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New Delhi
Diplomatic-enclave concierge and relocation services firmUnverified
New Delhi packs embassies, ministries and corporate HQs into a few square kilometres — a high-spend client base whose demand for premium concierge, expat relocation and lifestyle logistics outruns supply. A disciplined small team captures recurring retainer work.
₹3–10 lakh18-monthModerateHyderabad
Export approval paperwork service for drug makersUnverified
Prepares the approval files that small and mid-sized drug makers around Hyderabad must submit before they can sell medicines abroad, for units that cannot afford a full in-house regulatory team.
₹3–8 lakh18-monthModerateChennai
Flood-proofing service for homes and shopsUnverified
Fits flood boards, backflow valves, raised wiring and sump pumps for homes, apartments, shops and small workshops in Chennai's low-lying areas that take water during the northeast monsoon.
₹3–8 lakh18-monthModerateEast Delhi
Garment bundle packing and dispatch service in Gandhi NagarUnverified
Shopkeepers from towns across northern India buy stock in Gandhi Nagar's garment market and need it counted, packed tight and handed to transporters. A careful packing and dispatch desk near the market saves them a second trip and lost pieces.
₹3–8 lakh2 yearsModerateJaipur
Gemstone and jewellery photo and video studioUnverified
Many Jaipur gem and jewellery sellers now sell to buyers they never meet, who judge a stone from a photo or a short video. A studio that shows true colour and clarity does a job many small traders cannot do well themselves.
₹3–8 lakh2 yearsModerateNew Delhi
Guided museum day tours for school groupsUnverified
Schools from Delhi and nearby states bring students to see the capital's national museums and memorials. Many of them, from the National War Memorial to the Prime Ministers' museum at Teen Murti, sit inside New Delhi district.
₹3–8 lakh18-monthModerateChethlath
Island shell and coir craft D2C cooperativeUnverified
A women's producer cooperative scaling Chethlath's shell-and-coir craft into a contemporary D2C eco-craft and decor brand for mainland buyers. The edge is distinctive island materials and coir skills sold at premium to eco-conscious metro shoppers.
₹3–8 lakh2.5 yearsModerateVadodara
Lab glassware repair and glassblowing workshopUnverified
Pharma, chemical and college labs in Vadodara use a lot of glass flasks, condensers and columns, and broken pieces are often thrown away. A small glassblowing workshop nearby can repair them and make custom glass parts to order.
₹3–8 lakh2.5 yearsModerateImphal West
Laiphadibi cloth doll gift sets and kitsUnverified
Visitors, offices and Manipuri families living elsewhere want gifts that clearly come from Manipur. Laiphadibi cloth dolls are the district's One District One Product, yet most are sold loose at local rates, with no gift boxes or kits.
₹3–8 lakh2 yearsModerateKiphire
Managed-apiary wild forest-honey co-opUnverified
Organise Kiphire's remote forest communities into a managed-apiary and wild-produce cooperative supplying genuinely-wild forest honey to premium D2C wellness brands at a multiple over regional prices. The edge: verifiable remote-forest origin is the product.
₹3–8 lakh2.3 yearsModerateKamrup Metropolitan
North-East tour planning and travel agencyUnverified
A Guwahati agency that plans and runs trips to Meghalaya, Kaziranga, Arunachal and other parts of the North-East for travellers and tour operators from the rest of India. Guwahati is where many of these trips begin, as the region's main air and rail gateway.
₹3–9 lakh18-monthModerateWest Delhi
Old furniture restoration and re-upholstery workshopUnverified
Many West Delhi homes have worn sofas and solid-wood furniture that is worth saving. A small workshop using Kirti Nagar's carpenters, polishers and upholsterers can repair, re-polish and re-cover it, and restore old pieces to sell again.
₹3–8 lakh18-monthModerateNorth Goa
Ornamental fish breeding and aquarium supply unitUnverified
Aquarium shops and hobbyists in Mapusa, Panaji and nearby towns buy freshwater ornamental fish. NABARD's credit plan notes an ICAR project on ornamental fisheries in North Goa, so training and advice may be close by.
