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S. No. Topic Page No. 1. General Characteristics of the District 1 1.1 Location & Geographical Area 1 1.2 Topography 1 1.3 Availability of Minerals. 2 1.4 Forest 2 1.5 Administrative set up 2 2. District at a glance 2-5 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District ------5 3. Industrial Scenario Of ------5 3.1 Industry at a Glance 6 3.2 Year Wise Trend Of Units Registered 7 3.3 Details Of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan Units In The 8 District 3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings 8 3.5 Major Exportable Item 8 3.6 Growth Trend 8 3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 8 3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 8 3.8.1 List of the units in ------& near by Area 8 3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 9 3.9 Service Enterprises 9 3.9.2 Potentials areas for service industry 9 3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 9 4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 9 4.1 Detail Of Major Clusters 9 4.2 Details of Identified cluster 9 5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of 9 meeting 6 Steps to set up MSMEs 10

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Brief Industrial Profile of

1. General Characteristics of the District Ramban is an important town on – National Highway 1-A, about 150 kms from Jammu and is situated on the right bank of River Chenab. Earlier, Ramban was a S ub-District of District Doda, with Tehsil Ramban and Tehsil as its constituents Ramban District has been carved out of the erstwhile District Doda which had the distinction of being second most largest District of the state because of exceptionally unique and most difficult of all other districts due to its typical Himalayan position and hilly terrain. Keeping in view the backwardness, remoteness and needs and aspirations of the people, the government in one of its landmark decisions in the history of J&K Governenances declared Ramban as independent District. Thus the District Ramban came into being on 0 1-04-2007, since then its functioning independently. The splitting of erstwhile District Doda into three new districts of Ramban, and D oda came to be seen as great administrative requirement of time.

1.1 Location & Geographical Area.

Ramban district has an average elevation of 1,156 metres (3792 feet). The boundary lines of Ramban district have come to be drawn from on its south, Assar on its east, Gool on its west and Banihal on its north. River 'Chenab' also known as 'Chanderbhaga' river passes through the district. National Highway-1A (now 44) that connects Jammu withSrinagar passes through the district. Ramban is located at 330 14 N and 75017E longitudes with an altitude of 1000M from MSL. The boundary lines of new district have come to be drawn from Patnitop on its South, Assar on its East, Gool on its west, and Banihal on its north.

1.2 Topography

The climate of the District varies according to the altitude . The temperature rises as high as 42 0C in the low lying areas between Step Mountains and seldom goes below 1.50C in the high altitude areas. The district is all mountainous with very difficult rough and terrain. The working season in a year remains restricted to eight months because of typical weather conditions of the districts. Ramban District, situated at the height of 1156 meters, is a new ly formed district of the state of Jammu and of . It shares borders with Patnitop on South, Assar on East, Gool on west and Banihal on north

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1.3 Availability of Minerals.

Nil

1.4 FOREST

Ramban Forest Division falls in revenue district of Ramban. River Chenab forms the South and South West boundary with Forest Division, forms North and North East boundary with boundary, East by Dhupdana- Sharwa Dhumani- jwarta- Dandal- Gown ridge forms boundary with Doda F orest Division and West by Didon- Achan -Mal –Reliar- Munimal- Sarkanthamal - Pahlbathali- Sinkhali- Cotag ridge forming bound ary with Anantanag and Mahore Forest Divisions. The gross area of the catchment is 82,178 ha, out of which 48,279 ha (59%) is under forest cover. Major portion of the track lies above 1500 meters altitude and experiences subtropical and temperate climate

1.5 Administrative set up.

Name of Districts Tehsils Blocks

RAMBAN Ramban 1. RAMBAN

2. BANIHAL

Banihal 3.

