§1What this business is
Ripe figs are washed, pulped and ground, then cooked with sugar in a kettle, milled smooth in a colloid mill and filled into packs. The report calls the product fortified fig paste. It plans 150 tonnes a year (500 kg a day), with figs bought at ₹150 a kg and paste sold at ₹280 a kg.
Capacity: 150 tonnes of fig paste a year (500 kg a day), 300 days of about 10 hours; 70% use in year 2, 80% in year 3 and 90% from year 4.
§2Is it right for you?
Who it is for
A fruit processor or grower group in a fig-growing area such as Pune or Ballari who wants to add a paste line.
Who it is not for
Someone far from fig orchards who would have to buy and cart fresh figs over long distances.
Advantages
- Turns a fruit that spoils in days into a product that keeps
- Bakeries, sweet shops and health-food brands use fig paste as an ingredient
- Small plant: about ₹12 L of machines in the report
Drawbacks
- Fresh figs are costly (₹150 a kg in the report) and seasonal
- Fig growing is limited to a few pockets, so supply is narrow
- The report's profit figures are optimistic and need checking
Skills you need
- Judging ripeness and sorting figs
- Cooking fruit paste to the right thickness
- Hygienic filling and sealing
- Selling to bakeries and food brands
Why difficulty 3/5: Simple process, but raw fruit is costly, seasonal and quick to spoil.
§3Market
Who buys
- Bakeries and confectioners
- Sweet makers and ice-cream makers
- Health-food brands and households
How it sells
- Direct supply to bakeries and food makers
- Grocery shops and supermarkets
- Online sale
Good to know
- The report takes the selling price at ₹280 a kg.
- Projected sales ₹294.00 L in year 2 and ₹378.00 L from year 4.
§4Raw material & machinery
| Item | Qty | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Cold store (1,500 kg) | 1 | ₹3.5 lakh |
| Washing tank (200 litre) | 1 | ₹0.4 lakh |
| Fruit pulper (100 kg/hr) | 1 | ₹0.2 lakh |
| Fruit grinding machine (100 kg/hr) | 1 | ₹0.3 lakh |
| Thermic fluid kettle with scraper (150 litre) | 1 | ₹1.8 lakh |
| Colloid mill | 1 | ₹1.3 lakh |
| Finished product storage tank (150 litre) | 1 | ₹0.4 lakh |
| Paste filling machine | 1 | ₹1.1 lakh |
| Continuous sealing machine | 1 | ₹0.35 lakh |
| Weighing balance | 1 | ₹0.2 lakh |
| Accessories | 1 lot | ₹1.5 lakh |
From: NIFTEM-Thanjavur (IIFPT) PMFME model DPR — Fig Paste
- Ripe figs350 kg a day at 70% capacity, ₹150 a kg; 80% recovery; store below 6°C
- Sugar₹32 a kg in the report
- Packaging material₹8 per kg of paste
§5Licences & registration
- Udyam registration
- GST registration
- FSSAI licence
- Trade licence from the local body
- Consent from the State Pollution Control Board where it applies
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§6Schemes & subsidies
- PMFMECentralUnclear35% subsidy, up to ₹10 lakh
- PMEGPCentralActive15–35% subsidy
- MudraCentralActiveLoan up to ₹20 lakh, no collateral
- CGTMSECentralActiveNo collateral, up to ₹10 crore
Written as a PMFME model (35% subsidy, up to ₹10 L); the report shows subsidy ₹9.32 L, own money ₹5.65 L and term loan ₹13.27 L. At ₹28.24 L it is also within PMEGP's ₹50 L manufacturing ceiling.
§7Money
How the investment is worked out: Land and building ₹4.44 L + plant and machinery ₹17.75 L + utilities ₹3.00 L + other fixed assets ₹0.90 L + pre-operative ₹0.90 L + contingencies ₹1.00 L + working capital margin ₹0.25 L = ₹28.24 L. Note: the machines in the report's table add up to ₹11.95 L; the ₹17.75 L machinery line also repeats water and power, fixed assets, pre-operative and contingency.
Working capital: Working capital gap ₹33.22 L in year 2 (bank finance ₹24.91 L, margin ₹8.30 L), yet the project cost table carries a margin of only ₹0.25 L — plan for the larger figure.
Year not printed on the DPR (the PMFME scheme began in 2020) — check current machinery prices.
§8Export potential
Export council / board: APEDA
- Processed fruit products are promoted by APEDA; the report itself plans for the home market.
- HS code not checked against the DGFT ITC-HS list here — confirm the code before you ship.
§9Risks — where people fail
- Short fig season and crop failure
- Fresh fruit spoiling before it is processed
- Buyers slow to pay (30 days of receivables in the report)
- Paste fermenting if cooking or packing is poor
§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 fig (anjeer) paste unit unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
- Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (Udyam registration, GST registration), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
- Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.
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Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.