§1What this business is

Coir geotextiles are open-mesh mats woven from 2-ply coir yarn, 1–2 m wide and 50 m long, with ¼, ½ or 1 inch openings. Laid on slopes and embankments, they hold soil against water erosion and help grass seeds grow, then rot away and add organic matter to the soil. The Anugraha loom is a light metal handloom with a simple pedal; it needs no power or foundation, so women in villages can run it.

Capacity: 60 sq m per loom per shift; 12 looms, 1 shift, 300 days = 2,16,000 sq m a year; year 1 at 70%.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

A coir-belt entrepreneur who can organise women weavers and reach road, rail and irrigation contractors.

Who it is not for

Someone outside coir areas or without access to infrastructure buyers.

Advantages

  • No electricity needed for weaving
  • Creates many village jobs, especially for women
  • Eco-friendly product for roads, railways and river banks
  • Infrastructure projects use erosion-control fabric

Drawbacks

  • Demand depends on public works and tenders
  • Coir yarn is most of the cost
  • Labour-heavy — 20 weavers to manage
  • Orders need fabric made exactly to specification

Skills you need

  • Weaving to mesh specification
  • Managing a large workforce
  • Tendering and selling to contractors
  • Buying yarn

Why difficulty 3/5: Simple technology, but a large workforce and tender-driven sales.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Road, railway and highway contractors
  • Irrigation, canal and river-bank protection works
  • Slope protection and landscaping projects

How it sells

  • Government tenders
  • Supply to contractors
  • Coir Board-linked marketing

Good to know

  • The profile describes the fabric as a check against water erosion that conserves moisture and adds organic matter as it degrades.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Anugraha loom (metal handloom)12₹10,00,000
Warping device, spooling device and quilling equipment1 lot₹4,20,000

From: Coir Board Project Profile — Coir Geo-Textiles Unit (Anugraha Loom) (PMEGP) (2018)

  • 2-ply coir yarn₹46,000 worth per 1,000 sq m of fabric; 5% yield wastage

From: Coir Board Project Profile — Coir Geo-Textiles Unit (Anugraha Loom) (PMEGP) (2018)

Suppliers in Building Business Bazaar

Central Coir Research Institute (Coir Board), Alappuzha · Kalavoor →

In our raw material database

Coir fibre and coir pith →

§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam registration
  2. GST
  3. Coir Board registration
  4. Labour registrations for a 20+ worker unit (EPF, and ESI where applicable)

We can do this registration for you

§6Schemes & subsidies

₹25 L or less: inside PMEGP's ₹50 L manufacturing limit; CGTMSE for collateral-free credit; MUDRA up to ₹20 L; Stand-Up India for SC/ST and women. The Coir Board also runs support schemes for coir units — check its website.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Building ₹4.70 L + machinery ₹14.20 L (12 Anugraha looms ₹10.00 L + warping, spooling and quilling equipment ₹4.20 L) + working capital ₹6.10 L = ₹25.00 L (term loan ₹17.95 L, working-capital loan ₹5.80 L, promoter 5% ₹1.25 L).

Working capital: Working-capital gap ₹6.10 L in year 1.

Profile prepared June 2018 — machinery costs will be higher now.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

Export council / board: Coir Board

  • The HS line for coir geotextiles has not been checked against the official list yet; ask the Coir Board or a customs broker.
  • You need an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before the first shipment.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Irregular, tender-based orders
  • Yarn price rise
  • Late payment on government projects
  • Weavers leaving

§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan

A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.

  1. Days 1–30: Visit a working coir geotextiles on anugraha handlooms unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
  2. Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (Udyam registration, GST), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
  3. Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.

§11Who to connect with

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Associations, clusters and training institutes — the directory is being built. Connect

§12Watch

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Sources

  1. Coir Board Project Profile — Coir Geo-Textiles Unit (Anugraha Loom) (PMEGP) (2018)

Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.