Introduction

India is the largest producer of large cardamom with 54% share in world production. The districts of Sikkim and the districts of Kampong and Darjeeling in West Bengal are among the leading producers of large cardamom in India. Cardamom popularly, known as Queen of Spices is native to the evergreen rainy forests of Western Ghats in South India. It is cultivated in Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. In India, the state of Kerala is by far the most productive producer, with the districts of Idukki, Palakkad and Wynad. With the price hitting Rs 6,000/kg, cardamom growing areas saw people buying acres of farms and those who had turned to other crops returning to cultivate the green gold. Kerala’s reputation as the land of spices goes back at least 3,000 years. Here, Express delves into the aromatic world of spices with a special focus on Kerala. India is the largest producer and exporter of large cardamom with shipments from the country. The Indian large cardamom market has a complex structure where the product inflow and outflow take place simultaneously. However, it is apparent that a large quantity is consumed in the domestic market, as the Indian export volume is comparatively low. The Spices Board of India controls and monitors the spice trade in this country. Local dealers or wholesalers collect dried large cardamom capsules from the farmers, perform minimal quality grading, and sell in bulk to exporters.

Market potential & Strategy

Cardamom Market is estimated to reach INR 36, 84,954.12 Crores by 2027. Cardamom is one of the world’s best ancient spices. It is also known as ‘Queen of spices’ because of its pleasant aroma and taste. The Western Ghats forests of the Malabar is the centre of origin and diversity for cardamom. Cardamom has certain characteristics. It is colourless to pale yellow liquid with a sweet-spicy, warming fragrance and a woody-balsamic undertone. The Cardamom Market is projected to grow exponentially in the forecasted period owing to cardamom’s various phenomenal attributes and its variety of uses. Cardamom has its uses from making tea to treating heart related disorders. The major reason behind the growth of the Cardamom is its vital use in Ayurveda medicines. The Ayurveda is growing especially in Asia Pacific region exponentially to treat the health related problem. The increase in demand Ayurveda medicines, is leading to increase in demand of cardamom globally. Another major factor behind the growth of the cardamom market is its massive use in food and beverage industry and its taste enhancing ability. The Food and beverage industry is growing all across the world rapidly which is leading to the growth of the cardamom market. The increase in population plays an important role in the growth of the Cardamom market. As the population is increasing the cardamom’s demand is increasing in household, in food beverage industry, in medical industry which is increasing the sales of the Cardamom especially in Asia-Pacific.

Project at a glance

Name & Address of Unit

Cardamom Cultivation

Your address

Details of unit

Email	:	[email protected]
Phone	:	00000000
Constitution	:	Proprietership
Total project cost	:	*******
Fixed Capital	:	*******
Working Capital	:	*******
Total Bank loan	:	*******
Promoter(s) contribution	:	*******
Term loan	:	*******

Name & address of promoter(s)

Name		: Proprotor
Designation		: Proprotor
Category		: General

Project Feasibility Ratios

Debt Service Coverage Ratio (Average)

:1.87

Current ratio (Average)

:2.63

	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5
Current ratio	1.53	2.06	2.62	3.19	3.76
Quick ratio	1.13	1.56	2.10	2.64	3.18
Interest coverage ratio	3.87	5.55	7.00	9.48	14.71
Debt equity ratio	2.863	2.080	1.528	1.020	0.542
TOL/TNW	3.02	1.45	0.79	0.43	0.21
DSCR	1.65	1.86	1.90	1.94	1.97
Gross profit Sales Percentage %	29.23 %	28.54 %	28.18 %	27.86 %	27.50 %
Net profit Sales Percentage %	10.84 %	10.56 %	11.10 %	11.57 %	11.90 %
BEP in % of installed capacity %	49.90 %	27.12 %	27.12 %	27.12 %	27.12 %
BEP in sales of Rs	2,620,800.00	1,840,695.65	1,972,173.91	2,103,652.17	2,235,130.43
Return On Capital Employed	0.26	0.34	0.34	0.33	0.33

