A Sample of District Industrial Potentiality Survey Report - Solapur District

Solapur District at a Glance


General Industrial Climate

The net work of 12 Sugar factories, 12 Spinning mills provide employment to 1,25,000 persons. Other major type of industries are Oil Mills, Dal Mills, Power looms, Gray cloth, Bed sheets, Turkish Towels, brick making, fabrication, wooden furniture, etc. Under the Factories Act 4343 factories were registered out of that 1331 are closed.

Large & Medium Industries.
In the district about 299 industries have obtained IEM from Govt. of India. Out of these 98 industries have gone into production, 17 industries are cotton gunning industries, 10 Sugar Industries, 4 Spinning Mills. The remaining are engineering, foundry, Poultry, Pharmaceutical, Animal feed etc. The total investment in these industries is Rs. 460 crores and per employees about 34,500 persons.

Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises.
As on 31/3/03 there were 9564 permanently registered SSI units in the district . these units together provided employment to about 66130 persons and a total capital investment of Rs.195 crore . Most of these units are engaged in bedsheets and terry towels making, readymade garments, fabrication, dal mills, oil mills, chemical, electrical and electronic products, food processing etc.

Existing Industrial clusters in the district

Handloom And Powerloom Industry
Solapur is the home of Handloom and Powerloom weaving industry which provides employment to a large number of workers. There are around 8000 powerloom industries operational in the district. There are about 25000 Powerloom and about 30000 workers are employed. On the Jackard powerloom the main production is Chaddars, Towels and Napkins. These products are exported to various countries in the world

A separate association for the powerloom industry owners - 'Solapur District Powerloom Holders Association' is functional to look after the welfare of the powerloom industry.

The employees working on the handloom/powerloom machines mainly manufacture Jackard Chadders, Towels and Napkins. These workers receive their payments on the 'Piece Rate' basis, based on category of the product. As the 'Piece Rates' of various products are different there is variation in workers earnings. As per the traditional piece rate system the worker gets Rupees 70 to 90 per day on an average.

Other clusters are Beedi Industry , Sugar Factories , Raisin Making , Kum Kum Making etc.

Other details are available with MSME-Development Institute, Mumbai. Please contact for details