Dimapur
3.79 lakh people. Larger than the Seychelles, Monaco, or Vatican City. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 3,78,811 (3.79 lakh)
- Area
- 927 km²
- Headquarters
- Dimapur
₹356 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Dimapur.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Dimapur · PLP 2023-24
₹356 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
₹177 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹63 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹53 cr
Housing
₹25 cr
Dimapur's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sees Rs 356.18 crore of lending potential across priority sectors. Because Dimapur is Nagaland's commercial and industrial capital, small businesses (MSME) take the biggest slice at Rs 176.64 crore (about 52%), while farming and allied activities come to Rs 127.26 crore (about 34%). The rest is housing (Rs 24.53 cr), self-help/joint-liability group finance (Rs 14.28 cr) and smaller lines for social infrastructure, exports, education and clean energy.
On the farm side, crop lending (paddy, maize, pulses, and cash crops like sugarcane, pineapple, ginger and green tea) is worth Rs 63 crore. Livestock is a real strength: pig, goat and poultry farming together carry over Rs 27 crore of potential, and dairy - built around the Dimul milk union and 40 dairy co-ops - adds Rs 8.4 crore. Newer opportunities the plan highlights include dragon fruit and mushroom farming, beekeeping, pond fish farming (fish is mostly trucked in from other states), and food-processing units. Exporters can look at pineapples, Nagaland coffee and handlooms, the three products flagged for export potential.
The plan is blunt about what holds the district back: poor roads and a shortage of cold storages, godowns and pack houses; a power gap (only 39.8 MW against 60 MW peak demand); heavy reliance on outside states for fish; a low credit-deposit ratio of 52% (below the 60% national mark); and weak market linkages that squeeze farmers' prices.
What the plan promotes
- MSME lending dominates the plan at Rs 176.64 cr (52%) - Dimapur is the state's commercial and industrial hub with 66 bank branches, the highest network in Nagaland, and MSME made up 68% of ground-level credit in 2021-22.
- Sheep/goat/piggery credit potential of Rs 16.31 cr and poultry Rs 11.07 cr lead the livestock activities; the district has ~588,000 pigs and large poultry flocks, and setting up model piggery farms is a state priority.
- Dairy potential of Rs 8.38 cr, anchored by the Dimapur District Milk Union (Dimul) and 40 dairy cooperative societies.
- High-value horticulture like dragon fruit and mushroom farming, plus plantation & horticulture (incl. sericulture) credit of Rs 5.48 cr, flagged as thrust areas with exportable potential.
- Export push around three GI/DLEPC-identified products with exportable potential: Pineapples, Nagaland Coffee and Handlooms; export credit potential Rs 4.64 cr.
- Food processing units are a named thrust area; food & agro processing credit potential Rs 2.25 cr, with 3 food, 1 fruit/juice, 1 spices and 1 milk processing unit already operating.
Gaps the plan names
- Critical infrastructure gaps in roads, storage and marketing - cold storages, godowns and pack houses for sorting and grading of agricultural and horticultural produce - must be closed to realise the 2023-24 potential.
- Severe power shortage: against a peak demand of 60 MW there is only 39.8 MW supply, and Nagaland generates only ~10% of its own power; the state needs to raise generation (hydro, mini-hydro, solar) to sustain MSME and trade units.
- Fish supply depends heavily on other states, so local fish-farming capacity and cold-chain need to be built up to meet demand.
- CD ratio (52.46% as on 31 Mar 2022) remains far below the national average of 60%, indicating credit is not flowing to full potential.
- Weak marketing linkages and price realisation for producers; the plan calls for capacity building by line departments and KVK and stronger farm-to-market links without middlemen.
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What the plan promotes
- MSME lending dominates the plan at Rs 176.64 cr (52%) - Dimapur is the state's commercial and industrial hub with 66 bank branches, the highest network in Nagaland, and MSME made up 68% of ground-level credit in 2021-22.
- Sheep/goat/piggery credit potential of Rs 16.31 cr and poultry Rs 11.07 cr lead the livestock activities; the district has ~588,000 pigs and large poultry flocks, and setting up model piggery farms is a state priority.
- Dairy potential of Rs 8.38 cr, anchored by the Dimapur District Milk Union (Dimul) and 40 dairy cooperative societies.
- High-value horticulture like dragon fruit and mushroom farming, plus plantation & horticulture (incl. sericulture) credit of Rs 5.48 cr, flagged as thrust areas with exportable potential.
- Export push around three GI/DLEPC-identified products with exportable potential: Pineapples, Nagaland Coffee and Handlooms; export credit potential Rs 4.64 cr.
- Food processing units are a named thrust area; food & agro processing credit potential Rs 2.25 cr, with 3 food, 1 fruit/juice, 1 spices and 1 milk processing unit already operating.
Gaps the plan names
- Critical infrastructure gaps in roads, storage and marketing - cold storages, godowns and pack houses for sorting and grading of agricultural and horticultural produce - must be closed to realise the 2023-24 potential.
- Severe power shortage: against a peak demand of 60 MW there is only 39.8 MW supply, and Nagaland generates only ~10% of its own power; the state needs to raise generation (hydro, mini-hydro, solar) to sustain MSME and trade units.
- Fish supply depends heavily on other states, so local fish-farming capacity and cold-chain need to be built up to meet demand.
- CD ratio (52.46% as on 31 Mar 2022) remains far below the national average of 60%, indicating credit is not flowing to full potential.
- Weak marketing linkages and price realisation for producers; the plan calls for capacity building by line departments and KVK and stronger farm-to-market links without middlemen.
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About Dimapur
Dimapur district (Pron:/ˌdɪməˈpʊə/) is a district of Nagaland state in India. With an area of about 70 km2 (27 sq mi), it is the smallest district in the state of Nagaland.
Source: Wikipedia — Dimapur district
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