Hello everyone, I need some good money making business ideas under 5 lakhs (we can add more to it later as we grow). Doesn't matter it is boring or trending just don't suggest food stall or something like that.

I’ve been a distributor for a well-known consumer-products company for around 18 years. The company has now terminated the arrangement, leaving us with approximately ₹5.10 crore exposure:

- ₹3.70 crore stock

- ₹1.40 crore market outstanding

We’ve been asked to recover the outstanding within a short timeframe, but there are many long-standing dealers involved.

At the same time, there is no clear mechanism yet for stock return/takeover or settlement. We have been bearing the cost of godown and staff. We have send over 5 emails in 2 weeks to almost the top of hierarchy but no response yet on the email since.

What would you suggest?

- How should I protect myself legally and commercially?

- How should stock and market outstanding be handled after termination?

- Should I approach a lawyer immediately?

I’m intentionally not naming the company at this stage. Looking for advice from anyone who has faced a similar situation.

I have helped more than 50 startups in tech industry, food and beverages, import export , commodities.

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I am 23 from Gujarat working in my family business. I want to start something of my own.

I think every business now a days have only one problem customer. Supplier everything is easy getting customer is Hard.

Any suggestions with something where demand is unlimited kind of thing which can be started easily.

Hi everyone,

I own around 20 acres of contiguous agricultural land near Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, and I am exploring ways to turn it into a profitable, scalable business for my retirement.

What I have

• Land: Approximately 20 acres of contiguous agricultural land, around 40 km from Lucknow city - in Barabanki district.
• Road access: A 5-metre-wide paved village road. After 2km of narrow 5mt stretch one gets a wider 9-meter-wide- road.
• Infrastructure: Reliable electricity, existing water sources with ample water — water availability is not a constraint, and an existing 5,500 sq. ft. warehouse (not climate-controlled).
• Labour: Unskilled labour is readily available locally.
• Management: I can personally oversee the project and business, particularly during the initial setup and scale-up. I already have some staff which can oversee operations once trained.
• Current use: Traditional paddy and wheat cultivation, which generates relatively low annual returns.

What I am looking for

My objective is to build a business that can eventually generate around ₹2 crore in annual net operating profit. I am willing to invest capital up to **₹**2 Crore, bring in experienced operators, and build the necessary infrastructure, provided the business economics make sense.

I am particularly interested in opportunities with higher barriers to entry, decent % returns, identified customers, value addition, and potential to scale beyond the limits of my own land (engaging with more farmers/ building FPOs).

However, I don't have deep domain knowledge in various industries, and I have found it difficult to validate an opportunity end to end — from identifying a viable product and understanding the processing technology to securing buyers and making the unit economics work - therefore i realize i am playing a virtual farmvilla game in mind and finding possibilities but unable to zero in on one.

I am also open to completely different ideas, including specialised agriculture, nurseries, biomass utilisation, warehousing, manufacturing, or other businesses that could make productive use of the land and existing infrastructure.

Questions for the community

• If you had these assets and this objective, what business would you seriously investigate?

I am not looking for a quick-profit scheme or simply a list of high-value crops. I want to identify a defensible business with genuine demand, a viable end-to-end value chain, and the potential to grow into a substantial operation.

I can personally oversee the initial project, have access to land, water, power and local labour, and am willing to invest if the opportunity is compelling.

I would appreciate any practical suggestions, including ideas outside agriculture that I may not have considered.

Thanks in advance!

I’m an Android app developer based in India and publish apps on Google Play.

Google pays me the revenue generated from my apps. My users are from multiple countries, but the payment/invoice comes from Google.

I use IDFC FIRST Bank for receiving these payments.

My question is specifically about EDF (Export Declaration Form):

Do I need to file an EDF for these Google Play payments?

If yes, how does it work when Google is the payer rather than the individual overseas customers? Do I need to file an EDF for every payment/invoice, or is there some other process?

Would appreciate advice from Indian developers who are already receiving Google Play revenue.