• To review the assistance required and provided by Govt. agencies.
• To oversee the implementation of branch expansion programme.
• To review the recovery performance.
• To consider problems referred by the district level forums and take necessary follow-up action.
• To solve operational problems in implementation of Service Area Approach, Credit Plans, Govt. and other agencies programmes etc.

Economic Scenario of Tripura
Demographic profile: Tripura is the second most populous State in North-Eastern Region after Assam.
The estimated population as per National Commission on Population, Ministry of Health and Family
Welfare, New Delhi of the State in 2023 is 41,65,000, out of which male population is 21,16,000 and
female population is 20,49,000. As per Census 2011 population was 36,73,917, out of which 18,74,376
males and 17,99,541 females. The data of Census-2011 shows that Tripura ranks 18th in terms of
density of population at all India level. Among the North-Eastern States, in terms of density, Tripura
remained the second highest populous State after Assam.

The population density of Tripura in 2011 was 350 persons per sq. km., which means that 45 more
people live in a sq. km. area in the State than they lived a decade ago. The population density for all
India in 2011 was 382.

There is a positive improvement in sex ratio in the State as it rose from 945 (per 1000 males) in
1991 to 948 (per 1000 males) in 2001 and further to 960 in 2011.

Scheduled Tribe Population: The population of Tripura is characterized by diversity. The people of the
Scheduled Tribes (ST) comprises of about one-third of the total population of the State. As per Census-
2011, ST population of the State was 11,66,813which is 31.8% of the total population of the State. The
total Scheduled Tribes male was 5,88,327 and Scheduled Tribes female was 5,78,486.

Schedule Caste Population: The Census-2011 data shows that Scheduled Caste population of the
State was 6,54,918 (17.8 %). The total Scheduled Caste male was 3,34,370 and Scheduled Caste
female was 3,20,548. The demography of Scheduled Castes in the State is not confined to any particular
location, paras‘, or 'bastis'; instead it is scattered in all regions of the State.

Literacy: The literacy and education are reasonably good indicators of development in a society. As
per Census 2011, the literacy rate of Tripura was 87.22 % against the population group consisting 7
years and above, which were 73.20 % in 2001 and 60.44 % in 1991. The corresponding figures in
2011 for males and females were 91.5 % and 82.7 %, respectively. At the State level, gap in male-female
ratio with respect to literacy has been reduced to 8.8 % in 2011 as against 17.01 % in 2001.

Tripura has achieved a high level of literacy at all India level and ranked third among the States
after Kerala and Mizoram in 2011. As per report of 71st National Sample Survey (State Sector), the
literacy rate of the State is 91.1 % in 2014. The ISI, Kolkata, has also appreciated the level of literacy
including the women literacy in the State.

Scheduled Tribe Literacy: The Census-2011 data reveals that the overall Schedule Tribe literacy rate
reached to 79.05 % from earlier 56.5 % in 2001. The Schedule Tribe literacy rate has significantly
increased during intra-census period of 2001-2011 in the State, i.e., about 22.55 %, which is quite
impressive.

Scheduled Caste Literacy: The Scheduled Caste literacy rate has increased to 89.45 % in 2011 from
earlier level of 74.68 % age in 2001. During intra-census period of 2001-2011 and increase of 14.77
% age is noticed for Scheduled Caste literacy.

Table: 1.1 The following table shows tentative district wise area, population, literacy, sex ratio
and density based on Census-2011 final data:

Districts Area in sq.km. Population Literacy Sex Ratio Density (per
sq.km)

Source: Derived data of Census-2011 ,

Table : 1.2 The Vital Statistics of the State during 1951-2011:

Source: - Census Reports , RGI, Government of India.

Vital Rates: The data of latest Sample Registration Survey (SRS) of Registrar General of India for 2020
reveals that the estimated birth rate in the State was 12.6 per thousand population, which is much lower
than all India figures of 19.5 per thousand population. In 2020, the estimated death rate of the
population was 5.7 per thousand population against similar rate of 6.0 at all India level. The estimated
Infant Mortality Rate 18 per thousand population in the State against similar rate of 28 per thousand
population at all India level.

