Neemuchनीमच
8.26 lakh people. Larger than Bhutan, Luxembourg, or Malta. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 8,26,067 (8.26 lakh)
- Area
- 3,875 km²
- Headquarters
- Neemuch
₹2,843 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Neemuch.
Source: NABARD PLP 2024-25
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NABARD's plan for Neemuch · PLP 2024-25
₹2,843 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹1,130 cr
MSME
₹858 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹605 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹118 cr
Neemuch's 2024-25 credit plan sizes up about Rs 2,843 crore of lending the district can absorb in a year. Farming dominates: roughly Rs 1,903 crore (67%) is for agriculture, while small and medium businesses (MSME) account for Rs 858 crore (30%) and everything else (housing, education, exports, renewable energy, social infrastructure) makes up the small remainder.
The biggest single pool is crop loans at Rs 1,130 crore, serving the district's wheat, soybean, gram, garlic, coriander and well-known opium belt. Beyond crop loans there is Rs 605 crore for farm investment - led by plantation and horticulture (Rs 148 crore), dairy (Rs 128 crore), irrigation/water works (Rs 93 crore) and farm machinery (Rs 91 crore). Food and agro-processing alone carries Rs 115 crore, and the plan flags strong scope for new Farmer Producer Organisations around garlic, oranges, organic farming and fisheries, plus micro food-processing units under the PMFME scheme.
The plan is blunt about what is missing. Extension advice and good seed are thin; there are too few post-harvest and processing facilities; cold storage, onion-garlic godowns and farm warehouses are short; quality milch animals and fish ponds are lacking; and flowers and horticulture have no proper marketing setup. Rising loan defaults and patchy rural roads, irrigation and livestock services round out the gaps banks and government must close together.
What the plan promotes
- Agriculture is the district's main occupation; soybean and wheat are the principal crops, with gram, garlic, coriander, fenugreek (methi) and oranges also widely grown - Neemuch is well known for opium cultivation and suited to medicinal crops.
- Crop-loan potential of Rs 1129.61 cr underpins the wheat-soybean-gram-garlic belt.
- Allied-sector term-loan potential of Rs 605.37 cr, led by plantation & horticulture (Rs 148.11 cr) and dairy (Rs 127.73 cr).
- Farm mechanisation (Rs 91.01 cr) and water resources/irrigation (Rs 93.07 cr) are major investment-credit lines.
- Food & agro-processing potential of Rs 115.23 cr, with micro food-processing units to be developed under the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme.
- Under the central 10,000-FPO scheme, NABARD sees strong scope for new Farmer Producer Organisations around garlic, oranges, organic farming and fisheries; one FPO has already been formed in the district.
Gaps the plan names
- Weak or inadequate agricultural extension services and shortage of good-quality seeds and inputs limit credit off-take.
- Lack of post-harvest and harvesting facilities and processing infrastructure for the district's crops.
- Shortage of quality milch animals and the need to set up ponds for fisheries to realise dairy and aquaculture potential.
- Gaps in storage - cold storage/cold chain and micro-godowns for onion and garlic storage - and in agri-warehouses needing private investment with active bank financing.
- Missing marketing facilities and quality planting material for floriculture and horticulture, whose potential remains under-realised.
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What the plan promotes
- Agriculture is the district's main occupation; soybean and wheat are the principal crops, with gram, garlic, coriander, fenugreek (methi) and oranges also widely grown - Neemuch is well known for opium cultivation and suited to medicinal crops.
- Crop-loan potential of Rs 1129.61 cr underpins the wheat-soybean-gram-garlic belt.
- Allied-sector term-loan potential of Rs 605.37 cr, led by plantation & horticulture (Rs 148.11 cr) and dairy (Rs 127.73 cr).
- Farm mechanisation (Rs 91.01 cr) and water resources/irrigation (Rs 93.07 cr) are major investment-credit lines.
- Food & agro-processing potential of Rs 115.23 cr, with micro food-processing units to be developed under the PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Enterprises (PMFME) scheme.
- Under the central 10,000-FPO scheme, NABARD sees strong scope for new Farmer Producer Organisations around garlic, oranges, organic farming and fisheries; one FPO has already been formed in the district.
Gaps the plan names
- Weak or inadequate agricultural extension services and shortage of good-quality seeds and inputs limit credit off-take.
- Lack of post-harvest and harvesting facilities and processing infrastructure for the district's crops.
- Shortage of quality milch animals and the need to set up ponds for fisheries to realise dairy and aquaculture potential.
- Gaps in storage - cold storage/cold chain and micro-godowns for onion and garlic storage - and in agri-warehouses needing private investment with active bank financing.
- Missing marketing facilities and quality planting material for floriculture and horticulture, whose potential remains under-realised.
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About Neemuch
Neemuch district is one of the 55 districts of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The town of Neemuch is the administrative headquarters of the district.Neemuch district is located West Northern part of Madhya Pradesh.
Source: Wikipedia — Neemuch district
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