(20014-15) MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE MINISTRY OF MSME GOVERNMENT OF INDIA BAMUNIMAIDAM, GUWAHATI ASSAM– 781 021 e-mail : [email protected] Website: www.msmedi-guwahati.gov.in Phone : 0361-2550073/2550083 Tel-Fax : 0361-2550052 1 F O R E W O R D The Micro, Small & Medium Enterprise Development Institute, Guwahati, Assam has prepared a State Industrial Profile on Assam with a view to provide basic and up-to-date information about the State to the entrepreneurs, industrialists and policy makers for taking investment decisions in the micro, small and medium scale sector. The profile contains information on the administrative set up of the State, its physical and geographical features, resources, man power, infrastructure facilities, present position of large, medium and small scale industries etc. in the state. The report also explores the possibilities for future development of micro, small and medium scale industries based on locally available resources and demand pattern for various consumers, consumer semi durable and durable goods in the State. I would like to inform that this Institute has created a website- http//:www.msmedi- guwahati.gov.in to disseminate information on various activities of this Institute as well as information pertaining to MSMEs. I thankfully acknowledge the co-operation received from various Government Departments, Promotional Agencies, Banks and Financial Institutions, NGO's during preparation of the profile. Date: Place: Guwahati (Shirish Asthana) Director MSME-DI ,Guwahati 2 Contents Sl. No. Topic Page No. 1 Executive Summery 4-5 2. Assam at a Glance 6-8 3 Chapter-I –Introduction 9-11 4 Chapter-II-Resources 12-13 5 Chapter-III- Infrustructure Available 14-16 6 Chapter-IV- Industrial Infrustructure 17-20 7 Chapter- V- Small scale Industries/ MSMES 21-32 8 Chapter-VI- Incentives 33-55 9 Chapter- VII- Prospective Industries 58-68 10 Annexure- List of Large & Medium Industries 69-100 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMERY Assam is endowed with vast natural resources like oil, mineral, forest etc. It is also famous for tea and silk industry. There are also a good number of large and medium scale industries including four oil Refineries in the public sector, which can sustain large number of small scale vendors. However, the growth of industries particularly in the MSME sector has not taken place to the desired extent despite availability of resources for industrial exploitation. The major roadblock for rapid industrialization is found to be more than one. The state has insufficient infrastructural facilities, deficient power generation which require immediate remedial measures. The credit – deposit ratio is also much below the All India average. The Industrial policy of Assam, 2008 aims to develop and promote ecologicaly complaint industries based on the core strengths of the state of Assam. The new policy identifies the following key potential areas: 1. Multi Cropping in Agriculture 2. Tea 3. Plywood 4. Agar Wood Oil 5 Silk 6. Bamboo 7. Horticulture 8. Food Processing 9. Fresh water Processing 10. Other Potential areas include Oil, Gas, Coal and Minerals like Limestone, China Clay, Glass Sand, Iron ore, Silimanite and Granite 11. Tourism The Industrial and Investment Policy Assam 2014 has identified the following thrust areas • Food processing and Agro based Industries • Mineral based industries 4 • Bamboo based industries • Extraction and Value Addition of Herbal Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, • Bio-Technology sector, • Information Technology related activities. • Hospitality industry and Tourism, etc. The opening up Border Trade with the neighboring countries of the state along with ″Act East Policy″ of the government are expected to bring economic boom and offer investment opportunities to the people of Assam. The development of Border trade Center at Sutarkhandi and Mancachar will open new horizon of industrial development of the state. The State Profile suggests a good number of MSME enterprises based on local resources and demand of the state, which if taken up in right earnest with the co-operation of various development agencies, will certainly solve unemployment related problem of the State. -------o------ 5 ASSAM AT A GLANCE SL NO ITEM REF. YEAR UNIT PARTICULARS 1 AREA 2011 SQ K.M. 78438 2 ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS (a) Districts 2011 No 27 (b) Sub-division 2011 -do- 56 (c) Revenue circle 2011 -do- 184 (d) CD blocks 2012 -do- 219 (e) Gaon panchayat 2012 -do- 2202 (f) villages 2011 -do- 26395 (g) Police station 2011 -do- 301 (h) Police outpost 2011 -do- 193 3 Population as per 2011 census (a) (i) Total population person 31205576 (ii) male -do- 15939443 (iii) Female -do- 15266133 (iv) percentage of rural 86 population (v) percentage of urban 14 population (vi) Sex ratio Female per 958 thousand male (vii) Density of population Per