NABARD Subsidy for Jaggery Making Units – A Sweet Opportunity for Agri Entrepreneurs
India, being one of the largest producers of sugarcane, offers immense potential for value addition at the farm level. One such traditional yet profitable segment is Jaggery (Gur) production. Jaggery making is a cottage-scale agri-processing activity that not only supports rural livelihoods but also adds value to sugarcane cultivation.
To promote value-added agri-enterprises, NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development), under various schemes, offers subsidy and financial support for setting up jaggery-making units, especially in sugarcane-rich belts of India.
What is a Jaggery Making Unit?
A Jaggery unit involves:
Crushing sugarcane to extract juice
Boiling the juice in open pans using firewood/biomass
Concentrating it to produce solid/semi-solid jaggery (blocks, balls, or powder)
Packaging and marketing
Modernization can involve:
Semi-mechanized crushers
Steam or biomass boilers
Cleaner fuel usage
Improved hygiene & packaging units
Why Jaggery Making is a Profitable Rural Business:
Strong domestic demand for chemical-free natural sweeteners
Export potential (Middle East, Southeast Asia)
Low input cost & locally available raw materials
Employment generation in rural areas
Can be set up near farms in cluster-based models
States with High Potential:
Maharashtra – Especially Kolhapur, Sangli, Ahmednagar belt
Uttar Pradesh – Muzaffarnagar, Saharanpur, Meerut, Bijnor
Bihar – West Champaran, Gopalganj, Samastipur
Karnataka – Belagavi, Bagalkot, Mandya
These areas have high sugarcane yield and rural clusters that can benefit from cluster-based jaggery making units.
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