Mon
2.50 lakh people. Larger than the Seychelles, Monaco, or Vatican City. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 2,50,260 (2.50 lakh)
- Headquarters
- Mon
₹47 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Mon.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Mon · PLP 2023-24
₹47 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
₹16 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹13 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹10 cr
Education
₹2 cr
Mon is Nagaland's northernmost district, bordering Arunachal Pradesh and Myanmar, and its economy runs on farming and animal husbandry with a small handloom and handicraft base. NABARD's 2023-24 plan pegs total lendable (priority-sector) potential at about ₹46.71 crore. Agriculture and allied activities make up the majority at roughly ₹25.68 crore (about 55%), while MSME comes in at ₹15.72 crore (about 34%); education (₹2.4cr), housing (₹1.6cr) and smaller lines fill the rest.
On the farm side, the biggest single opening is crop loans at ₹9.83 crore for paddy, maize, kolar/Naga dal, soyabean, ginger and orchard fruit, plus tea, rubber and coffee plantations. Livestock is the standout term-loan cluster: sheep, goat and piggery (₹4.28cr), dairy (₹3.19cr) and poultry (₹1.78cr) — helped by the fact that milk, meat, fish and egg supply in the district sits well below the recommended norm. Food and agro processing (₹1.28cr) and storage/cold-chain infrastructure (₹1.28cr) are named thrust areas, alongside FPOs and JLG/SHG-based lending.
The plan is candid about the hurdles. Under the Community Land Holding system, farmers do not get individual land title, so banks struggle to extend cultivation credit. Add monsoon dependence, traditional farming, few processing and storage units, poor roads, no regulated markets and no major industry, and the district's biggest need is basic infrastructure and easier, more reliable credit.
What the plan promotes
- Crop loan potential of ₹9.83cr for the district's main produce: paddy, maize, kolar/Naga dal, small millet, soyabean, ginger, pineapple, orange, banana and papaya
- Tea, rubber and coffee are the main plantation crops; plantation & horticulture (including sericulture) term-loan potential of ₹0.98cr
- Animal husbandry is a major thrust: sheep/goat/piggery ₹4.28cr, dairy ₹3.19cr and poultry ₹1.78cr, with massive artificial insemination promoted for improved breeds
- Fisheries potential of ₹0.95cr, with milk, meat, fish and egg availability well below the recommended norm signalling supply-side demand
- MSME potential of ₹15.72cr (34% of the plan), led by the local handloom and handicraft sector
- Food and agro processing named as a 2023-24 thrust area, with ₹1.28cr credit potential
Gaps the plan names
- Dependence on monsoon and traditional methods of cultivation limit farm productivity
- Lack of storage and processing units plus transportation bottlenecks (roads, godowns, cold storage) raise post-harvest losses
- Absence of regulated markets and weak farm-to-market linkages, worsened by lack of technical and fertiliser inputs
- Inadequate credit inputs, aggravated by the Community Land Holding system: cultivable land ownership is not issued to farmers, so banks find it hard to extend cultivation credit
- Limited supply of improved breeds of cattle and pigs, shortage of concentrated feed and weak extension services hold back the livestock sector
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What the plan promotes
- Crop loan potential of ₹9.83cr for the district's main produce: paddy, maize, kolar/Naga dal, small millet, soyabean, ginger, pineapple, orange, banana and papaya
- Tea, rubber and coffee are the main plantation crops; plantation & horticulture (including sericulture) term-loan potential of ₹0.98cr
- Animal husbandry is a major thrust: sheep/goat/piggery ₹4.28cr, dairy ₹3.19cr and poultry ₹1.78cr, with massive artificial insemination promoted for improved breeds
- Fisheries potential of ₹0.95cr, with milk, meat, fish and egg availability well below the recommended norm signalling supply-side demand
- MSME potential of ₹15.72cr (34% of the plan), led by the local handloom and handicraft sector
- Food and agro processing named as a 2023-24 thrust area, with ₹1.28cr credit potential
Gaps the plan names
- Dependence on monsoon and traditional methods of cultivation limit farm productivity
- Lack of storage and processing units plus transportation bottlenecks (roads, godowns, cold storage) raise post-harvest losses
- Absence of regulated markets and weak farm-to-market linkages, worsened by lack of technical and fertiliser inputs
- Inadequate credit inputs, aggravated by the Community Land Holding system: cultivable land ownership is not issued to farmers, so banks find it hard to extend cultivation credit
- Limited supply of improved breeds of cattle and pigs, shortage of concentrated feed and weak extension services hold back the livestock sector
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About Mon
Mon district is a district of Nagaland, a state in India. It is the third-largest district in Nagaland in terms of area. The district has a population of 250,260 people. Mon Town is the headquarters of the district.
Source: Wikipedia — Mon district
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