₹3–8 lakh2 yearsModerateNorth East Delhi
Phone and laptop repair training schoolUnverified
North East Delhi has a large young population looking for job skills close to home. A hands-on phone and laptop repair course, using dead circuit boards bought cheaply from the Seelampur scrap trade for practice, prepares students for work in repair shops.
₹3–7 lakh20-monthModerateBengaluru (Bangalore) Urban
Rainwater harvesting and recharge well installation serviceUnverified
Apartments, schools and small factories need rooftop rainwater systems and recharge wells built and cleaned every year. NABARD's credit plan for Bengaluru Urban names over-used groundwater and a rainwater harvesting shortfall as gaps.
₹3–8 lakh18-monthLow–MidGurgaon
Rainwater harvesting pit building and cleaning serviceUnverified
Housing societies, office parks and factories across Gurgaon have rainwater-harvesting pits that silt up and stop working. A crew that builds, cleans and repairs them helps rain soak back into the district's falling groundwater.
₹3–8 lakh18-monthModerateChandigarh
Rooftop solar panel cleaning and upkeep serviceUnverified
Chandigarh has made rooftop solar compulsory on larger houses, and dusty panels make less power. A crew that cleans, checks and fixes these systems on yearly contracts serves owners who have panels but no one to look after them.
₹3–7 lakh16-monthLow–MidPherzawl
Single-origin forest-honey apiary co-opUnverified
A managed-apiary co-op scaling Pherzawl's traditional honey-gathering into commercial single-origin forest honey for D2C wellness brands and registered exporters. Builds on dense bee-friendly hill flora and existing practice.
₹3–8 lakh2 yearsModerateHyderabad
Stone-set lac bangle making workshopUnverified
Makes stone-set lac bangles and bridal bangle sets for the shops of Laad Bazaar beside Charminar, for wedding shoppers and for online buyers, using the Old City's long-standing bangle-making skills.
₹3–8 lakh18-monthModerateLudhiana
Sweater linking and finishing job-work unitUnverified
Ludhiana's sweater makers knit fronts, backs, sleeves and collars as separate pieces, and each sweater must be joined, mended and pressed before packing. A small linking and finishing workshop can take this work off their hands in the busy months before winter.
₹3–8 lakh18-monthModerateNashik
Ventilated onion storage shed building serviceUnverified
Onion farmers around Lasalgaon, Chandwad and Yeola store their summer crop for months while they wait for better prices. A local crew that builds and repairs airy onion storage sheds (kanda chawl) helps them lose fewer bulbs to rot.
₹3–8 lakh18-monthLow–MidBhopal
Zardozi batua and bridal accessories workshopUnverified
Brides, wedding families and visitors buy embroidered batuas (small purses), potli bags, clutches and dupatta borders. Bhopal's old-city zardozi artisans can make them under their own label instead of working for piece-rate wages.
₹3–8 lakh18-monthModerateChandel
Anal-Maring tribal weave D2C clusterUnverified
Organise Chandel's Anal, Maring and Moyon weavers into a single quality-controlled brand selling shawls, scarves and stoles to metro heritage-textile platforms — selling verified NE-tribal origin to buyers who currently can't source it reliably.
₹4–10 lakh2 yearsModerateAndroth
Androth coir mat, rope & decor maker clusterUnverified
A household cooperative that processes Androth coir into spun rope, mats and decor products sold to mainland eco-brands and D2C buyers at several times raw-fibre value — keeping the processing margin on the island.
₹4–10 lakh2.3 yearsModerateKamrup Metropolitan
Assam lemon pickle and ghost chilli sauce unitUnverified
A small food unit making Assam lemon pickle, lemon squash and ghost chilli sauce from crops grown in the district. Buyers are Guwahati grocery and gift shops, visitors looking for local food to take home, and online shoppers.
₹4–12 lakh2 yearsModerateThiruvananthapuram
Balaramapuram handloom gift boxes and honour shawlsUnverified
Kerala honours guests at functions with a ponnada shawl, and families and offices like to give handloom as gifts. A small unit that finishes Balaramapuram cloth into boxed shawls, stoles and set-mundu can sell to event organisers in the capital and to Malayalis abroad.
