Nandedनांदेड
33.6 lakh people. Larger than Qatar, Jamaica, or Armenia. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 33,61,292 (33.6 lakh)
- Area
- 10,422 km²
- Headquarters
- Nanded
₹6,347 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Nanded.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Nanded · PLP 2023-24
₹6,347 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹2,909 cr
MSME
₹1,613 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹479 cr
Housing
₹467 cr
Nanded's NABARD plan for 2023-24 sees about Rs 6,347 crore of bankable potential. Farming and allied work makes up the bulk at Rs 3,840 crore (60.5%), with small business (MSME) next at Rs 1,613 crore (25.4%) and the rest (housing, education, exports, solar, etc.) at 14%.
The biggest single opportunity is crop loans, Rs 2,909 crore, for Soyabean, Cotton, Toor and Jowar growers. Beyond raw farming, the most concrete openings are: dairy (Rs 133 crore) and poultry (Rs 107 crore) loans, best routed through self-help and farmer-producer groups; food and agro-processing units, Rs 285 crore, in a district whose main industry is already agro-food; and cotton-linked processing, with 26 ginning/weaving units around a 3.8-lakh-hectare cotton belt. Nanded has two industrial estates (MIDCs at Nanded and Naigaon) and 100-plus lakes and rivers that open up freshwater fishing.
The plan is blunt about what holds the district back. Banks have badly under-lent on crop loans (only 27-79% of target in recent years). The district is officially "industrially backward," and few entrepreneurs set up the agro-processing units the area needs. Roughly 14 hours of daily power cuts and heavy reliance on flood irrigation hurt both crops and small industry, while drought strikes every third year and cold-storage and warehouse capacity falls short of the harvest.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production dominates with Rs 2908.53 cr potential (46% of the plan); Kharif crops are Soyabean, Cotton, Toor, Udid, Moog and Jowar, with Wheat, Jowar, Gram and Safflower in Rabi (cropping intensity 137%).
- Animal husbandry is a major thrust: Dairy 132.90 cr and Poultry 107.07 cr term-loan potential, with the district holding 215 AH (milk/fishery/poultry) co-operative societies and a plan to push credit through JLGs, SHGs and FPOs.
- Food and agro processing carries 284.81 cr potential and is named the major industrial production line; the district has 110 food (rice/flour/dal/oil/tea/coffee) units and 13 sugar/khandsari units.
- MSME potential of Rs 1612.71 cr (25.41% of the plan) with two MIDCs at Nanded and Naigaon; thrust is on financing big agro-based units by converging central/state government schemes.
- Cotton is a key crop (387903 ha, 5.273 lakh MT in 2020-21) supporting 26 ginning/spinning/weaving units, alongside 57 milk chilling/cooling/processing units.
- Two watershed projects (Hottal and Katkalamba) raised groundwater by 1.5-2 metres, helping farmers shift from mono-cropping to horticulture crops.
Gaps the plan names
- Very poor crop-loan disbursement performance: banks achieved only 27%, 69% and 79% of crop-loan plans in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22; thrust needed on timely, adequate, hassle-free crop loans.
- Industrial backwardness: classified 'Industrially Backward (D+)'; despite good agro/food-processing scope, farmers are not coming forward to set up units, and awareness of MSME opportunities and government incentives is lacking.
- Large gap between benefitted area and actual irrigated area; farmers still rely on flood irrigation and have not adopted DRIP/sprinkler water-saving devices, so micro-irrigation needs promotion.
- Around 14 hours of load-shedding in villages prevents timely crop watering, hurting crop production and rural industries.
- Recurring drought (every 3 years over the last 15 years) deters banks from financing bigger projects; rainwater-harvesting structures are urgently needed as much rainfall is lost as run-off.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop production dominates with Rs 2908.53 cr potential (46% of the plan); Kharif crops are Soyabean, Cotton, Toor, Udid, Moog and Jowar, with Wheat, Jowar, Gram and Safflower in Rabi (cropping intensity 137%).
- Animal husbandry is a major thrust: Dairy 132.90 cr and Poultry 107.07 cr term-loan potential, with the district holding 215 AH (milk/fishery/poultry) co-operative societies and a plan to push credit through JLGs, SHGs and FPOs.
- Food and agro processing carries 284.81 cr potential and is named the major industrial production line; the district has 110 food (rice/flour/dal/oil/tea/coffee) units and 13 sugar/khandsari units.
- MSME potential of Rs 1612.71 cr (25.41% of the plan) with two MIDCs at Nanded and Naigaon; thrust is on financing big agro-based units by converging central/state government schemes.
- Cotton is a key crop (387903 ha, 5.273 lakh MT in 2020-21) supporting 26 ginning/spinning/weaving units, alongside 57 milk chilling/cooling/processing units.
- Two watershed projects (Hottal and Katkalamba) raised groundwater by 1.5-2 metres, helping farmers shift from mono-cropping to horticulture crops.
Gaps the plan names
- Very poor crop-loan disbursement performance: banks achieved only 27%, 69% and 79% of crop-loan plans in 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22; thrust needed on timely, adequate, hassle-free crop loans.
- Industrial backwardness: classified 'Industrially Backward (D+)'; despite good agro/food-processing scope, farmers are not coming forward to set up units, and awareness of MSME opportunities and government incentives is lacking.
- Large gap between benefitted area and actual irrigated area; farmers still rely on flood irrigation and have not adopted DRIP/sprinkler water-saving devices, so micro-irrigation needs promotion.
- Around 14 hours of load-shedding in villages prevents timely crop watering, hurting crop production and rural industries.
- Recurring drought (every 3 years over the last 15 years) deters banks from financing bigger projects; rainwater-harvesting structures are urgently needed as much rainfall is lost as run-off.
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About Nanded
Nanded is a city in Maharashtra state, India. It is the tenth largest city in the state and the seventy-ninth most populated city in India. It is the second largest city in Marathwada region. It is the district headquarters of Nanded district.
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