Life Expectancy: The 1st Tripura Human Development Report-2007 indicates that in 2001 the life
expectancy at birth for males and females in the State was 71 and 74 years, which is higher than the
national average of 61 years for males and 62.5 years for females, respectively.

Economy Profile: Economy of Tripura is agrarian with more than 44 % of workforce of the State now
directly depends on agriculture & allied activities. Only about 26% of the land is cultivable, rest being
hilly and forested. Rice is the major crop in the State. The climate of the State is suitable for a
variety of horticultural/ plantation crops, including pineapple, jackfruit, tea, rubber, bamboo etc. A
section of the indigenous population practices jhum (slash and burn) method of cultivation.
Geographical isolation and communication bottleneck are hinders of development process.

The latest Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) with a more recent new 2011-12 base with the
revised methodology, data base and additional area coverage shows that contribution of primary sector
has been to 40.15 % in 2017-18 and 41.43 % in 2018-19 and 43.25 % in 2019-20,
46.27 % in 2020-21, 44.40% in 2021-22(1st RE) and 44.35 % in 2022-23 (Advance), although the land
available for agricultural cultivation is relatively restricted in the State. This trend is observed in both the
estimates prepared by Central Statistics Office, New Delhi and the Directorate of Economics & Statistics,
Tripura. The Year on Year Growth Rate of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at constant prices for
2019-20 is 3.56 %, 2020-21 (2nd RE) is -4.36 %, 2021-22(1st RE) is 8.47% and 8.89% is in 2022-23
(Adv).The expected growth in GSDP at current and constant prices are effected due to lockdown and
slowdown of COVID-19 Pandemic especially during 2020-21.

The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) at current prices with a recent new base 2011- 12
increased from Rs. 19,208.41 crore in 2011-12 to Rs. 21,663.20 crore in 2012-13 ,Rs.
25,592.83 crore in 2013-14 to Rs. 29,533.46 crore in 2014-15, Rs. 35,937.73 crore in 2015-16 to
Rs. 39,479.40 crore in 2016-17, Rs. 43,715.80 crore in 2017-18 to Rs. 49,823.32 crore in 2018-
19,Rs. 54,151.12 crore in 2019-20 to Rs. 53,504.12 crore in 2020-21 (2nd RE), Rs. 62,550.44
crore in 2021-22(1st RE) and Rs. 72,635.62 crore in 2022-23 (Adv).

The Per Capita Income of the State with a recent new 2011-12 base also rose steadily from Rs.
47,155 in 2011-12 to Rs. 52,574 in 2012-13 , Rs. 61,815 in 2013-14 to Rs. 69,857 in 2014-15,

Rs. 84,267 in 2015-16 to Rs. 91,596 in 2016-17, Rs. 1,00,444 in 2017-18 to Rs. 1,13,016 in 2018-
19, Rs. 1,21,456 in 2019 -20 to Rs 1,18,401 in 2020-21(2nd RE), Rs. 1,37,472 in 2021-22(1st RE)
and Rs. 1,59,419 in 2022-23 (Adv).

Tripura is industrially backward and main reason for its backwardness is geographical isolation.

Low availability of infrastructure has made the process of economic development and decentralization
extremely difficult in the State. The un-organised manufacturing and service activities are only dominant
and high in the State.

Financial Inclusion: As on 31 March 2022, 311641 people have been enrolled under the PM Jeevan
Jyoti Bima Yojana. Similarly, 908597 persons have been covered under the PM Suraksha Bima Yojana.
126485 persons have been covered under Atal Pension Yojana. The total number of accounts under
PM Jan Dhan Yojana stood at 856169 as on 31 March 2022. Aadhar seeding percentage is 88.43 in
Tripura. Union Bank of India & Punjab National Bank opened two digital banking outlet in Agartala, &
Udaipur in October 2022.