₹4–12 lakh2 yearsModerateGadchiroli
Bamboo furniture and board craft cooperativeUnverified
Gadchiroli has one of Maharashtra's richest bamboo resource bases, but poles leave as raw material at throwaway prices. A producer cooperative making treated bamboo furniture, boards and craft captures the value-added margin and CSR-backed market access.
₹4–10 lakh3 yearsMid–HighChhota Udepur
Branded Pithora tribal-art D2C studioUnverified
Chhota Udepur's Rathwa Pithora painting is a distinctive sacred art form with little commercial reach beyond ritual commissions. A producer studio adapts it onto canvases and decor for D2C and gallery buyers while respecting its sacred context.
₹4–10 lakh3 yearsModerateJammu
Chunri and cloth prasad bag stitching unitUnverified
A tailoring unit that makes red chunris with gota borders, cloth prasad bags and small temple drapes for shops in Katra and around Jammu's temples, where pilgrims buy them all year and in bulk before Navratri.
₹4–12 lakh2 yearsModerateDindori
Dindori Kodo-Kutki millet processing co-opUnverified
Dindori's Baiga and tribal farmers grow ODOP Kodo and Kutki millets that leave as raw grain at low prices, even as urban buyers chase millet superfoods. A producer cooperative that dehulls, mills and brands ready-to-cook millet foods captures the health-staples premium.
₹4–10 lakh2.5 yearsModerateJammu
Dogra-style kasrod, girgal and mango pickle unitUnverified
A small pickle kitchen making Jammu's home-style pickles, such as kasrod (wild fern shoots), girgal (a large local lemon) and mango, for Jammu shops, visitors buying food gifts, and Dogra families living outside the region.
₹4–12 lakh2 yearsLow–MidVisakhapatnam
Fishing boat electronics fitting and repair shopUnverified
A shop near the Visakhapatnam fishing harbour that sells, fits and repairs GPS sets, fish finders, marine radios and wiring for mechanised boats that stay out at sea for days and cannot afford dead equipment.
₹4–10 lakh18-monthModerateRanchi
Garment pattern-making and sample stitching studioUnverified
Ranchi's small garment units mostly stitch to other people's designs. A studio that makes patterns in every size and stitches trial pieces helps them launch clothing under their own name, and charges per design.
₹4–10 lakh2 yearsModerateKilthan
Island coir-product workshop (rope, mats, geo-textile)Unverified
A coir workshop turning Kilthan's husk into rope, mats and erosion-control geo-textile sold to mainland coir boards and island infrastructure tenders — coir does not spoil, needs only modest skills, and can be worked all year.
₹4–10 lakh2.3 yearsModerateVaranasi
Jacquard design and card punching studio for weaversUnverified
Banarasi saris and brocades are woven on jacquard looms, and every new design must first be turned into punched cards or a computer file. A studio that does this fast and accurately can serve master weavers, powerloom owners and designers across Varanasi's weaving areas.
₹4–12 lakh2 yearsModerateKarauli
Karauli lac-bangle D2C jewellery clusterUnverified
A producer cooperative organising Karauli's lac-bangle artisans into a design-led D2C heritage-jewellery brand — bridal sets and contemporary lac pieces sold online to urban and wedding-market buyers.
₹4–10 lakh2.5 yearsModerateWest Khasi Hills
Khasi handloom and bamboo-decor producer clusterUnverified
A women-led producer cluster that scales West Khasi Hills weaving and bamboo-decor craft into finished D2C and boutique-retail products, capturing the heritage-craft premium that household-scale selling leaves on the table.
₹4–12 lakh2.3 yearsModerateKamjong
King chilli dried-flake, paste & hot-sauce brandUnverified
A processing unit that turns Kamjong's GI-famed King chilli (Raja Mircha) into dried flakes, fermented paste and branded hot sauces, selling to India's premium hot-sauce and specialty-foods market that prizes the variety's heat and aroma.
