Etahएटा
17.7 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 17,74,480 (17.7 lakh)
- Area
- 4,446 km²
- Headquarters
- Etah
₹4,425 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Etah.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Etah · PLP 2023-24
₹4,425 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹2,532 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹658 cr
MSME
₹641 cr
Agriculture infrastructure
₹462 cr
Etah's 2023-24 credit plan sizes the district's total priority-sector potential at Rs 4,424.60 crore. Farming dominates: agriculture and allied activities account for Rs 3,685.42 crore (about 83%), while MSME lending is the next big block at Rs 641.30 crore (about 14%).
The single largest opportunity is ordinary crop credit at Rs 2,532.29 crore — this is a wheat, mustard, potato, pigeon-pea and mentha belt, and chicory is even grown on contract for coffee blending. On top of that, farm mechanisation (Rs 250.92 cr), dairy and livestock (dairy Rs 146.74 cr, poultry and goat rearing on top) and irrigation/water resources (Rs 140.40 cr) offer sizeable term-loan headroom. Post-harvest storage and market infrastructure alone carries Rs 377.85 crore.
Beyond the farm, Jalesar block is a famous brass-bell and ghungroo cluster with roughly 350 workshops — a bell for the Ayodhya Ram Mandir is being cast here — and it anchors much of the MSME story, alongside the state's ODOP scheme and MUDRA credit.
The plan is candid about what holds the district back: shortages of quality seed, fertiliser and veterinary services; broken or missing milk routes (it recommends reviving routes and adding bulk milk-chilling units); sodic land, sinking groundwater and thin forest cover; and weak markets and rundown rural haats for non-farm produce.
What the plan promotes
- Crop credit is the single biggest opportunity at Rs 2,532.29 cr; wheat, pigeon-pea, mustard, potato and vegetables in rabi, and maize, bajra, paddy and mentha (menthol) in kharif; chicory is grown under contract farming and processed for use with coffee powder.
- Storage and marketing infrastructure carries Rs 377.85 cr of potential (warehouses, godowns, market yards, silos, cold-storage chains) — the thrust area for post-harvest logistics.
- Dairy and animal husbandry: dairy Rs 146.74 cr, poultry Rs 16.60 cr, sheep/goat/piggery Rs 9.42 cr; buffalo and goat rearing is the main livelihood for small and marginal farmers.
- Farm mechanisation potential of Rs 250.92 cr, supported by the thrust on IoT/hi-tech agriculture and use of small farm implements to cut costs and raise productivity.
- Jalesar block is a GI-style brass bell (ghanta) and ghungroo cluster with about 350 factories; bells are shipped to Ujjain, Delhi, Mumbai, Indore, Agra, Mathura, Kanpur and south India, and a bell for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is being made here.
- Horticulture and medicinal-aromatic crops: mango, guava, amla and papaya, plus tulsi, ashwagandha, sarpagandha, kalmegh, mentha, satavar, lemongrass and palmarosa grown in Awagarh and Jalesar blocks.
Gaps the plan names
- Shortage of quality inputs — good seed, fertiliser, nurseries, veterinary services, poultry hatchery units and cattle-feed units — plus poor power supply.
- Milk routes are unavailable or defunct; suggested actions include reviving old milk routes, setting up bulk milk chilling units on the routes, para-vet training and supply of frozen semen for breed improvement.
- Sodic land, falling groundwater levels and inadequate forest cover constrain agriculture; large-scale afforestation and integrated micro-irrigation/water-harvesting systems are recommended.
- Weak marketing system for non-farm produce and underdeveloped rural haats; strengthening rural haats, skill and entrepreneurship development is suggested.
- Need to promote producer organisations and build storage and logistics infrastructure for agricultural products, and expand the AIF scheme, solar systems and commercial horticulture under the National Horticulture Mission.
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What the plan promotes
- Crop credit is the single biggest opportunity at Rs 2,532.29 cr; wheat, pigeon-pea, mustard, potato and vegetables in rabi, and maize, bajra, paddy and mentha (menthol) in kharif; chicory is grown under contract farming and processed for use with coffee powder.
- Storage and marketing infrastructure carries Rs 377.85 cr of potential (warehouses, godowns, market yards, silos, cold-storage chains) — the thrust area for post-harvest logistics.
- Dairy and animal husbandry: dairy Rs 146.74 cr, poultry Rs 16.60 cr, sheep/goat/piggery Rs 9.42 cr; buffalo and goat rearing is the main livelihood for small and marginal farmers.
- Farm mechanisation potential of Rs 250.92 cr, supported by the thrust on IoT/hi-tech agriculture and use of small farm implements to cut costs and raise productivity.
- Jalesar block is a GI-style brass bell (ghanta) and ghungroo cluster with about 350 factories; bells are shipped to Ujjain, Delhi, Mumbai, Indore, Agra, Mathura, Kanpur and south India, and a bell for the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya is being made here.
- Horticulture and medicinal-aromatic crops: mango, guava, amla and papaya, plus tulsi, ashwagandha, sarpagandha, kalmegh, mentha, satavar, lemongrass and palmarosa grown in Awagarh and Jalesar blocks.
Gaps the plan names
- Shortage of quality inputs — good seed, fertiliser, nurseries, veterinary services, poultry hatchery units and cattle-feed units — plus poor power supply.
- Milk routes are unavailable or defunct; suggested actions include reviving old milk routes, setting up bulk milk chilling units on the routes, para-vet training and supply of frozen semen for breed improvement.
- Sodic land, falling groundwater levels and inadequate forest cover constrain agriculture; large-scale afforestation and integrated micro-irrigation/water-harvesting systems are recommended.
- Weak marketing system for non-farm produce and underdeveloped rural haats; strengthening rural haats, skill and entrepreneurship development is suggested.
- Need to promote producer organisations and build storage and logistics infrastructure for agricultural products, and expand the AIF scheme, solar systems and commercial horticulture under the National Horticulture Mission.
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About Etah
Etah district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh, India, since 1854. Etah City is the district headquarters. Etah district is a part of Aligarh Division.
Source: Wikipedia — Etah district
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