1 | Name Of Cluster | Gorakhpur Stationery Cluster |
2 | Place | Nakkhas, Bakhshipur, Alinagar and Urdubazar |
3 | District | Gorakhpur |
4 | State | Uttar pradesh |
5 | No of firms (by type) | 55 units (All are micro units) |
6 | No. of workers | 2000 nos. |
7 | Turnover(Rs in Million's) | 50 Million |
8 | Associations in cluster | Gorakhpur Stationary Udyog Cluster Development Society |
9 | Major products | Copy, Notepad, Register and Printing work |
10 | Specific and relevant technical institutions (R&D, Testing Lab accredited) |
DIC, Gorakhpur NSIC, Gorakhpur |
11 | Major markets | Within India - Uttar Pradesh, Export Nil |
12 | Major problems/prospects | Availability of required quality of paper at higher rates due to presence of petty dealers. Lack of Technology for computer stationery printing & other modern stationery products. Lack of knowledge of different Govt. Schemes & procedure. Inability to supply large quantity of stationery products. Lack of infrastructure facilities such as non availability of continuous power supply. Lack of marketing tie up with major consuming Government Departments. |
13 | Data source and updated on | Industries Department, Government of UP (June 2011) |