ECONOMY Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area Vision
ECONOMY Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Major Economic Activities in BPA q Primary Sector – Agriculture (Rice and Potato) 22 % HH Employment – Fishing q Secondary Sector – Rice mills and processing units – Building materials manufacturing 17 % HH Employment q Tertiary Sector – Administrative functions – Wholesale Trade functions 61 % HH Employment Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Major Economic Activities in BPA – Retail Trade and commerce – Health Services 61 % HH Employment – Educational Services – Real Estate – Transport and Storage – Entertainment and Recreation Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Spatial Allocation of Economic Activities Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Occupational Structure Tertiary Primary Secondary Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Occupational Income pattern Tertiary Primary Secondary Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Socio-economic stratum in BPA Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Spatial distribution of Income and Expenditure Stratum - 1 Stratum - 3 Stratum - 2 MPS = 0. 43 MPS = 0. 36 Stratum - 5 Stratum - 4 MPS = 0. 22 BPA MPS = 0. 37 Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Household Income Distribution Skewness in distribution high in municipal areas Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Household Expenditure Distribution Rural – Urban gap in spending 20 % of HH spend more than Rs 10000 35 % of HH spend more than Rs 5000 Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Unemployment (Av. No. of days) q Comparatively high unemployment in non-municipal areas – adds to the informal sector in the town. q Seasonal fluctuation of unemployment – varying pressure on informal sector. q Spatial variance in migration to informal sector – depending on farm employment. Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Poverty q 22 percent of HH in BPA lies Below Poverty Level (BPL). q 30 percent of the HH in Non-municipal areas lies BPL. [BPL - HH with per capita monthly expenditure below Rs. 300 (at 2002 prices)] However, consumption statistics reveal greater calorific intake in BPL families (particularly in rural areas) compared to urban counterparts. Part consumption of homestead produce not reflected in expenditure. Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Household Assets q High income elasticity of two-wheeler ownership – typical characteristic of Non-metro Class I Indian town. q 88 percent of the HH owns TV – significant effect on FMCG demand. Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Towards Future Economy of BPA q Commercialization of Agriculture – – Increased productivity Better distribution and storage Agricultural marketing Corporate management of its supply chain (both forward linkages and its backward linkages) q Agro-based Industries – Value addition – Product diversification based on potential market identification – Marketing, brand building, and market penetration q Knowledge based economic activities – Specialized Health care facilities – Higher order center for learning and research Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Towards Future Economy of BPAq Transport and Logistics – – Greater movement of goods through roads Effective demand for Terminal facilities Storage and Warehousing Transfer and Transshipment facilities q Trade and Commerce – – Unorganized retail to organized retail Growth of informal sector [Dualism] Banking services Finance and Credit institutions q Real Estate development – Building construction and management – Building materials manufacturing Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Location Allocation of Agro-based Industries q Agricultural Hinterland – Within 50 km catchment area • 2 Million MT of Rice • 1. 2 million MT of Potato Agro Base q Market for produce – Proximity of large urban agglomeration • Bigger consumer base • Per-capita consumption of processed food increases with size of urban agglomeration q Labor force – – Labor intensive in nature Major share of semi skilled worker Minor share of skilled technical staff Labor mobility • Catchment area with 4 -5 km radius for semi-skilled labor • Catchment area with 10 -15 km radius for skilled labor Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Location Allocation of Agro-based Industries q Land – – – Land availability and ownership issues Land price Opportunity cost Land use transformation Political and bureaucratic impediments q Infrastructure – Connectivity • Roads • Transfer and terminal facilities • Storage and distribution – Water availability – Waste water disposal • Stringent pollution control measures affect production cost and price competitiveness of the product • Common Treatment Facility [achieving scale economics] Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
Location Allocation of Agro-based Industries – Power • Availability • Reliability • Tariff structure – Air pollution measures • Wind direction and settlement location – Solid waste disposal q Business Environment – – – Ease of Entry [Project initiation to production] Credit availability Ease of hiring and firing workforce Temporal nature of in-migration during lean agro-months Contract enforcement Ease of Quitting Perspective Plan for Barddhaman Planning Area – Vision 2025 Department of Architecture and Regional Planning , IIT, Kharagpur
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