A safe operation in India
As I am sure you will soon know, if you haven’t found out already, there is rural India and then there is rural India.
However ball park for a 4 or 6 seat helicopter from a reputable operator will cost anywhere between AUD 1700 and AUD 2400 depending on the location, duration, number of flight hours per day, number of flight hours per month, type of work (passengers or external loads, etc) and time of the year, etc.
An 8 seat machine will probably be a twin so double those figure.
Ownership has its own set of problem so I would save that until at least the second year of operations when you should be able to better understand the hassles involved.
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SH