Farm Credit: The soil and climate of Tripura is favourable for the growth of field and plantation crops,
fruits, vegetables, flowers, dairying, piggery and fishery. Tripura is primarily an agrarian economy. More
than 44% of population of the State now directly depends on Agriculture & Allied Activities and its
contribution to the GSDP is about 30%. Small and Marginal Farmers constitute about 96% of the total
farmers in the State against country average of 78%. Agriculture and allied activities are still the
backbone of the State‘s economy. The potential for credit support assessed for Farm credit (both crop
loan and term loan) for the year 2023-24 is Rs.4462.06 crore. The credit flow to agriculture was Rs.
2207.05 crore and Rs.1752.38 crore during 2020-21 and 2021-22 respectively. The GoI thrust on issue
of Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) for crops, animal husbandry and fishery activities will further boost farm
credit.

Storage Godowns Market yards: Availability of scientific storage facilities is one of the critical
requirements to ensure remunerative prices to farmers and reduce losses on account of improper
storage. The potential for credit support assessed for storage godowns / market yard for the year 2023-
24 is Rs.22.53 crore. The Government of India initiative to facilitate development of farm gate
infrastructure under Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) is yet to pick up in the state.

Land Development: Natural resources management is a basic requirement for improving productivity.
NABARD, under its watershed development programmes, treated large tracts of arable land for
enhancing its productive capacities. The potential available for the Land development, Soil Conservation
and Watershed development sector for 2023-24 has been estimated at Rs.28.24 crore.

Ancillary activities- Food & Agro Processing: Food and Agro processing helps in value addition of
agriculture and horticultural produce, reduce wastage, facilitates diversification and commercialization
of agriculture, generates employment and enhance export earnings. Pineapple is the one of the major
export items of Tripura. The potential assessed for lending to agro processing units, for 2023-24 is
Rs.49.54 crore.

Micro Small Medium Enterprise (MSME): The revision in MSME, guidelines by RBI has removed the
distinction between manufacturing and service industries. Bank loan to startups up to Rs, 50.00 crore
has been included under priority sector lending. Though Tripura‘s economy is predominantly agrarian
economy, there is good potential for supporting micro enterprises particularly working capital
requirements of small Agri traders. A credit flow projection of Rs.3796.24 crore has been made for
MSME sector during 2023-24. Common facility centres, promotion of ancillary units for supplying to
bigger industrial units will boost development of the MSME sector in Tripura.

Agro climate Zone, Soil types and Rainfall

The details of Agro climate zone, soil types and crop grown in the state are indicated in the table
below.

The State's favourable agro-climatic conditions, fertile soils, sub-tropical climate, large till lands
and abundance of rainfall (about 2200mm) well distributed across the season, offer immense scope for
development of horticulture Sector comprising of fruits, vegetables, spices, plantation crops, floriculture,
medicinal and aromatic plants, etc. besides the agricultural crops.

The Promising Sectors of the State's Economy are presented below:

i) Natural Gas: Tripura is endowed with commercially exploitable gas resources that have not been
commercially exploited till the date on account of lack of adequate road/rail infrastructure, weak
transmission infrastructure and vast distances to load centres in northern, central and western India.

In order to optimally utilise the gas available in Tripura, ONGC develops a 726.6 MW Combined
Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) thermal power project close to its gas field in Tripura and supply power to
the deficit areas of North Eastern States of India. The ONGC-Tripura Power Company Ltd (OTPC) was
set-up in September 2008 for subscribing the equity by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC),
Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (IL & FS) and Government of Tripura for
implementation of 726.6 MW thermal power project at Palatana in Gomati District for the North Eastern
States.

The natural gas is available in non-toxic form, with about 97 % methane. Availability of
natural gas provides scope for setting up units for producing power, chemicals and fertilizer based
industries in the State.

ii) Land: High rainfall and good soil offer considerable scope for land-based economic activities.
Creation of irrigation sources and intensive land utilisation can give a big boost to development of
agriculture and allied activities in the State. Significant area of the State is under fruit and plantation
crops.

The major crops grown in plantations are Tea, Rubber, Cashew, Orange, Pineapple. Jackfruit,
Banana, Lemon, Coconut and Areca Nut are largely grown on the homestead. Fruits grow very well in
Tripura. The quality of Jackfruit, Orange and Pineapple is widely recognized.

