Brirf Indusstrial Profile of Dhule District

Contents

S.No. Topic Page No.

1. General Characteristics of the District 1
1.1 Location & Geographical Area 1
1.2 Climate 1
1.3 Rain Fall 1
1.4 Soil 1
1.5 Rivers 2
1.6 Availability of Minerals 2
1.7 Forest 2
1.8 Population 3
1.9 Occupational Structure 3
2.0 Administrative set up 3
2. District at a glance 4
2.1 Existing status of Industrial area in the district 6
3. Industrial scenario of Nashik district 6
3.1 Industry at a Glance 6
3.2 Year wise trend of units registered 6
3.3 Details of existing Micro & Small Enterprises & Artisan units 7
in the district
3.4 Large Scale Industries 8
3.5 Major exportable items 10
3.6 Growth Trend 10
3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry 10
3.8 List of Medium Scale Enterprises 10
3.8.1 Major Exportable items 10
3.9 List of Potential Enterprises - MSMEs 11
3.9.1 Agro Based Industry 11
3.9.2 Forest Based Industry 11
3.9.3 Demand Based Industry 11
3.9.4 Technical Skilled Based Industries/Services 12
3.9.5 Service Industries 12
4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprise 13
4.1 Detail of major clusters 13
4.1.1 Manufacturing sector 13
4.2 Details of clusters identified & selected under MSE-CDP 13
4.2.1 Fiber to Fabrics Cluster, Shirpur, Dhule 13
5. General issues raised by Industries Association 14
6. Steps to set up MSMEs - 15
 Brief Industrial Profile of Dhule District

1) General Characteristics Of The District:

In olden days, Khandesh was known as Kanha Desh, which means Lord
Shreekrishna’s Desh. Earlier, Dhule, Nandurbar and Jalgaon districts were
known as Khandesh. In the year 1906, Khandesh was divided into East
Khandesh and West Khandesh. In 1961, the West Khandesh District was
renamed as Dhule. It had 8 talukas viz, Dhule, Nandurbar, Navapur, Pimpalner,
Sahada, Shirpur, Shindkheda and Taloda. Further, on 1st July, 1998, Dhule
district was partitioned as Dhule and Nandurbar districts. Now Dhule is having 4
tehsils viz. Dhule, Sakri, Shirpur and Shindkheda. Dhule city is the Headquarter
of District Dhule and is located about 340 Kms North-East of Mumbai while 350
Kms North of Pune.

1.1) Location & Geographical Area:

The district lies between 20.38o to 21.61o North latitudes and 73.50o to
75.11o East longitudes in upper Tapi Basin and on the North West side of
Maharashtra. Dhule district is having area of 733 Thousand Hectares which is
2.4% of State Area. It ranks 17th in the State as far as area is concerned. The
Dhule district is on the height of 180 to 215 meter from Mean Sea Level. The
district is surrounded by Madhya Pradesh on the North, Nandurbar District and
Gujarat State on the West, Nashik district on the South and Jalgaon district
towards the East.

1.2) Climate:

The climate of the district is generally dry except in Monsoon and winter
seasons. However, in monsoon humidity in the weather rises during the rainy
season. The temperature attained in the summer and winter seasons are
extremes, i.e. 45o centigrade and 6o centigrade, respectively which are typical of
tropical temperature zones. The summer is intolerably hot in May and June.

1.3) Rain Fall:

The average rainfall of Dhule district is 593 mms and it is not uniform all
over the parts of the district. Shirpur and Shindhkeda blocks fall in the Tapi river
basin having good irrigation facilities.

1.4) Soil:

The total geographical area of Dhule District is 733 Thousand Hectares.

The soil of the district is broadly classified into three zones.

i) Deep Black type.

ii) Medium type
iii) Light type.

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 Approx. 50% of the total area is light type soil, 30% of medium black type
and remaining 20% is of deep black type.The light Black type soil is generally
found in Dhule, Sakri tahsils. The soil is very good for kharif crops such as Bajra,
jowar, Groundnut and cotton cultivation.Medium black type soil is found in
Sindhkheda, Western part of Dhule and Sakri Tehsils and is highly suited for
irrigation.Deep black soil is mainly found in Shirpur tahsil. This type of soil is
generally seen on the banks of Tapi River. This belt has fertile soil and is about
16 kms.

