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WEST BENGAL-BEACONS
NATURAL EDGE
Six agro climate zones within three agro climatic regions. Largest producer of vegetable and pineapples.• largest producer of fresh water fish, goat & duck meat &
poultry products. 2nd largest producer of potato, litchi, spices, coconut
cashew nut, oil seeds, medicinal plants & shrimp aqua culture.
Ranks fifth in overall egg production. largest producer of rice and a significant producer of oil
seeds
Advantages of the State
Six Agri Export Zones in West Bengal :1.Pineapple --Jalpaiguri, Siliguri, Coochbehar, Uttar Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad.2.Mango-Malda, Murshidabad, North 24 Parganas3. Litchi- Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24-Parganas.4.Vegetables --North 24-Parganas, Nadia, South 24-Parganas, Howrah.
5.Potato-Hooghly, Burdwan, Howrah, Purba Medinipur. 6. Flower-Purba Medinipur, Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, Nadia,
Darjeeling
tremendous growth opportunity. • Strong natural advantage – fertile soil, water, power.• Economically priced skilled labor.• Low cost skilled / semi skilled labor.• Proximity to far-east markets • Rapid urbanization, substantial growth and change in
demand patterns, • new opportunities for exploiting large latent market.• A comparatively unsaturated market – only 4% of fruits &
vegetables are processed and Post Harvest losses account for 30% of the production.
• Increasing consumer awareness for quality food.• No industrial license required for food and agro
processing industrial except for alcoholic beverages.
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Apple Mosambi Onion Potato Peas Mango Average Okra Grapes Banana Tomato
Farm-gate to Local Mandi Within District Within State Outside State
Weakness: Supply Chain Inefficiencies
Lead to Wastages
Source : Adopted from “ A case study of India’s Horticulture”, “The World Bank 2006
Impediments Specific to Fresh Produce
• POST HARVEST LOSSES ARE VERY HIGH
• FRUITS AND VEGETABLES LOSS ESTIMATED TO
BE 15 - 20%, AMOUNTING TO OVER RS.
300,000 MILLION IN THE COUNTRY PER YEAR.
• LACK OF COLD CHAIN
• PROCESSING OF FRUITS & VEGETABLES IS
LIMITED TO 2% - 3 % ONLY.
HORTICULTURE PRODUCTION
• Area of cultivationin (‘000 ha)
• Fruit- 203.24• Vegetables- 922.80• Spices- 114.00
• Production • (‘000 MT)
• Fruit- 2854.6• Vegetables-12803.45• Spices- 304.63
Production area and production of important fruit crops (08-09)
Sl No.
Crop Period of Availability
Area in ‘000 ha
Annual production (000 tones)
Major production areas
1. Mango May-June 85.97 627.92 Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, Hooghly, North 24-Parganas.
2. Pineapple April-Nov. 9.55 283.85 Siliguri, Jalpaiguri, Uttar Dinajpur.
3. Banana Year round 39.83 954.07 Hooghly, South 24-Parganas, Nadia, Murshidabad.
4. Papaya Year round 10.84 314.32 Hooghly, North 24-Parganas, South 24-Parganas, Nadia, Murshidabad.
5. Guava July-Sept. 12.45 170.45 Murshidabad, South 24-Parganas.
6. Litchi May-June 8.38 81.16 Murshidabad, Malda, Nadia, South 24-Parganas.
7. Cashew nut May-June 11.57 10.23 Purba Medinipur, Paschim Medinipur.
8. Jack fruit May-June 11.31 19.2 All south Bengal districts
Vegetables CropsSl No. Crop Period of
AvailabilityArea in ‘000 ha
Annual production
(000 tones)
Major production areas
1. Tomato Feb.-April 52.30 999.67 Nadia, North 24-Parganas, South 24-Parganas.
2. Cabbage Sept.-March 74.07 2042.72 North 24-parganas, Nadia, Burdwan, Murshidabad, Hooghly.
3. Cauliflower Sept-March 68.75 1743.82 North 24-parganas, Nadia, Burdwan, Murshidabad, Hooghly.
4. Chili Sept.-March 63.241 94.78 Throughout the State
Spices
Sl No.
