Chapter 05: Project Report - RBI Guide lines

A project implementation needs many resources such as finance. In order to seek finance from investors an entrepreneur must develop a detailed project plan. A document describing a project details in terms of any investment proposals is called PROJECT REPORT. To be useful to all concerned audiences such as government agencies, statutory bodies banks must contain a stated minimum information. RBI has recommended the following items to be included in any project report.
RBI recommended items to be included in PROJECT REPORT

• General Information- project feasibility- industry background
• Preliminary Analysis of Alternatives- describes issues such as demand and supply scenarios, availability of alternate/substitute technologies etc
• Project Description- brief description of technology, products/services of project intends to produce
• Marketing Plans- how to reach intended target market
• capital requirements and costs- money needed and how is that spent
• Operating requirements and costs- money needed to run a project on day -to -day basis is called operating costs - such as rent, salary for employees
• Financial analysis- investments, returns, depreciation, balance-sheet, ROI
• Economic Analysis- social relevance and profitability of the project