Tripura grows large quantities of vegetables with potato as the major field crop. The yield of Potato
per hectare of land in Tripura is the highest in the North-Eastern region. Infect, all vegetables grow well
in the State. Therefore, the State has potential for high value horticultural crops and food processing.

iii) Rubber and Tea: Tripura is the second largest producer of natural Rubber after Kerala. Infect, this
sector holds considerable potentiality for the development of the State especially in hilly rural areas. The
production of Rubber in 2022-23 was 1,02,989.36 MT in the State and area under Rubber was 97,171.93
hectares.

There are total 54 Tea Estates in the State, of which 3 Tea Estates are in Public Sector (TTDC),
12 Tea Estates in Co-operative Sector and 39 Tea Estates are in Private Sector. There are total 23 tea
processing factories, of which 4 are in co-operative sector, 2 in public sector and 17 in private sector
(two are non-functioning).

The Rubber and Tea Plantation activities have a special socio-economic significance in
rehabilitation of shifting cultivators, i.e., jhum cultivation done by the tribal of the State.

iv) Border Trade with Bangladesh: Tripura has 84 % of its border common with the neighbouring
country of Bangladesh. The total volume of trade has increased manifold from a meagre Rs.4.12 crores
during 1995-96 to about Rs.1008 crores during 2021-22. Agreements and joint dialogues are on
between India and Bangladesh for promotion of sustainable larger foreign trade with Bangladesh
through the 6-Land Custom Stations of Tripura.

v) Irrigation: The annual run off in the state from the 6 rivers viz., Gomati, Howrah, Dhalai, Muhuri, Feni
and Juri. There is 2,55,241 hectare of cultivable land in the state, out of which 1,19,625 hectare cultivable
land has been brought under assured irrigation as on 31.03.2023 by different Department which is
46.86% of the cultivable area.
Vi) Power : There are two major sources of power generation, gas based thermal power accounts for
97.56% while remaining 2.44% is generated from hydel power (Gomati Power Project). The Unit – I of
palatana power project, a gas based thermal power project, has been commissioned by OTPC (ONGC
Tripura Power Corporation) Tripura. The project, with an initial production capacity of 726.6 MW, is one
of the biggest projects in NER and is expected to stimulate economic growth of the region. Total
Revenue collection in the state was Rs.689.38 Crore in 2022-23, which was Rs.630.04 Crore in 2021-
22, as a result rise of Revenue 9.42% in 2022-23.

vii) Infrastructure: There is prime need for basic infrastructure because of the geographical location as
well as low availability of infrastructure. The state is isolated with is the country and needs modern and
reliable methods of communication and transport facilities to remain connected with the rest of the
country, and particularly with trade centers such as Kolkata and Guwahati. So far, NH-8 is the lifeline
for the state and introduction of three long distance trains namely Rajdhani Express, Humsafar Express
and Tripura Sundari Express connecting Agartala to New Delhi and Bengaluru is the silver line. Doubling
of rail tracks and access to Akhaura & Sabroom and thereby access to the port city of Chittagong in
Bangladesh, has the potential to alter the economic scenario of the state. So far road connectivity is the
only dependable/reliable means of communication.

Fiscal Management: The Government of Tripura continued to make progress in fiscal correction and
consolidation programme during 2019-20 in-terms of fiscal restructuring prescribed by the Finance
Commission as well as targets fixed under the Tripura Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management
Act, 2005. During 2022-23 (revised estimate) the total expenditure was Rs.25169.11 crore, out of which
revenue expenditure was Rs.20786.78 crore, capital expenditure was Rs.4382.33 crore, public debt
Rs.976.68 crore and payment of loans and advance Rs.52.00 crore.

During 2022-23 (revised estimate) the total receipt was Rs.24519.11 crore. including public
account & opening balance, out of which revenue receipt Rs.21254.49 crore and capital receipt
Rs.3264.62 crore.

