§1What this business is

Water is softened in a treatment plant; binder, pigments, fillers and additives are weighed and mixed in a high-speed mixer, milled, thinned, screened and filled into cans. The report plans 600 litres a day. Painters, hardware shops and builders are the buyers; national brands are the competition.

Capacity: 600 litres a day, 1,80,000 litres a year; the plan starts at 50% (90,000 litres).

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

Someone from the paint or hardware trade with a dealer network.

Who it is not for

Someone who expects to beat national brands on price alone.

Advantages

  • Construction and repainting keep demand steady
  • Simple mixing process
  • Room for local brands in small towns
  • Can add primers and distempers

Drawbacks

  • Big brands dominate dealers
  • Low net margin in the report
  • Colour matching needs skill
  • Chemical handling and pollution rules

Skills you need

  • Paint formulation and testing
  • Colour shade matching
  • Dealer and painter relations
  • Safe chemical storage

Why difficulty 3/5: The process is easy; selling against big brands is the hard part.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Painters and contractors
  • Hardware and paint shops
  • Builders and institutions

How it sells

  • Dealer network
  • Direct supply to builders
  • Government and institutional orders

Good to know

  • The report notes a shift from whitewash to emulsions and enamels.
  • Construction and infrastructure growth drives demand.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Twin-shaft high-speed mixer (600 litres a day)1₹7,00,000
High-speed single-shaft stirrer (200 kg an hour)1₹50,000
Demineralised water treatment plant1₹2,00,000
Machinery cooling plant1₹2,00,000
Water dispenser1₹1,00,000
Other machines and equipment1 lot₹50,000

From: PMEGP sample project report — Paint mfg. (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

  • Minerals and fillersaverage raw material about ₹50–55 a kg
  • Binders (oils and resins)base of the paint film
  • Pigmentsgive colour
  • Chemicals, preservatives and wetting agentsadditives

From: PMEGP sample project report — Paint mfg. (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

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In our raw material database

Toluene →Titanium dioxide (TiO2) →Organic and inorganic pigments →China clay (kaolin) →Mica →Talc, soapstone and steatite →Barytes (barite) →

§5Licences & registration

  1. Udyam registration
  2. GST registration
  3. NOC from the State Pollution Control Board (named in the report)
  4. Fire NOC where the local rules require it
  5. Legal Metrology packaged-commodity registration (for packed goods)
  6. Trademark for your brand name (optional)

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§6Schemes & subsidies

PMEGP (the report was made for it), MUDRA for loans up to ₹20 lakh (the report's term loan is ₹15.30 lakh), CGTMSE for a collateral-free loan, Stand-Up India for SC/ST or women founders.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Sample report: shed 1,000 sq ft ₹3.00 L + plant & machinery ₹13.00 L + furniture ₹1.00 L + working capital ₹5.00 L = ₹22.00 L. Term loan ₹15.30 L, own ₹2.20 L, working-capital loan ₹4.50 L.

Working capital: Working capital ₹5.00 lakh (bank ₹4.50 lakh); raw material about ₹50–55 a kg.

Year not printed on the sample report — check current machinery prices.

How to prepare a loan file

§8Export potential

Confirm the HS code in the DGFT ITC(HS) lookup before you export

3209Paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium

Export council / board: FIEO (Federation of Indian Export Organisations)

  • HS heading from the ITC(HS) 2022 schedule; confirm the 8-digit line with DGFT or your customs broker.
  • You need an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before the first shipment.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Raw material price rises
  • Dealer credit stuck
  • Batch quality complaints
  • Pollution compliance

§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 paint manufacturing 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 registration), 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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Sources

  1. PMEGP sample project report — Paint mfg. (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

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