Vidishaविदिशा
14.6 lakh people. Larger than Estonia, Mauritius, or Fiji. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 14,58,875 (14.6 lakh)
- Headquarters
- Vidisha
₹6,552 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Vidisha.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Vidisha · PLP 2023-24
₹6,552 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹3,379 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹1,249 cr
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME)
₹704 cr
Agriculture infrastructure
₹522 cr
NABARD's Potential Linked Credit Plan for Vidisha (2023-24) sizes the district's bankable opportunity at about ₹6552 crore, 18% more than the year before. Farming takes the overwhelming share — roughly ₹5633 crore (about 86%) — while MSME accounts for ₹704 crore (about 11%) and the rest (housing, education, renewable energy and social infrastructure) makes up a small remainder.
Vidisha is a soyabean-and-wheat district. Plain crop loans alone are worth ₹3379 crore, financing soyabean (about 2.59 lakh hectares), wheat (about 3.75 lakh hectares producing roughly 17 lakh tonnes), urad and paddy. For an entrepreneur, three clusters stand out. First, food processing and value addition: the plan carries ₹120 crore here and explicitly calls for a food park and wheat- and soyabean-processing units. Second, storage and market infrastructure at ₹441 crore — Lateri became the first cooperative society in Madhya Pradesh chosen to build a 5000-tonne warehouse under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme. Third, dairy and farm machinery: dairy term loans ₹330 crore (backed by milk-collection and AI centres) and farm mechanisation ₹405 crore as irrigation spreads. Horticulture — mango, orange, guava and vegetables — adds ₹138 crore.
The plan's own to-do list: form more producer organisations, lift per-farmer credit, build food-based industry, protect soil and water, cut input costs, and strengthen storage, processing and market access so farmers get fair prices.
What the plan promotes
- Crop loans dominate the plan at ₹3379.11 cr, financing Vidisha's soyabean-wheat belt — soyabean (259330 ha), wheat (374660 ha producing ~17.05 lakh tonnes at 4501 kg/ha), urad/black gram (162390 ha) and paddy (57520 ha) on a gross cropped area of 535492 ha
- Food and agro processing carries ₹120.24 cr of potential; the PLP's critical interventions call for a food park and food-based industries, with value addition by processing wheat and soyabean named as the key opportunity
- Storage and marketing infrastructure worth ₹441.38 cr — warehouses, godowns and market yards; Lateri PACS in Vidisha was the first cooperative society in Madhya Pradesh selected under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme to build a 5000 MT warehouse
- Dairy development worth ₹329.97 cr in term loans, supported by 4 milk collection centres, 53 veterinary hospitals and 31 artificial-insemination centres in the district
- Farm mechanisation is the single biggest investment-credit line at ₹405.44 cr, with motor pumps, sprinklers and drip systems flagged for promotion as irrigated area expands
- Minor irrigation / water resources term loans of ₹253.57 cr against an average rainfall of 1135.50 mm; net sown area is 405956 ha out of 730197 ha
Gaps the plan names
- Per-capita crop credit and agriculture-based long-term credit (dairy, goat rearing, food processing) need to be raised to tap the assessed potential
- Food parks and other food-based industries are underdeveloped and should be promoted, with value addition through processing of wheat and soyabean
- More farmer producer organisations are needed, with effective transfer of field-oriented research, development and technology for crop-management advice
- Natural resource management is a priority — maintaining soil fertility and improving sustainable water availability through watershed and recharge measures
- Input costs should be cut by improving use-efficiency of seed, fertiliser, pesticide, water, labour and machinery, and productivity raised via integrated nutrient/pest management and better seed varieties
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What the plan promotes
- Crop loans dominate the plan at ₹3379.11 cr, financing Vidisha's soyabean-wheat belt — soyabean (259330 ha), wheat (374660 ha producing ~17.05 lakh tonnes at 4501 kg/ha), urad/black gram (162390 ha) and paddy (57520 ha) on a gross cropped area of 535492 ha
- Food and agro processing carries ₹120.24 cr of potential; the PLP's critical interventions call for a food park and food-based industries, with value addition by processing wheat and soyabean named as the key opportunity
- Storage and marketing infrastructure worth ₹441.38 cr — warehouses, godowns and market yards; Lateri PACS in Vidisha was the first cooperative society in Madhya Pradesh selected under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme to build a 5000 MT warehouse
- Dairy development worth ₹329.97 cr in term loans, supported by 4 milk collection centres, 53 veterinary hospitals and 31 artificial-insemination centres in the district
- Farm mechanisation is the single biggest investment-credit line at ₹405.44 cr, with motor pumps, sprinklers and drip systems flagged for promotion as irrigated area expands
- Minor irrigation / water resources term loans of ₹253.57 cr against an average rainfall of 1135.50 mm; net sown area is 405956 ha out of 730197 ha
Gaps the plan names
- Per-capita crop credit and agriculture-based long-term credit (dairy, goat rearing, food processing) need to be raised to tap the assessed potential
- Food parks and other food-based industries are underdeveloped and should be promoted, with value addition through processing of wheat and soyabean
- More farmer producer organisations are needed, with effective transfer of field-oriented research, development and technology for crop-management advice
- Natural resource management is a priority — maintaining soil fertility and improving sustainable water availability through watershed and recharge measures
- Input costs should be cut by improving use-efficiency of seed, fertiliser, pesticide, water, labour and machinery, and productivity raised via integrated nutrient/pest management and better seed varieties
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Money this district loses today
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About Vidisha
Vidisha district is in Madhya Pradesh state, in central India. The city of Vidisha is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Source: Wikipedia — Vidisha district
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