Challenges to Development Process: Tripura faces numerous challenges having adverse impact of
the development process and the capacity of the State to raise resources, such as the following:

a) Geographical and Climate Conditions: The geographical isolation of the State has seriously
hampered the development process of the State, the climate condition of Tripura in terms of long
rainy season result in very limited working season of 4-6 months. The combined impact of these
factors is that projects take longer time to complete and costs increase substantially.

b) Level of Industrialisation : Industrialisation is very low in Tripura due to lack of infrastructural
facilities, transportation bottlenecks and other constraints like difficult topography, etc. Tripura has a
small market, which is also not effectively integrated with the national market.

c) Marketing Infrastructure : Due to geographical and transportation bottlenecks, Tripura has poor
infrastructure for marketing its products, resulting in non-realisation of remunerative prices for its

agricultural/ horticultural and industrial products.
d) Unemployment: Inadequate economic development of Tripura has a natural fall-out in terms of its

capacity to generate employment opportunities. The organised private sector employment is
practically missing.

e) Resource base : The result of low level of development is low-income levels of people and high
level of unemployment. This has resulted in a very low tax base and therefore, limited scope for
internal resource generation.

f) Availability of land area other than forest: Tripura has 0.32% of the geographical area of the
country, but accounts for 0.90% of the total forest carbon stock of the country. States like Tripura,
with a large forest cover, provide huge ecological benefits, but there is an opportunity cost in terms
of area not available for other economic activities and this also results in development and fiscal
disability.

g) Use of area beyond border fencing along international border: Management of long international
border imposes huge administrative and financial costs. The State is required to maintain high level
of security forces. The construction of border fencing has imposed huge additional costs, inter-alia,
for rehabilitation of people living within 150 yards of the international border.

Socio-economic scenario: The State is characterized by geographical isolation, poor infrastructural
facilities, communication bottlenecks, inadequate exploitation of natural resources (natural gas, rubber,
forest etc.), higher incidence of poverty, low capital formation, backward in industrialisation and high
level of un-employment.

Natural gas deposits are among the most important feature of Tripura‘s natural resource base.
Natural gas-based thermal power plants have already been set-up at Baramura in Khowai District and
Rokhia in Sepahijala District. The 726.6-MW gas based thermal power project at Palatana near Udaipur
in Gomati District has been started with help of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and another
104-MW gas based thermal power project at Monarchak in Sepahijala District has been taken-up by
NEEPCO.

About 74 % of the State‘s population lives in rural areas. The up-liftment of rural poor as well as
improvement in the quality of life of the economically weaker section of the society has been one of the
basic objectives of development planning and policy decisions in the State.

The maximum numbers of workers were found engaged in retail trade, followed by education,
manufacturing, other services, transport, accommodation and storage and other community and
personal services in the non-agriculture segment of the State.

Local Self-Governance: Tripura has long tradition of local self-governance prevailing both in rural and
urban areas. The State Government has taken steps to assign a few activities of Development
Departments to the panchayats at three levels i.e. Gram Panchayats, Panchayat Samities and Zilla
Parisads.

The 6thPanchayat General Elections were held in 27th July, 2019 and constituted 591 Gram
Panchayats, 35- Panchayat Samities and 8- Zilla Parishads in reorganized areas of the State.

The Block Advisory Committee (BAC) has also increased from 37 to 40 under the Tripura Tribal
Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) areas.

The last TTAADC village committee elections were held in February, 2016 and constituted 587
village committees in the ADC area of the State.

It is significant that upto 50 % reservation for women in the office of members and bearers in these
village committees have been made from the last election. Thus, Tripura has a decentralized active
administrative set-up for achieving the pro-poor inclusive growth.

Table-1.3 The detail status in 2022-23 by districts is presented :

Low availability of infrastructure, as indicated above, has made the process of economic development
extremely difficult. The State has the strengths, which are required to be exploited for ensuring
sustained economic development by increasing the gainful employment. The North Eastern Region of
India is close to the South East Asian Region, which has seen rapid economic growth in the last decade
in the global economic environment and their experiences may be utilized for faster pace of economic
development with gainful employment opportunities. Development of infrastructure and creation of
conditions conducive for economic development are essential for tapping the investment opportunities
in the State.

