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Contents

S. No. Topic Page No.

1. General Characteristics of the District 3

1.1 Location & Geographical Area 3

1.2 Topography 4

1.3 Availability of Minerals. 4

1.4 Forest 4

1.5 Administrative set up 4

2. District at a glance 5-7

2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District Sirmour 8

3. Industrial Scenario Of District Sirmour 9

3.1 Industry at a Glance 9

3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 9-10

3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units In The

District

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3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 11

3.5 Major Exportable Item 11

3.6 Growth Trend 11

3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 11

3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 12

3.8.1 List of the units in ------ & near by Area 12

3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 12

3.9 Service Enterprises 12

3.9.1 Potentials areas for service industry 12

3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 12-13

4. General issues raised by industry association during the course of

meeting

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5 14 Steps to set up MSMEs

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Brief Industrial Profile of Sirmour District

1. General Characteristics of the District District Sirmaur is located in outer Himalayas which is commonly known as Shivalik range.This district is bounded by district Shimla in North Uttar Pradesh in East, Haryana in South and Distt. Solan in North-West. Like other parts of Himachal Pradesh , it has beautiful landscapes, bracing climate, big and small game and legendry temples which hold abiding attraction for the tourists. To See detail of tourist places and temples click here. The river Giri is the biggest river in the district which originates from Kotkhai/Jubbal Tehsil of Shimla district and flows down in the south-east direction. It ultimately joins the river Yamuna near Paonta Sahib. Lot of tributaries join this river in its long course, most important of them being Jalal river which originates from Dharthi range near Pachhad and joins the Giri River at Dadahu from the right side. The river Giri is very useful as it a big source of livelihood fishermen in this district. Another important river which forms the eastern border of the Sirmour district is the river Tons. In this District, there are three Administrative Sub Divisions,six tehsils, four sub tehsils, six community development blocks, two municipal committees and one notified area committee. Out of 228 panchayats in this district, 26 are backward declared panchayats. Census villages are 984. The total number of patwar circle is 126. In this District there are one head post 15 sub post offices and 126 branch post offices. Commercial banks have 49 branches. The total number of Cooperative banks and Land dev. banks are 15 and 2 respectively. The total length of roads is 2146 kms.out of which 1605 kms is jeepable . The road density is 75.96 kms. per 100 sq. km. and 5.65 kms. per 1000 population. Presently,245 fair price shops are functioning in this district.

1.1 Location & Geographical Area.

Sirmour district lies in the outer Himalayan ranges commonly called as Shivaliks between 77°01’12” and 77°49’40” east longitude and 33°22’30” and 31°01’20” north latitude. The district is predominantly mountainous with deep valleys lying between ranges of varying elevations. Longest length from west to east is 77 kms. and the maximum width from north to south is 80 kms. The district is bounded by Shimla district in the north Uttarakhand in the east, Yamuna Nagar district of Haryana in the south and west and solan district in the north-west. The geographical area of the district is 2825 Sq. Km. which is almost 5.07% of the total geographical area of the state Area wise it is the fifth smallest district of the state after Hamirpur, Bilaspur, Una and Solan districts.

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1.2 Topography

Sirmour district lies in the outer Himalayan ranges commonly called as Shivaliks between 77°01’12” and 77°49’40” east longitude and 33°22’30” and 31°01’20” north latitude. 1.3 Availability of Minerals.

PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11

S.NO. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in tones 2010-2011

MAJOR MINERAL 1. Limestone 1056289 2. Shale 5000

MINOR 1. Bajri 44344 2. Sand 46995 3. Boulders 252991

SOURCE:- DEPT. OF MINES & GEOLOGY.,

1.4 FOREST

Forest also plays an important role in the economy of the district. Forest occupies an area of 48344 hectares out of the total geographical area of 2,24,738 hectares. Major forest produce that comes from forests are in the form of timber, firewood, katha, resin, fodder, herbs etc.The district is having 48344 Hectare forest area.

