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Selected Replicable Technology Models for Rural Application
Micro Concrete Roofing Tiles

Profitability Analysis

Particulars

1st Year

2nd Year

Amount carried over

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49,000

Net realization

1,37,500

1,37,500

Total realization (A)

1,37,500

1,86,600

Depreciation

15,496

15,496

Interest

12,000

9,600

Depreciation + Interest (B)

27,496

25,096

Net surplus (A – B)

1,10,004

1,61,504

Tax

1,400

1,400

Surplus after tax (C)

1,08,604

1,60,104

Depreciation (D)

15,496

15,496

Net disposable surplus (C + D)

1,24,100

1,75,600

Personal income

60,000

72,000

Project Repayment of Loan

15,000

20,000

Amount to be carried over

49,100

83,600

Costs (10 mm for Central UP – in Rs.)

Item

Unit

Qty.

Rate

Amt

Material per tile

Cement

Kg.

0.68

2.20

1.50

Coarse sand

Kg.

0.68

0.10

0.07

Fine sand

Kg.

1.36

0.20

0.27

Labour for 200 tiles

Mason

Per day

1.00

60.00

0.30

Labour

Per day

3.00

40.00

0.60

Consumables

       

Building rent

Lumpsum

 

0.09

0.15

Power

kWh

1.78

2.00

0.02

Cost of production

Production

Efficiency

 

0.98

0.98

Total Cost

   

2.33

3.00

Selling price

   

6.00

6.00

Net realization per tile

   

3.00

System Design

MCR technology has significant potential with considerable evidence to indicate that the package is widely replicable. Till 1998 there were more than ten million MCR tiles on roofs in India i.e. roughly 85 million sq. ft. of roofing which would otherwise have been thatch or fired clay tile. This represents a flow of over Rs. 8 million private money from buyer to entrepreneur providing approximately 1200 jobs with no subsidies, thus showing that MCR roofing technology might just be the only cost-effective, development-friendly roofing option that can hold its own in the market place.

A focus on entrepreneurs is perhaps, the more sustainable strategy for large-scale dissemination of MCR. The development of technology and provision of all support services are now being directed to the entrepreneur to define new relationships for user satisfaction and fulfillments of needs. Over 200 private enterprises have deployed a marketing strategy, which focuses on installation of roofs for roadside hotels, shops and small business operations. The strategy for large-scale dissemination would be based on:

C      Franchise development for technology transfer to enterprises

C      Regular training of entrepreneurs

C      Marketing linkages with cement industry

C      Continued R&D and product development

C      Provision of credit/loan facility

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