Forest Dwellers under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers
(Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006:

Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006: The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional
Forest Dwellers (ROFR) Act, 2006 had been successfully implemented in the State. Under this Act, so
far 1, 30,904 forest dwellers have been vested with forest rights out of 2,00,350 applications filed by the
Forest Dwellers.

Development Review, 2022-23: During 2022-23, 52102 ha of area covered through SRI, which is
21.38% of total paddy area (excluding jhum paddy) in the State. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
(PMFBY) insured 69,847.01 hectare area in 2022-23.

There is 2,70,649 hectare of cultivable land in the state, out of which 1,19,846 hectare cultivable
land has been brought under assured irrigation as on 31.03.2023 by different Department which is
44.28% of the cultivable area. During 2022-23, Kishan Credit Card issued 60,271 nos.

Production from Governmental Fish farms during (2022-23) (i) Fish Carp spawn produced in
Government hatchery: 895.05 litres, (ii) Production of Carp fingerlings 83.53 lakh, (iii) Production of
Table fish 22.57 MT, (iv) Production of Prawn Juvenile 2.13 lakh, (v) Production of Pabda seed 1.02
lakh, (vi) Production of Magur seed 0.69 lakh (vii) Production of Ornamental fish 0.10 lakh.

Forest and Trees plays a vital role to the existence of life on earth since it directly maintains the
environment, bio-diversity, land, soil, water & air regimes. Any imbalance in equilibrium of the above
components affects the system adversely and has an adverse impact on human life. Forests play a
significant role in climate change mitigation and adaptation as they are source and sink of carbon. The
carbon cycle which comprises of sequence of events, sources add carbon to the atmosphere and sinks
are the ones to remove carbon from the atmosphere As estimated by latest ISFR report 2021, State has
a total of 74,974 tonnes of carbon stock including all the pools which is 97.09 tonnes per hac. Climate
change is a serious concern globally effecting the quality of life.The Tripura Forest Department is the
nodal agency of the State engaged in protection of Forests including afforestation, restoration of forest
resources, conservation of bio-diversity, Wildlife etc. in the State. Forests have an important role in the
State‘s economy as well acting as resource base for income generation.Total recorded forest area is
6,294 sq. km. out of total area of 10, 491 sq. km. in the State. Revenue earned from the forestry sector
was Rs.15.82 crore in 2022-23.Till 2022-23, 1262 Joint Forest Management Committees have been

formed involving 121103 families.The State is the 2nd largest producer of natural rubber in the country
after Kerala. TFDPC is the single largest owner of rubber estate in the country.

The installed capacity was 115.00 MW and total power generated within the State was
558.24 MU and power purchased from central sector was 2642.63 MU respectively during the year
2022-23. The total unit sold to ultimate consumers of State in 2022-23 was 1624.98 MU at 132 KV Bus.
Out of this, maximum power was sold to domestic consumers was 640.50 MU followed by 147.07 MU
for Irrigation / public water purposes, commercial consumption 73.13 MU and industrial 50.75 MU.

The total number of registered vehicles in 2022-23 is 52,110 nos.The target of revenue collection
is Rs.110.39 crore during 2022-23, the achievement upto March, 2023 is Rs. 1,15,62,96,408, Out of
Rs. 48,85,33,843 is tax, Rs. 66,33,26,215 non-tax and Rs. 44,36,350 is
enforcement .

Number of fair price shops in the State has also increased to 2048 nos in 2022-23 from 1908 nos.
in 2021-22. Total 37,23,216 persons are covered in 2022-23, under the Public Distribution System
(PDS).

The Administrative set-up of the State comprises 8-Zilla Parishads, 35-Panchayat Samities and
591-Gram Panchayats under the Tripura Panchayats Act 1993. Considering the rapid pace of
urbanization in Tripura, Agartala Municipal Council has been upgraded to Agartala Municipal
Corporation. Presently there are thirteen (13) Municipal Councils namely Dharmanagar, Kailashahar,
Ambassa, Khowai, Teliamura, Mohanpur, Bishalgarh, Melaghar, Udaipur, Rabirbazar, Santirbazar,
Kumarghat and Belonia have been constituted and 6(six) Nagar Panchayats namely Panisagar,
Kamalpur, Jirania, Sonamura, Amarpur and Sabroom.

