Kalimpong has GI-tagged Kalimpong cheese (Western influence) plus growing flower cultivation (gladioli, orchids). A combined cheese-and-flower retail brand captures niche premium.
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Kalimpong has the historic GI-tagged Kalimpong cheese (the only protected Indian cheese variety) plus growing flower cultivation in mid-altitude valleys. A combined operator running a small cheese-processing unit plus a flower-cultivation cluster (gladioli, orchids, lilies) for the metropolitan flower-retail market captures both streams.
Capex of 12-25 lakh covers cheese-processing equipment, greenhouses, packing, and 6 months of working capital. The National Dairy Mission plus MIDH (horticulture infrastructure for hill regions) jointly fund up to 50% capex. Hard parts: cheese-making skill (specialised), flower-cold-chain logistics from Kalimpong, and reaching premium D2C and metropolitan flower buyers. Start with cheese (steady year-round); flowers in year 2.
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