Onesto Consultancy

Your India operations, handled.
India Desk

Entry is one day.
Operations are every day.

Most foreign companies focus intensely on entering India and then discover, within the first year, that the real challenge is staying operational. Compliance deadlines accumulate. Distributor relationships drift without active management. GST and ROC filings create penalties when missed. Local staff issues emerge with no HR framework to resolve them. The business that was carefully structured begins to fray at the edges.

Ongoing support is not an add-on service. For most of our clients, it is the most commercially important thing we do. It is what allows a foreign company to maintain its India presence, keep its relationships live, and stay legally clean - without requiring a full-time local team or constant travel from headquarters.

We absorb the entirety of your India operational friction. Accounting, compliance, payroll, reporting, relationship management, and commercial representation - all coordinated through one point of contact who understands both sides of the India-Europe commercial equation.
Six Service Lines

Everything your India
operations need.

Every aspect of your ongoing India operations covered under one retainer. Nothing falls between the cracks. Nothing accumulates into a crisis.

01

Accounting & Financial Reporting

Monthly bookkeeping and management accounts for your Indian entity, maintained to Indian accounting standards and ready for audit. Financial reporting to your European headquarters in your preferred format.

  • Monthly bookkeeping and bank reconciliation
  • Management accounts in parent company format
  • Annual accounts preparation with CA coordination
  • Inter-company transaction documentation
  • Transfer pricing documentation support
02

GST, TDS & Regulatory Filings

India's compliance calendar is dense and automated - penalties begin accumulating from the day a deadline is missed. We manage every filing so your entity remains clean and penalty-free.

  • GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B monthly filing
  • TDS returns (quarterly) and certificates
  • Advance tax payments and income tax return
  • Annual ROC filings: MGT-7, AOC-4
  • Director KYC (DIR-3 KYC) management
03

Payroll & HR Administration

Processing India payroll for your local team, managing statutory contributions, and maintaining employment compliance under Indian labour law - freeing your headquarters from navigating a framework they were not built for.

  • Monthly payroll processing and payslips
  • PF and ESI contributions and filings
  • Professional tax compliance (state-level)
  • Employment contract drafting and management
  • Labour law advisory: minimum wages, POSH, Shops Act
04

Commercial Representation

Your voice in India when you are not there. We attend meetings, follow up on leads, manage distributor relationships, and report back as a genuine operational partner rather than a third-party agent.

  • Distributor and partner relationship management
  • Customer meeting attendance and follow-up
  • Lead management and pipeline reporting
  • Trade fair representation across India
  • Monthly commercial performance report
05

Market Monitoring & Intelligence

A monthly intelligence brief covering your sector, your competitors, and any regulatory or commercial developments that require your attention. India moves quickly - this keeps your headquarters informed without requiring constant travel.

  • Monthly sector and competitor monitoring
  • Regulatory change alerts relevant to your business
  • Pricing and market movement tracking
  • New opportunity identification and flagging
  • Quarterly strategic review call with Shashank
06

Interim Management & Crisis Response

When a leadership gap opens in your India operations, or when a situation requires on-ground management that cannot wait for a headquarters response, we step in immediately with the authority and local knowledge to resolve it.

  • Interim country manager function
  • Staff management during leadership transitions
  • Dispute resolution with local partners
  • Regulatory crisis management and liaison
  • Emergency on-ground presence within 24 hours
Three Retainer Tiers

Structured around what your
India operations actually need.

Monthly retainer. No lock-in beyond the initial three-month setup period. Every tier scales with your India operation as it grows.

Compliance
For newly established entities

Monthly GST and TDS filings, annual ROC filings and Director KYC, monthly bookkeeping, annual accounts preparation with CA, registered address maintenance, and monthly compliance status report. Best for foreign companies with an incorporated Indian entity but no local staff yet.

Most Popular
Operations
For active India operations

Everything in Compliance tier, plus monthly payroll processing, PF and ESI management, commercial representation including meetings and follow-ups, distributor relationship management, and monthly market intelligence brief. Best for foreign companies with an active India subsidiary and local staff.

Full Desk
For complex India operations

Everything in Operations tier, plus interim management capability on activation, crisis response within 24 hours on-ground, board-level reporting to European parent, and India HR advisory. Best for foreign companies with material India revenue, multiple distributor relationships, and a local team requiring genuine management-level support.

Common Questions

Ongoing support. Answered.

A successful India entry is not the achievement. Staying operational, compliant, and commercially active twelve months later - that is the achievement.

What is the minimum commitment for an ongoing support retainer?
We require an initial three-month setup period to onboard your entity, establish the compliance calendar, understand your commercial relationships, and put the operational infrastructure in place. After the setup period, the retainer continues on a rolling monthly basis with no minimum term. You can scale up, scale down, or exit with one month's notice after the setup period.
Can you take over management of an India entity that is already in a compliance mess?
Yes, and we have done this several times. The first step is a full compliance audit - we identify every outstanding filing, every accrued penalty, and every regulatory exposure across GST, income tax, ROC, and FEMA. We then present a remediation plan with realistic timelines and costs. Regularising a non-compliant entity takes longer and costs more than maintaining compliance from the start, but it is entirely manageable.
Do you physically attend meetings in India as part of the retainer?
For the Operations and Full Desk tiers, physical attendance at key meetings in India is included within the scope of the retainer up to an agreed monthly allocation. Our on-ground presence across New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad means we can attend meetings in all four cities without triggering additional travel costs in most cases.
How does reporting to our European headquarters work?
All tiers include a monthly written report covering the compliance calendar - what was filed, what is due, and any issues. Operations and Full Desk tiers add a commercial section covering distributor performance, lead pipeline status, and market intelligence. Full Desk includes a quarterly strategic call with our founder. Reports are delivered in the format your headquarters uses.
We already have an Indian CA and law firm. Why do we need Onesto as well?
A CA and a law firm handle their respective technical disciplines. What they do not provide is the commercial coordination layer - the person who understands both your European headquarters' strategic direction and your India operation's day-to-day reality, and who ensures the legal and accounting work is joined up with your commercial objectives. That coordination gap is where most foreign companies lose money, miss deadlines, and accumulate avoidable risk. We fill it.
What happens if we want to close or restructure our India entity?
Closing an Indian entity is significantly more complex than opening one. The process involves tax clearances, ROC strike-off or winding-up procedures, FEMA compliance for capital repatriation, and employee settlement. We manage the full closure process as part of our service. If you are considering restructuring rather than closure, we advise on the optimal structure and coordinate with our Indian legal partners to execute the change.

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