns, micro-warehouses and cold storage should be set up through private investment, with banks playing an active financing role
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What the plan promotes
- MSME dominates the plan at ₹9627.76 cr (~70%), split ₹7245.20 cr investment/term credit and ₹2382.56 cr working capital, reflecting Bhopal's strong industrial base and largely urban economy
- Crop production credit of ₹1351.78 cr for the district's ~73,000 farmers (average crop loan ~₹2.08 lakh); key crops are wheat, gram and soybean (kharif), with maize and pulses/oilseeds
- Housing credit potential of ₹1698.72 cr, the second-largest single line after MSME, driven by the urban housing market
- Food & agro processing potential of ₹189.05 cr under ancillary activities, with the PLP urging value-addition through wheat and soybean processing
- Dairy development term-loan potential of ₹120.93 cr; PLP flags weak reach of the Sanchi (Bhopal) milk union and recommends more village-level milk collection centres
- Water resources (irrigation) term loans of ₹217.44 cr for motor pumps, sprinklers and drip to raise crop output on the 48,942-holding operational area
Gaps the plan names
- Over recent years pulses, oilseeds and horticulture crops have been over-produced, but inadequate food-processing capacity and poor infrastructure mean farmers do not get fair prices for their produce
- Large parts of the district lack milk-route (dugdh marg) coverage; the Sanchi/Bhopal milk union does not reach many areas, so panchayat-level milk collection centres are needed
- Existing agricultural extension network needs strengthening and technology extension support (demonstrations on farmers' fields) to popularise better implements, mechanisation and high-density cropping
- Improvements needed in irrigation, animal health care, more milk routes, poultry/fish hatcheries, fish markets and the rural road network, plus uninterrupted power supply to industries
- Godowns, micro-warehouses and cold storage should be set up through private investment, with banks playing an active financing role
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About Bhopal
Bhopal district is a district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Bhopal serves as its administrative headquarters. The district is part of Bhopal Division.
Source: Wikipedia — Bhopal district
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