1.5) Rivers:

There are 9 important rivers flowing in the district. The largest river in
length is Panzara. Barring the relartively small area of Narmada drainage of the
North part, the rest of the district is comparatively drained by the Tapi and its
tributaries. The river Tapi is major river flowing through the district while other
rivers are Panzara, Burai, Gomai, Arunavati, Aner, Bori, Kan and Aaru.
Details of the dams in Dhule district are as follows:

Capacity
Name of Loaction Name of Catchment Area
Tahsil of Dam
Dam of Dam River ( Sq.Km. )
(Million 3)
Shindkheda Amaravati Malpur Amaravati 27.18 341.09
Nava-
Sakri Jamkhedi Jamkhedi 14.45 90.91
pada
Sakri Burai Phophade Burai 21.33 314.40
Sakri Sakri Akkalpada Panzara 107.29 1246
Sindhkheda Sulwade Sulwade Tapi 65.06 52149
Shirpur Aner Ganpur Aner 99.60 1239

1.6) Availability of Minerals:

No minerals of economic significance are found in Dhule district. The

quality of the lime available in Dhule district is not suitable for cement
manufacture. But many kiln lime units can come up to exploit this mineral
resource. Also, Sand, Murum, Stone etc. are available in abundance, which can
be suitably used for construction of roads and building.

1.7) Forest:

The forest in the district covers an area of 209 Thousand Hectares, which
is 28.5% of the total State Area. The West division comprises of area Dhule and
part of Sakri tahsils while the North division comprises of area in Shirpur and part
of Sakri tahsils.

The forests in the district contain many species of trees. The important species
are Teak, Sadad, Khair and Shasm from the economy point of view. The major
forest produce of the district are fuel wood, teak wood, bamboo, grass,
tendupatta, mahuaflowers, etc.

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To ensure ecological balance and meet increasing demand for fodder, timber,
fuel-wood and other forest produce, development of forestry on private
wastelands with institutional credit support, is necessary. The Schemes for
conservation and afforestation of forests are being implemented by Forest
Department. The Social Forestry Department has 2 nurseries located at Songir
and Latipada besides private nurseries also provide planting material.

1.8) Population:

The total population of the district as per the 2001 census is 17.08 lakh.
The population of scheduled caste and scheduled tribe is 1.09 lakh and 4.44 lakh
respectively which constituted 6.4% and 25.9% of the total population of the
district. The male population is 8.78 lakh while female population is 8.30 lakh.
The rural population is 12.62 lakh which constitute 73.9% of the total population
of the district while as urban population is 4.46 lakh which constitutes 26.1%.
Population density of the Dhule district is 212 per sq. km., which is much lower
than Maharashtra state’s population density of 315 per sq. km.

As per 2001 census, the literacy rate of Dhule district is 71.6% as against
Maharashtra State literacy rate of 76.90%. The literacy rate of rural area is
67.1% and urban area is 84.5%.

1.9) Occupational Structure:

Out of total population of 17.08 lakhs in the Dhule District, the total
working population is 37941 out of which 27.7% are Farmers, 42.8% are
agricultural labourers, 2.9% are Traders and 26.6% are engaged in other
activities.

2.0) Administrative set up:

According to administrative convenient, the State is divided in six regions

viz. Pune, Nashik, Thane, Amaravai, Nagpur and Aurangabad. Districts like
Jalgaon, Ahmednagar, Dhule, Nandurbar and Nashik fall under Nashik Region.
The Dhule district consists of 4 Tehsils, viz. Dhule, Sakri, Shirpur and
Shindkheda. The district Headquarter is in Dhule Taluka. There are 4 Tehsils, 4
Panchayat Samities, 3 cities, 681 villages, 1 Mahanagar Palika, 2 Nagar
Parishads and 551 Gram Panchayat.

