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Government of India Ministry of MSME

Brief Industrial Profile of CHANDEL District

MSME-Development Institute (Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India),

Takyelpat Industrial Estate, Imphal - 795001 Phone: 0385-2416220

e-mail :dcdi-imphal@dcmsme.gov.in Web :www.msmediimphal.gov.in

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MAP OF CHANDEL DISTRICT

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P R E F A CE

The present Report attempts to highlight the followings:

- State of the economy of the District

- Resource Base of the District

- Infrastructure conducive for industrial development

- A study of existing industries; and

- Identification of industrial potential in the District.

- cluster development

- Skill development training needs and other incentive/schemes etc.

Manipur as a whole is a hilly district and basic infrastructures for industrial growth is yet

to be developed..An effort has been made to incorporate the aims, objectives and guidelines of

the DC(MSME) as revised & updated from time to time. Mention may be made of the difficulties

faced in gathering relevant information about the District as the administrative delineation is in

nascent stages and dis-aggregated data for the District are not available from the concerned

departmentsyet. as expected and most of potentials of the district is obtained from various

persons who thoroughly knows about the district.

I would like to place on record my appreciation to all officials and persons for the various

inputs received from them which makes possible of this profile. Andhanks are also due to the

concerned District and State authorities for providing the necessary information.

I look forward to received continued support from all concern and committed to bring out

a better & meaningful profile in near future.

Th.ThongkholunBaite

Dy.DirectorIncharge

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Contents

S.No. Topic Page No.

1. General Characteristics of the District 5

1.1 Location & Geographical Area 5

1.2 Topography 5

1.3 Availability of Minerals 6

1.4 Forest 6

1.5 Administrative set up 6

2. District at a glance 7

2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Area in the District 8

3. Industrial Scenario of 8

3.1 Industry at a Glance 8

3.2 Year Wise Trend of Units Registered 9

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 10

3.5 Major Exportable Item 10

3.6 Growth Trend 10

3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 10

3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises 10

3.8.1 List of the units in Chandel& nearby Area 10

3.8.2 Major Exportable Item 11

3.9 Service Enterprises 11

3.9.2 Potential areas for service industry 11

3.10 Potential for new MSMEs 11

4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 11

4.1 Details of Major Clusters 11

4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector 11

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

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6. Steps to set up MSMEs 13

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Brief Industrial profile of CHANDEL District

1. General Characteristics of the District:

The Chandel District (formerly known as Tengnoupal District) came into existence on May 13, 1974. Its neighbours are Myanmar (erstwhile Burma) on the south, Ukhrul district on the east, Churachandpur district on the south and west, and Thoubal district on the north. It is about 64 km. away from Imphal. The National Highway No. 39 passes through this district.

The district is inhabited by several communities. It is sparsely inhabited by about 20 different tribes. They are scattered all over the district. Prominent tribes in the district are Anal, Lamkang, Kuki, Moyon, Monsang, Chothe, Thadou, Paite, Maring and Zou etc. There are also other communities like Meiteis, and Muslims (Meitei Pangal) in small numbers as compared to the tribes. Non-Manipuris like Nepalis, Tamils, Bengalis, Punjabis and Biharis are also settled in this district.

The Moreh town, the international trade centre of the state, lies on the southernmost part of the district. When the Trans-Asian Super Highway comes into existence, Chandel district will be one of the gateways to the Asian countries.Being a commercial town it attracts a large number of people from neighbouring places. Moreh is only 5 Km. from Tamu town, its Myanmar counterpart. Opening of the Border Trade turns Moreh into an important centre in the Northeast. 1.1 Location & Geographical Area:

The District lies in the south-eastern part of Manipur at 24o40' N Latitude and 93o50' E Longitude. It is the border district of the state with Mynmar(Burma)

1.2 Topography:

More than 90% of the total geographical area is covered by hill ranges running from North-East to

South-East direction. Highest peak is in Eswani which is 8,348 ft. above msl. Three main rivers

namely (i) the Sekmairiver which originates and passes through the North Eastern part of Chandel

district, (ii) Chakpikarong River which originates from Laimaton Hills and passes through Chandel

and Chakpikarong Sub-Division and (iii) the Lokchao River which flows through Tengnoupal Sub

Division.

People

The District is inhabited by several communities. It is sparsely inhabited by about 20 different tribes..

They are scattered all over the District. Prominent tribes in the district are Anal, Lamkang, Kukis,

Moyon, Monsang, Chothe, Thadou, Paite, and Maring etc. There are also other communities like

Meiteis, and Muslims in small numbers as compared to the tribes. Non-Manipuris like the Tamils,

Bengalis, Punjabis, and Biharis are also settled in this district.

