Cluster Profile
| 1 | Name Of Cluster | Nalgonda Rice Mill |
| 2 | Place | Within 20 Kms radius of Miryalaguda town of Nalgonda District |
| 3 | District | Nalgonda |
| 4 | State | Andhra Pradesh |
| 5 | No of firms (by type) | Micro Firms : 00 Small Firms: 80, Medium Firms : 90 (Paraboiled) Total : 170 (Highest number of paraboiled rice mills in Asia) |
| 6 | No. of workers | 12000 direct and 7000 indirect |
| 7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | Domestic Rs. 6000 million |
| 8 | Associations in cluster | Nalgonda District Rice Millers Welfare Association Miryalaguda Paraboiled Rice Millers Association |
| 9 | Major products | Boiled Rice, Fine Rice, Brokens |
| 10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
Agricultural & Processed Foods Export Development Authority (APEDA) Hyderabad Central Food Technology Research Institute, Mysore |
| 11 | Major markets | Within country Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Bihar Besides AP Export Mainly to Gulf, Srilanka and Bangladesh |
| 12 | Major problems/prospects | Problems: Lack of captive power generation Lack of awareness of the Energy efficient technologies, High usage of husk leading to pollution problems Inadequate godown facilties leading damage of rice Poor linkages with Technical institutions Advantages Cluster has largest number of Parboiled Rice mills across all of Asia but still in 4th position. Town supplies 15% of rice in state to Food Corporation Of India. Also has a large F.C.I. storage house of polished rice and parboiled rice in the country. |
| 13 | Data source and updated on | Based on District Portal and E-Literature |