Crop Period of Availability
Area in ‘000 ha
Annual production (000 tones)
Major production areas
1. Turmeric Nov.-Dec. 15.21 35.37 (dry) Costal Districts, Jalpaiguri, Uttar & Dakshin Dinajpur,
Murshidabad & Nadia.
2. Ginger Nov.-Dec. 11.13 119.17 (fresh) Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri.
3. Seed spices (Coriander, Black Cumin, fennel etc.)
Nov.-Dec. 17.81 21.2 --
Fishery resources
Potential resources area (in
thousand ha)
Area under culture (in
thousand ha)
Production (in thousand
tonnes)
% of all India
produce
Inland sector
799 287 1181.0 30.72
Marine sector
-- -- 178.10 5.89
AVAILABLE INFRASTRUCTURE-FOOD PARKS
There are seven functioning food parks in the State:• 3 no.s in Malda, Sankrail & Kandra) • 4 no.s of fish food parks are in operation at
Sankarpur, Chakgaria, Sultanpur & Kakdwip.• Food parks are coming up at Siliguri, Haldia.• One mega food park is coming up at
Jangipur, Murshidabad.
READY FACILITIES
• 425 cold storages and 55 MPCS with estimated capacity of .52 million MT.
• Perishable goods cargo complex at Kolkata international airport and at Bagdogra airport (near Siliguri).
• 3 – tier marketing system includes 2925 rural hats / mandis, 159 wholesale markets & 40 terminal markets .
• 5 nos. of quality control laboratories at (1) Jadavpur University, (2) KMC ( FPA laboratory, (3) Techno India, (4) BCKV, (Nadia) & (5) UBKV, (Coochbehar).
• One gamma – irradiation plant is being set up at Chinsurah.
INCENTIVES FOR MICRO AND SMALL SCALE (Lakh=100 thousand) Sl.No. Name of the Incentives Source Rate Remarks
1. Fixed Capital InvestmentSubsidy (For investment on Plant & Machinery)
District Industries Centres under Dte.of M&SSE, Govt.of W.B
For Micro-25-35%For SSI-15-20%
It is back-ended subsidy.
2. Interest Subsidy (Annual Interest liability) -do- For Micro-30% for 6-10 years.For SSI-25% for 6-10years
-do-
3. Waiver of Electricity Duty & Subsidy on Electricity Charges
-do- 5years & @30%of Electricity Charges for Micro and small scale enterprises.
-do-
4. Refund of Stamp Duty & Registration fee. -do- For Micro-75%For SSI-50%
-do-
5. Incentive for generation of employment (Towards the expenditure for ESI,EPF)
-do- For Micro-80%For SSI-75%
-do-
6. Subsidy for Quality Improvement (ISO,HACCP etc.)
-do- For Micro-75%For SSI-50%
-do- Maximum subsidy- Rs.0.5 mill.
7. Credit Linked SubsidyCalled PMEGP(On Project Cost excluding cost of land)
KVIC,Govt .of India
For Urban-15% for Gen.&25% for spl. categoryFor Rural-25% for Gen.&35% for splecial category
Units having maximum Project Cost up to Rs.2.5 mill.
8. Capital InvestmentGrant (For investment on Plant & Machinery plus Technical Civil Work))
MFPI,Govt.of India
25 % subject to maximum of Rs.5 mill.
It is front ended subsidy.
9. Grant for Quality Improvement (ISO,HACCP etc.)
MFPI,Govt.of India
25% of the investment for quality improvement Subject to maximum of Rs.1.5 mill.
It is front ended subsidy.