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1.3 Availability of Minerals:

PRODUCTION OF MINERAL 2010-11

S.No. NAME OF MINERAL PRODUCTION in tonnes 2010-2011

MAJOR MINERAL

1. Chromite

MINOR

1. Asbestos --

2. Antiporate --

3. copper --

4.

5.

6.

7.

Note:The extent of deposit of the above minerals are not yet exploited. SOURCE : DEPT. OF MINES & GEOLOGY

FOREST :

1. Reserve Forest - 140.60 sq.km.

2. Wild Life Sanctuary - 184.32 sq.km.

3. Protected Forest - 50.00 sq.km

4. Unclassified Forest - 2325.00 sq.km

1.3 Administrative set up:

2. District at a glance:

S.No. Particular Year Unit Statistics

1. Geographical features

(A) Geographical Data

i) Latitude 2011 Degree 24o40' N

ii) Longitude 2011 Degree 93o50' E

iii) Geographical Area Sq.Km 3,313

(B) Administrative Units 2011 Nos.

i) Sub divisions Do do 4

ii) Tehsils Do do 6

iii) Sub-Tehsil Do do --

iv) Patwar Circle Do do ---

v) PanchayatSimitis Do do ---

vi) Nagar nigam Do do ---

vii) Gram Panchayats do do ---

ix) Revenue Villages Do do 437

x) Assembly Area Do do 2

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2. (A)

Population

Sex-wise thousands

i) male 2011 do 74,543

ii) Female 2011 do 69,485

(B) Rural Population 2001 do 1,03,365

3. Agriculture

A. Land utilization

i) Total Area 2010-11 Hectare

ii) Forest cover 2010-11 Sq.km 2,700

iii) Non Agriculture Land 2010-11 “ ---

v) Cultivable Barren Land 2010-11 “ ---

4. Forest

i) Forest 2010-11 Sq.km 2,700

5. A.

Livestock & Poultry

Cattle

i) Cows 2007 Nos. 24,519

ii) Buffaloes 2007 Nos. 5,547

B. Other Livestock

i) Goats 2007 Nos. 3,411

ii) Pigs 2007 Nos. 35,795

iii) Dogs & Bitches 2007 Nos. --

IV) Railways

i) Length of rail line 2010-11 Kms --

V)Roads

(a) National Highway 2010-11 Kms. 110

(b) State Highway 2010-11 Kms. 160

(c) main District & Rural Roads 2010-11 Kms. ---

(d) Other district & Rural Roads 2010-11 Kms. ----

(e) Rural road/ Agriculture Marketing Board roads

2010-11 Kms. ----

(f) Kachacha Road 2010-11 Kms. ----

VI)Communication

(a) Telephone connection 2010-11 Nos 1415

(b) Post offices 2010-11 Nos. 46

(c) Telephone Center 2010-11 Nos. 4

(d) Density of Telephone 2010-11 Nos./1000 person

11.83

(e) Density of Telephone 2010-11 No. per KM

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(f) PCO Rural 2010-11 No. 228

(g) PCO STD 2010-11 No. 228

(h) Mobile 2010-11 No. 16295

VII) Public Health

(a) Allopathic Hospital 2010-11 No. ---

(b) Beds in Allopathic hospitals No. 80

(c) Ayurvedic Hospital No. ---

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(d) Beds in Ayurvedic hospitals No. ---

(e) Unani hospitals No. ---

(f) Community health canters No. 10

(g) Primary health canters No. 24

(h) Dispensaries No. ---

(i) Sub health canters No. ----

(j) Private hospitals No. ----

(VIII) Banking Commercial

(a) Commercial Bank Nos. 4

(b) Rural Bank Products

Nos. 1

(c) Co-operative Bank Products

Nos. nil

(d) PLDB Branches Nos. nil

(IX) Education

(a) Primary School Nos. 204

(b) Middle School Nos. 54

(c) Secondary & Senior Secondary Schools

Nos. 34

(d) Colleges 2

(e) Technical University Nos. nil

2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in the District CHANDEL: There is no identified industrial areas as of now in the districts and most of the units are scattered here in there in .So, the information pertaining to this particular item may be treated as nil. 3. INDUSTRIAL SCENARIO OF CHANDEL: 3.1. Industry at a Glance

Sl.No. Head Unit Particulars

1. REGISTERED INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 321

2. TOTAL INDUSTRIAL UNIT NO. 321

3. REGISTERED MEDIUM & LARGE UNIT NO. nil

4. ESTIMATED AVG. NO. OF DAILY WORKER EMPLOYED IN SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES

NO. nil

5. EMPLOYMENT IN LARGE AND MEDIUM INDUSTRIES

NO. nil

6. NO. OF INDUSTRIAL AREA NO. nil

7. TURNOVER OF SMALL SCALE IND. IN LACS nil

8. TURNOVER OF MEDIUM & LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIES

IN LACS nil

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3.2 YEAR WISE TREND OF UNITS REGISTERED

YEAR NUMBER OF REGISTERED UNITS

EMPLOYMENT INVESTMENT (lakh Rs.)

