Ratanagiri. Review on Ratnagiri

It is a famous district in the Konkan region of Maharashtra. It is also known as Parshuram Bhumi. Caushu nuts help this place for earning money. Always kokan district is first in a 1o th board. Mangoes are also sold more in the Kokan region. The population of Ratanari is near to 16.2 lakhs. There are many tourist places in the Ratanagiri.

Parshuram bhumi, beaches are tourist places. The district however has an unenviable record in not being able to generate local employment and stagnation of industries. The number of landing points should be increased in the district and facilities to

improve. Training programme for the gem and jewellery sector at Sindhudurg: It has been conducted by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council(GJEPC). Similar programmes may also be conducted for Ratnagiri. Another highlighted observation during consultations was the increasing number and amount of Non-Performing Assets(NPA) in the district, about 17 percent in terms of amount and 26 percent in terms of accounts till September, 2018. Although farmers are getting loans and financial support in the district,

Banks recommend better awareness and proper guidance for farmers to invest wisely and manage their finances properly.

Care needs to be taken to ensure that the promotion of mango and cashew is done with care so that there is an emphasis on improving and managing the existing orchards through subsidy and capacity building rather than promoting new plantations at the costs of forests and biodiversity. Promoting native cashew and mangos that are far more resilient and could also be options for creating a win-win.

The Agency to local administration to promote tourism and attract the private sector. some stakeholders suggest that the State Department is not fully effective in facilitating tourism services promotion and regulation, at local levels. So, while strategic planning and infrastructure development may be retained in their remit, attracting the private sector, finding local-population-based innovations and solutions, and local-level planning and services regulation may be better discharged if entrusted to local administration and private sector

agencies.

The climate of the district is very humid and relative humidity seldom goes below 50 percent. With maximum and minimum temperatures between 18.7 and 33.3 degrees C, the temperature variations during the day and across seasons are not large. The maximum temperature at the coast rarely crosses 38 degrees C and seldom exceeds 40 degrees C in the interior areas too. The normal annual rainfall over the district varies from 2, 658 mm(Guhagar) to about 3, 973 mm(Mandangad). It is lowest in the western part of the district along the coast and gradually increases towards east and northern parts