Malkangiriମାଲକାନଗିରି
6.13 lakh people. Larger than Malta, the Maldives, or Brunei. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 6,13,192 (6.13 lakh)
- Area
- 5,791 km²
- Headquarters
- Malkangiri
₹823 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Malkangiri.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Malkangiri · PLP 2023-24
₹823 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹377 cr
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
₹208 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹92 cr
Others (SHG & JLG)
₹90 cr
Malkangiri's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sizes total priority-sector lending potential at about Rs 822.55 crore. Agriculture and its allied lines make up the bulk at Rs 498.86 crore (about 61%), while small business lending (MSME) is the next big block at Rs 208.44 crore (25%), split evenly between working capital and investment credit.
Farming here is traditional and mostly rain-fed. The single largest slice is the ordinary crop loan at Rs 377.35 crore for paddy, groundnut, pulses, oilseeds and irrigated vegetables and ginger. On top of that sit term loans of Rs 92.24 crore for building farm assets - the biggest being farm machinery (Rs 18.88 cr), dairy (Rs 15.02 cr), horticulture and plantation (Rs 14.75 cr) and fisheries (Rs 14.67 cr). Concrete openings the plan points to include cold storage plus contract farming of export-quality paddy, Rice-Fish integrated farming in canal command areas, leasing panchayat tanks to self-help groups for fish, and eco-tourism. Food and agro processing carries Rs 9.97 crore.
Malkangiri is an Aspirational District, and the plan is blunt about the hurdles: no rail link, weak roads and telecom, hilly LWE-affected terrain, and only 50 bank branches (13 gram panchayats have none). It calls for soil-testing labs, warehouses, godowns, cold storage, milk and agro-processing units, wider banking through business correspondents, bigger loan sizes, and cooperative coverage for the uncovered Chitrakonda block.
What the plan promotes
- Crop loan of Rs 377.35 cr dominates the plan (46%), led by paddy plus groundnut, pulses, oilseeds, and irrigated vegetables (brinjal, tomato, parwal, cauliflower, cabbage, pumpkin, chilli) and ginger.
- Contract farming and installation of cold storage for aromatic and export-oriented paddy is flagged as a specific opportunity in the district profile.
- Rice-Fish integrated farming in command areas, with fisheries credit potential of Rs 14.67 cr across marine, inland and brackish water.
- Dairy potential of Rs 15.02 cr, to be tapped via Artificial Insemination for quality animals and large-scale fodder cultivation; district has 5 milk chilling/cooling/processing units (8000 MT capacity).
- Poultry farming (Rs 7.17 cr) and sheep/goat/piggery (Rs 4.20 cr) as allied livestock activities.
- MSME credit of Rs 208.44 cr with District Industries Centre (DIC) leading non-farm sector development; handicrafts, village/cottage industry and food & agro processing (Rs 9.97 cr) as clusters.
Gaps the plan names
- No rail link and poorly developed communication infrastructure; hilly, forest, LWE-affected terrain adjacent to Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh hinders development initiatives.
- Weak banking network - only 50 branches; 13 of 111 GPs have no banking facility and remote areas need BCs/CSPs since brick-and-mortar branches are not viable in hilly terrain.
- Agriculture infrastructure gaps: Soil Testing Laboratories, seed processing, restoration/repair and lining of canals, Mega Lift Irrigation projects, accredited warehouses, godowns for PACS, cold storages/cooling chambers, bulk milk coolers, milk processing units and primary/agro-food processing units.
- Traditional low-productivity agriculture with high-cost, low-quality inputs, lack of farm mechanisation and poor price realisation for produce.
- Loan ticket sizes across agriculture and allied activities, SHGs and JLGs need to be increased, alongside greater awareness of bankable schemes among farmers and entrepreneurs.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop loan of Rs 377.35 cr dominates the plan (46%), led by paddy plus groundnut, pulses, oilseeds, and irrigated vegetables (brinjal, tomato, parwal, cauliflower, cabbage, pumpkin, chilli) and ginger.
- Contract farming and installation of cold storage for aromatic and export-oriented paddy is flagged as a specific opportunity in the district profile.
- Rice-Fish integrated farming in command areas, with fisheries credit potential of Rs 14.67 cr across marine, inland and brackish water.
- Dairy potential of Rs 15.02 cr, to be tapped via Artificial Insemination for quality animals and large-scale fodder cultivation; district has 5 milk chilling/cooling/processing units (8000 MT capacity).
- Poultry farming (Rs 7.17 cr) and sheep/goat/piggery (Rs 4.20 cr) as allied livestock activities.
- MSME credit of Rs 208.44 cr with District Industries Centre (DIC) leading non-farm sector development; handicrafts, village/cottage industry and food & agro processing (Rs 9.97 cr) as clusters.
Gaps the plan names
- No rail link and poorly developed communication infrastructure; hilly, forest, LWE-affected terrain adjacent to Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh hinders development initiatives.
- Weak banking network - only 50 branches; 13 of 111 GPs have no banking facility and remote areas need BCs/CSPs since brick-and-mortar branches are not viable in hilly terrain.
- Agriculture infrastructure gaps: Soil Testing Laboratories, seed processing, restoration/repair and lining of canals, Mega Lift Irrigation projects, accredited warehouses, godowns for PACS, cold storages/cooling chambers, bulk milk coolers, milk processing units and primary/agro-food processing units.
- Traditional low-productivity agriculture with high-cost, low-quality inputs, lack of farm mechanisation and poor price realisation for produce.
- Loan ticket sizes across agriculture and allied activities, SHGs and JLGs need to be increased, alongside greater awareness of bankable schemes among farmers and entrepreneurs.
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About Malkangiri
Malkangiri district is the southwesternmost district in the Indian state of Odisha. It has two Vidhan sabha constituencies.
Source: Wikipedia — Malkangiri district
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