Longleng
0.50 lakh people. Larger than Monaco or Vatican City. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 50,484 (0.50 lakh)
- Headquarters
- Longleng
₹16 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Longleng.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Longleng · PLP 2023-24
₹16 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹5 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹5 cr
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
₹2 cr
Social infrastructure involving bank credit
₹1 cr
Longleng's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sees about ₹16.02 crore of bankable priority-sector potential. Farming and allied activities are the heart of it — roughly ₹11.39 crore (about 71%) — while non-farm business (MSME) adds another ₹2.15 crore.
The strongest single opportunity is livestock. The plan puts ₹1.26 crore behind sheep, goat and piggery, plus ₹0.67 crore for poultry and ₹0.60 crore for dairy — a natural fit for a district with thousands of pigs and over 41,000 birds. Crop lending (rice, maize, jhum paddy) is worth about ₹5.03 crore, and there is real scope in horticulture (cardamom, passion fruit, orange) and plantation crops (rubber, coffee, betel vine).
Two processing plays stand out. Ginger is the district's flagship product (its ODOP), and the plan backs ginger drying, oil and packaging units. Bamboo, cane and handloom crafts are lined up for cluster development with MUDRA support. A ₹15 lakh rural market haat at Tamlu will give farmers a place to sell.
The plan is blunt about what holds Longleng back: heavy reliance on the monsoon and traditional cultivation, almost no cold storage or processing, poor roads and no regulated markets, weak animal breeds and feed, and a community land system that stops farmers using land as loan security. There is also no crop or animal insurance, and past credit flow to priority sectors hit barely 14-15% of target.
What the plan promotes
- Farm credit and term loans dominate the plan: crop production ₹5.03cr plus ₹5.09cr of allied term loans, led by sheep/goat/piggery (₹1.26cr) and poultry (₹0.67cr) — the district's cattle (8,244), pigs (15,635), goats (1,109) and 41,592-plus poultry make animal husbandry the biggest opportunity.
- Rice and maize are the main food grains; colocasia, tapioca, cardamom, passion fruit and orange are the key horticultural crops, with rubber, coffee and betel vine as the main plantation crops.
- Ginger is the district's One District One Product (ODOP) — the PLP flags ginger processing & packaging units (dehydrated ginger and ginger oil) under the PMFME scheme, with SFURTI/SAMPADA scheme support.
- Bamboo & textiles cluster development for handicraft/handloom products (bamboo baskets, cane baskets, wooden plates, cushion covers, table mats) with MUDRA and MSME scheme linkages.
- A Rural Market Haat under NABARD's OFDD has been sanctioned to Lakpanhu Welfare Society, Tamlu, with a ₹15.00 lakh grant to give rural communities an accessible farm and off-farm produce market.
- Thrust areas for 2023-24: farm mechanisation, cash crop development and nursery development, quality seed and feed production units, integrated farming, post-harvest infrastructure, and formation of FPOs and SHG federations.
Gaps the plan names
- Dependence on monsoon and traditional (jhum) methods of cultivation limits productivity.
- Lack of storage, processing units and post-harvest infrastructure across the district.
- Transportation bottlenecks and absence of regulated markets hamper farm-to-market links.
- Lack of technical and bio-fertiliser inputs, plus inadequate bank credit to the priority sector.
- Limited supply of improved breeds of cattle and pigs, concentrated feed, and weak extension services.
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What the plan promotes
- Farm credit and term loans dominate the plan: crop production ₹5.03cr plus ₹5.09cr of allied term loans, led by sheep/goat/piggery (₹1.26cr) and poultry (₹0.67cr) — the district's cattle (8,244), pigs (15,635), goats (1,109) and 41,592-plus poultry make animal husbandry the biggest opportunity.
- Rice and maize are the main food grains; colocasia, tapioca, cardamom, passion fruit and orange are the key horticultural crops, with rubber, coffee and betel vine as the main plantation crops.
- Ginger is the district's One District One Product (ODOP) — the PLP flags ginger processing & packaging units (dehydrated ginger and ginger oil) under the PMFME scheme, with SFURTI/SAMPADA scheme support.
- Bamboo & textiles cluster development for handicraft/handloom products (bamboo baskets, cane baskets, wooden plates, cushion covers, table mats) with MUDRA and MSME scheme linkages.
- A Rural Market Haat under NABARD's OFDD has been sanctioned to Lakpanhu Welfare Society, Tamlu, with a ₹15.00 lakh grant to give rural communities an accessible farm and off-farm produce market.
- Thrust areas for 2023-24: farm mechanisation, cash crop development and nursery development, quality seed and feed production units, integrated farming, post-harvest infrastructure, and formation of FPOs and SHG federations.
Gaps the plan names
- Dependence on monsoon and traditional (jhum) methods of cultivation limits productivity.
- Lack of storage, processing units and post-harvest infrastructure across the district.
- Transportation bottlenecks and absence of regulated markets hamper farm-to-market links.
- Lack of technical and bio-fertiliser inputs, plus inadequate bank credit to the priority sector.
- Limited supply of improved breeds of cattle and pigs, concentrated feed, and weak extension services.
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About Longleng
Longleng district (Pron:/ˈlɒŋˌlɛŋ/) is located in the northern part of the Indian state of Nagaland. Characterized by its hilly terrain, it is home to the Phom Nagas. Its headquarter is the Longleng town. The boundary of the district is well demarcated by natural rivers such as the Dikhu and Yungnyiü river. It is bounded by Mon district in the east; Assam in the north; Tuensang district in the south; and Mokokchung district in the west. The mount Yingnyiüshang in the south-eastern part of the district with an approximate height of 2500 meters above sea level is the highest peak.
Source: Wikipedia — Longleng district
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