ONE ECONOMIC CLUSTER FOR EACH MANDAL FOR DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL TELANGANA 1 Appeal In this report we have listed one hundred models of economic activity that can be taken up in rural/ semi urban locations. Possibly many more ideas will come from entrepreneurs and industrialists. These are not new ideas nor is the concept of clusters, for survival, growth, from agglomeration economies and joint action benefits. What we would like to happen is bringing in improved technologies, tools and provision for innovation of products and process. The basic idea is to identify the inherent strengths of a small geographic area (One Mandal) in terms of resources, skills or simply aspirations of the people and use these strengths in a focused way to build one wealth creating activity touching sizeable number of people. While the intentions are there, we have not made any headway on this. After reviewing the situation TEMPO has come to the conclusion that apart from initiatives of Government, local leadership need be sensitized to the possibilities and nudge them to take part in this development effort. This report is a guide for all stakeholders to understand the concept and contribute to the effort. Support from Civil society Decentralization is the key: The local administration and local leadership at mandal level have to be the torch bearers for this development effort. Selection of suitable cluster, identification of land wherever required and identifying entrepreneurs should be done here. We appeal to local leadership to form an “economic cluster development” team and pursue the selected project. Marketing: After entrepreneur, critical factor for enterprise growth is marketing of the produce. We appeal to the members of “chambers of commerce”, “varthakasanghalu” and successful entrepreneurs to extend a helping hand. Project formulation and hand holding: The ideas suggested are mere concepts. These have to be developed into implementable plans with identification of suitable technologies, tools and infrastructure needs. We appeal to the Non-Government Organizations having the required human resources to adopt one cluster each. Support from Government 1. Provide infrastructure for micro and small industries wherever possible: Land if available, power supply, water supply and road connection may be provided at Government cost. Special cell may be created at Mandal level to help the entrepreneurs with the TS-i pass application filing. 2 2. Provide marketing infrastructure. Major part of the clusters suggested fall into agro and food related items. Marketing centres similar to Rythu bazars may be provided for processed food products from rural enterprises. A multistoried building with shop in shop model to house 300 to 400 kiosks may be constructed and given on lease at nominal rates. Provision at bus stations may be made to support marketing of such products. Similarly agriculture input centers may be constructed and given on lease to micro enterprises from rural areas. 3. Seed the cluster. Help the first five units (pioneers) to be set up, with additional assistance over and above that provided under TS-ipass. Mother units to be set up by companies already in same industry may also be provided special assistance 4. Support knowledge centers: Use the skill development initiative of Government of India to formulate at least two units of each proposed cluster as training units. This can be done at various training facilities in public and private training institutions, ITI and engineering/ agriculture colleges. 5. Support pipeline for finance: NABARD and MUDRA bank will be main source of financial assistance. Help setting up a stream lined on line processing system for financial assistance. We will end with a forward looking statement One economic cluster for the four hundred odd mandals, each with investment flow of about twenty five crore rupees over a period of five years will add wealth of at least thirty thousand crores per year to state gross domestic product. The twenty thousand enterprises can provide five lakh manufacturing jobs with significant multiplier effect to T state economy. Note from compiler of the Information Following pages contain brief description of hundred projects each of which can be multiplied to form a cluster. The information has been gathered from project profiles prepared by institutions like Dc MSME and NSIC. Selection is made on the basis of relevance to Telangana. The emphasis is on rural Telangana. These profiles have been prepared at TEMPO (Telangana entrepreneur motivation and promotion organization), a NGO. The profiles are divided into twelve themes. In our view one or two districts can take up one theme. Many of the projects can be replicated at more than one place. This is our wish list for Telangana. We can add more as we move forward. The aim behind this compilation is to put together available information at one place. This can act as a 3 reference point. Our fond hope is that