4. GOOL

2. District at a glance

S.No Particular Year Unit Statistics 1 Geographical features (A) Geographical Data i) Latitude Degree 33-15 N ii) Longitude Degree 75 – 15 E iii) Geographical Area Hectares 82,178 (B) Administrative Units i) Sub divisions Nos 2 ii) Tehsils Nos 2 iii) Sub-Tehsil Nos - iv) Patwar Circle Nos 11 v) Panchayat Simitis Nos - vi)Nagar nigam Nos - vii) Nagar Palika Nos - viii) Gram Panchayats Nos 124 xi) Revenue villages Nos 127 x) Assembly Area Nos 2 (Banihal and Ramban) 2. Population (A) Sex-wise 214944 i) Male 2011 101875 ii) Female 2011 113069 (B) Rural Population 2011 NA 3. Agriculture A. Land utilization i) Total Area 2010-11 Hectare 113787 ii) Forest cover 2010-11 “ 60717 iii) Non Agriculture Land 2010-11 “ 21120 v) cultivable Barren 2010-11 “ 2081 land 4. Forest (i) Forest 2010-11 Ha. 48,279 5. Livestock & Poultry A. Cattle i) Cows 2007 Nos. NA ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 44000 B. Other livestock 82000 i) Goats 2007 Nos. NA ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. NA iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. - iv) Railways i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms - V) Roads (a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms 95 (b) State Highway 2010- Kms NA 11 (c) Main District Highway 2010- Kms NA 11 (d) Other district & Rural 2010-11 Kms NA Roads (e) Rural road/ 2010-11 Kms NA Agriculture Marketing Board Roads (f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms NA (VI) Communication (a) Telephone 2010-11 NA connection (b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 25 (c) Telephone center 2010-11 Nos. NA (d )Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000 NA person (e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per KM. NA (f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. NA (g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. NA (h) Mobile 2010-11 No. NA (VII) Public Health (a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 No. 01 (b) Beds in Allopathic No. 30 hospitals (c) Ayurvedic Hospital No. - (d) Beds in Ayurvedic No. - hospitals (e) Unani hospitals No. - (f) Community health No. 3 centers (g) Primary health No. 9 centers (h) Dispensaries No. 10 (i) Sub Health No. 56 Centers No. - (j) Private hospitals (VIII) Banking Nos 24 commercial (a) Commercial Banks Nos. -J&K Bank 8 -SBI 4 -JCC Bank 5 -Punjab & Sind bank 2 -PNB 1 -Agri. & Land Dev Bank 2 -ED Bank 2 (b) rural Bank Nos. - Products (c) Co-Operative Nos. - bank products (d) PLDB Branches Nos. - (IX) Education (a) Primary school Nos. 481 (b) Middle schools Nos. 229 (c) Secondary & senior Nos. 66 secondary schools (d) Colleges Nos. 03 (e) Technical University Nos. -

2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District Ramban

S. Name of Ind. Land Land Prevailing No No of No of No. of No. Area acquired developed Rate Per of allotted Vacant Units in (In (In Sqm Plots Plots Plots Production hectare) hectare) (In Rs.) 1 ------

Total - - Nil - - - -

Source:- RIICO,

3. INDUSTRIAL SCENERIO OF RAMBAN

3.1 Industry at a Glance Sr Head Unit Particulars No 1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 08 2. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 08 3. REGISTERED MEDIUM & LARGE UNIT NO. - 4. ESTIMATED AVG. NO. OF DAILY NO. - WORKER EMPLOYED IN SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES 5. EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE AND NO. - MEDIUM INDUSTRIES 6. NO. OF INDUSTRIAL AREA NO. - 7. TURNOVER OF SMALL SCALE IND. IN LACS - 8. TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & LARGE IN LACS - SCALE INDUSTRIES

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3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED YEAR NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT REGISTERED (lakh Rs.) UNITS 1 Up to 1984-85 - - District carved 2 1985-86 - - out in 3 1986-87 - - 01-042007 4 1987-88 - - 5 1988-89 - - 6 1989-90 - - 7 1990-91 - - 8 1991-92 - - 9 1992-93 - - 10 1993-94 - - 11 1994-95 - - 12 1995-96 - - 13 1996-97 - - 14 1997-98 - - 15 1998-99 - - 16 1999-2000 - - 17 2000-01 - - 18 2001-2002 - - 19 2002-03 - - 20 2003-04 - - 21 2004-05 - - 22 2005-06 - - 23 2006-07 - - 24 2007-08 - - - 25 2008-09 - - - 26 2009-10 - - - 27 2010-11 02 10 6.62 Total 02 10 6.52 Source: DIC RAMBAN

