Rewaरीवा
23.7 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 23,65,106 (23.7 lakh)
- Area
- 6,240 km²
- Headquarters
- Rewa
- Established
- 1950
₹2,752 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Rewa.
Source: NABARD PLP 2024-25
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NABARD's plan for Rewa · PLP 2024-25
₹2,752 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME (micro, small & medium enterprises)
₹1,281 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹855 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹378 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹63 cr
Rewa district in Madhya Pradesh has a total priority-sector credit potential of about ₹2,751.63 crore for 2024-25 — up 10.33% on last year's plan. What stands out is how balanced it is: agriculture is ₹1,340.40 crore (about 49% of the plan) and small business (MSME) is ₹1,280.81 crore (about 47%), almost level pegging. Everything else — education, housing, renewable energy and social infrastructure — is small by comparison.
The biggest single opportunity is everyday crop loans worth ₹854.56 crore, built on wheat, maize, gram, soybean and horticulture (coriander, onion, mango) across very small farms (average holding just 1.32 hectares). On the investment side, farm machinery (₹139.79 crore) and dairy (₹97.75 crore) lead, followed by irrigation and water works (₹41.70 crore) — helped by the Bansagar canal project — and plantation and horticulture (₹42.40 crore). Food and agro-processing carries about ₹33.99 crore. On the business side, MSME term/capital loans alone are ₹1,067.34 crore, reflecting Rewa town's role as the Vindhya region's trading hub, and the district also hosts one of India's largest solar parks.
The plan is honest about the gaps: weak farm extension, unreliable electricity, almost no milk-collection routes, too little crop storage, shortages of good seed, fertiliser and veterinary care, and banks lending too little (a credit-deposit ratio of just 39.49% against the 60% norm). These are the openings for an entrepreneur.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production credit of ₹854.56 cr (about 31% of the plan) anchors the farm economy — wheat, maize and gram (chana) as food crops, soybean as the main oilseed, and horticulture in coriander (spices), onion (vegetables) and mango (fruit); the district has 3,30,862 holdings averaging just 1.32 ha on 4,37,427 ha, with a gross cropped area of 4,83,450 ha.
- Agriculture term-loan potential is ₹485.84 cr (36.24% of total agri credit), led by farm mechanisation ₹139.79 cr and dairy ₹97.75 cr — dairy development is a named thrust area for 2024-25.
- MSME potential of ₹1280.81 cr is nearly as large as all of agriculture (46.55% of the plan): capital/term loans ₹1067.34 cr and working capital ₹213.47 cr, reflecting Rewa town's role as the commercial centre of the Vindhya region.
- Water resources/irrigation (₹41.70 cr) plus the Bansagar Unit-II long-term irrigation project under NABARD's LTIF — adding roughly 1.13 lakh ha of irrigation potential across project phases — expand on the 71.76% of cultivable land already irrigated.
- Plantation & horticulture term loans of ₹42.40 cr and food & agro-processing of ₹33.99 cr support value-addition; the PLP flags marketing facilities for plantation/horticulture and fruit-and-flower crops as ways to unlock latent potential.
- NABARD has sanctioned 8 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in the district and runs SHG/JLG formation with bank linkage and women's entrepreneurship-development programmes to lift incomes and self-employment.
Gaps the plan names
- Inadequate agricultural extension services reaching farmers, which the PLP says must be strengthened along with technology transfer and soil-testing laboratories.
- Power supply is not available on time or regularly, hampering irrigation and processing; reliable, regular electricity is called out as a priority action point.
- Most of the district lacks milk-marketing facilities (milk routes etc.), limiting dairy off-take — the plan asks for milk-route expansion plus good-quality milch animals and pond construction.
- Shortage of post-harvest storage facilities, and poor availability of good seed, chemical fertiliser and animal-health (veterinary) services.
- Banks' rising NPAs and a weak credit-deposit ratio of just 39.49% (against the 60% norm, as of 31 March 2023) constrain fresh lending; the 2022-23 annual credit plan achieved only 65.16% of its ₹3212.52 cr target.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop production credit of ₹854.56 cr (about 31% of the plan) anchors the farm economy — wheat, maize and gram (chana) as food crops, soybean as the main oilseed, and horticulture in coriander (spices), onion (vegetables) and mango (fruit); the district has 3,30,862 holdings averaging just 1.32 ha on 4,37,427 ha, with a gross cropped area of 4,83,450 ha.
- Agriculture term-loan potential is ₹485.84 cr (36.24% of total agri credit), led by farm mechanisation ₹139.79 cr and dairy ₹97.75 cr — dairy development is a named thrust area for 2024-25.
- MSME potential of ₹1280.81 cr is nearly as large as all of agriculture (46.55% of the plan): capital/term loans ₹1067.34 cr and working capital ₹213.47 cr, reflecting Rewa town's role as the commercial centre of the Vindhya region.
- Water resources/irrigation (₹41.70 cr) plus the Bansagar Unit-II long-term irrigation project under NABARD's LTIF — adding roughly 1.13 lakh ha of irrigation potential across project phases — expand on the 71.76% of cultivable land already irrigated.
- Plantation & horticulture term loans of ₹42.40 cr and food & agro-processing of ₹33.99 cr support value-addition; the PLP flags marketing facilities for plantation/horticulture and fruit-and-flower crops as ways to unlock latent potential.
- NABARD has sanctioned 8 Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) in the district and runs SHG/JLG formation with bank linkage and women's entrepreneurship-development programmes to lift incomes and self-employment.
Gaps the plan names
- Inadequate agricultural extension services reaching farmers, which the PLP says must be strengthened along with technology transfer and soil-testing laboratories.
- Power supply is not available on time or regularly, hampering irrigation and processing; reliable, regular electricity is called out as a priority action point.
- Most of the district lacks milk-marketing facilities (milk routes etc.), limiting dairy off-take — the plan asks for milk-route expansion plus good-quality milch animals and pond construction.
- Shortage of post-harvest storage facilities, and poor availability of good seed, chemical fertiliser and animal-health (veterinary) services.
- Banks' rising NPAs and a weak credit-deposit ratio of just 39.49% (against the 60% norm, as of 31 March 2023) constrain fresh lending; the 2022-23 annual credit plan achieved only 65.16% of its ₹3212.52 cr target.
Value-chain gaps
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About Rewa
Rewa district is a district in Madhya Pradesh state in central India. The city of Rewa is the district headquarter. Rewa is sometimes called the "Land of White Tigers", as the first White Tiger was discovered here in 1951 by the Maharaja of the province, Martand Singh, in the nearby jungle of Govindgarh. Rewa was the capital city of a former state, Vindhya Pradesh.Rewa District is in northeastern Madhya Pradesh, India.
Source: Wikipedia — Rewa district
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