Kushinagar (Padrauna)कुशीनगर
35.6 lakh people. Larger than Mongolia, Qatar, or Jamaica. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 35,64,544 (35.6 lakh)
- Area
- 2,909 km²
- Headquarters
- Padrauna
₹4,995 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Kushinagar (Padrauna).
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Kushinagar (Padrauna) · PLP 2023-24
₹4,995 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹3,241 cr
MSME
₹789 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹467 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro processing)
₹202 cr
Kushinagar's 2023-24 credit plan sizes total priority-sector lending potential at Rs 4994.50 crore, up 11% on the previous year. Agriculture is overwhelmingly dominant at Rs 4049.73 crore (about 81%), while MSME accounts for Rs 789.25 crore and all other priority sectors together only about Rs 155 crore. This is a farm economy where industry barely exists, so the plan treats value-addition of farm produce as the first rung of any industrial growth.
The biggest opportunity by far is crop credit at Rs 3240.92 crore, anchored by sugarcane (still the main cash crop even after most local sugar mills shut) plus paddy, wheat, maize, potato, banana and vegetables. Livestock and allied lending is meaningful too: dairy Rs 98.35 crore, farm mechanisation Rs 139.32 crore, poultry Rs 46.77 crore and fisheries Rs 42.51 crore. Food and agro-processing carries Rs 140.46 crore of potential, and two new producer companies — Lord Buddha Vegetable Producer Company and Kasya Milk Producer Company — have been set up by the Government of India and NABARD to aggregate output.
The plan's own named gaps are blunt: recurring floods need a coordinated control system; seed, fertiliser, veterinary services and electricity are not reliably available; permanent procurement-cum-storage godowns are needed at every nyaya panchayat; and government tube-wells should be solar-powered. Weak institutional aggregation of small, scattered holdings (average just 0.46 hectare) is the underlying constraint.
What the plan promotes
- Crop credit dominates at Rs 3240.92 cr, driven by sugarcane as the main cash crop (grown despite most district sugar mills closing) alongside paddy, wheat, maize, potato, banana, vegetables, pulses and oilseeds
- 87% of net sown area is irrigated (1.89 lakh of 2.17 lakh hectares); 96.29% of farmers are small and marginal with average holding of just 0.46 hectare
- Integrated farming systems flagged as the 2023-24 thrust area to make agriculture more sustainable and remunerative, with a push on producer organisations, storage and logistics for agri produce
- Two FPOs set up by Government of India and NABARD in Kushinagar: Lord Buddha Vegetable Producer Company Ltd and Kasya Milk Producer Company Ltd
- Dairy term-loan potential of Rs 98.35 cr plus poultry Rs 46.77 cr and sheep/goat/pig Rs 12.92 cr, backed by KCC facility extended to livestock and fish farmers
- Farm mechanisation is the single biggest allied term-loan line at Rs 139.32 cr
Gaps the plan names
- Recurring floods are a major problem in the district; PLP calls for a coordinated flood-control system as essential infrastructure
- Timely and regular availability of good seed, chemical fertiliser, animal (veterinary) services and electricity is lacking and holds back development
- Need for permanent procurement-centre-cum-warehouses at every nyaya panchayat level for storage and marketing of produce
- Solarisation of all government tube-wells recommended to cut irrigation/energy costs
- Dedicated power transmission lines needed for industrial estates to support agro-industry
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What the plan promotes
- Crop credit dominates at Rs 3240.92 cr, driven by sugarcane as the main cash crop (grown despite most district sugar mills closing) alongside paddy, wheat, maize, potato, banana, vegetables, pulses and oilseeds
- 87% of net sown area is irrigated (1.89 lakh of 2.17 lakh hectares); 96.29% of farmers are small and marginal with average holding of just 0.46 hectare
- Integrated farming systems flagged as the 2023-24 thrust area to make agriculture more sustainable and remunerative, with a push on producer organisations, storage and logistics for agri produce
- Two FPOs set up by Government of India and NABARD in Kushinagar: Lord Buddha Vegetable Producer Company Ltd and Kasya Milk Producer Company Ltd
- Dairy term-loan potential of Rs 98.35 cr plus poultry Rs 46.77 cr and sheep/goat/pig Rs 12.92 cr, backed by KCC facility extended to livestock and fish farmers
- Farm mechanisation is the single biggest allied term-loan line at Rs 139.32 cr
Gaps the plan names
- Recurring floods are a major problem in the district; PLP calls for a coordinated flood-control system as essential infrastructure
- Timely and regular availability of good seed, chemical fertiliser, animal (veterinary) services and electricity is lacking and holds back development
- Need for permanent procurement-centre-cum-warehouses at every nyaya panchayat level for storage and marketing of produce
- Solarisation of all government tube-wells recommended to cut irrigation/energy costs
- Dedicated power transmission lines needed for industrial estates to support agro-industry
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 Kushinagar (Padrauna)
Kushinagar district is a district of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India situated in the easternmost part of the state. It has the administrative headquarters at Ravindra Nagar Dhoos. The district is named such after the town Kushinagar, a Buddhist pilgrimage site where Gautama Buddha attained parinirvana in the 5th century BCE. Since the independence of India, Kushinagar district was a part of Deoria District and came into existence on 13 May 1994 as a separate district division. It was earlier known as Padrauna and thereafter was renamed Kushinagar on 19 June 1997.
Source: Wikipedia — Kushinagar district
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