All the district level, Collector is the Administrative Chief and the Tehsildar
at Tehsil level. For rural development, Chief Executive Officer of Zilla Parishad
and at Block level, Block Development Officer is in charge of the administration.
Municipal Councils are responsible for urban development work.

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2. District at a glance:

Sr. Particulars Year Unit Dhule

No.
1 Area

a) Geographical Area Th. Hect 733

b) Forest Area Th. Hect. 209

2 Population 2001
a) Rural In ‘000’s 1262
b) Urban In ‘000’s 446
c) Total In ‘000’s 1708
d) Schedule Caste In ‘000’s 109
e) Schedule Tribe In ‘000’s 444
f) Density Per Sq. Km. 212
3 Administrative Set Up 2011-12
a) Tehsils Nos. 4
b) Panchayat Samities Nos. 4
c) Cities Nos. 3
d) Villages Nos. 681
e) Area Th. Hect. 733
f) Mahanagar Palika Nos. 1
g) Nagar Parishad Nos. 2
h) Gram Panchayat Nos. 551
4 Rate of Literacy 2001
a) Rural Percentage 67.1
b) Urban Percentage 84.5
c) Total Percentage. 71.6
5 Roads 2010-11
a) National Highway Km. 219
b) State Highway Km. 638
c) District roads Km. 2181
d) Village Roads & others Km. 2555
e) Total Road Length Km 5593
6 Railway Route 2010-11 Km. 81.61
7 Agriculture 2008-09 “000”
Hectares
a) Non-agricultural land 2008-09 - do - 16
b) Barren uncultivated land 2008-09 - do - 45
c) Land useful for cultivation, but 2008-09 - do - 918
not cultivated
d) Permanent Pasture growing 2008-09 - do - 1246
land

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 e) Land under miscellaneous tree 2008-09 - do - 248
crops
f) Current fallow land 2008-09 - do - 24
g) Other follow land 2008-09 - do - 4
h) Net area sown 2008-09 - do - 640
i) Irrigated area 2008-09 - do - 49
j) Gross cropped area 2008-09 - do - 659
8 Cattle Population & Poultry 2007
Birds (As per 2007 Census)
a) Cows 2007 In 000’s 361
b) Buffaloes 2007 In 000’s 103
c) Goat and Sheep 2007 In 000’s 592
d) Other Cattle 2007 In 000’s 27
e) Total Cattle Population 2007 In 000’s 1083
f) Poultry Birds 2007 In 000’s 737
9 Communication 2010-11
a) No. of Post Offices 2010-11 Nos. 272
b) No. of Telephone connections 2010-11 Nos. 14242
(Rural)
c) No. of Telephone connections 2010-11 Nos. 20450
(Urban)
d) PCO 2010-11 Nos. 2639
10 Bank Branches 500
a) Commercial Banks 2011-12 Nos. 81
b) Co-operative Banks 2010-11 Nos. 76
c) Gramin Bank 2010-11 Nos. 1
d) Total Banks 2010-11 Nos. 158
11 Education
a) Primary School 2010-11 Nos. 1421
b) Secondary School 2010-11 Nos. 316
c) Higher Secondary School 2010-11 Nos. 153
d) Higher Education Institute 2010-11 Nos. 73
e) Industrial Training Institutes 2010-11 Nos. 6
(Govt)
12 Existing Industrial. Estates. Nos. 4
13 Entrepreneur Memorandum filed
by MSMEs (Part-II): March
a) Micro 2012 Nos. 1603
b) Small Nos. 208
c) Medium Nos. 3
14 Large Scale Units 2011-12 Nos. 31
15 Cottage & Village Units 2011-12 Nos. 1182

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 2.1 Existing Status of Industrial Areas in Dhule district:

Sl. Name of Indl. Area Land No. of No. of Industrial No. of

No. acquired plots plots Rate per Sq. vacant
(in Hect.) developed allotted Mtr. plots.
( In Rs)
1. Dhule 5.25 25 25 120/- -
2. Addl. Dhule 307.82 695 617 120/- 78
3. Nardana Phase - 1 224.17 05 02 75/- 03
4. Nardana Phase - 2 431.09 132 89 75/- 43

