Muzaffarnagarमुज़फ़्फ़र नगर
41.4 lakh people. Larger than Mongolia, Qatar, or Jamaica. Governed as one cell of one state.
- Population
- 41,43,512 (41.4 lakh)
- Area
- 3,008 km²
- Headquarters
- Muzaffarnagar
₹8,615 cr
of bankable business potential identified by the government in Muzaffarnagar.
Source: NABARD PLP 2023-24
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NABARD's plan for Muzaffarnagar · PLP 2023-24
₹8,615 crof bankable credit potential identified by the government
Crop production, maintenance & marketing
₹4,151 cr
MSME (micro, small & medium enterprises)
₹2,615 cr
Term/investment loans for agriculture & allied activities
₹1,151 cr
Ancillary activities (incl. food & agro-processing)
₹242 cr
Muzaffarnagar's 2023-24 credit plan sizes total priority-sector potential at about ₹8,615 crore. Farming dominates: agriculture is ₹5,781.77 cr (about 67%) and MSME is ₹2,615.44 cr (about 30%), with the rest in housing, education and small lines.
The biggest single opportunity is crop lending at ₹4,150.75 cr - this is a heavily irrigated (99.97%) sugarcane, wheat, paddy and potato district. On top of that sit allied term loans: dairy ₹320.59 cr, farm mechanisation ₹341.58 cr, poultry, fisheries and horticulture. The district's signature product is 'gur' (jaggery) - its One District One Product, exported for its taste and colour - which underpins food & agro-processing potential of ₹205.79 cr and storage/cold-chain infrastructure of ₹214.09 cr.
On the industry side, the ₹2,615.44 cr MSME pot (₹1,584.40 cr term loans + ₹1,031.04 cr working capital) rides on Muzaffarnagar's sugar, paper, iron-bar, distillery and chemical clusters - roughly 234 factories and 8,009 small units.
The plan is blunt about the gaps: MSME lending is actually falling while farm credit rises, units struggle with weak power, water and road infrastructure, a dual squeeze of poor raw-material and market access, and skill and technology shortfalls. Artisans, lacking an organised marketing network, sell cheap to middlemen. Tiny, fragmented landholdings and a low share of term credit keep farm commercialisation slow.
What the plan promotes
- Crop production, maintenance & marketing is the single biggest opportunity at ₹4,150.75 cr; the district is mainly agricultural (73.39% of area under net sown land, 99.97% irrigated) with sugarcane, wheat, paddy, potato as main crops and mustard/lahi as oilseeds
- High-quality 'gur' (jaggery) is Muzaffarnagar's One District One Product (ODOP) - world-famous for its taste and colour, sold locally and exported - anchoring the food & agro-processing potential of ₹205.79 cr
- MSME potential of ₹2,615.44 cr (term loan ₹1,584.40 cr + working capital ₹1,031.04 cr) built on the district's sugar, paper, iron-bar (sariya), distillery and chemical industries; 14,412 registered/employed workers across 234 factories and 8,009 small-scale units
- Dairy is a major allied opportunity at ₹320.59 cr, plus poultry ₹33.72 cr, fisheries ₹15.60 cr and sheep/goat/pig ₹12.99 cr - the plan flags a need for commercial-scale market access for poultry, dairy and fish farming
- Farm mechanisation term loans of ₹341.58 cr, reflecting the state's sub-mission on agricultural mechanisation and crop-residue management as named developmental initiatives
- Agri-infrastructure and storage of ₹214.09 cr for warehouses, godowns, market yards, silos and cold-storage/cold-chain units, tied to the thrust on modern storage under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) 2020
Gaps the plan names
- MSME credit is actually shrinking even as agriculture credit rises under the Annual Credit Plan - the plan calls this out as a concern; the district's credit-deposit ratio slipped from 65.02% to 64.52%
- MSME units face inadequate and untimely credit plus physical infrastructure bottlenecks - insufficient power, water and roads
- MSMEs face a dual challenge of limited access to quality raw material and limited market access for finished products, worsened by low technology levels and poor ICT/IT adoption
- Skill gaps and weak managerial, finance and marketing capacity hold back MSME growth, with limited awareness of skilling infrastructure
- No organised marketing network for artisans forces them to sell raw material to middlemen/traders or dump produce cheaply in the market, leaving very thin margins
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What the plan promotes
- Crop production, maintenance & marketing is the single biggest opportunity at ₹4,150.75 cr; the district is mainly agricultural (73.39% of area under net sown land, 99.97% irrigated) with sugarcane, wheat, paddy, potato as main crops and mustard/lahi as oilseeds
- High-quality 'gur' (jaggery) is Muzaffarnagar's One District One Product (ODOP) - world-famous for its taste and colour, sold locally and exported - anchoring the food & agro-processing potential of ₹205.79 cr
- MSME potential of ₹2,615.44 cr (term loan ₹1,584.40 cr + working capital ₹1,031.04 cr) built on the district's sugar, paper, iron-bar (sariya), distillery and chemical industries; 14,412 registered/employed workers across 234 factories and 8,009 small-scale units
- Dairy is a major allied opportunity at ₹320.59 cr, plus poultry ₹33.72 cr, fisheries ₹15.60 cr and sheep/goat/pig ₹12.99 cr - the plan flags a need for commercial-scale market access for poultry, dairy and fish farming
- Farm mechanisation term loans of ₹341.58 cr, reflecting the state's sub-mission on agricultural mechanisation and crop-residue management as named developmental initiatives
- Agri-infrastructure and storage of ₹214.09 cr for warehouses, godowns, market yards, silos and cold-storage/cold-chain units, tied to the thrust on modern storage under the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) 2020
Gaps the plan names
- MSME credit is actually shrinking even as agriculture credit rises under the Annual Credit Plan - the plan calls this out as a concern; the district's credit-deposit ratio slipped from 65.02% to 64.52%
- MSME units face inadequate and untimely credit plus physical infrastructure bottlenecks - insufficient power, water and roads
- MSMEs face a dual challenge of limited access to quality raw material and limited market access for finished products, worsened by low technology levels and poor ICT/IT adoption
- Skill gaps and weak managerial, finance and marketing capacity hold back MSME growth, with limited awareness of skilling infrastructure
- No organised marketing network for artisans forces them to sell raw material to middlemen/traders or dump produce cheaply in the market, leaving very thin margins
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About Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India. It is part of Saharanpur division. The city of Muzaffarnagar is the district headquarters. This district is the part of National Capital Region. Muzaffarnagar district is located north western Uttar Pradesh.
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