Economy
It is the 6th most industrialised city in maharashtra. It is the 10th city of choice in India by Deustche bank.Its sugarcane industry contributes to over 5% of the sugarcane produced in the country and accounts to a significant share of sugar, jaggery and baggase produced. It is fast becoming an industrialized district as well and already a front‐runner in agro‐based industries. It is one of the shining examples in the co‐operative movement of India, with around 11,338 societies in the district. The industries in Kolhapur mainly comprise sugar industries, textile industries, automobile ancilleries, engineering & manufacturing units, forging and foundry units, milk industries. The Kolhapur district is a leading district in dairy farming and it boasts of milk-production with huge exports of milk and milk-products. The setting up of dairies 'Gokul ', 'Warana', 'Mayur ','Sphurti ', 'Shahu' is a landmark in economic development of the district, especially Gokul Milk Co-operative which is one of the biggest dairies in India.
Major industrial estates in kolhapur include Kagal-hatkanagale- 5 star MIDC, Shiroli MIDC, Gokul Shirgaon MIDC, Laxmi induatrial estate, Parvati industrial estate, L.K.Akiwate industrial estate, Halkarni MIDC, udyamnagar co-op industrial estate, top-sambhapur industrial estate (ongoing),Ajara MIDC, Gadhinglaj MIDC, Vikaswadi MIDC(on going), Y.P.Powar co-op industrial estate etc.
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