3. Industrial Scenario of Dhule district: Source DIC, Dhule

3.1 Industrial at a Glance:

Sr. Category Cumulative figures upto March 2012

No. Number of Employment Investment (P&M) Production capacity
enterprises generation (Rs.In lakh ) (Rs.In lakh )
Mfg. Servic Total Mfg. Servic Total Mfg. Servic Total Mfg. Servic Total
e e e e
1 Micro 1394 209 1603 11305 992 12297 20336 1201 21537 28057 4714 32771
2 Small 201 7 208 3111 151 3262 12949 74 13023 48755 1224 49979
3 Medium 3 0 3 162 0 162 2371 0 2371 29996 0 29996

4 Large scale 31 0 31 9554 0 9554 3098 0 3098 13537 0 13537

Turnover of MSME for 2011-12: Rs. 21674.67 lakhs

Export from MSME for 2011-12: Rs. 12.50 lakhs

3.2 Year-wise Trend of Units Registered:

Year No. of units Employment Investment

registered with (In lakh Rs.)
DIC
Upto 2002-03 914 8720 21978
Upto 2003-04 962 8765 22080
Upto 2004-05 1142 9314 22861
Upto 2005-06 1203 9574 23332
Upto 2006-07 1313 9811 23593
Upto 2007-08 1376 9990 24090
Upto 2008-09 1600 13588 30538
Upto 2009-10 1658 14152 32038
Upto 2010-11 1793 24721 36958
Upto 2011-12 1845 25275 40029

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3.3 Details of Existing Micro & Small Enterprises and Artisan units in the
district:

NIC No. of Employ Investmen Installed

Code enterprise ment t P&M (Rs. Capacity
Type of Industry
No s In lakh) (Rs. in
lakh)
Manufacture of Food products and
180 4440 6562 40665.73
15 Beverages

16 Manufacture of Tobacco products 2 13 10 45

17 Manufacture of Textile 198 4299 4509 16498

Manufacture of Wearing Apparel;
59 1157 2852 21423
18 Dressing and Dyeing of Fur
19 Tanning & Dressing of Leather;
Manufacture of Luggage, Handbags 9 66 46 49
Saddlery, harness & Footwear
Manufacture of Wood, Products of
20 Wood, cork, articles of straw & Plating 73 838 391 6694
materials except Furniture;
Manufacture of Paper and Paper
130 1668 2423 12505
21 Products
Publishing, Printing & Reproduction of
135 742 1912 1461.42
22 Recorded Media
Manufacture of Coke, Refind Petroleum
7 116 91 393
23 Products & Nuclear Fuel
Manufacture of Chemicals & Chemical
150 1806 2388 4023
24 Products
Manufacture of Rubber & Plastic
39 484 588 482
25 Products
Manufacture of Other Non-Metallic
91 1616 252 2426
26 Mineral Products
Manufacture of Basic Metals 140 761 1657 1261
27
Manufacture of Fabricated Metal
97 477 1354 11611
28 Products, Except Machinery & Equip.
Manufacture of Machinery & Equipment
3 11 12 20
29 N.E.C.
Manufacture of Office, Accounting &
0 0 0 0
30 Computing Machinery
Manufacture of Electrical, Machinery &
12 54 237 157
31 Apparatus N.E.C.
Mfg. of Radio, Television &
Communication Equipment & 41 217 821 329
32 Apparatus
Equipment of Medical, Precision &
1 7 6 8
33 Optical Instruments,Watches & Clocks
Manufacture of Motor Vehicles,
6 53 47 89
34 Trailers& Semi-Trailers
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 Manufacture of Other Transport
0 0 0 0
35 Equipment
Manufacture of Furniture;
7 60 12 93
36 Manufacturing N.E.C.
Recycling 1 22 19 2.5
37
Electricity, Gas, Steam & Hot Water
2 11 10 46.04
40 Supply
50 Maintenance & Repair of Motor Vehicle
&Motorcycles; Retail Sale of
31 363 328 274
Automotive Fuel (NIC 1998 CODES :
52000 & 50404)
Maintenance & Repair of personal &
household goods. (NIC Codes : 52601 50 770 384 469
52 to 52609)
Land Transport (NIC Codes 1998 :
0 0 0 0
60 60211
Supporting & Auxiliary Transport
1 18 12 37
63 Activities (NIC Codes : 63022 & 63091
Post & Telecommunications (NIC
0 0 0 0
64 Codes : 64205, 64206, 64207)
Renting Of Transport Equipment, other
Machinery & Equipment N.E.C. (NOC 1 6 7 6
71 Codes : 71110 to 71290)
Computer & related activites (NIC
Codes : 72201 to 72203, 72300, 65 325 527 644
72 72400.72501 % 72502)
Other business activities (NICE Codes
74131 to 74133, 74221,74300,74941, 89 124 757 326
74 74942,74950,74933, 74994)
Health & Social work (NIC Codes :
6 28 14 9.5
85 85197,85321
Recreation, Cultural & Sporting
activities (NIC Codes : 92111,93113 to 0 0 0 0
92 92115)
Other Service activities (NIC Codes :
219 4723 11801 4236
93 93010 & 93011)
Total 1845 25275 40029 126283.19

