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                                                           Contents

Chapter		Description		Page No.
1		Over view
1.1		Introduction of the projects
1.2		Back-ground of the three projects
1.3		Brief case History
1.4		Abstract
1.5		Project Area
1.6		Project Status
2		Market & Demand analysis
2.1		Situational analysis
2.2		Characterization of the market
2.3		Demand forecasting
2.4		Uncertainties in demand forecasting
2.5		Coping with uncertainties
2.6		Market planning
3		Technical  Analysis
3.1		Manufacturing process
3.2		Technical  Arrangements
3.3		Material inputs & Utilities
3.4		Plant capacity
3.5		Location & Site
3.6		Machineries & Equipment
3.7		Structures & civil works
4		Environmental Aspects
5		Project charts & Layouts

  Chapter-1

     Overview

1.1         Introduction  of the project

1.2         Background of the  project

1.3         Brief Case History

1.4         Project Abstract

1.5         Project Area

1.6         Project Status

      Chapter 2

 Market & Demand Analysis

2.1  Situational Analysis

2.2 Characterization of the market

2.3   Demand forecasting

2.4  Uncertainties in Demand Forecasting

2.5   Coping with uncertainties

2.6   Market planning

Chapter 3

 Technical Analysis

3.1  Manufacturing process

3.2  Technical  Arrangements

3.3     Material inputs & Utilities

3.4   Plant capacity

 3.5  Location & Site

 3.6  Machineries & Equipment

 3.7 Structures & civil works

Chapter 4

Environmental Aspects

Chapter 5

Project charts & Layouts

General  Functional  Layout:

Material Flow Diagram:

Production Flow Diagram:

Transport Line Diagram:

Transport Line Diagram:

Transport  Layout:

Utilities Consumption Layout:

Communication Layout:

Organizational Layout:

Plant Layout

  Chapter  6

Schedule of  Project Implementation

Chapter 7

 Financial  Estimates & Projections

  Cost of  project

Means of financing

Estimates of sales & production

Cost of production

Working capital requirement & its financing

Profitability projections

Projected cash flow statement

Projected balance sheets

Chapter 8

Investment Criteria

Net present value

Benefit cost ratio

Internal rate of return

Urgency

Payback period

Accounting rate of return

Assessment of various methods

Investment Evaluation  in practice

Chapter 9

Ratio Analysis

Chapter 10

Risk and Return Analysis

Chapter 11

Project cash flow

Elements of the cash flow stream

Principles of cash flow estimate

Cash flow illustration

Cash flow for a replacement project

Viewing a project from different perspectives

Chapter 12

The cost of capital

Some preliminaries

Cost of debt and preference

Cost of equity

Determining the proportions

Weighted average cost of capital

Weighted marginal cost of capital

Determining the optimal capital budget

Floating cost and the cost of capital

Factors affecting the weighted average cost of capital

Chapter 13

Stand lone Risk Analysis

Sources, measures, and perspectives on risk

Sensitivity analysis

Scenario analysis

Break-even analysis

Hiller model

Decision  tree analysis

Managing risk

Project selection under risk

Risk analysis in practice

Chapter 14

 Proposal  for Project Loan