§1What this business is
Cotton yarn is warped, sized, woven on a power loom, cleaned and bleached, cut to length and hemmed into bedsheets, then packed. It starts one step earlier than a stitching unit, from yarn rather than bought cloth.
Capacity: 150 bedsheets a day on a 10-hour shift; the report plans 40% use in year 1.
§2Is it right for you?
Who it is for
Someone from a weaving family or power-loom area with retail or wholesale buyers.
Who it is not for
Someone with no weaving background.
Advantages
- Owning the weaving step gives control over cloth quality
- Steady household demand
- Modest investment (₹14 L)
- Can sell grey cloth when sheets are slow
Drawbacks
- Power looms are noisy and need skilled fitters
- Yarn price swings
- Bleaching uses chemicals and water
- Competition from large power-loom clusters
Skills you need
- Loom operation and maintenance
- Yarn buying
- Bleaching and finishing
- Wholesale selling
Why difficulty 3/5: Weaving needs skill and machine upkeep; margins depend on yarn prices.
§3Market
Who buys
- Households
- Hotels and hostels
- Retailers and wholesalers
How it sells
- Textile wholesalers
- Retail shops
- Online marketplaces
Good to know
- The report cites a global home-bedding market of USD 73.88 billion in 2020.
§4Raw material & machinery
| Item | Qty | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Power loom | 1 | ₹1.57 lakh |
| Length cutting machine | 1 | ₹5.38 lakh |
| Stitching machine | 3 | ₹75,000 |
| Other tools and equipment | — | ₹50,000 |
From: PMEGP sample project report — Bedsheet Manufacturing_DPR (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)
- Cotton yarn spoolsmain raw material
- Starchesfor sizing the warp
- Chlorine and/or hydrogen peroxide solutionfor bleaching
From: PMEGP sample project report — Bedsheet Manufacturing_DPR (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)
In our raw material database
§5Licences & registration
- Udyam
- GST
- Pollution control board consent (bleaching)
- Factories Act registration if staff crosses the limit
§6Schemes & subsidies
- PMEGPCentralActive15–35% subsidy
- MudraCentralActiveLoan up to ₹20 lakh, no collateral
- CGTMSECentralActiveNo collateral, up to ₹10 crore
The report is a PMEGP sample; MUDRA and CGTMSE can cover the loan.
§7Money
How the investment is worked out: Samadhan sample report: machinery ₹8.20 L, furniture ₹1.50 L, working capital ₹4.46 L = ₹14.16 L. Land own or rented.
Working capital: Working capital ₹4.46 L, of which a bank loan of ₹4.01 L.
Year not printed on the report — check current machinery prices.
§8Export potential
Confirm the HS code in the DGFT ITC(HS) lookup before you export
Export council / board: TEXPROCIL (Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council)
- Grey cotton cloth sold without stitching falls under chapter 52 instead.
§9Risks — where people fail
- Yarn price rise
- Loom breakdowns
- Effluent from bleaching
- Low-price competition
§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan
A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.
- Days 1–30: Visit a working bedsheet weaving unit (power loom) unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
- Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (Udyam, GST), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
- Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.
§11Who to connect with
Associations, clusters and training institutes — the directory is being built. Connect
§12Watch
There is no episode on this business yet. Shows are coming soon on the Podcast page.
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¶Sources
Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.