Government of India Ministry of MSME Brief Industrial Profile of Akola District Carried out by MSME-Development Institute (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India,) CGO Complex, Block ‘C’,Seminary Hills, Nagpur-440006 Phone: 0712-2510046, 2510352 Fax:0712- 2511985 e-mail:
[email protected] Web- msmedinagpur.gov.in 1 Contents S. No. Topic Page No. 1. General Characteristics of the District 4-7 1.1 Location & Geographical Area 4 1.2 Topography 4 1.3 Availability of Minerals. 6 1.4 Forest 6 1.5 Administrative set up 7 2. District at a glance 8-10 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District Akola 11 3. Industrial Scenario Of Akola 12-23 3.1 Industry at a Glance 12 3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 12-13 3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units In The 14-19 District 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 20-21 3.5 Major Exportable Item 21 3.6 Growth Trend 21 3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 21 3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 21 3.9 Service Enterprises 22 3.9.1 Potentials areas for service industry 22 3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 22-23 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 23 2 5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of 24 meeting 6 Steps to set up MSMEs 25 3 Brief Industrial Profile of Akola District 1. General Characteristics of the District: For the purpose of administrative conveyance, the district is divided into seven Tahsils and Panchayat Samities.