Business ideas: investment ₹10–25 lakh

Bake bread, pav, toast and khari in a small rack oven and supply shops, tea stalls and hotels every morning. Daily cash sales, early hours.

Keep ten crossbred or improved indigenous cows in a proper shed and sell milk daily to a dairy collection centre or directly to households.

Buy whole tur, chana or moong, clean, split and polish it on a mini dal mill, and sell dal in bags to wholesalers, shops and caterers.

Spray pesticides and liquid fertiliser on farmers' fields with an agricultural drone, charging per acre, with a trained and certified pilot.

Install a DC fast charger and AC chargers on a roadside plot and sell electricity by the unit to electric car, cab and scooter owners.

Rent out tents, pandals, chairs, tables, stages, lighting and decoration for weddings and functions, and set them up with your own team.

Press bricks from fly ash, sand or stone dust and cement on a hydraulic machine, cure them with water and sell to builders and contractors.

Run a neighbourhood gym with strength and cardio equipment and trainers, earning from monthly memberships and personal training.

Make D-cut and W-cut non-woven carry bags on an automatic machine from fabric rolls and sell by the kilo to shops and bag wholesalers.

Cut, stitch, fold and trim ruled paper into school notebooks and registers and supply stationery wholesalers, shops and schools before June.

Make kraft paper grocery bags on an automatic machine and supply shops, sweet marts, pharmacies and restaurants that can no longer use plastic.

Stitch school uniforms in standard sizes for schools and uniform shops. Repeat yearly orders, but most work falls in three months.