Project Feasibility graph

Net profit Sales %

Quick ratio

Revenue v/s Expense

Expense Splitup

Project Cost

Sl. no	Item	Amount Rs
1	Working Capital	*******
	Total	*******

Working Capital Computation

Sl. no	Item	Amount Rs
1	Consumables / stock in hand	*******
2	Work in progress	*******
3	Finished goods	*******
4	Working expense.	*******
5	Receivables/Sundry debtors	*******
6	Payables	*******
7	Total working capital	*******
8	Own Contribution	*******

Total Yearly Expense

Sl. no	Item	Amount Rs
	Total	*******

Application of Fund

Sl. no	Item	Subsidy %	No.	Rate	Amount Rs
	Total Investment				*******
	Total Subsidy				*******
	Net Investment				*******

Means of Finance

Sl. no	Item	Amount
1	Term Loan	*******
2	Working capital Loan	*******
3	Total loan	*******
4	Term Loan contribution	*******
5	Working capital contribution	*******

Profitability Statement

		Year 1(!*)	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5
Revenue from operation
Sales	15.93	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Add :
Closing stock		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Less :
Opening stock		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Stock purchase	7.20	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Salary	3.60	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Repairs and maintenance charges	0.24	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
gas	0.12	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
ELECTRICITY bill	0.12	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Gross profit		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Less :
Rent	0.12	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Telephone/Postal &internet charge	0.12	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total		*****	0*****	*****	*****	*****
Depreciation		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Interest on TL		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Interest on WC		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Profit before tax		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Income Tax		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Profit after tax		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****

Cash flow statement

Cash Inflow	Pre operative period	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5
Capital	0.63	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Subsidy	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Termloan	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Profit before tax with interest	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Increase in WC loan	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Depreciation	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Increase in Current liability	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total Cash Inflow	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Cash Outflow
Fixed Assets	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Increase in Current asset		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Interest on TL	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Interest on WC	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Income Tax	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Decrease in Term loan		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Drawing	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total Cash Outflow	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Opening balance	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Net Cashflow	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Closing balance	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****

Balance sheet

Liability	Pre operative period	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5
A. Share holders funds
Capital	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Reserve & Surplus	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
B.Non current Liabilities
Termloan	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
C.Current Liabilities
Working capital loan	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Account payable		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total Liability	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Asset
A. Non current Assets
Fixed Assets	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
B. Current Assets
Inventory	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Trade receivables	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Cash and cash equivalence	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total Asset	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****

Repayment of Term loan

Year	Installment	Outstanding at the beginning	Principal repayment	Interest	Amount paid	Outstanding at the end
1	1	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
1	2	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
1	3	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
1	4	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
1	5	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
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5	56	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
5	57	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
5	58	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
5	59	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
5	60	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****

Debt Service Coverage Ratio

Particulars	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5
Receipts
a).Net Profit	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
b).Depreciation	*****	*****	*****	*****	0.30
c).Interest on termloan	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Repayments
a).Loan Principal	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
b).Interest on termloan	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
DSCR	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****

Depreciation

Particulars	Rate	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Year 4	Year 5
Building	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Less Depreciation		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Written down value		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Computers/ Printers /Photocopier/Electronic gadget	00	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Less Depreciation		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Written down value		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Furniture & fixtures	00	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Less Depreciation		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Written down value		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Racks & storage/Interior works	00	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Less Depreciation		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Written down value		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
new item	00	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Less Depreciation		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Written down value		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
new	00	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Less Depreciation		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Written down value		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Air-conditioning	00	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Less Depreciation		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Written down value		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Other investments	00	*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Less Depreciation		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Written down value		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total less depreciation		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****
Total written down value		*****	*****	*****	*****	*****

Conclusion

The project as a whole describes the scope and viability of the Trading industry and mainly of the financial, technical and its market potential.The project guarantee sufficient fund to repay the loan and also give a good return on capital investment. When analyzing the social- economic impact, this project is able to generate an employment of 5 and above. It will cater the demand of Trading and thus helps the other business entities to increase the production and service which provide service and support to this industry. Thus more cyclic employment and livelihood generation. So in all ways, we can conclude the project is technically and socially viable and commercially sound too.

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