Up to 1984-85 59 281 7.79

1985-86 25 169 4.01

1986-87 12 56 2.45

1987-88 26 217 4.63

1988-89 16 126 3.41

1989-90 44 247 5.89

1990-91 20 178 2.89

1991-92 33 223 3.85

1992-93 10 47 1.53

1993-94 13 64 2.54

1994-95 16 79 2.10

1995-96 8 37 2.09

1996-97 6 29 0.87

1997-98 9 47 2.94

1998-99 1 7 0.22

1999-2000 8 38 3.64

2000-01 4 16 0.86

2001-02 Nil Nil nil

2002-03 5 34 1.00

2003-04 Nil Nil nil

2004-05 2 13 0.73

2005-06 2 12 0.60

2006-07 Nil Nil nil

2007-08 Nil Nil nil

2008-09 Nil Nil nil

2009-10 Nil Nil nil

2010-11 2 33 2.71

Total 321 1953 56.75

Source :DIC,Chandel

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 38 4.12 210

22 Soda water Nil Nil nil

23 Cotton Textile 53 2.15 471

24 Woollen, silk & artificial thread based clothes

Nil Nil nil

25 Jute & jute based Nil Nil nil

26 Ready-made garments & embroidery.

20 3.12 172

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27 Wood/wooden based furniture.

41 5.02 250

28 Paper & paper products Nil Nil nil

29 Leather based Nil Nil nil

31 Chemical/chemical based Nil Nil nil

30 Rubber, Plastic & petro based.

Nil Nil nil

32 Mineral based Nil Nil nil

33 Metal based (Steel Fab.) 15 3.31 75

35 Engineering units Nil Nil nil

36 Electrical machinery an transport equipment

Nil Nil nil

97 Repairing & servicing 20 2.92 175

01 Others 93 33.66 357

Kachori making Nil Nil nil

Source :DIC,Chandel

3.4 Large Scale Industries / Public Sector undertakings:

There is no large scale/public undertaking units in the district instead due to its proximity to Mynmar(Burma)trading activity surpassed any other activity.So,the

Information pertaining to this item may be treated as nil. 3.5 Major Exportable Item:

Wood based product, bamboo shoots& Bamboo based products, pharmaceutical Goods,etc.

3.6 Growth Trend:

As indicated in table 3.2,the trend of industrial growth in the district is not very encouraging.Although,the district is having enough natural resources and mineral Resources, it still remained industrially backward. So far, there is not a single unit worth mentioning and so a lot needs to be done to make the district industrially Progress .And it has vast potential for export of Indian products to south east Asia. Through border town Moreh,which is the gateway to South East Asia.

3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry:

Although there is no large scale units and public sector undertaking(central/state), one state level vendor development programme could be plan in border town Moreh to open opportunity for exportable products of Indian and Myanmar Products due to its nearness to Myanmar(Burma).

3.8 Medium Scale Enterprises:

There is no Medium scale unit in the district. 3.8.1 List of the units Chandel district & Near By Area: Nil

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3.8.2 Major Exportable Item: Bamboo shoots, Wood products, handicraft items,

3.9 Service Enterprises:

Repair & service of consumer electronics and electrical goods,Hotels,restaurant

Health care and hospitality ,2/4 wheeler servicing ,internet cafe & computer training

Centre, Xerox and DTP centre etc.

3.9.2 Potential areas for service industry:

Printing Press,Automobile Servicing, Repair & service of electronic/electrical consumer product goods,

Photography and Videography Studio,Computer Training Centre, Repair & maintenance of computer

Hardware’s,Cyber Café-Internet Browsing Centre, Screen printing, Hotel & Motel,,restaurants,Tourism

Related hospitality service,3 star hotel(Moreh border town),Transportation services

3.10 Potential for new MSMEs:

Spice Grinding,Mushroom Processing,Pineapple processing, Potato/Banana Wafers.

Instant Noodles,Bread, biscuits and pastry, tamarind processing, Rice flaks, Pickles and chutney, Fruit and

squashes, jam & jelly Bamboo Shoot Processing,Wood Carving and craft, Mechanised carpentry,Ayurvedic

Medicine,Cane & Bamboo products,. Stone Carvingand crushing, Brick MakingHandloom Garments,Ready

Made GarmentsSteel fabricationBlack Smithy,

4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise:

There is no cluster so far in the district, however there is a good potential of cluster that

can be promote & developed in wood Based products and bamboo shoot processing in border

town ,Moreh and handloom and Handicrafts products in Chakpikarong sub-division.

