Detailed Project Report (DPR) on cotton manja (kite thread)

COTTON MANJA (KITE THREAD) [3601]

Cotton threads being coloured and glass-coated. Cotton manja is a good business and having good demand in India where people love to fly kites on many festivals. Manja (or manjha) is an abrasive string used for fighter kites in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. It is gummed, coloured and coated with powdered glass. In Brazil, the mix of glue and powdered glass is called "cerol". In Chile, the sharp thread is called "hilo curado" (cured thread). Kites are flown throughout the year during specialized kite flying festivals. Manja is used in competition, where two opponents will entangle the kites in the sky in an attempt to cut their opponent's kites from control by pulling it. The loser's kite will drift away, having been cut off by the winner's string. This causes participants to run after and try to capture it when it falls to the ground, a practice known as kite running. In India kites are flying in all months of a year, so the demand for the kite and its thread always maintains its requirement, and in that sense it will create a good business for Bareilly manja workers because it’s a well established fact among the seller buyer and manufacturer’s that the sharp thorn manja of Bareilly considered the best in all over India, but the revealing fact tells some different stories about these suffered manja workers of Bareilly who faces the tough competition from the Synthetic nylon -metallic manja which got the clearance from the government to import in Indian manja market and condition got even worst because more than 50 percent manja market flooded by these Synthetic or Metallic manja 1, consequently the home made bareilly manja loosed their popularity in the market, which is directly attacking to their century old profession because of the price margin. Even sellers augmenting that “Synthetic or Metallic manja’s are in high demand because of the thread strength, cheaper price in comparison to homemade bareilly manja, so ultimately only these manja workers have to face such types of storm, and now the condition is some artisan have changed their profession and some artisans are migrating from one state to another states like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, New Delhi to seek an opportunity where the kite flying festival is going to be happened just because of to earn livelihood.

COST ESTIMATION

Plant Capacity                    200 Reels/Day  
Land & Building (400 sq.mt)     Rs. 52 Lac
Plant & Machinery                    Rs. 10 Lac
Working Capital for 1 Month    Rs. 11 Lac
Total Capital Investment          Rs. 75 Lac
Rate of Return                         33%
Break Even Point                     58%

INTRODUCTION    
KITES AND MANJA    
INDIA    
JAPAN    
KOREA    
NEPAL    
PAKISTAN    
BASSANT IN LAHORE    
SIGNIFICANCE OF KITE INDUSTRY    
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE OF KITE AND MANJA IMPACT    
IMPACT OF MANJA    
THREADS (DHAAGA) USED IN FLYING KITES    
THERE ARE MAINLY TWO TYPES.    
WHY NOT TO USE PLASTIC THREADS    
INGREDIENTS FOR COTTON MANJA    
THE FALL AND RISE OF COTTON YARN `MANJA'    
OVERVIEW OF KITE INDUSTRY    
MARKET POSITION OF KITE AND MANJA INDUSTRY    
MANUFACTURERS OF MANJA    
MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF COTTON MANJA    
THE FOLLOWING SEQUENCES ARE USED TO MAKE COTTON MANJA.    
COATING OF COTTON THREAD/YARN WITH THE POWDERED GLASS:-    
FORMULATION    
PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM    
DRAWBACKS & THREATS OF SYNTHETIC OR METALLIC MANJA    
ASSISTANCE AND MARKETING FOR KITES & MANJA WORKERS    
SAFETY AND RISKS IN KITE FIGHTING    
PRINCIPLES OF PLANT LAYOUT    
MAJOR PROVISIONS IN ROAD PLANNING FOR MULTIPURPOSE SERVICE ARE:    
PLANT LOCATION FACTORS    
PRIMARY FACTORS    
1.   RAW-MATERIAL SUPPLY:    
2.   MARKETS:    
3.   POWER AND FUEL SUPPLY:    
4.   WATER SUPPLY:    
5.   CLIMATE:    
6.   TRANSPORTATION:    
7.   WASTE DISPOSAL:    
8.   LABOR:    
9.   REGULATORY LAWS:    
10.  TAXES:    
11.  SITE CHARACTERISTICS:    
12.  COMMUNITY FACTORS:    
13.  VULNERABILITY TO WARTIME ATTACK:    
14.  FLOOD AND FIRE CONTROL:    
EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED    
IN THE PROJECT REPORT    
1. DEPRECIATION:    
2. FIXED ASSETS:    
3. WORKING CAPITAL:    
4. BREAK-EVEN POINT:    
5. OTHER FIXED EXPENSES:    
6. MARGIN MONEY:    
7. TERM LOANS:    
8. TOTAL LOAD:    
9.   LAND AREA/MAN POWER RATIO:    
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES    
INTRODUCTION    
PROJECT HANDLING    
PROJECT SCHEDULING    
PROJECT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE    
TIME SCHEDULE    
PLANT LAYOUT    
SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIALS    
COTTON THREAD    
KITE SPOOLS    
GLUE    
GLASS POWDER    
ALUMINIUM OXIDE    
SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY    


APPENDIX – A:

01.    PLANT ECONOMICS    
02.    LAND & BUILDING     
03.    PLANT AND MACHINERY    
04.    OTHER FIXED ASSESTS    
05.    FIXED CAPITAL    
06.    RAW MATERIAL    
07.    SALARY AND WAGES    
08.    UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
09.    TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL    
10.    TOTAL CAPITAL INVESTMENT    
11.    COST OF PRODUCTION    
12.    TURN OVER/ANNUM    
13.    BREAK EVEN POINT     
14.    RESOURCES FOR FINANCE    
15.    INSTALMENT PAYABLE IN 5 YEARS    
16.    DEPRECIATION CHART FOR 5 YEARS    
17.    PROFIT ANALYSIS FOR 5 YEARS    
18.    PROJECTED BALANCE SHEET FOR (5 YEARS)