Firozabadफ़िरोज़ाबाद
25.0 lakh people. Larger than Bahrain, Estonia, or Mauritius. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 24,98,156 (25.0 lakh)
- Area
- 2,361 km²
- Headquarters
- Firozabad
₹5,633 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Firozabad.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Firozabad · PLP 2023-24
₹5,633 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹2,294 cr
MSME
₹1,365 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹688 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹475 cr
Firozabad's 2023-24 credit plan sizes up about Rs 5,632.82 crore of priority-sector lending potential. Farming and allied activities make up roughly two-thirds of that (Rs 3,686.15 crore, ~65%), while small industry (MSME) is the next biggest slice at Rs 1,364.60 crore, ~24% — a much larger industrial share than most UP districts, because Firozabad is India's largest glass-making hub, supplying around 70% of the country's unorganised glass output and employing about 50,000 people.
On the farm side the money concentrates in a few clear clusters. Ordinary crop loans are the single biggest line at Rs 2,293.84 crore, led by potato (Rs 722.28 crore of bank loan on its own), wheat, bajra and mustard. Dairy and other livestock add up to Rs 315.94 crore (dairy alone Rs 288.54 crore), and food/agro-processing — atta chakki, oil mills, potato chips, milk products — carries Rs 597.84 crore. The plan repeatedly points to potato processing, commercial dairy, cold storage and rural godowns as under-served openings, especially now that the Agra highways link the district straight into the Delhi market.
The plan's own named gaps are worth heeding: irregular rainfall and salty groundwater, a shortage of local traders and quality seed/fertiliser supply, unreliable power, and too little local processing capacity for the district's large potato crop.
What the plan promotes
- Firozabad is India's largest glass cluster, supplying about 70% of the country's unorganised-sector glass output and employing roughly 50,000 people directly or indirectly; ~40% of the district economy depends on this industry (glass bangles and glass items dominate the Rs 1364.60 cr MSME plan).
- Potato is the standout crop: bank-loan potential of Rs 722.28 cr for potato cultivation, with the exec summary flagging strong scope to expand potato processing units given the district's high output.
- Wheat, bajra and mustard are the main field crops (crop-production line Rs 2293.84 cr); horticulture crops include capsicum (shimla mirch), garlic, citrus, guava and papaya.
- Dairy is the biggest allied-activity opportunity at Rs 288.54 cr, including CB cows, buffaloes, bulk milk coolers, dairy parlours and mini-dairy units; total animal husbandry potential is Rs 315.94 cr.
- Food and agro processing potential of Rs 597.84 cr covers standard automatic atta chakki, automatic oil mills, spice grinding, bakery, fruit/jam/jelly, milk products and potato chips units.
- Thrust areas identified by NABARD for 2023-24: SHG/JLG credit, expansion of irrigation facilities, improving dairy development and forming Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).
Gaps the plan names
- Irregular rainfall combined with a saline/brackish groundwater problem constrains agriculture across the district.
- Shortage of local traders/aggregators to market farm produce, and gaps in supply of quality seed and fertiliser to farmers.
- Uninterrupted power supply is not assured, which the plan lists as a key constraint on farm and enterprise activity.
- Lack of local processing capacity for potato despite very high output means the need to promote potato-processing units.
- Under-developed cold storage, milk-processing, commercial dairy, handicraft and rural-godown infrastructure that the plan says the district has capacity to build out.
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What the plan promotes
- Firozabad is India's largest glass cluster, supplying about 70% of the country's unorganised-sector glass output and employing roughly 50,000 people directly or indirectly; ~40% of the district economy depends on this industry (glass bangles and glass items dominate the Rs 1364.60 cr MSME plan).
- Potato is the standout crop: bank-loan potential of Rs 722.28 cr for potato cultivation, with the exec summary flagging strong scope to expand potato processing units given the district's high output.
- Wheat, bajra and mustard are the main field crops (crop-production line Rs 2293.84 cr); horticulture crops include capsicum (shimla mirch), garlic, citrus, guava and papaya.
- Dairy is the biggest allied-activity opportunity at Rs 288.54 cr, including CB cows, buffaloes, bulk milk coolers, dairy parlours and mini-dairy units; total animal husbandry potential is Rs 315.94 cr.
- Food and agro processing potential of Rs 597.84 cr covers standard automatic atta chakki, automatic oil mills, spice grinding, bakery, fruit/jam/jelly, milk products and potato chips units.
- Thrust areas identified by NABARD for 2023-24: SHG/JLG credit, expansion of irrigation facilities, improving dairy development and forming Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs).
Gaps the plan names
- Irregular rainfall combined with a saline/brackish groundwater problem constrains agriculture across the district.
- Shortage of local traders/aggregators to market farm produce, and gaps in supply of quality seed and fertiliser to farmers.
- Uninterrupted power supply is not assured, which the plan lists as a key constraint on farm and enterprise activity.
- Lack of local processing capacity for potato despite very high output means the need to promote potato-processing units.
- Under-developed cold storage, milk-processing, commercial dairy, handicraft and rural-godown infrastructure that the plan says the district has capacity to build out.
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About Firozabad
Firozabad district is one of the western districts of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which has Firozabad city as its district headquarters. Administratively, the district is a part of the Agra division.
Source: Wikipedia — Firozabad district
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