3.4 Large Scale Industries:

Sr. Name of Industrial Enterprises Taluka Products

No.

1 M/s. Sanjay Cotton Seed Inds. Ltd. Dhule Oil Seed Crushing

2 M/s. Maharashtra Extraction Pvt. Ltd. Dhule Edible Refined Oil

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3 M/s. Deesan Agro Tech. Ltd. Dhule Vegetable fats and oils

4 M/s. Universal Starch Chem Allied Ltd. Sindkheda Animal Feed

5 M/s. Universal Starch Chem Allied Ltd. Sindkheda Dextrose Starch

6 Om Shree Agro Tech Ltd. Dhule Edible Refined Oil

7 M/s. Deesan Agro Tech. Ltd. Dhule Solvent Extractions Veg

Oil fats
8 M/s. Deesan Agro Tech. Ltd. Dhule Animal Compound Feed

9 M/s. The Kisan Sah. Starch Mfg. Dhule Maize Corn Oil

10 M/s. The Kisan Sah. Starch Mfg. Dhule Liquid Glucose

11 M/s. The Kisan Sah. Starch Mfg. Dhule Dhule Maize Corn Oil

12 M/s. Universal Starch Cehm Allied Ltd. Shindkheda Maize Starch

13 M/s. Universal Starch Cehm Allied Ltd. Shindkheda Liquid Glucose

14 M/s. Universal Starch Cehm Allied Ltd. Shindkheda Maize Starch

15 M/s. The Kisan Sah. Starch Mfg. Dhule Maize Starch

16 M/s. Unique Sugar Ltd. Shindkheda Dextrose Starch

17 M/s. Jawahar Shetkari Sah. Soot Girni Dhule Cotton Yarn Gray
Ltd.

18 M/s. Dessan Tex Fab (P) Ltd. Shirpur Gray Fibre

19 M/s. Jawahar Shetkari Sah. Soot Girni Dhule Gray Cotton Yarn
Ltd.
20 M/s. Jawahar Shetkari Sah. Soot Girni Dhule Cotton Yarn Gray
Ltd.

21 M/s. Priyadarshani Sah. Soot Girni Ltd. Shirpur Mercerized Gray

22 M/s. Priyadarshani Sah. Soot Girni Ltd. Shirpur Cotton Spinning Mills

23 M/s. Maa Bijasani Petrochem Pvt. Ltd. Shindkheda Anhydrous Ethonol

24 M/s. Maa Bijasani Petrochem Pvt. Ltd. Shindkheda Indl Alcohol

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 25 M/s. R. M. Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. Dhule Synthetic Detergent

26 M/s. R. M. Chemicals Pvt. Ltd. Dhule Detergent Cleaning

Preparations
27 M/s. Kothari Chemicals & Solvent Pvt. Shindkheda Petroleum Hydro Carbon
Ltd. Solvent
28 M/s. Laurel Wires Ltd. Dhule Copper Wire

29 M/s. Isuta Electronics (India) Ltd. Dhule Radio Reception

Apparatus
30 M/s. Isuta Electronics (India) Ltd. Dhule Assembly of Static
Energy Meter
31 M/s. Isuta Electronics (India) Ltd. Dhule Car Cassette Players

3.5 Major Exportable Items:

Oil Cake, Edible oil etc.

