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Solar
01

PM Surya Ghar Yojana — what every Indian household needs to know

A plain-English walkthrough of India's flagship rooftop solar subsidy — eligibility, the ₹78,000 ceiling, the application flow, and what actually happens after you apply.

22 Apr 20267 minRead
Solar
02

Why rooftop solar is the smartest financial decision an Indian household can make in 2026

A founder's view on the economics — payback periods, real-asset returns and why solar is a better deposit than a fixed deposit.

18 Mar 20266 minRead
Industry
03

Building a dealer-led business from Rajkot — the Sahayog playbook

First-person notes from a self-made entrepreneur on building distribution in a category that didn't yet have a playbook.

12 Feb 20267 minRead
Investing
04

Real assets, patient capital — a self-made entrepreneur's view on investing

Why my capital sits in the things India structurally needs — and almost never in things that promise to disrupt them.

29 Jan 20266 minRead
Industry
05

The future of Indian agri-inputs — supply where India needs it

Why fertilizer and chemical distribution still matters in a country with 120 million farming households — and why doing it right is harder than it looks.

9 Dec 20256 minRead
Industry
06

Indian fertilizer & agri-input market — the next decade

60 million tonnes a year, 120 million farming households, and a distribution structure most outside observers misread. Notes from Sahayog Ferti Chem.

4 Nov 20257 minRead
Industry
07

Solar manufacturing in India — VVP Solar's view from Gujarat

Why I think the next decade of Indian solar manufacturing will be defined in Gujarat — and the operating choices we made to participate in it.

17 Sept 20256 minRead
Solar
08

PGVCL and the Gujarat rooftop solar advantage

Why Gujarat's DISCOM ecosystem makes the state the easiest place in India to put solar on your roof — and what the rest of the country can learn from it.

23 Jul 20255 minRead
Family Enterprise
09

The case for multi-sector family groups in modern India

Why a Rajkot-based group that runs solar, manufacturing, agri-inputs and trading is not 'unfocused' — it's a deliberately Indian capital allocation.

30 May 20256 minRead