4.1 DETAIL OF MAJOR CLUSTERS: There is no clusters of Industries taken up in the district and

So the information to this item may be treated as nil.

4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector: Nil

4.1.2 Service Sector: Nil

4.2 Details for Identified Cluster: It is propose to take up wood based product and bamboo

Shoot cluster in the district. The advantage being easy availability of raw material and skill

Coupled with good demand of these products.

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4.2.1

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

There is no industries association/organization in the district.However,as per statements from

local civil leaders, business community and Govt. Officials, awareness programme/seminar

infrastructure, human resource, marketing facility and flow of credit and proper effective

implementation of various schemes of industries deptt. Is to be taken up on priority .

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

District Industries centre Dist. Head Qtr. Chandel

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

a.MSME-DI,Iduastrial estate Takyelpat Imphal-795001(Manipur) b.District Industries Centre,Chandel

3. Land and Industrial shed Director(Com&Ind) Govt. Of Manipur,lamphelpat Imphal-795001(Manipur)

4. Financial Assistance State Bank of India,Chandel State bank of India,Kangshang State bank of India,Chakpikarong United bank of India,Moreh

5. For raw materials under Govt. Supply a.NSIC Local Office,Uripok Achom Leikai,Imphal-795001 Manipur b.NHDC,Porompat Imphal East Pin-795

6. Plant and machinery under hire / purchase basis

NSIC Local Office,Uripok Achom Leikai,Imphal-795001 Manipur.

7. Power / Electricity Executive Engineer El;ectricity Department Govt. Of Manipur,Dist.Head Qtr. Chandel-795

8. Technical Know-how a.MSME-DI,Iduastrial estate Takyelpat Imphal-795001(Manipur) Director, b.Regional Testing Centre ( E.R.),111 & 112, B.T. Road, Kolkatta - 700035. c.Central Institute of Plastic engineering & technology Industrial estate,Takyelpat Imphal-795001. c.Manipur institute of technology Takyelpat,Imphal e.DOEACC,Akampat Imphal.

9. Quality & Standard Bureau of Indian Standards

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53/5, Ward No. 29, R.G. Bama Road5th By Lane, ApurbaSinhaPath,Guwahati - 781 003 Quality Council of India Institution of Engineers Building, IIndFloor, 2 - Bahadur Shah ZafarMarg, New Delhi - 110002, India.

10. Marketing / Export Assistance Indian Institute of Packaging Eastern Regional Centre Block - CP Sector - V Salt Lake City Kolkata - 700 091 Indo Myanmar Boarder Traders UnionOpp. Usha Cinema, PaonaBazar,Imphal - 795 001 APEDA Agricultural and Processed Foods Export Development Authority, G.S Road,Guwahati North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corpn. Ltd. Rajbari path, Ganeshpuri Guwahati - 781 005.

11. Other Promotional Agencies a.Institute of Bio-Resources &

Sustainable Development

Takyelpat Institutional Area,

Imphal - 795 001

b.IntellectualProperty Office Building

CP-2, Sector V, Salt Lake City,

Kolkata - 700 091

C.APEDA

Agricultural and Processed Foods

ExportG.S.RoadDevelopment Authority, Guwahati.

d.State Commissioner for

Khadi& Village Industries

Ministry of Agro & Rural Industries

Paona Bazar, Imphal 795 001.

e.IndianInstitute of Entrepreneurship

BasisthaCharlali, Lalmati,

39-National Highway By Pass

Guwahati - 781 029

f.AllManipurEntrepreneursAssociationTakyelpat,Industrial

Estate, Imphal 795 001.

g.Indo Myanmar Boarder Traders UnionOpp. Usha

Cinema,

Paona Bazar, Imphal - 795 001

h.Bureau of Indian Standards

1/14 CIT Scheme, Scheme VII.M

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VIP Road, Kankurgachi,

Kolkata - 700 054.

i.Indian Institute of Packaging

Eastern Regional Centre

Block - CP Sector - V Salt Lake City

Kolkata - 700 091

j.Weavers Service Centre

11HT Campus, Jawahar Nagar

National High Way No. 37

Khanapara, Guwahati 781 002

North East Development

Finance Corporation Ltd. (NEDFI)

BasunshareEnclove,

Dr. B.K. Kakati Road,

Ulubari, Guwahati - 781 009

k.SIDBI

M.G. Avenue, P.B. No. 14,

Imphal 795 001

l.National Bank of Agriculture

& Rural Development

Assam Regional Office, P.B. No. 81

LaxmiBhawan.

Dr. J.C. Das Road, Panbazas

Guwahati - 781 001

m.Joint Director General of Foreign TradeMinistry of

Commerce

R.G. Baruah Road, Guwahati

- 781 024

Food Processing Training Centre Porompat, Imphal – 795010