INCENTIVES FOR LARGE AND MEDIUM SCALE
a) Scale – 1-Industries with FCI Rs. 50 - 500 million.
b) Scale – 2-Industries with FCI Rs. 500 - 5000 million.
c) Scale – 3-Industries with FCI Rs. 5,000- 10,000 million.
d) Scale – 4-Industries with FCI Rs. 10,000 – 50,000 million.
Categories of Industries eligible:-
Sl No.
Name of Incentive Source Eligible Category
Rate of incentive Remarks
1. Fixed Capital Investment subsidy
MD, WBIDC
Scale I 12% of FCI for Gr. B & 15% for Gr. C areas of FCI.Financial Cap (in Rs. lakh) is 350 for Gr. B and 450 for Gr. C areas.
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2. Interest subsidy --DO-- Scale I Gr. B areas 25% for 5 years Gr. C areas 25% for 7 Years of the annual interest liability on the term loan.
Maximum limit Rs. 15 Million / year.
3. Waiver of electricity duty --Do-- Scale I 5 yrs for Gr. B & C areas. --
4. Additional Incentive on gen. of employment
--Do-- 50% of the contribution towards ESI & EPF for Gr. B – 5 years Gr. C -7 years 60% if direct employment gen. is 200 or more.
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5. Additional incentives for certain sector (includes Agro & FP industry)
--Do-- Even industries in Gr. A area shall be eligible to all the incentives normally admissible to a new unit located in Gr. B area.
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6. Industrial promotion assistance
--Do-- Scale 2,3 & 4
70% of vat paid for scale 2, 75% for scale 3, 80% for scale 4.
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7. Incentives to service related activities in FP sector & Development of post harvest infrastructure
All the admissible incentives under WBSSIS - 2008
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LOCAL TRAINGS
• Diploma courses in Food Processing are offered at Jadavpur University,
• Ram Krishna Mission, Narendrapur & Nimpith.• Elmhirst Training Institute, Bolpur. • Dr. Subash Mukherjee Memorial Training
Institute.• RB Research Centre, Shekhpara Polytechnic,
Murshidabad.• 5 no. of Food Processing Training Centres.
POTENTIAL AREAS•Cold Chain management – for produce preservation from factory to retail.
•Fruits & Vegetables processing.
•Animal husbandry, poultry & meat processing.
•Fish processing including frozen & dehydrated fish.
•Oil seeds processing (Rice bran oil, sunflower oil, palm oil etc.)
•Dairy for integrated dairy farming & milk processing.
•Snack food.
•packaging materials & machinery.
MoFPI Schemes
Food Parks:• Assistance @ 25% for general and 33.33% for difficult
areas - maximum of Rs. 40 million.
• 22 food parks have become operational out of the 51 sanctioned so far
Mega Food Park – Proposal for 11th Plan• Ensuring value addition to agriculture commodities on
cluster based approach• Sustainable raw material supply chain
• Estimate for setting up a mega food park - Rs.1200
million.
Assistance under National Horticulture Mission
25% of cost in general areas and 33.33% in hilly and tribal areas for
PHM Infrastructure
Pack houses, Cold storage/CA units, Reefer vans/containers, Mobile Processing units
Marketing InfrastructureIn Government/private/cooperative sector:
– Wholesale markets (assistance upto Rs. 250 million)– Rural markets/apni mandi/direct markets (assistance upto Rs. 375
thousand per project) – Functional infrastructure for collection, grading, etc. (assistance
upto Rs. 375 thousand per project)
Terminal Markets
• Terminal markets of national importance proposed to be set up in PPP mode with equity support from the MoA – 8 locations already identified. Each project estimated to cost Rs.1000 million.
• Private sector expected to invest upto Rs.7500 million in 75 private markets to be set up for which government is to create an enabling environment.
