M.Com Graduate Becomes Lakhpati in 3 Months with Chili Farming in Solapur

• Sitaram Patil, an M.Com graduate from Hiraj, North Solapur, returned to his village after failing to find a satisfactory job in Pune-Mumbai.
• He decided to pursue farming and cultivated export-quality G4 green chilies on half an acre of land.
• The cultivation cost around 60,000 to 70,000 rupees, with chilies sold at 40 rupees per kilogram through contract farming.
• Sitaram expects a profit of up to two lakh rupees from his half-acre chili farm within three months.
• He encourages educated youth to consider farming or business, especially modern farming on ancestral land, for better income than jobs.