Singrauliसिंगरौली
11.8 lakh people. Larger than Fiji, Cyprus, or Bhutan. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 11,78,273 (11.8 lakh)
- Area
- 5,672 km²
- Headquarters
- Singrauli
₹1,006 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Singrauli.
Source: NABARD PLP 2024-25
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NABARD's plan for Singrauli · PLP 2024-25
₹1,006 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises)
₹704 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹205 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹58 cr
Social infrastructure (with bank credit)
₹20 cr
Singrauli district's NABARD credit plan for 2024-25 sizes the total lending opportunity at about ₹1,005.51 crore — up nearly 35% on last year. What makes Singrauli unusual is that small businesses (MSME) dominate, at ₹704.16 crore — fully 70% of the whole plan, while farming and allied activities account for ₹271.99 crore (about 27%), and the small remainder goes to social infrastructure, education, housing and renewable energy.
Singrauli is Madhya Pradesh's energy capital — coal mining and big thermal-power plants — so most heavy-industry borrowing is booked by bank offices outside the district, and the real on-the-ground opportunity is in ancillary and small units (MSME term loans of ₹565.80 crore plus working capital of ₹113.16 crore). On the farm side, the biggest everyday line is crop loans at ₹204.51 crore, followed by dairy (₹30.83 crore), plantation, horticulture and silk/sericulture (₹10.87 crore) and poultry (₹6.52 crore). Deosar, the district's officially backward (Aspirational) block, alone holds ₹266.69 crore of this potential.
The plan is blunt about what holds the district back: banks lend far too little (a credit-deposit ratio of just 18.35% against the 60% norm), there are too few soil-testing labs and field demonstrations, animal-health care and milk-route/collection networks are weak, hatcheries and fish markets are missing, and there is a shortage of private investment in godowns, cold storage and cold-chain facilities — alongside gaps in rural roads, market infrastructure and steady power supply.
What the plan promotes
- MSME is overwhelmingly the largest opportunity at ₹704.16 cr (70% of the entire plan), weighted to term/capital loans (₹565.80 cr) over working capital (₹113.16 cr) — Singrauli is Madhya Pradesh's energy capital with coal mining and large thermal-power industry anchoring a deep base of ancillary and small units.
- As of 31.03.2018 the district had 2 medium and 6 large industries (₹50.63 cr and ₹54200 cr of investment respectively) plus about 300 micro and small units (₹6.14 cr) employing 1,15,826 people — an unusually industry-heavy district for the region.
- Crop production credit of ₹204.51 cr (about 20% of the plan) underpins farming, though only 28.21% of the net area is irrigated, leaving room for irrigation and water-resource finance.
- Dairy carries the biggest allied term-loan line at ₹30.83 cr; under the income-doubling drive NABARD identified dairy and cattle (gauteri) as priority area-based schemes, with a pilot banking plan of about ₹276.31 cr.
- Plantation & horticulture including sericulture (silk) has ₹10.87 cr of potential, with poultry (₹6.52 cr) and sheep-goat-piggery (₹3.20 cr) as further allied opportunities.
- Deosar block has been declared the district's Aspirational Block, with assessed credit potential of ₹266.69 cr; bank-network expansion there is a stated focus.
Gaps the plan names
- Banks are reluctant to lend to agriculture — the credit-deposit ratio is a worrying 18.35%, far below the 60% norm, dragged down because most large-industry loans are sanctioned by bank offices outside the district and never counted in Singrauli's credit flow.
- Shortage of soil-testing laboratories and weak agricultural-extension reach in every block.
- Too few demonstration plots in farmers' fields to spread better irrigation, improved farm equipment and machinery, and higher-intensity cropping systems.
- Poor animal-health care and a lack of active milk routes/collection networks, plus missing poultry and fish hatcheries and fish markets.
- Gaps in rural road networks, agricultural-marketing infrastructure and reliable, uninterrupted power supply to industries.
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What the plan promotes
- MSME is overwhelmingly the largest opportunity at ₹704.16 cr (70% of the entire plan), weighted to term/capital loans (₹565.80 cr) over working capital (₹113.16 cr) — Singrauli is Madhya Pradesh's energy capital with coal mining and large thermal-power industry anchoring a deep base of ancillary and small units.
- As of 31.03.2018 the district had 2 medium and 6 large industries (₹50.63 cr and ₹54200 cr of investment respectively) plus about 300 micro and small units (₹6.14 cr) employing 1,15,826 people — an unusually industry-heavy district for the region.
- Crop production credit of ₹204.51 cr (about 20% of the plan) underpins farming, though only 28.21% of the net area is irrigated, leaving room for irrigation and water-resource finance.
- Dairy carries the biggest allied term-loan line at ₹30.83 cr; under the income-doubling drive NABARD identified dairy and cattle (gauteri) as priority area-based schemes, with a pilot banking plan of about ₹276.31 cr.
- Plantation & horticulture including sericulture (silk) has ₹10.87 cr of potential, with poultry (₹6.52 cr) and sheep-goat-piggery (₹3.20 cr) as further allied opportunities.
- Deosar block has been declared the district's Aspirational Block, with assessed credit potential of ₹266.69 cr; bank-network expansion there is a stated focus.
Gaps the plan names
- Banks are reluctant to lend to agriculture — the credit-deposit ratio is a worrying 18.35%, far below the 60% norm, dragged down because most large-industry loans are sanctioned by bank offices outside the district and never counted in Singrauli's credit flow.
- Shortage of soil-testing laboratories and weak agricultural-extension reach in every block.
- Too few demonstration plots in farmers' fields to spread better irrigation, improved farm equipment and machinery, and higher-intensity cropping systems.
- Poor animal-health care and a lack of active milk routes/collection networks, plus missing poultry and fish hatcheries and fish markets.
- Gaps in rural road networks, agricultural-marketing infrastructure and reliable, uninterrupted power supply to industries.
Value-chain gaps
Money this district loses today
Raw output sold cheap, value added elsewhere — each gap below is an opening for a local business.
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About Singrauli
Singrauli district is one of the districts in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.Singrauli district is located northeastern part of Madhya Pradesh.It is a significant hub for energy production due to its vast coal reserves and power plants, earning it the title "Energy Capital of India".
Source: Wikipedia — Singrauli district
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