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Manufacturing Plant Feasibility
Pick a typical Indian plant — food, auto components or garments — read the verdict against Indian benchmarks (EBITDA, DSCR, IRR, payback), then fine-tune CapEx, working capital, power cost, subsidies and the full pro-forma.
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Total CapExFull build cost incl. stamp duty, contingency and construction-period interest.
₹37.8 Cr
Project IRRThe plant's own annual return, before any loan — compare with your hurdle rate.
12.6%
Equity IRRAnnual return on your own money after loan repayments. Borrowing amplifies this.
19.7%
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A 1.0M unit/yr plant at ₹37.8 Cr all-in runs a 18% EBITDA margin and pays back in 7.2 yr at 19.7% equity IRR. Full breakdown below.
Your project
Start from a typical Indian plant, then adjust the seven decisions that drive the whole model: how much you make, what it sells for, what materials cost, how hard the plant runs, how it's funded, what power costs and what your state chips in. Everything else — land, building, machinery, working capital, tax — has sensible Indian-market defaults you can fine-tune below.
What it costs & what it returns
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Setting up this 10,00,000 unit/yr plant costs ₹37.8 Cr all-in (₹378 per unit of capacity), plus ₹10.9 Cr tied up in stock and receivables once running — a bank cash-credit line funds 75% of that, your margin the rest. Once ramped up (around year 3) it bills ₹52.9 Cr a year, keeping ₹9.39 Cr as EBITDA (18% — within the typical 12–18% for Indian manufacturing). The investment pays back in 7.2 yr and returns 12.6% on the project / 19.7% on equity over 12 years — creating ₹1.6 Cr of value at your 12% hurdle rate.
Bottom line: Viable at these assumptions
Total investmentEverything it takes to build: land with stamp duty, building, machinery, contingency and interest paid during construction.
₹37.8 Cr
₹378 / unit capacity
Revenue / yr (steady)Annual billing once the plant settles at its steady utilization.
₹52.9 Cr
at 80% utilization
EBITDA / yrOperating profit before loan interest, depreciation and tax. Working-capital interest is already deducted as a running cost.
₹9.39 Cr
18% margin
Within typical 12–18%
PaybackYears of operation until the cash earned covers the investment.
7.2 yr
Within typical 5–8 yr
Project IRRThe plant's own annual return, before any loan — compare it with your hurdle rate.
12.6%
Equity IRRAnnual return on your own money, after loan repayments. Borrowing amplifies this — both ways.
19.7%
NPVToday's value of all future cash minus the investment, at your hurdle rate. Positive = the project creates value.
₹1.6 Cr
Peak equity neededThe most of your own cash in the project at any point, including your working-capital margin — the cheque you must be able to write.
₹16.8 Cr
Min DSCRWorst-year cash cover on loan payments — yearly cash earned ÷ yearly loan payment. Banks want at least 1.3× before sanctioning.
1.43×
clears lender norm ≥1.3×
Equity multipleTotal cash returned to you per rupee of equity invested over the whole horizon.
4.60×
Asset turnoverRevenue at full capacity per rupee of project cost. The first sanity check a DPR appraiser runs — most Indian plants sit between 1.2× and 2×.
1.59×
Within typical 1.2–2.0×
Working capitalCash tied up in stock and unpaid invoices once steady. The bank cash-credit limit funds most of it; you fund the margin.
₹10.9 Cr
bank CC ₹8.16 Cr · your ₹2.72 Cr
Break-even utilizationRun the plant below this and the project destroys value. The gap between this and your steady utilization is your cushion.
78%
Cumulative cash flow — paybackCash in minus cash out, added up year by year. The curve crossing zero is your payback point.
Utilization ramp-upHow hard the plant runs each year, from first production to steady state.
Fine-tune
Every assumption below is editable — the verdict updates live.
Output & ramp-up
10,00,000 units/yr · ₹600/unit · ramps 50→80% over 3 yrs — open to edit capacity, pricing and the ramp curve.
Build cost (CapEx)
₹37.8 Cr total incl. IDC · ₹378/unit capacity — open to edit land, building, machinery and every cost line.
Running cost (OpEx)
₹43.5 Cr/yr at steady state · power ₹25.5/unit · WC interest ₹85.6 L/yr — open to edit labour, power, maintenance and the working-capital cycle.
Revenue & financing
60% debt @ 10% over 8 yrs · min DSCR 1.43× · IRR 12.6% project / 19.7% equity — open for the loan terms, tax, the full per-year P&L and a phased build.
Energy & ESG
2,400 MWh/yr · 1,704 t CO₂/yr at steady state — open for throughput, energy and carbon detail.
Charts
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