3.6 Growth Trend:

It is expected that the growth of MSMEs will boost up in and around Dhule
district due to the connectivity of Dhule district (Nardana Taluka) to the
Delhi-Mumbai Corridor Project.

3.7 Vendorisation / Ancillarisation of the Industry:

1 Dairy Based:
Aluminum cans, Polythene bags, Plastic containers, Glass
Bottles etc.
2 Textile Mill Based:
Wooden bobbins, plastic bobbins, paper cones & tubes, wooden
shutters etc.
4 Sugar Mill Based:
Steel fabricated items, hardware items, paints, varnishes etc.
5 Electrical/Electronic spares to be supplied to large scale units

3.8 List of Medium Scale Enterprises:

1. M/s. Deesan Agro Tech Ltd., MIDC, Dhule

2. M/s. Maharashtra Solvent Extraction Pvt. Ltd., MIDC, Dhule
3. M/s. Sanjay Soya Pvt. Ltd., MIDC, Dhule

3.8.1 Major Exportable items: Fatty Acids

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3.9 List of Potential enterprises - MSMEs

3.9.1 Agro Based Industries:

1. Cotton Ginning & Pressing

2. Chilly Processing
3. Fruit like Grapes, Ber, Aawla, Tomato , Pomegranate Processing
4. Oil Mill
5. Processing of Grains & pulses
6. Besan mill
7. Jaggery / Gur
8. Rice Processing including poha making
9. Card board from Sugar Canes
10. Wheat floor mills
11. Bakery
12. Confectionery
13. Textile industries
14. Poultry
15. Milk & Milk products
16. Silk Industry
17. Poultry feed
18. Pickles
19. Bio-coal briquettes from sugarcane waste and ground nut shell

3.9.2. Forest Based Industries :

1. Wooden packing cases

2. Wooden doors & windows
3. Wooden toys
4. Wooden furniture
5. Non-edible oil products
6. Soap from Non-edible oil
7. Oil from grass
8. Collecting and processing of gum
9. Disposal plates made from palas tree leaf.

3.9.3. Demand Based Industries :

1. Plastic items such as containers, jars, mugs, bottles etc.

2. Plastic toys
3. Polythene bags
4. Plastic elect. Fittings
5. PVC pipes
6. Cement pipes/tiles/grills
7. Cement Bricks
8. Steel furniture
9. Builders hardware
10. Steel Grills and gate
11. Welding shutters
12. Tractor’s trailors
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 13. Trolleys
14. Paper bags
15. Envelopes
16. Registers, file covers
17. Jute bags
18. Readymade garments
19. Poultry feed
20. Leather chappals/shoes
21. Leather articles
22. Paper pins/clips
23. Wooden bobbins
24. Paper cones
25. Tin box
26. Detergent powder
27. Cleaning powder
28. Phynle
29. Bleaching powder
30. Navasagar/Turti
31. Card board boxes
32. Card board sheets
33. Bricks/Khadi crushers
34. Cold storage
35. Dehydrated vegetables
36. Sanitary Napkins
37. Imu Farming
38. Piggery
39. Fly Ash bricks
40. Computer stationery

3.9.4. Technical Skilled Based Industries/Services:

1. Engineering Workshop
2. Automobile/Repairing workshop
3. Fuel Injection service centre
4. Tractor Repairing service centre
5. Electric motor Rewinding
6. Repairing of refrigerator/cooler
7. Repairing of TV/DVD
8. Assembly of Electronic appliances
9. Computer job work/Data processing, etc.

