Ganjam Rice Mills (Odisha)

Introduction

The paddy-growing district of Ganjam has a cluster of about 250 rice mills, located in Berhampur, Hinjilicut, Bhanjanagar and Ganjam areas. The mills produce medium and high quality rice, which is marketed through dealer networks in different places of the state and is also procured by Food Corporation of India (FCI) as levy rice. The rice mills fall under two categories In terms of production capacity (tonnes per day or tpd): (1) less than 10 tpd-108 units; (2) above 10 tpd-142 units. Electricity is the main source of energy, used for operating machinery like elevators, paddy cleaners, rubber shellers, separators, whiteners/cones and blowers.

Products manufactured

Polished rice; broken rice

Number of MSMEs

250

Energy consumption

Low

Main fuels

Electricity

Production & turnover

N.A

Total energy consumption (toe)

1248

Leading industry association(s)

• Ganjam District Rice Millers Association » All Odisha Rice Millers Association http://www.aorma.in/

Cluster Profile’

https://www.sameeeksha.org/pdf/clusterprofile/ganjam-rice-mills.pdf

Other resources

• District Indistries Centre (DIC), Ganjam https://ganjam.nic.in/industries-and-handicrafts/
• Central Rice Research Institute (CRRI), Cuttack https://crri.icar.gov.in/
• Department of MSMEs, Government of Odisha https://msme.odisha.gov.in/

Source: Data pertains to 2015-16, collected primarily under the TERI-SDC EESE project.