₹4–10 lakh2.3 yearsModerateMon
Konyak shawl heritage apparel brandUnverified
Organise Mon's Konyak weavers into one design-led shawl and apparel brand, GI-anchored, selling distinctive striped Naga textiles to D2C and boutique buyers at multiples of fragmented local prices.
₹4–12 lakh2.3 yearsModerateSheopur
Kuno-gateway eco-tourism and Sahariya homestay circuitUnverified
A community eco-tourism operator running Sahariya-host homestays and naturalist-guided experiences for wildlife visitors drawn to Kuno National Park, channelling tourist spend into the tribal community rather than passing it by.
₹4–10 lakh2.5 yearsModerateLawngtlai
Lawngtlai fermented bamboo-shoot pickle unitUnverified
A small SHG-run fermentation unit standardising Lawngtlai's household bamboo-shoot ferment (bekang/khanphok) into shelf-stable bottled pickle for Aizawl restaurants and metro Northeast-diaspora retail.
₹4–10 lakh2 yearsModerateMalkangiri
Malkangiri millet ready-to-cook producer brandUnverified
An SHG-anchored millet milling and ready-to-cook unit in Malkangiri turning tribal-grown millets into flour, mixes and snack packs sold to urban health-food buyers and government nutrition programmes, capturing the value tribal farmers lose to middlemen.
₹4–10 lakh3 yearsMid–HighJashpur
Managed forest-honey and NTFP value-add cooperativeUnverified
A managed-apiary plus forest-produce aggregation cooperative turning Jashpur's Oraon and Korwa wild-harvest into graded, traceable honey and value-added NTFP foods for premium D2C buyers. The edge is dense forest cover and a tribal harvest tradition no plains district can match.
₹4–10 lakh2.3 yearsModerateKakching
Manipuri terracotta tableware D2C brandUnverified
Redesign Kakching's traditional blackened terracotta (Eechak, Yu) into contemporary planters, tableware and decor for metro D2C and HoReCa, capturing the urban-design premium the fragmented household trade misses.
₹4–12 lakh2 yearsModerateNarayanpur
Narayanpur tribal dokra & textile craft cooperativeUnverified
A CSR-anchored producer cooperative organising Narayanpur's Madia Gond and Abuj Maria artisans into a branded craft line — dokra, bell-metal and textile — sold to ethical-sourcing retailers and corporate gifting buyers.
₹4–10 lakh3 yearsMid–HighCentral Delhi
Old Delhi heritage food walks and experiencesUnverified
A small operator running curated Old Delhi food walks, haveli photography tours, and Sufi-shrine craft sessions at premium pricing for the experiential-travel segment that generic guided tours leave unserved.
₹4–12 lakh18-monthModerateSurat
Order packing and returns centre for online saree sellersUnverified
Many small traders in Surat's textile markets sell sarees, kurtis and dress materials online but pack orders in cramped shops and lose track of returns. A shared centre that stores their stock, packs daily orders and checks returned parcels saves them time and space.
₹4–12 lakh18-monthModerateSouth West Delhi
Pet travel paperwork and airport relocation serviceUnverified
Families moving abroad from Delhi and Gurugram want help taking their dogs and cats with them. The government's animal quarantine office, which checks pets flying out of Delhi, is on the Old Delhi–Gurgaon Road in Kapashera, next to the airport.
₹4–10 lakh2 yearsModerateNashik
Powerloom repair and spare parts workshop in MalegaonUnverified
Malegaon is a large powerloom centre where looms run long shifts making grey cloth. Owners lose money every hour a loom stands idle, so a nearby workshop that stocks the right spares and sends a fitter fast can win steady work.
₹4–10 lakh2 yearsModerateRayagada
Rayagada tribal handloom heritage textile brandUnverified
Rayagada's Kondh communities weave distinctive shawls and textiles that sell as greige cloth at artisan rates. A producer cooperative with design support and ethical D2C distribution captures the heritage-textile premium urban buyers pay.
₹4–10 lakh3 yearsMid–High