Mamit
0.86 lakh people. Larger than Monaco or Vatican City. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 86,364 (0.86 lakh)
- Area
- 3,025 km²
- Headquarters
- Mamit
₹76 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Mamit.
Source: NABARD PLP 2022-23
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NABARD's plan for Mamit · PLP 2022-23
₹76 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME
₹30 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹20 cr
Housing
₹12 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹8 cr
Mamit district's NABARD credit plan for 2022-23 sizes up about Rs 76.21 crore of lending opportunity. Farming and allied work make up the biggest slice at Rs 32.99 crore (43%), while small businesses (MSME) account for Rs 30 crore (39%), with housing adding another Rs 12.24 crore.
Inside farming, livestock is the standout: loans for sheep, goat and piggery are worth Rs 9.17 crore and poultry another Rs 3.28 crore, since nearly every household in Reiek, Zawlnuam and West Phaileng keeps animals. Fruit and plantation crops - oranges, hatkora, rubber, oil palm and arecanut - support Rs 3 crore of plantation and horticulture lending. The district has also built an organic base: three farmer producer companies for turmeric and bird's-eye chilli cover 1,354 farmers on 1,570 hectares. Crop loans for paddy, maize and vegetables add Rs 7.55 crore, and fisheries offer Rs 1.5 crore of largely untapped scope.
The plan is blunt about what holds Mamit back: bad farm roads and almost no cold storage force distress sales of perishable produce, dry-season irrigation is too weak for winter crops, planting material and marketing channels are poor, and there are no local fish hatcheries - fingerlings still come from Assam and Tripura. Setting up small food-processing and bamboo units through SHGs and FPOs is the clearest path to adding value locally.
What the plan promotes
- Sheep, goat and piggery term loans are the single largest allied line at Rs 9.17 cr; livestock is a full-time activity with almost every household owning cattle, pigs or poultry, plus poultry at Rs 3.28 cr and dairy at Rs 1.55 cr
- Plantation and horticulture (including sericulture) projected at Rs 3.00 cr, building on the district's famous fruit crops (oranges, hatkora) and plantation crops like rubber, oil palm and arecanut
- MOVCD-NER organic farming has promoted three FPOs in Mamit - Reiek Block Turmeric (Aieng) Grower Society, West Phaileng Block Bird Eye Chillies Grower Society and Organic Turmeric Farmer Producer Organisation, West Lungdar - covering 1354 farmers on 1570 hectares of organic chilli and turmeric
- Fisheries projected at Rs 1.50 cr with large untapped potential; fingerling production needs local seed farms/hatcheries as supply currently comes from Assam and Tripura, plus integrated pig-cum-fish farming (Rs 0.08 cr)
- MSME sector projected at Rs 30.00 cr to grow non-farm activities - retail business, handicraft, handloom, readymade garments, transport operators and medical labs across Reiek, Zawlnuam and West Phaileng RD blocks
- Crop loan potential of Rs 7.55 cr for paddy (main Kharif crop), maize, pulses, oilseeds and vegetables, with KCC and Rupay KCC promotion through FLC camps
Gaps the plan names
- Poor farm-linked roads and inadequate storage make transporting Jhum-cultivated produce to markets difficult; cold storage, go-downs and farm roads need to be created
- Non-availability of good quality planting material and high production cost, with scientific crop-cultivation methods lacking among farmers who mostly practice Jhum
- Inadequate irrigation during the dry off-season limits rabi crop cultivation and lowers winter cropping intensity, especially versus WRC areas; drip/sprinkler and rainwater harvesting need popularising
- Lack of proper marketing channels and unregulated markets; weak post-harvest infrastructure leaves perishable produce to be sold in primary form, causing distress sales
- Agro-based industries are underdeveloped due to poor raw-material availability, transport, power and private investment; food processing units need to be set up by SHGs/farmer groups/FPOs
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What the plan promotes
- Sheep, goat and piggery term loans are the single largest allied line at Rs 9.17 cr; livestock is a full-time activity with almost every household owning cattle, pigs or poultry, plus poultry at Rs 3.28 cr and dairy at Rs 1.55 cr
- Plantation and horticulture (including sericulture) projected at Rs 3.00 cr, building on the district's famous fruit crops (oranges, hatkora) and plantation crops like rubber, oil palm and arecanut
- MOVCD-NER organic farming has promoted three FPOs in Mamit - Reiek Block Turmeric (Aieng) Grower Society, West Phaileng Block Bird Eye Chillies Grower Society and Organic Turmeric Farmer Producer Organisation, West Lungdar - covering 1354 farmers on 1570 hectares of organic chilli and turmeric
- Fisheries projected at Rs 1.50 cr with large untapped potential; fingerling production needs local seed farms/hatcheries as supply currently comes from Assam and Tripura, plus integrated pig-cum-fish farming (Rs 0.08 cr)
- MSME sector projected at Rs 30.00 cr to grow non-farm activities - retail business, handicraft, handloom, readymade garments, transport operators and medical labs across Reiek, Zawlnuam and West Phaileng RD blocks
- Crop loan potential of Rs 7.55 cr for paddy (main Kharif crop), maize, pulses, oilseeds and vegetables, with KCC and Rupay KCC promotion through FLC camps
Gaps the plan names
- Poor farm-linked roads and inadequate storage make transporting Jhum-cultivated produce to markets difficult; cold storage, go-downs and farm roads need to be created
- Non-availability of good quality planting material and high production cost, with scientific crop-cultivation methods lacking among farmers who mostly practice Jhum
- Inadequate irrigation during the dry off-season limits rabi crop cultivation and lowers winter cropping intensity, especially versus WRC areas; drip/sprinkler and rainwater harvesting need popularising
- Lack of proper marketing channels and unregulated markets; weak post-harvest infrastructure leaves perishable produce to be sold in primary form, causing distress sales
- Agro-based industries are underdeveloped due to poor raw-material availability, transport, power and private investment; food processing units need to be set up by SHGs/farmer groups/FPOs
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