Area('000 ha) Prodn ('000MT)
WB India WB India
J/fruit 11.301 Not available 190.088 Not available
Banana 39.8 708.8 954.1 26,217
Banana & jack fruit
Demography
Population
1991 2001
Total 68077965 80176197
Male 35510633 41465985
Female 32567332 38710212
% Share in Country's Population 8.12 7.79
% share of Urban Population (India) 27.48 (25.73) 27.97 (27.82)
% share of Rural Population (India) 72.52 (74.27) 72.03 (72.18)
% share of major religious communities (India)
Hindus 74.72 (82.00) 72.47 (80.46)
Muslims 23.61 (12.12) 25.25 (13.43)
% share of SC (India) 23.62 (16.48) 23.02 (16.2)
% share of ST (India) 5.59 (8.08) 5.50 (8.2)
% share of Children (0-6)
16.98 (17.94) 14.24 (15.93)
Sex Ratio (India)
All 917 (927) 934 (933)
SC 931 (922) 949 (936)
ST 964 (972) 982 (978)
Children of (0-6)
967 (945) 960 (927)
Population Density (per Sq. Km) (India)
767 (274) 903 (324)
Decadal Growth rate (%) (India) 24.73 (23.85) 17.77 (21.34)
Administrative Information
No of Sub-dividions 66
No. of Municipalities (2004) 120
No of Municipal Corporation (2004) 6
No of Blocks 341
No of Mouza 40782
No of Police Stations (2004) 456
No of Gram Panchayats 3354
Inhabited Villages(2001) 37945
Area (Sq. K.M.) 88752
No of Family Welfare Centre 506
No of PHCs 922
% of Electrified Villages 83.6
Electrified Household (%) (01.04.05) 24.34
Av. Population per Bank Offices(RBI-2005) 19000
Education
1991 2001
Literacy Rate(%) (India)
All
Total 57.70 (52.21) 68.64 (64.8)
Male 67.81 (64.13) 77.20 (75.3)
Female 46.56 (39.29) 59.61 (53.7)
Rural 50.50 (44.69) 63.42 (58.7)
Urban 75.27 (73.08) 81.25 (79.9)
SC
Total 42.21 (37.41) 59.04 (54.7)
Male 54.55 (49.91) 70.54 (66.6)
Female 28.87 (23.76) 46.90 (41.9)
ST
Total 27.78 (29.60) 43.40 (47.1)
Male 40.07 (40.65) 57.38 (59.2)
Female 14.98 (18.19) 29.15 (34.8)
Gender Gap in Literacy 21.25 (24.84) 17.41 (21.6)
Primary Upper Primary
No of Schools-SSA-2006 50255 (Govt.)
11440 (Govt/Govt aided)
Pupil - Teacher Ratio(Govt)-SSA-’06
45.20 61.41
Net Enrolment Ratio(overall)SSA’06
98.03 78.74
DropOut Rate(Cohort study SSA 2004)
19.92 29.70
Employment
2001
Work participation rate(India)
Male Female
Rural 54.1 (52.11) 20.9 (30.79)
Urban 53.7 (50.60) 11.6 (11.88)
% of main worker (India)Rural 45.8 (44.51) 9.1 (16.77)
Urban 50.2 (47.46) 9.2 (9.12)
% of marginal worker (India) Rural 8.3 (7.85) 11.8 (14.21)
Urban 3.6 (3.38) 2.4 (2.43)
% of agricultural labourers 22.7 (20.82) 32.2 (39.43)
No. of registration during the year through employment exch.(2004)
353944
No. of Placements effected during 2004
11530
Per Capita Income(2003-2004) at current prices (in Rs)
20895.64
% of cultivable area to total area(’04-’05) 65.48
Cultivable area per agri worker(’04-’05) ( hectres)
0.44
% of forest area(’04-’05) 13.52
% of BPL families(P&RD,2002) 36.38
% of Population below poverty (1999-2000) (NSS) ( India)
Total 27.02 (26.10)
Rural 31.85 (27.09)
Urban 14.86 (23.62)
No of Dowry Deaths2003 313
2004 386
% change in Dowry Deaths2002-2003 16.36
2003-2004 22.32
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