BEEDI (BIDI) MAKING UNIT

The beedi manufacturing is a traditional agro-forest based industry in India. It is highly labour intensive, predominantly unorganized and involves three major categories of workers:

•    Forest based tribal workers who collect tendu/kendu leaves;
•    Tobacco growing farmers;
•    Beedi rolling home based workers, most of whom are women.

Beedi rolling is done in almost all major states of India and it takes place mainly in the home-based unorganized sector, with sub-contractors playing the main role for the principal beedi manufacturers. There are about 300 major manufacturers of branded beedis but there are thousands of small-scale manufacturers cum contractors who
account for the bulk of the beedi production in India1. Government estimates of the total number of beedi workers is about 4.5 million2, majority of who are home based women workers. Trade unions claim that there could be about 7-8 million beedi workers in the country, especially if those engaged in beedi trade and the tendu leaf collection are also taken into account.

•    INTRODUCTION
•    OVERVIEW OF TENDU LEAVES
•    BIDI VERSUS CIGARETTES
•    B.I.S. SPECIFICATION
•    TOBACCO CULTIVATION, HARVESTING AND CURING
•    MARKET SURVEY
•    PRESENT MANUFACTURERS OF BIDI
•    PRESENT OF BIDI MARKET
•    CERTIFIED ORGANIC TOBACCO
BENEFITS OF ORGANIC TOBACCO FARMING
•    ADVANTAGE OF BIDI
•    ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS AND TAXATION NOEM FOR
BIDI MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
•    MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF BIDI
•    FORMULATION OF BLENDED TOBACCO
•    PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM
•    TRADITIONAL METHOD OF HAND MADE BIDI
•    CHALLENGES BEFORE THE BEEDI MANUFACTURERS
•    PRINCIPLES OF PLANT LAYOUT
•    PLANT LOCATION FACTORS
•    EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THE PROJECT REPORT
•    PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULES
•    PLANT LAYOUT
•    SUPPLIERS OF RAW MATERIALS
•    SUPPLIERS OF PLANT AND MACHINERY
•    ADDRESSES OF DISTRICT INDUSTRIES CENTRE
•    ADDRESSES OF EXCISE DEPARTMENTS
•    TECHNOLOGY & MACHINERY SUPPLIERS FOR MACHINE MADE BEEDI

APPENDIX – A :

.      COST OF PLANT ECONOMICS
2.      LAND & BUILDING
3.      PLANT AND MACHINERY
4.      FIXED CAPITAL INVESTMENT
5.      RAW MATERIAL
6.      SALARY AND WAGES
7.      UTILITIES AND OVERHEADS
8.      TOTAL WORKING CAPITAL
9.      COST OF PRODUCTION
10.      PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS
11.      BREAK EVEN POINT
12.      RESOURCES OF FINANCE
13.      INTEREST CHART
14.      DEPRECIATION CHART
15.      CASH FLOW STATEMENT