Dungarpurडूँगरपुर
13.9 lakh people. Larger than Estonia, Mauritius, or Fiji. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 13,88,552 (13.9 lakh)
- Area
- 3,770 km²
- Headquarters
- Dungarpur
₹2,286 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Dungarpur.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Dungarpur · PLP 2023-24
₹2,286 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹1,063 cr
Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME)
₹337 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹319 cr
Others (SHG / JLG / PMJDY etc.)
₹233 cr
Dungarpur's 2023-24 credit plan sizes total priority-sector potential at Rs 2,286.03 crore. Farming and allied activities take the lion's share at Rs 1,509 crore (66%), with non-farm MSME the next biggest block at Rs 337 crore (15%).
The single largest opportunity is ordinary crop loans, Rs 1,063 crore (47% of the whole plan) — this is a tribal, largely rural district growing maize, wheat, gram, paddy and barley plus vegetables and spices. Among investment loans, dairy leads at Rs 112 crore, backed by roughly 4.3 lakh cattle and 3.3 lakh buffaloes; the plan pushes for more milk-collection centres and farmer-owned milk groups. Horticulture (Rs 40 crore) is a real strength — Dungarpur grows plenty of guava, mango and aonla, the NABARD-backed Vagad Producer Company already processes and sells aonla, and three NABARD wadi orchard projects are running. Food and agro processing carries Rs 67 crore of potential across flour mills, fruit/vegetable and spice units, dairy, meat and animal feed. On the industry side, MSME investment credit is Rs 293 crore, supported by PMEGP, Stand-Up India and Mudra, local marble/soap-stone/rock-phosphate mining and room for at least 20 agro-based units.
The plan is blunt about the roadblocks: right now not one processing unit is actually operating, so farmers lose value on their produce. It flags patchy power, poor roads for moving raw material, too few strong FPOs, and banks that shy away from lending to industrial units — all of which throttle credit today.
What the plan promotes
- Crop loan / KCC dominates the plan at Rs 1063.29 cr (46.51%); Dungarpur's main crops are maize, wheat, gram, paddy and barley, with oilseeds, sugarcane, ginger and vegetables (tomato, bottle gourd, cabbage, brinjal, garlic, onion) plus spices (coriander, sesame, ginger, chilli).
- Dairy is the biggest agri term-loan opportunity at Rs 111.88 cr, backed by ~4.31 lakh cattle and ~3.29 lakh buffaloes (2019 census); PLP urges more milk-collection centres and organising milk producers into FPOs.
- Plantation & horticulture Rs 40.07 cr: district is strong in guava, mango and aonla; NABARD-supported Vagad Producer Company processes and markets aonla, and 3 NABARD TDF wadi projects (mango, lemon, aonla, guava, pomegranate) are running.
- Food & agro processing potential Rs 66.77 cr across 1,474 units: 455 aata chakki, 250 fruit/veg (juice/jam/pickle) units, 275 spice units, 188 dairy units, 31 meat & poultry units and 285 animal-feed units.
- MSME term investment Rs 292.82 cr: PMEGP, Stand-Up India and Mudra loans, with local minerals (marble, soap stone, rock phosphate) and a stated scope for at least 20 agro-based industrial units (agro-processed, agro food, value-addition, packaging, grading).
- Sheep, goat & piggery Rs 26.12 cr and poultry Rs 20.51 cr build on large livestock numbers (goats ~8.04 lakh, sheep ~65,783 in 2019).
Gaps the plan names
- Not a single agriculture or food-processing unit is currently operating in the district, so farmers cannot get a fair price for their guava, aonla and maize output; setting up processing units would create jobs for unemployed youth.
- Weak rural infrastructure, low awareness, low literacy and technical unfamiliarity are choking the flow of credit across sectors; the PLP calls for promoting agri-based industry and processing.
- Power supply in the district is unsatisfactory and road links for bringing in raw material are poor, both of which hold back industrial and processing units.
- Shortage of good Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs); building strong FPOs is needed to expand processing, aggregate marketing and cut farmers' input costs.
- Banks (especially public-sector) are reluctant to fund industrial units for investment capital, pushing entrepreneurs toward RIICO/private lenders; banks demand high-value collateral.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop loan / KCC dominates the plan at Rs 1063.29 cr (46.51%); Dungarpur's main crops are maize, wheat, gram, paddy and barley, with oilseeds, sugarcane, ginger and vegetables (tomato, bottle gourd, cabbage, brinjal, garlic, onion) plus spices (coriander, sesame, ginger, chilli).
- Dairy is the biggest agri term-loan opportunity at Rs 111.88 cr, backed by ~4.31 lakh cattle and ~3.29 lakh buffaloes (2019 census); PLP urges more milk-collection centres and organising milk producers into FPOs.
- Plantation & horticulture Rs 40.07 cr: district is strong in guava, mango and aonla; NABARD-supported Vagad Producer Company processes and markets aonla, and 3 NABARD TDF wadi projects (mango, lemon, aonla, guava, pomegranate) are running.
- Food & agro processing potential Rs 66.77 cr across 1,474 units: 455 aata chakki, 250 fruit/veg (juice/jam/pickle) units, 275 spice units, 188 dairy units, 31 meat & poultry units and 285 animal-feed units.
- MSME term investment Rs 292.82 cr: PMEGP, Stand-Up India and Mudra loans, with local minerals (marble, soap stone, rock phosphate) and a stated scope for at least 20 agro-based industrial units (agro-processed, agro food, value-addition, packaging, grading).
- Sheep, goat & piggery Rs 26.12 cr and poultry Rs 20.51 cr build on large livestock numbers (goats ~8.04 lakh, sheep ~65,783 in 2019).
Gaps the plan names
- Not a single agriculture or food-processing unit is currently operating in the district, so farmers cannot get a fair price for their guava, aonla and maize output; setting up processing units would create jobs for unemployed youth.
- Weak rural infrastructure, low awareness, low literacy and technical unfamiliarity are choking the flow of credit across sectors; the PLP calls for promoting agri-based industry and processing.
- Power supply in the district is unsatisfactory and road links for bringing in raw material are poor, both of which hold back industrial and processing units.
- Shortage of good Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs); building strong FPOs is needed to expand processing, aggregate marketing and cut farmers' input costs.
- Banks (especially public-sector) are reluctant to fund industrial units for investment capital, pushing entrepreneurs toward RIICO/private lenders; banks demand high-value collateral.
Value-chain gaps
Money this district loses today
Raw output sold cheap, value added elsewhere — each gap below is an opening for a local business.
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About Dungarpur
Dungarpur district is a district of the state of Rajasthan is located Southernmost in Rajasthan in western India. The town of Dungarpur is the district headquarters.
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