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) has been
implemented in all the eight districts of the State. Till 22-06-2023, total number HHs issued job card was
6,76,082 under MGNREGA. The man days generated was 3,34,55,444 in 2022-23 as per MIS report.

The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA) has been
implemented in all the eight districts of the State. Till 02-09-2022, total number HHs issued job card was
6,61,461 under MGNREGA. The mandays generated was 42617778 in 2021-22 as per MIS report.

In 2022-23, total foreign trade value is Rs. 758.09 crore, out of which export value is Rs.121.37
crore and import value is Rs.636.72 crore.

The number of Co-operative Societies in the State was 1,605 in 2004-05, which rose to 1,793 in
2017-18 and further to 2,015 in 2018-19 and further to 2,599 in 2019-20. In 2021-22, Co- operative
Societies increased from 2882 to 2984 and in 2022-23, there are 3135 different type of categories of
Co-operative Societies are working in the state. Total membership of these Co- operative Societies was
5.37 lakhs in 2004-05, which rose to 8.36 lakhs in 2017-18 and to 8.39 lakhs in 2018-19 and to 8.40
lakhs in 2019-20 and to further rose to 8.43 lakhs in 2020-21 and
8.45 lakhs in 2021-22. During 2022-23, there are 277 Co-operative Societies in the State, which were
run by women and 8.47 lakhs members in the state.

The State has three Universities namely Tripura University (Central), MBB University (State) and
a Private University namely ICFAI University. There are 4 Engineering Colleges namely NIT, Agartala
(Central), TIT (State), ICFAI University Engineering College (Private) and Techno College of
Engineering (Private), 25- General Degree Colleges, 4- Private General Degree Colleges, 1-
Government Law College, 1- Art & Craft College, 1- Music College, 6- B. Ed Programme (State & private)
, 6- Polytechnics, 2- Medical Colleges, 1-Agriculture College, 1- Fisheries College, 1- Veterinary
College, 2- Pharmacy (Government & Private), 1- Paramedical College, 1- Physical Education College,
1- Tribal Folk Music College, 1- National School of Drama, 1- CIPET, 1-National Institute of
Electronics & Information Technology, 1- Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, 1- National Forensic Science
University, 1- Bhavan‘s Tripura College of Science & Technology, 11- Nursing Institutes (Government

& Private), 1- State Museum, 1- State Archives and 26- Public Libraries including Birchandra State
Central Library.

Besides Tripura University (Central) and ICFAI University, Tripura, a new State University, MBB
University, named after erstwhile Tripura king Maharaja Bir Bikram Kishore Manikya Bahadur, has
started functioning from 2016–17 in order to increase opportunities for graduate and postgraduate
studies in the State.

Category & management wise total 4929 school in Tripura. Out of which 2522 Junior Basic
Schools, 1226 Senior Basic Schools, 702- High Schools, 479-Higher Secondary Schools during 2021-
22.

In 2022-23 there were 27-Hospitals, 21-Rural Hospitals/ Community Health Centres, 121- Primary
Health Centres, 999-Sub-Centres/Dispensaries (Allopathy), 70-Sub-Centres/Dispensaries
(Homeopathy), 36-Sub-Centres/Dispensaries (Aayurvedic), 12-Blood Banks and 7-Blood Storage
centers through which the State Government has been providing basic health facilities to the all section
of society.

Table- 1.4 The following table shows the major health indicator of the State vis-
à-vis all India

Source : SRS Bulletin 2020 & NFHS -5

Country's third International Internet Gateway at Agartala, after the ones in Mumbai and Chennai, was
inaugurated in March, 2016. India can import 10 GBPS internet bandwidth from an internet port in Cox's
Bazar in Bangladesh. The internet gateway was jointly built by Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
and Bangladesh Submarine Cable Company Limited (BSCCL). This internet gateway can be extremely
useful for implementation of Digital India. Other North-Eastern States of country are also getting benefit
from that internet bandwidth.