Agraआगरा
44.2 lakh people. Larger than Kuwait, Mongolia, or Qatar. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 44,18,797 (44.2 lakh)
- Area
- 4,027 km²
- Headquarters
- Agra
₹19,741 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Agra.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Agra · PLP 2023-24
₹19,741 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME
₹10,202 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹4,549 cr
Export credit
₹1,062 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹1,038 cr
Agra's 2023-24 credit plan sizes total priority-sector potential at about Rs 19,741 cr. The standout is not farming but small industry: MSME alone is Rs 10,202 cr, roughly 52% of the whole plan, while all of agriculture (crop loans, farm investment, infrastructure and processing) comes to about Rs 7,017 cr, or 35%. Agra's economy is roughly 40% industry-driven, so this tilt makes sense.
The biggest concrete clusters an entrepreneur can tap:
- Crop loans of Rs 4,549 cr for the district's main crops - wheat, bajra, mustard and especially potato (about 1.36 crore quintals a year).
- Food and agro-processing of Rs 836 cr, where the plan explicitly urges more potato-processing units to match the huge harvest.
- Dairy at Rs 311 cr, backed by around 10.66 lakh buffaloes and NABARD-aided milk-chilling and processing units; plus poultry (Rs 170 cr).
- Storage and market infrastructure of Rs 563 cr - cold storage, godowns and market yards, vital for a potato belt.
- Traditional trades: leather goods, handloom, zari-zardozi, marble inlay, and petha/gajak sweets, all feeding the MSME and Rs 1,062 cr export-credit pools.
The plan's own warnings: poor-quality or late fertiliser and seed, weak produce marketing and a shortage of local equipment suppliers, unreliable electricity, too few potato-processing units, and the twin problems of erratic rainfall and saline groundwater.
What the plan promotes
- MSME is the single biggest opportunity at Rs 10201.93 cr (about 52% of the whole plan) - Agra's economy is ~40% industry, built on leather goods, handloom, zari-zardozi embroidery, marble/stone-inlay work and the famous petha and gajak sweets, plus an automobile cluster.
- Food and agro-processing has strong potential of Rs 836.02 cr, and the PLP specifically calls for expanding potato processing given Agra's very large potato output (about 1.36 crore quintals across roughly 63,000-64,000 hectares).
- Crop-production credit of Rs 4549.13 cr supports the district's main crops - wheat, bajra (pearl millet), mustard and potato.
- Dairy is the largest term-loan line at Rs 311.22 cr, backed by a large buffalo population (about 10.66 lakh) and NABARD-supported modernisation of milk chilling and processing units.
- Poultry offers Rs 169.72 cr and sheep-goat-piggery Rs 20.32 cr in term-loan potential for livestock entrepreneurs.
- Farm mechanisation (Rs 133.78 cr) and water resources / irrigation (Rs 111.91 cr) are priority thrust areas, with NABARD funding canal modernisation and drainage under RIDF.
Gaps the plan names
- Shortage of good-quality fertiliser and seeds reaching farmers on time.
- Weak marketing channels for farm produce and a lack of local traders/suppliers for farm equipment.
- Unreliable and interrupted power supply that needs to be made continuous.
- Too few potato-processing units despite the district's very large potato harvest - the PLP wants this capacity expanded.
- The district suffers from erratic/irregular rainfall combined with a saline (brackish) groundwater problem.
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What the plan promotes
- MSME is the single biggest opportunity at Rs 10201.93 cr (about 52% of the whole plan) - Agra's economy is ~40% industry, built on leather goods, handloom, zari-zardozi embroidery, marble/stone-inlay work and the famous petha and gajak sweets, plus an automobile cluster.
- Food and agro-processing has strong potential of Rs 836.02 cr, and the PLP specifically calls for expanding potato processing given Agra's very large potato output (about 1.36 crore quintals across roughly 63,000-64,000 hectares).
- Crop-production credit of Rs 4549.13 cr supports the district's main crops - wheat, bajra (pearl millet), mustard and potato.
- Dairy is the largest term-loan line at Rs 311.22 cr, backed by a large buffalo population (about 10.66 lakh) and NABARD-supported modernisation of milk chilling and processing units.
- Poultry offers Rs 169.72 cr and sheep-goat-piggery Rs 20.32 cr in term-loan potential for livestock entrepreneurs.
- Farm mechanisation (Rs 133.78 cr) and water resources / irrigation (Rs 111.91 cr) are priority thrust areas, with NABARD funding canal modernisation and drainage under RIDF.
Gaps the plan names
- Shortage of good-quality fertiliser and seeds reaching farmers on time.
- Weak marketing channels for farm produce and a lack of local traders/suppliers for farm equipment.
- Unreliable and interrupted power supply that needs to be made continuous.
- Too few potato-processing units despite the district's very large potato harvest - the PLP wants this capacity expanded.
- The district suffers from erratic/irregular rainfall combined with a saline (brackish) groundwater problem.
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About Agra
Agra district is one of the 75 districts in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The district headquarters is the historical city of Agra. Agra district is a part of Agra division.
Source: Wikipedia — Agra district
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