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From Rs 20 lakh job loss to Rs 3 lakh month in a ‘boring’ village water business

Business
Published on 26 April 2026
From Rs 20 lakh job loss to Rs 3 lakh month in a ‘boring’ village water business

He now sells thousands of custom bottles daily

After losing a Rs 20 lakh corporate job in the pandemic, he returned to his village and invested Rs 4 lakh in a water purification venture. What followed was a steady pipeline: he supplies about 2000 custom-labelled water bottles every day to local restaurants and shops, bringing in roughly Rs 3 lakh per month using a simple, dependable model.

  • Job loss in the pandemic pushed him back to his village
  • He invested Rs 4 lakh in a water purification business
  • He supplies around 2000 custom-labelled bottles daily
  • Earnings are now about Rs 3 lakh per month
Read the full story at The Economic Times

This summarization was done by Beige for a story published on The Economic TimesThe Economic Times

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