Sq. K.M. 398 (viii) Literacy rate 72.19. Male 77.85 Female 66.27 4 Agriculture (a) Net area sown 2010-11 000 hectare 2811 (b) Area sown more than once -do- -do- 1349 (c) Total cropped area -do- -do- 4160 (d) Percentage of net area sown -do- percent 35.83 to total geographical area Production of important crops (e) Autumn rice 2012-13 000 tonnes 309 (f) Winter rice -do- -do- 3655 (g) Summer rice -do- -do- 1164 (h) wheat -do- -do- 44 (i) Total pulses -do- -do- 84 (j) Maize -do- -do- 21 (k) Total oil seeds(excluding -do- -do- 187 coconut) (l) Sugarcane -do- -do- 1028 (m) jute do- do- 558 6 5 Livestock (a) Crossed breed cattle 2012-13 000 nos 470 (b) Indigenous cattle -do- -do- 9093 (c) Buffaoes do- do- 535 (d) Goat do- do- 3129 (e) Fowls do- do- 111113 (f) Ducks do- do- 4178 (g) Production of milk do- Million lts 845 (h) Production of egg do do-- Million nos 471 (i) Production of meat 000 tonnes 37 6 Forest (a) Area under reserved forest 30-1-2013 000 hectare 1397 (b) Area under proposed do- do- 176 reserved forest (c) Total forest excluding un do- do- 1935 classed state forest (d) Number of national parks do- nos 5 (e) Number of wild life do- 18 sanctuaries 7 Fishery (a) Total area under fisheries 2012-13 hectare 283696 (b) Production of fish production 000 tones 254 8 Sericulture Production of silk yarn (a) Eri raw silk 2012-13 MT 1934.00 (b) Muga raw Silk -do- -do- 109.00 (c ) Muilberry raw silk -do- -do- 25.00 9 Tea, coffee and Rubber (a) Tea gardens 2012 nos 765 (b) Area under tea cultivation -do- 000 hectare 322 (c) Production of tea -do- tonnes 588270 (d) Area under coffee 2012-13 hectare 952.74 cultivation (e) Production of coffee -do- MT 60.72 (f) Area under rubber -do- hectare 34537 cultivation (g) Production of rubber -do- M.T. 11054 10 POWER (a) Total installed capacity 2012-13 MW 376.7 (b) Total unit generation -do- MU 1765.3 (c) Availability -do- -do- 5895 (d) Energy requirement -do- -do- 6392 11 TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATION 7 A. Vehicle Total vehicle registered 2012-13 nos 227367 (a) (b) Total vehicle on road “ “ 1725222 B. Road Total PWD Road 2012-13 K.M. 48569.22 length(including NH) (a) Surfaced (black topped) “ “ 22700 (b) Un-surfaced “ “ 22800 (c) National Highway “ “ 3069.22 (d) State Highway “ “ 3134 C. Railway Total railway route length 2012-13 K.M. 2458.93 (a) Broad Gauge “ “ 1470.06 (b ) Meter Gauge “ “ 988.87 D. Air Transport (a) Air traffic Movement 2012-13 nos 33535 (b) Passenger handled “ “ 2526434 (c ) Freight (loaded+ “ Tonnes 6668 unloaded) (d) Average cargo “ “ 18.27 handled per day E. Inland Water Transport (a) Total no Ferry 2012-13 nos 67 services (b) Passengers “ 000 nos 7531 transported (c) Goods transported “ Tonne 362420 12 Postal (a) Post Offices 2012-13 Nos. 4013 (b) Letter Boxes 2012-13 “ 13686 13 Telephone (a) No of telephone 2012 nos 585 exchanges (b) Direct exchange lines “ “ 1422194 (fixed/WLL+ MTS) (c) Wire line “ “ 193952 phones(fixed DELs) (d) Wireless “ “ 1228242 Phones(GSM+CDMA) (e) Pulic Call Offices 2012 “ 11957 8 CHAPTER- I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Location & Area: Assam is the second largest State of North East India by its geographical area having highest population in the region. The State is located between 2400´to 28018´North latitude and 89o50´ to 97o4´ East longitude. The State is spread over a geographical area of 78.44 thousand sq km and shares boundary with the states of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur in the East, West Bengal and Bangladesh in the west, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram in the south and Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh in the North. The State has 27 districts, out of which four districts are under the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC). Topography of the major part of the state is plain except two districts namely Karbi-Anglong and Dima Hasao. Altitude of the State ranges between 50 mt to 1650 mt from MSL. With the Indian independence, Assam became a constituent state of the Indian Republic. The State has 126 Legislative Assembly constituencies and 14 Parliament constituencies. Like the rest of the country, Assam has a three-tier judicial system and it inherits the Indian Legal System with its well developed laws of Property, Contracts and Torts as well as Criminal Law, etc. (a) Climate: Average rainfall of the state is recorded as 2282.2 mm . The State falls within Agro- Climatic zone II. Based upon agro-climatic characteristics, the State has been sub-divided into eight major sub-zones primarily based upon rainfall, temperature and soil moisture regimes. These are namely, i) Upper Brahmaputra Valley (North); ii) Upper Brahmaputra Valley (South); iii) Central Brahmaputra Valley (South); iv) Lower Brahmaputra Valley (North west); v) Lower Brahmaputra Valley (North); vi) Lower Brahmaputra Valley (South); vii) Barak Valley; viii) Hill sub-zones.