1.5 Administrative set up.

Administratively the district has been divided into 6 tehsils viz. Rajgarh, Pachhad, Nahan, Renuka, Shillai and Paonta and 4 sub-tehsils viz. Dadahu Kamraoo, Pajhota and Nohra. For development purpose the district has been divided into 6 development blocks viz. Nahan, Paonta, Pachhad, Sangrah, Rajgarh and Shillai and 3 sub divisions namely Nahan, Paonta and Rajgarh. The district has 228 panchayats.

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2. District at a glance

S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical features

(A) Geographical Data i) Latitude 2011 30°22'30" to

31°01'20" North ii) Longitude 2011 77° 01'12" to

77°49'40" East iii) Geographical Area Hectares 224738 Hect

(B) Administrative Units i) Sub divisions 3 (Nahan, Paonta

Sahib, Rajgarh) ii) Tehsils 6 (Nahan, Paonta

Sahib, Pachhad, Shillai, Sangrah,

Rajgarh) iii) Sub-Tehsil 4 (Dadahu,

Nohra, Kamrau, Ronhat)

iv) Patwar Circle 126 v) Panchayat Simitis 6 vi)Nagar nigam Nil vii) Nagar Palika 2 viii) Gram Panchayats 228 xi) Revenue villages 966 x) Assembly Area 5

2. Population (A) Sex-wise

i) Male 2011 2,76,801 ii) Female 2011 2,53363

(B) Rural Population 2011 472926 3. Agriculture A. Land utilization

i) Total Area 2010-11 Hectare 224746 ii) Forest cover 2010-11 “ 48344 iii) Non Agriculture Land 2010-11 “ 10659 v) cultivable Barren land

2010-11 “ 8494

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4. Forest (i) Forest 2010-11 Hectare 175089

5. Livestock & Poultry A. Cattle

i) Cows 2007 Nos. 262398 ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 49829

B. Other livestock i) Goats 2007 Nos. 168427 ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 808 iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. 25620

iv) Railways i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms NIL V) Roads (a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms 57 (b) State Highway 2010-

11 Kms 198

(c) Main District Highway 2010-11

Kms 353

(d) Other district & Rural Roads

2010-11 Kms

2367 (e) Rural road/ Agriculture Marketing Board Roads

2010-11 Kms

(f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms 1640 (VI) Communication (a) Telephone connection

2010-11 29416

(b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 169 (c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. 57 (d )Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000

person 29.42

(e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per KM. 10.41 (f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. 1515 (g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. 393 (h) Mobile

2010-11 No. 106065

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(VII) Public Health (a) Allopathic Hospital (b) Beds in Allopathic

hospitals (c) Ayurvedic Hospital (d) Beds in Ayurvedic

hospitals (e) Unani hospitals (f) Community health

centers (g) Primary health

centers (h) Dispensaries (ESI) (i) Sub Health

Centers (j) Private hospitals

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(VIII) Banking commercial

(a) Commercial Bank Nos. 63 (b) rural Bank Products

Nos. 2

(c) Co-Operative bank products

Nos. 26

(d) PLDB Branches including Pvt. Banks

Nos. 5

(IX) Education (a) Primary school Nos. 986 (b) Middle schools Nos. 197 (c) Secondary & senior secondary schools

Nos. 164

(d) Colleges Nos. 06 (e) Technical University Nos. ----

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2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District Sirmour S.

No. Name of Ind.

Area Land

acquired (In

hectare)

Land developed

(In hectare)

Prevailing Rate Per

Sqm (In Rs.)

