Yavatmalयवतमाळ
27.7 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 27,72,348 (27.7 lakh)
- Area
- 13,584 km²
- Headquarters
- Yavatmal
₹5,324 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Yavatmal.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Yavatmal · PLP 2023-24
₹5,324 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹2,800 cr
MSME (Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises)
₹900 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹700 cr
Housing
₹411 cr
Yavatmal's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sees about ₹5,324 crore of bankable potential. Farming and allied work make up the lion's share at ₹3,790 crore (71%), while small business and industry (MSME) account for ₹900 crore (17%); the rest is housing, education, SHG loans and the like.
This is cotton and soyabean country — Yavatmal is known as the 'Cotton city' or 'White Gold city'. Crop loans alone come to ₹2,800 crore, more than half the whole plan, covering cotton, soyabean, tur, jowar and pulses across the district's 16 blocks.
The most promising fresh opportunities are in livestock and food processing. Dairy lending is pegged at ₹140 crore, poultry at ₹69 crore and goat/sheep/piggery at ₹65 crore — the plan itself names dairy, poultry and goatery as the district's best allied bets. Food and agro processing (dal mills, flour mills) carries ₹90 crore, and there is a strong push to set up new Farmer Producer Organisations, including two new FPOs at Umarkhed and Mahagaon. Farm machinery (₹190 crore) and irrigation (₹158 crore) round out the big term-loan lines.
The plan is candid about what holds the district back: too little proper storage and cold chain, weak APMC grading and marketing, shortage of good milch animals and goat breeding farms, patchy minor irrigation, and missing soil-testing labs, a food park and processing units. Roads, drinking water and stalled irrigation projects also need work.
What the plan promotes
- Cotton and soyabean dominate the Kharif belt (cotton 4.33 lakh ha producing ~5.10 lakh MT in 2021-22); Yavatmal is branded the 'Cotton city' / 'White Gold city', with tur, jowar, oilseeds and pulses also major
- Crop production is the single biggest credit line at ₹2,800.08 cr (53% of the plan), reflecting 9.60 lakh ha net sown area across 16 blocks
- Animal husbandry is a strong allied cluster: dairy term loans ₹140.18 cr, poultry ₹69.43 cr and sheep-goat-piggery ₹64.97 cr; the PLP flags Dairy, Poultry & Goatery as the district's best allied bets
- Farm mechanisation (₹190.08 cr) and water resources/minor irrigation (₹158.31 cr) lead agricultural term lending, pushing small tractors (25/35 HP), low-cost threshers, drip & sprinkler sets
- Food & agro processing potential of ₹90.10 cr — dal mills, flour mills and rice/oil units encouraged through Farmers' Producer Organisations, SHGs and entrepreneurs
- Strong FPO thrust: NABARD funding 2 new FPOs under CSS at Umarkhed & Mahagaon (₹36 lakh, 300 members per FPO) and converting PACS to MACS
Gaps the plan names
- Storage shortfall: taluka-wise scientific storage assessment needed, Negotiable Warehouse Receipt System to be promoted, and APMCs lack grading/processing/marketing facilities for agri produce
- Animal husbandry constraints: shortage of good-quality milch animals, defunct dairy societies, weak milk procurement & marketing, and absence of goat breeding farms with inadequate pasture/fodder
- Minor irrigation & farm mechanisation gaps: individual lift-irrigation schemes preferred over co-operative LIS, rainwater-harvesting model structures missing, and credit for small tractors/low-cost threshers under-served
- Critical infrastructure gaps: many roads need repair, acute drinking-water problems, incomplete irrigation projects, and missing soil-testing labs, seed & fodder plants, food park, goat/poultry slaughter & processing units, rural godowns, cold storages and milk-processing units
- Crop-loan delivery weak: extension machinery, input supply and market support need strengthening, farmers need organising into Producers' Groups, and landless farmers need covering through JLGs
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What the plan promotes
- Cotton and soyabean dominate the Kharif belt (cotton 4.33 lakh ha producing ~5.10 lakh MT in 2021-22); Yavatmal is branded the 'Cotton city' / 'White Gold city', with tur, jowar, oilseeds and pulses also major
- Crop production is the single biggest credit line at ₹2,800.08 cr (53% of the plan), reflecting 9.60 lakh ha net sown area across 16 blocks
- Animal husbandry is a strong allied cluster: dairy term loans ₹140.18 cr, poultry ₹69.43 cr and sheep-goat-piggery ₹64.97 cr; the PLP flags Dairy, Poultry & Goatery as the district's best allied bets
- Farm mechanisation (₹190.08 cr) and water resources/minor irrigation (₹158.31 cr) lead agricultural term lending, pushing small tractors (25/35 HP), low-cost threshers, drip & sprinkler sets
- Food & agro processing potential of ₹90.10 cr — dal mills, flour mills and rice/oil units encouraged through Farmers' Producer Organisations, SHGs and entrepreneurs
- Strong FPO thrust: NABARD funding 2 new FPOs under CSS at Umarkhed & Mahagaon (₹36 lakh, 300 members per FPO) and converting PACS to MACS
Gaps the plan names
- Storage shortfall: taluka-wise scientific storage assessment needed, Negotiable Warehouse Receipt System to be promoted, and APMCs lack grading/processing/marketing facilities for agri produce
- Animal husbandry constraints: shortage of good-quality milch animals, defunct dairy societies, weak milk procurement & marketing, and absence of goat breeding farms with inadequate pasture/fodder
- Minor irrigation & farm mechanisation gaps: individual lift-irrigation schemes preferred over co-operative LIS, rainwater-harvesting model structures missing, and credit for small tractors/low-cost threshers under-served
- Critical infrastructure gaps: many roads need repair, acute drinking-water problems, incomplete irrigation projects, and missing soil-testing labs, seed & fodder plants, food park, goat/poultry slaughter & processing units, rural godowns, cold storages and milk-processing units
- Crop-loan delivery weak: extension machinery, input supply and market support need strengthening, farmers need organising into Producers' Groups, and landless farmers need covering through JLGs
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About Yavatmal
Yavatmal district, [jəʋət̪maːɭ] formerly known as Yeotmal, is a district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in the region of Vidarbha, in the east-central part of the state. It is Vidarbha's third-largest district by population, after Nagpur and Amravati. Yavatmal city is the administrative headquarters of the district.
Source: Wikipedia — Yavatmal district
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