Baranबाराँ
12.2 lakh people. Larger than Fiji, Cyprus, or Bhutan. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 12,22,755 (12.2 lakh)
- Area
- 6,992 km²
- Headquarters
- Baran
- Established
- 1991
₹4,815 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Baran.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Baran · PLP 2023-24
₹4,815 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹2,921 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹667 cr
Agriculture infrastructure
₹528 cr
MSME
₹470 cr
Baran district's NABARD credit plan for 2023-24 sizes the total priority-sector opportunity at Rs 4,814.82 crore. Farming dominates: agriculture (crop loans plus allied term loans and infrastructure) accounts for Rs 4,226.00 crore (87.77%), while small business (MSME) makes up Rs 469.74 crore (9.76%), with education, housing, renewable energy and social infrastructure filling the rest.
The biggest single piece is the crop loan of Rs 2,920.68 crore on roughly 4.9 lakh hectares of wheat, soybean, mustard, garlic, coriander and paddy. Baran is a standout garlic belt, producing 50,000-55,000 tonnes a year, so the plan repeatedly points to garlic and coriander processing and export units. Dairy is the leading allied activity at Rs 237.82 crore (96 milk societies, though many have gone quiet), and farm mechanisation adds Rs 302.79 crore.
The plan also earmarks Rs 497.59 crore for storage and market yards and Rs 85.42 crore for food and agro-processing. On the non-farm side, three industrial areas (Baran, IID Baran and Chhabra) and 2,151 registered units drive Rs 352.04 crore of MSME working-capital demand.
The PLP's own biggest warning is storage: only about 1.18 lakh tonnes of capacity exists against roughly 6.21 lakh tonnes of produce, with just one small cold store. It also flags missing food-processing units, weak dairy packing, unreliable power for processing, and small/landless farmers left out of crop credit.
What the plan promotes
- Crop loan potential of Rs 2920.68cr across ~493,400 ha, led by wheat (~121,900 ha), soybean (~121,200 ha), mustard (~83,000 ha), garlic (~20,600 ha), coriander (~41,500 ha) and paddy in the Chambal command area
- Garlic cluster: 50,000-55,000 MT produced annually on 10,000-15,000 ha, flagged for garlic processing and export-oriented units (garlic mandi arrivals ~48,000 MT)
- Storage & marketing infrastructure worth Rs 497.59cr (889 units incl. 258 warehouses of 5,000 MT, 595 smaller godowns and 19 cold-storage units) to bridge a large storage shortfall
- Dairy is a major allied activity with Rs 237.82cr potential; 96 dairy cooperative societies linked to Zila Dugdh (Jhalawad Milk Federation), though ~41 societies have gone dormant
- Food & agro processing potential of Rs 85.42cr covering foodgrain mills, oilseed/edible-oil extraction, rice mills, spice (coriander) processing, dal mills and dairy-product units
- Farm mechanisation potential of Rs 302.79cr; district holds ~28,646 tractors and 64,163 agricultural pumpsets
Gaps the plan names
- Severe storage shortfall: only ~118,000 MT capacity against ~621,000 MT of production needing storage; district lacks adequate cold storage, warehouses and market yards
- No cold-storage / warehouse chain means horticulture and perishable produce is sold cheap to traders; only 1 cold-store (4,000 MT) exists in the district
- Absence of agro/food-processing units despite ample raw material (mustard, soybean, garlic, coriander); no cooperative processing unit and only limited private wheat grading
- Village-level lack of safe storage for seed, fertiliser and produce forces farmers to sell immediately at low prices; small, marginal and landless farmers remain outside crop-credit through JLGs
- Cold storage, technical support and training facilities for food processing are lacking; unreliable power supply and weak rural road/transport links hamper fruit and dairy processing
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What the plan promotes
- Crop loan potential of Rs 2920.68cr across ~493,400 ha, led by wheat (~121,900 ha), soybean (~121,200 ha), mustard (~83,000 ha), garlic (~20,600 ha), coriander (~41,500 ha) and paddy in the Chambal command area
- Garlic cluster: 50,000-55,000 MT produced annually on 10,000-15,000 ha, flagged for garlic processing and export-oriented units (garlic mandi arrivals ~48,000 MT)
- Storage & marketing infrastructure worth Rs 497.59cr (889 units incl. 258 warehouses of 5,000 MT, 595 smaller godowns and 19 cold-storage units) to bridge a large storage shortfall
- Dairy is a major allied activity with Rs 237.82cr potential; 96 dairy cooperative societies linked to Zila Dugdh (Jhalawad Milk Federation), though ~41 societies have gone dormant
- Food & agro processing potential of Rs 85.42cr covering foodgrain mills, oilseed/edible-oil extraction, rice mills, spice (coriander) processing, dal mills and dairy-product units
- Farm mechanisation potential of Rs 302.79cr; district holds ~28,646 tractors and 64,163 agricultural pumpsets
Gaps the plan names
- Severe storage shortfall: only ~118,000 MT capacity against ~621,000 MT of production needing storage; district lacks adequate cold storage, warehouses and market yards
- No cold-storage / warehouse chain means horticulture and perishable produce is sold cheap to traders; only 1 cold-store (4,000 MT) exists in the district
- Absence of agro/food-processing units despite ample raw material (mustard, soybean, garlic, coriander); no cooperative processing unit and only limited private wheat grading
- Village-level lack of safe storage for seed, fertiliser and produce forces farmers to sell immediately at low prices; small, marginal and landless farmers remain outside crop-credit through JLGs
- Cold storage, technical support and training facilities for food processing are lacking; unreliable power supply and weak rural road/transport links hamper fruit and dairy processing
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About Baran
Baran district is a district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The headquarters of the district are located at the city of Baran.
Source: Wikipedia — Baran district
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