No of

Plots

No of allotted

Plots

No of Vacant Plots

No. of Units in Production

1 Industrial Area Paonta Sahib Phase I, II & III

595 Bigha 47.4

Hectare

240923 Sq Meter (Allotted

Area)

Rs. 2,620/-

127 126 1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

Total

Source:- DIC

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3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF SIRMOUR 3.1 Industry at a Glance

Sr No Head Unit Particulars 1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 204 2. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 204 3. REGISTERED MEDIUM & LARGE UNIT NO. 7 4. ESTIMATED AVG. NO. OF DAILY

WORKER EMPLOYED IN SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES

NO. 2

5. EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE AND MEDIUM INDUSTRIES

NO. 555

6. NO. OF INDUSTRIAL AREA NO. 1 7. TURNOVER OF SMALL SCALE IND. IN LACS ---- 8. TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & LARGE

SCALE INDUSTRIES IN LACS ----

3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED

YEAR NUMBER OF REGISTERED

UNITS

EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT (lakh Rs.)

Up to 1984-85 - - - 1985-86 - - - 1986-87 - - - 1987-88 - - - 1988-89 - - - 1989-90 - - - 1990-91 - - - 1991-92 - - - 1992-93 - - - 1993-94 - - - 1994-95 - - - 1995-96 - - - 1996-97 - - - 1997-98 - - - 1998-99 - - - 1999-2000 - - - 2000-01 - - - 2001-2002 - - -

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2002-03 - - - 2003-04 - - - 2004-05 - - - 2005-06 - - - 2006-07 28 3162.51 739 2007-08 30 4981.02 522 2008-09 38 4172.22 397 2009-10 51 7424.19 576 2010-11 30 8490.05 517 2011-12 20 2272.75 323 Total 197 30502.74 3074

Source: DIC ------

3.3 DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES AND ARTISAN UNITS IN THE DISTRICT

NIC CODE NO. TYPE OF

INDUSTRY NUMBER OF UNITS

INVESTMENT (Lakh Rs.)

EMPLOYMENT

20 Agro based 5 902.16 66 22 Soda water - - - 23 Cotton textile - - - 24. Woolen, silk & artificial Thread

based clothes. - - -

25. Jute & jute based - - - 26. Ready-made garments &

embroidery - - -

27. Wood/wooden based furniture - - - 28. Paper & Paper products - - - 29. Leather based 13 1171.04 569 31. Chemical/Chemical based 41 19202.56 1206 30. Rubber, Plastic & petro based 4 812.28 86 32. Mineral based - - - 33. Metal based (Steel Fab.) 1 842.41 42 35. Engineering units 9 2127.82 260 36. Electrical machinery and transport equipment 7 399.76 73 97. Repairing & servicing - - - 01. Others 109 7749.63 997

Total 189 33223.5 3299 Source: DIC -------

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3.4 Large/Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings List of the units in Paonta Sahib & Near By Area 1. Shree Shyam Industries (Unit of M/s. Khaitan Electricals Ltd.)

2. International Cylinders (P) Ltd.,

3. Cement Corporation of India Ltd.,

4. Malwa Cotton Spinning Mills Ltd.,

5. Ananta Cement & Allied Products (P) Ltd.,

6. Gill Chemicals (P) Ltd.,

7. Wolkem India Ltd.,

8. Starian India (P) Ltd.,

9. Jai Murti Minerals & Chemicals (P) Ltd.,

10. Mahaan Healthcare

11. Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd.,

12. Himalaya International Ltd.,

13. Revere Pentland (P) Ltd.,

14. T.I. Steels (P) Ltd.,

15. Mahan Biosys

16. Klitch Drug India Ltd.,

17. Liberty Shoes Ltd.,

18. Elder Pharmaceuticals Ltd.,

19. Mankind Pharma Ltd.

3.5 Major Exportable Item

Pharmaceuticals 3.6 Growth Trend Negligible growth trend

3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry There is limited scope of ancillarisation of the industry in the district as there is few numbers of large scale units in the area. However, in the area of Pharmacueticals few units may be come up.

