Osmanabadउस्मानाबाद
16.6 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 16,57,576 (16.6 lakh)
- Area
- 7,569 km²
- Headquarters
- Dharashiv
₹3,621 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Osmanabad.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Osmanabad · PLP 2023-24
₹3,621 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹2,534 cr
MSME
₹350 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹302 cr
Housing
₹150 cr
Osmanabad's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sees about Rs 3,621 crore of bankable opportunity across the district. Farming and allied work makes up the lion's share at Rs 2,963 crore (82%), while small businesses (MSME) account for Rs 350 crore (10%) and the rest goes to housing, education and other needs.
Regular crop loans are by far the biggest piece at Rs 2,534 crore for the district's soyabean, tur, sugarcane and rabi jowar/gram. Beyond crops, the plan points to a few clear money-making clusters. Dairy is strong (Rs 60 crore, with 86 milk co-ops) and the plan asks for cluster cold storage and milk-chilling centres. The Osmanabadi goat, famous for its taste, is a ready opportunity but farmers need to band together to sell better. Agro-processing is already alive with raisin-making, oil mills, chili powder, jaggery and dal milling units, and horticulture (pomegranate, mango, grapes) adds value-addition scope. Industrial estates at Omerga, Bhoom and Kallam can host food units if cold storage, packaging and a testing lab come up.
The plan is honest about what holds the district back. It is drought-prone with no perennial river, and only 42% of created irrigation is actually used, so water harvesting and micro-irrigation are urgent. Goat farmers stay unorganized, there is only one Krishi Vigyan Kendra (at Tuljapur) for all eight blocks, and the district co-operative bank's cash crunch pushes lending onto other banks.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production dominates with Rs 2533.78 cr potential (70% of plan); main crops soyabean, tur, udid, mung, sugarcane (Kharif) and jowar, gram, wheat (Rabi); cropping intensity only 1.61% on 7569 sq km, NITI Aayog 'Aspirational district'.
- Dairy is a prominent activity with Rs 59.64 cr term-loan potential and 86 dairy cooperative societies; PLP urges cluster-level cold storage and common facility centres plus Sex Sorted Semen scheme across all blocks.
- Osmanabadi goat is famous for resilience and taste; sheep-goat-piggery term loans Rs 8.61 cr; a Goat Breeding cum Marketing Centre runs in two blocks via The Goat Trust, Lucknow; goat farmers need collectivization for bargaining power.
- FPO formation is a 2023-24 thrust area: 5 FPOs formed under Central Sector Scheme (one each in Bhoom, Kalamb, Tuljapur, Osmanabad, Paranda) plus 3 sanctioned in Umerga, Lohara, Washi; further FPOs under PRODUCE and PODF-ID funds.
- Agro-processing cluster is well established (18 food units, 11 sugarcane units): raisin making, mini oil/cum-cake mills, chili powder, jaggery, bio-tech organic fertilizers, poha mills, mini-dal milling; food & agro-processing potential Rs 36.00 cr.
- Horticulture potential Rs 44.05 cr; climate suits pomegranate, mango and grapes offering scope for processing and value addition.
Gaps the plan names
- Drought-prone, water-scarce district: needs more rainwater harvesting, water storage and budgeting, plus maintenance/repair of percolation tanks, de-silting of MI tanks, bund repair and feeder channels; only 41.8% of created irrigation potential (60500 of 144800 ha) is actually irrigated.
- Dairy lacks cluster-level cold storage and common facility centres for dairy products; Sex Sorted Semen technology needs to be expanded to all blocks to raise female animal population and milk output.
- Osmanabadi goat farmers are unorganized with no bargaining power; collectivization and backward/forward linkages are needed to achieve scale of economy.
- Industrially backward: industrial estates at Omerga, Bhoom and Kallam lack cold storage, packaging, food testing laboratory and mother units.
- Only one Krishi Vigyan Kendra (at Tuljapur) for the whole district; more KVK-type institutions needed for adequate 'lab to land' outreach.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop production dominates with Rs 2533.78 cr potential (70% of plan); main crops soyabean, tur, udid, mung, sugarcane (Kharif) and jowar, gram, wheat (Rabi); cropping intensity only 1.61% on 7569 sq km, NITI Aayog 'Aspirational district'.
- Dairy is a prominent activity with Rs 59.64 cr term-loan potential and 86 dairy cooperative societies; PLP urges cluster-level cold storage and common facility centres plus Sex Sorted Semen scheme across all blocks.
- Osmanabadi goat is famous for resilience and taste; sheep-goat-piggery term loans Rs 8.61 cr; a Goat Breeding cum Marketing Centre runs in two blocks via The Goat Trust, Lucknow; goat farmers need collectivization for bargaining power.
- FPO formation is a 2023-24 thrust area: 5 FPOs formed under Central Sector Scheme (one each in Bhoom, Kalamb, Tuljapur, Osmanabad, Paranda) plus 3 sanctioned in Umerga, Lohara, Washi; further FPOs under PRODUCE and PODF-ID funds.
- Agro-processing cluster is well established (18 food units, 11 sugarcane units): raisin making, mini oil/cum-cake mills, chili powder, jaggery, bio-tech organic fertilizers, poha mills, mini-dal milling; food & agro-processing potential Rs 36.00 cr.
- Horticulture potential Rs 44.05 cr; climate suits pomegranate, mango and grapes offering scope for processing and value addition.
Gaps the plan names
- Drought-prone, water-scarce district: needs more rainwater harvesting, water storage and budgeting, plus maintenance/repair of percolation tanks, de-silting of MI tanks, bund repair and feeder channels; only 41.8% of created irrigation potential (60500 of 144800 ha) is actually irrigated.
- Dairy lacks cluster-level cold storage and common facility centres for dairy products; Sex Sorted Semen technology needs to be expanded to all blocks to raise female animal population and milk output.
- Osmanabadi goat farmers are unorganized with no bargaining power; collectivization and backward/forward linkages are needed to achieve scale of economy.
- Industrially backward: industrial estates at Omerga, Bhoom and Kallam lack cold storage, packaging, food testing laboratory and mother units.
- Only one Krishi Vigyan Kendra (at Tuljapur) for the whole district; more KVK-type institutions needed for adequate 'lab to land' outreach.
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About Osmanabad
Osmanabad district, officially known as Dharashiv district, is an administrative district in the Marathwada region in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The district headquarter is located at Osmanabad. The District of Osmanabad derives its name from the last ruler of Hyderabad, the 7th Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan, of which the region was a part till 1947. This region was earlier part of The Hyderabad State until Independence.This primarily rural district occupies an area of 7,569 km2 (2,922 sq mi) of which 241.4 km2 (93.2 sq mi) is urban and has a population of 1,657,576 of which 16.96% were urban.
Source: Wikipedia — Osmanabad district
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