3.9.5. Service Industries / Business:

1. Advertising agencies
2. Health centre
3. Beauty parlour
4. Xerox copying
5. STD/ISD/PCO centres
6. Power laundry
7. Agriculture implement repairing & servicing
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 8. Cable TV net work
9. General facilities centre
10. Agriculture service center
11. Computer Training Institute
12. Desk Top publishing / Screen Printing
13. Photographic laboratories
14. Research & Development
15. Hotels & Restaurant
16. Fashion designing

4. Existing Clusters of Micro & Small Enterprises:

4.1 Details of Major Clusters:

4.1.1 Manufacturing Sector:

1. Fiber to Fabrics Cluster, Shirpur, Dhule

2. Edible Oil Cluster, Dhule
3. Powerloom Cluster, Dhule

4.2 Details of Clusters identified and selected under MSE-CDP:

4.2.1 Name of the Cluster: Fiber to Fabrics Cluster, Shirpur, Dhule

1 Principal Products Home Furnishing products such as bed

Manufactured in the spread, curtains, table cloth etc.
Cluster
2 Name of the SPV / Arunoday Fibre to Fabric Development
Association/NGO Services
3 No. of functional units in 200 Nos. – Powerloom Units
the cluster 18 Nos. – Ginning Units
3 Nos. – Sizing Units
4 Turnover of the Clusters 290 Crores p.a.
5 Value of Exports from the About 20% of the total turnover
clusters
6 Employment in Cluster 5000 Nos. (Both Direct and Indirect)
7 Average investment in Shuttleless Powerloom - Rs. 90 lacs per
plant & Machinery unit
Ginners – Rs. 150 lacs per unit
Sizing unit – Rs. 300 lacs per unit
8 Major issues/requirement Creation of CFC, Technology & Quality
upgradation, Testing facilities etc.
9 Presence of capable 1. Textile Committee Mumbai
institutions to be 2. SIDBI
associated 3. DIC
4. NSIC
10 Thrust Areas Formation of CFC (Competitive
Upgrading and Value – Chain Gap Filling
Common facility)
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 11 Problems & constraints. 1. Poor profit margings
2. Lack of Testing Lab.
3. Backward integration (Spinning)

Present status of the cluster: Diagnostic Study Report has been

approved and action for formation of CFC is in process.

5. General issues raised by Industries Associations:

1. Lack of awareness of Govt. Schemes pertaining to MSMEs such as
CLCSS, NMCP schemes etc.
2. Non-availability of Industrial Plots.
3. Power shortage and frequent electricity cut-offs
4. Infrastructure facilities not adequate

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. Steps to set up MSMEs:

Sl.No Assistance provided Organizations/Institutions

1. Registration General Manager
District Industries Centre
Jamnagir Road,
Dhule – 424 001.
2. Product Identification MSME-Development Institute,
Kurla-Andheri Road,
Sakinaka, Mumbai – 400 072
Tel:28576090/3091/7166
Fax No: 28578092
3. Technical Consultantancy MSME-DI, Sakinaka, Mumbai-72.
4. Industrial Plots M.I.D.C. Dhule
5. Finance a) Lead Bank (Central Bank of India),
Dhule
b) All Nationalized Banks.
c) DIC, Dhule

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6. Industrial Training a) MSME-DI, Mumbai
b) MCED, Dhule
c) DIC, Dhule
9. Raw Material and Marketing a) MSSIDC, C/o DIC, Dhule
b) NSIC, Nashik

10. ISO-9000 and other testing a) MSME-DI, Mumbai

Certificates b) MSME Testing Centre, Mumbai
c) BIS, Mumbai.
11. Patents Registration and O/o The Controller-General Patent and
Trade Mark Registration Trade Mark, C.G.O. Bldg, Mumbai-20
12. Pollution Control Certificates Pollution Control Board, Mumbai

13. Central Excise Registration Office of Central Excise, Dhule

14 Sales Tax Registration Sales Tax Office, Dhule
15. Cottage and Tiny Industries KVIB, C/o DIC, Dhule
16. Dairy Development District Dairy Development Board, Dhule
17. Floriculture/Agriculture/ Agriculture/Horticulture Dept., Dhule
Horticulture
18. Fisheries Fisheries Development Office, Dhule
19. Electricity MSEDC Ltd., Dhule
20 Statistical Information District Statistical Office, Dhule

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