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3.8. Medium Scale Enterprises 3.8.1 List of the units in Sirmour & Near By Area

1. Himachal Cement (P) Ltd., 2. Him Neel Breweries Ltd., 3.8.2 Major Exportable Item

NIL 3.9 Service Enterprises NIL 3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry There is good scope of setting up of service enterprises in district Sirmour. Based on the potential available in the district, following service enterprises can be set up in the district. i) Computer Repairing ii) Mobile Repairing iii) Auto Repairing iv) PCO/Photostate/Lamination v) Cyber Cafe vi) Beauty Parlour vii) Waste Management viii) Repair of electrical appliances 3.10 Potential for new MSMEs There is potential for setting up MSMEs in the district. Two industrial Area have been set up i.e. Industrial Area, Gondpur (Paonta Sahib) and Industrial Area, Kala Amb. These two industrial areas is near to Chandigarh so there is good scope for setting up of MSMEs in the district. The prospective industries have been divided into three groups. Firstly, there are resource based industries. In this group of items have been suggested keeping in view the resources available in the district from sectors like agriculture, forest resources, horticulture resources and mineral. The second group pertains to the skill based industries. In this group few of the items based on traditional skills are identified. The third group pertains to the demand based products. In this group items identified has been further grouped into food and allied products, hosiery and textile products, leather and leather products, chemical and allied products, paper products, glass and ceramic products, mechanical products, electrical and electronics products and misc. products.

RESOURCE BASED INDUSTRIES: i) Mini Cement plant ii) Hydrated lime iii) Fruit Processing iv)Calcium carbonate v) Calcite powder vi) Essential oil vii) Ayurvedic medicines viii) ginger powder ix) Board from pine needles x) Milk products xi) Silk cocoon processing and silk reeling xii) Herbs collection & processing SKILL BASED INDUSTRIES: i) Leather shoes ii) Shawls/patti weaving iii) Agriculture implements iv)Cutting & tailoring v) Hosiery products vi) carpentary DEMAN BASED INDUSTRIES: i) Mushroom growing & processing ii) Mineral water iii) Bakery iv) Readymade garments v) Packaging vi) Pharmaceuticals vii) G.I. Pipes viii) Steel furniture ix) Cold storage x)Cattle feed xi) Poultry feed xii) RCC pipes & poles 4. General issues raised by industry association during the course of meeting During the course of the meeting various industry association raised the issue as the district recently setup SWCA in Paonta Sahib & Kala Amb industrial area so there is need to build the infrastructure. The Industry association also facing the problem as this area does not have rail connectivity. Besides, the industry association demands for the setting up of container depot.

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5. STEPS TO SET UP MSMEs Following are the brief description of different agencies for rendering assistance to the entrepreneurs. S.No Type of assistance Name and address of agencies

1. Provisional Registration Certificate ( EM-1) & Permanent Registration Certificate ( EM-II)

G.M. District Industries Centre, Nahan Member Secretary, SWCA, Paonta Sahib Member Secretary, SWCA, Kala Amb

2. Identification of Project Profiles, techno-economic and managerial consultancy services, market survey and economic survey reports.

MSME-Development Institute, Electronics Complex, Chambaghat, Solan & HIMCON, C/o Bridge View Hotel, The Mall, Solan

3. Land and Industrial shed

i) District Industries Centre, Nahan ii) SWCA, Paonta Sahib iii) SWCA, Kala Amb iv) HPSIDC, Near Himland Hotel, Shimla

4. Financial Assistance

1) All Commercial Banks 2) Private Banks 3) Cooperative and Gramin Banks 4) Distt. Manager, SC/ST Development corporation, Nahan 5) ADO, KVIB, Nahan

5. For raw materials under Govt. Supply

i) HPSSI & DC, Shimla ii) Directorate of Industries, Udyog Bhawan, Bamloe, Shimla

6. Plant and machinery under hire / purchase basis.

NSIC, Chandigarh

7. Power/ Electricity

HP State Electricity Board

8. Technical Know –how.

i ) MSME-DI, Solan ii) HIMCON, C/o of Bridge View Hotel, The Mall, Shimla

9. Quality & Standard

i) Director, BIS, Parwanoo ii) NRTC, Parwanoo

10. Marketing /Export Assistance

i) Directorate of Industries, Udyog Bhawan, Bamloe, Shimla ii) MSME-Development Institute, Solan

11. Other Promotional Agencies

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