Lucknowलखनऊ
45.9 lakh people. Larger than Kuwait, Mongolia, or Qatar. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 45,89,838 (45.9 lakh)
- Area
- 2,528 km²
- Headquarters
- Lucknow
₹14,601 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Lucknow.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Lucknow · PLP 2023-24
₹14,601 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
MSME
₹8,437 cr
Housing
₹2,587 cr
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹1,116 cr
Term loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹1,101 cr
Lucknow's 2023-24 credit plan sizes up Rs. 14,600.85 crore of priority-sector lending potential. The mix is unusual for a district plan: MSME dominates at Rs. 8,437 crore (about 58%), while agriculture and allied activities are Rs. 2,945 crore (about 20%) and housing adds Rs. 2,587 crore - a reflection of a fast-urbanising state capital where two-thirds of people live in towns.
Inside agriculture, the biggest openings are crop loans (Rs. 1,116 crore) and dairy (Rs. 531 crore), the latter supported by 748 milk cooperatives with 37,450 members. Food and agro-processing carries Rs. 460 crore, and irrigation/water resources Rs. 283 crore. The district's signature clusters are the GI-tagged Dashehari and Chausa mangoes of Malihabad (orchards on about 12% of the land) and world-famous Lucknawi chikankari embroidery, which employs a very large number of rural women. New activity is emerging in marigold, rose and sunflower flowers and in banana.
The plan's own warnings for an entrepreneur: soil fertility is falling, urbanisation is eating into farmland, and post-harvest handling, cold-chain and value addition are underdeveloped. Mango growing and selling is still unorganised, credit barely reaches water resources, forestry and piggery/sheep rearing, and banks have not taken up Joint Liability Group lending - all gaps that a well-planned agri-processing or aggregation venture could fill.
What the plan promotes
- MSME is the district's biggest credit opportunity at Rs. 8437.31 cr (term loan Rs. 3284.61 cr + working capital Rs. 5152.70 cr), reflecting strong service-sector demand as the state capital where nearly two-thirds of people live in towns
- Dairy is the largest farm term-loan line at Rs. 530.59 cr, backed by 748 primary milk cooperative societies with 37,450 members
- Mango orchards cover about 12% of the district; the GI-tagged Dashehari and Chausa mangoes of Malihabad are a signature product, but the profile notes mango growing and marketing is still unorganised and ripe for FPO-style aggregation
- World-famous Lucknawi chikankari embroidery and rural handicrafts employ a very large section of women and feed into the MSME and ancillary opportunity
- Food and agro-processing carries Rs. 459.89 cr of potential; the district profile calls for promoting agro-processing units alongside medicinal and aromatic crops
- Water resources (irrigation) term lending is pegged at Rs. 282.57 cr, with the PLP urging a special rural electrification scheme and a wider solar pump-set programme (starting from government tubewells) since 81% of irrigation is from private tubewells
Gaps the plan names
- Declining agricultural productivity and continuous loss of soil fertility across the district
- Shrinking net sown area caused by rapid urbanisation of the state capital, plus rising input and cultivation costs
- Weak post-harvest management, supply-chain and value-addition infrastructure - the PLP calls for vertical farming, protected cultivation and cold-chain investment
- Negligible credit flow into water resources, land development, forestry & wasteland development and piggery/sheep rearing
- Mango production and marketing remains unorganised; a special rural electrification/solar pump-set scheme is needed for low-cost irrigation
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What the plan promotes
- MSME is the district's biggest credit opportunity at Rs. 8437.31 cr (term loan Rs. 3284.61 cr + working capital Rs. 5152.70 cr), reflecting strong service-sector demand as the state capital where nearly two-thirds of people live in towns
- Dairy is the largest farm term-loan line at Rs. 530.59 cr, backed by 748 primary milk cooperative societies with 37,450 members
- Mango orchards cover about 12% of the district; the GI-tagged Dashehari and Chausa mangoes of Malihabad are a signature product, but the profile notes mango growing and marketing is still unorganised and ripe for FPO-style aggregation
- World-famous Lucknawi chikankari embroidery and rural handicrafts employ a very large section of women and feed into the MSME and ancillary opportunity
- Food and agro-processing carries Rs. 459.89 cr of potential; the district profile calls for promoting agro-processing units alongside medicinal and aromatic crops
- Water resources (irrigation) term lending is pegged at Rs. 282.57 cr, with the PLP urging a special rural electrification scheme and a wider solar pump-set programme (starting from government tubewells) since 81% of irrigation is from private tubewells
Gaps the plan names
- Declining agricultural productivity and continuous loss of soil fertility across the district
- Shrinking net sown area caused by rapid urbanisation of the state capital, plus rising input and cultivation costs
- Weak post-harvest management, supply-chain and value-addition infrastructure - the PLP calls for vertical farming, protected cultivation and cold-chain investment
- Negligible credit flow into water resources, land development, forestry & wasteland development and piggery/sheep rearing
- Mango production and marketing remains unorganised; a special rural electrification/solar pump-set scheme is needed for low-cost irrigation
Value-chain gaps
Money this district loses today
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About Lucknow
Lucknow district is a district located in the state of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. The city of Lucknow is the district headquarters and the district is part of Lucknow division. It is also the capital city of Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is bounded on the east by Barabanki district, on the west by Unnao and Hardoi districts, on the south by Raebareli district and in the north by Sitapur district.
Source: Wikipedia — Lucknow district
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