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3.3 DETAILS OF EXISTING MICRO & SMALL ENTERPRISES AND ARTISAN UNITS IN THE DISTRICT NIC CODE TYPE OF NUMBER INVESTMENT EMPLOYMENT NO. INDUSTRY OF UNITS (Lakh Rs.) 20 Agro based 02 5.1 06 22 Soda water 01 2.57 08 23 Cotton textile - - - 24. Woolen, silk & artificial Thread - - - based clothes. 25. Jute & jute based - - - 26. Ready-made garments & - - embroidery 27. Wood/wooden based furniture - - - 26. Paper & Paper products 01 1.60 03 29. Leather based - - - 31. Chemical/Chemical based - - - 30. Rubber, Plastic & petro based - - - 32. Mineral based * - - 33. Metal based (Steel Fab.) 02 5.28 11 35. Engineering units 01 1.60 03 36. Electrical machinery and transport equipment - - - 97. Repairing & servicing 01 0.63 03 01. Others - - - Kachori Making - - - Source: DIC RAMBAN

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3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings Nil

3.5 Major Exportable Item Nil

3.6 Growth Trend Nil

3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry Nil

3.8. Medium Scale Enterprises

3.8.1 List of the units in ----- & Near By Area Nil

3.8.2 Major Exportable Item Nil

3.9 Service Enterprises

3.9.1 Potentials areas for service industry

The following area of the potential service industries are given as : a) Repairing & Servicing of Automobiles b) Repairing & Servicing of Electronics Items c) Repairing & Servicing of Electrical

3.10 Potential for new MSMEs a) Food Industries b) Thermo/Plastic ware c) Mineral Water d) Agriculture Implement/Tools e) Steel Almirah Fabrications f) Horticulture based Industries g) Medicinal Aromatic Plants h) Floriculture i) Bee Keeping

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4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise

4.1 DETAIL OF MAJOR CLUSTERS Nil

4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector Nil

4.1.2 Service Sector Nil

4.2 Details for Identified cluster

4.2.1 Name of the cluster

1 Principal Products Manufactured Honey in the Cluster 2 Name of the SPV Not Formed 3 No. of functional units in the 40-50 clusters 4 Turnover of the Clusters 120 lac 5 Value of Exports from the Nil Clusters 6 Employment in Cluster 150 7 Average investment in plant & Machinery 8 Major Issues / requirement Marketing and Credit

9 Presence of capable institutions 10 Thrust Areas - 11 Problems & constraints -

Present status of the cluster: - The cluster is not in organized form .

5. General issues raised by industry association during the course of meeting

No such Association present in the district

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6. 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 District Industries Centre, ( EM-1) & Permanent Registration Ramban Certificate ( EM-II)

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

3. Land and Industrial shed SICOP, SIDCO

4. Financial Assistance J&K Bank, SBI, PNB, ED Bank , Ramban, Punjab & Sind Bank Ramban JKFC jammu JKDFC, IInd Floor , Gandhinagar Jammu 5. For raw materials under Govt. Supply SICOP, Ramban

6. Plant and machinery under hire / NSIC , Exhibition Ground purchase basis. Jammu

7. Power/ Electricity PDD, J&K State

8. Technical Know –how. -District Industries Centre, Ramban -MSME DI I/E Digiana jammu

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9. Quality & Standard BIS , Chandigarh

10. Marketing /Export Assistance -Directorate of Industries & Commerce , Jawar Udyog Bhavan Rail Head Complex Jammu, -MSME DI I/E Digiana jammu 11. Other Promotional Agencies -EDI , Jawar Udyog Bhavan Rail Head Complex Jammu, -MSME DI I/E Digiana Jammu