these schemes get implemented and a large pool of Telangana entrepreneurs emerges from this effort. The profiles are in concept form. They have to be developed into feasibility studies based on the location selected. Most of the projects are in operation at some place or other. We need bring in the latest technology and innovate on the products. TEMPO team would be happy to help any organization interested in developing any of the projects. B. Ranadheer Reddy [email protected] Mob: 9490746716 www.tempo.org.in INDEX Agro based clusters Page No 01 Bio fertilizers 9 02 Densified total mixed ration blocks 10 03 Exotic vegetable cultivation under poly houses 13 04 Flowers-Aromatic plants and Perfumes 14 05 Fortified vermi compost 16 06 Mushroom cultivation 18 07 Silage and cattle feed 22 08 Tissue culture and micro propagation 24 09 Vertical farming 26 Building material clusters 10 Builders` hardware 27 4 11 Ceramic products 28 12 Door and window frames 29 13 Fly ash based products 31 14 Gypsum fiber board 34 15 Natural fiber composites 36 16 Prefab building elements 38 17 Tiles from waste polymers 39 18 Terracotta products 40 Electric and electronic unit clusters 19 Assembly of electric/ electronic products 41 20 Electronic security systems 43 21 Energy efficient pumps and motors 45 22 Instruments and controls 46 23 Micro circuit breakers 46 24 Micro motors 48 25 Rechargeable batteries 49 Energy Related clusters 26 Electric bicycle 50 27 Energy plantations 52 28 Solar energy appliances 53 29 Solar Thermal energy 54 Engineering product clusters 30 Agriculture implements 57 31 Air conditioner assembly 58 32 Castings 60 33 Cluster for mold manufacture 61 34 Environmental engineering products 62 35 Hand tools and power tools 64 36 Hospital furniture 65 37 Kitchen appliances 66 38 Process equipment 67 39 Reconditioning of machinery 69 40 Rural engineering cluster 71 41 Valves and fittings 72 42 Wire drawing and ferrocement products 73 Food processing clusters 43 Assorted chikki and cereal bars 75 44 Bee keeping and honey products 77 5 45 Cereal Flakes 79 46 Dry milling of maize 81 47 Fish processing 83 48 Liquid Jaggery 84 49 Malt from cereals 86 50 Masa flour 86 51 Meal packs for soldiers 88 52 Meat products 88 53 Milk products 90 54 Millet products 93 55 Mini food park 94 56 Natural fruit flavors 97 57 Neera and fruit wines 98 58 Nuts and dehulled seeds 100 59 Ready mixes 101 60 Sauces and different salsa 102 61 Solar dried fruits and vegetables 103 62 Soya cluster 105 63 Spices and food additives 106 64 Sweet corn products 107 65 Tomato, mango pulp 108 66 Vinegar and vegetables pickled in vinegar 110 Leather Products cluster 67 Sports shoe 111 68 Synthetic leather for shoe and upholstery 112 Livestock based clusters 69 Cattle rearing 114 70 Dairy farms 115 71 Desi poultry meat 116 72 Duck meat 116 73 Fish farming in cages 117 74 Goat and sheep farming 119 75 Pork production 121 76 Rabbit meat 122 Miscellaneous clusters 77 Adhesives and sealants 123 78 Ayurvedic medicines 124 79 Biodegradable disposable plates 125 80 Costume jewelry 127 6 81 Domestic cleaning products 129 82 Fermentation products 130 83 Handicrafts, Toys and gifts 131 84 Herbal cosmetics 133 85 Packing materials 134 86 Personal hygiene products 136 Plastic products clusters 87 Foam products 137 88 Medical disposables 139 89 Plastics for agriculture 140 Textiles clusters 90 Embroidery works 141 91 Hosiery and kids wear 142 92 Knitted cloth and dyeing 143 93 Mosquito screens 148 94 Readymade garments 149 95 Technical textiles 150 96 Upholstery and bed linen 151 Wood and wood substitutes 97 Bamboo composite panels 152 98 Finger jointed wood 154 99 Furniture and Other wood products 156 100 Modular cabinet making 159 101 Wood polymer composites 161 7 01. Bio Fertilizers and Bio Pesticides A Bio fertilizercontains living microorganisms which, when applied to seeds, plant surfaces, or soil, colonizes the rhizosphere or the interior of the plant and promotes growth by increasing the supply or availability of primary nutrients to the host plant. Bio-fertilizers add nutrients through the natural processes of nitrogen fixing solubilizing phosphorous. Bio-fertilizers such as Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Azospirilium and Blue green algae (BGA) have been in use for a long time.Rhizobium inoculantis used for leguminous crops. Azotobacter can be used with crops like wheat, maize, mustard, cotton, potato and other vegetable crops. Azospirillum inoculations are recommended mainly for sorghum, millets, maize, sugarcane and wheat. BGA fix atmospheric nitrogen and are used as inoculations for paddy crop grown both under upland and low-land conditions. BGA in association with water fern Azollacontributes nitrogen up to 60 kg/ha/season and also enriches soils with organic matter. Other types of bacteria, so-called phosphate-solubilizing bacteria, such as Pseudomonas putida strain P13,are able to solubilize the insoluble phosphate from organic and inorganic phosphatesources.