Diwali gifts for employees under Rs 500: six options a company can give, and the handmade ones that get lit at homeDiwali gifts for employees under Rs 500: six options a company can give, and the handmade ones that get lit at home

Six Diwali gifts that fit Rs 500 a head

With Rs 500 per employee for Diwali, you have six honest options. Pick by what you want people to do with the gift:

1. A small sweets or dry fruit box. Eaten in a day, liked by almost everyone. Many sweet shops and hamper companies pack these for offices.
2. A clay or brass diya. Traditional and used every year. Brass at this budget is small; clay is easy to find from potters and marketplaces.
3. A small indoor plant. Lasts if cared for, a good fit for teams that like their desks green.
4. A useful desk item with your logo printed on it, from a merchandise printer: a bottle, a mug, a diary.
5. Handmade wax diyas that look like clay diyas but need no oil. Diya Candles from Raajkosh: six terracotta-red diyas with lattice rims, Rs 449 shop price.
6. A set of handmade tealights to light across the home on Diwali night. Sunflower Tealights or Daisy Tealights: ten tealights each, Rs 449 shop price.

Options 5 and 6 are ours. They are hand-poured in pure soy wax in Jalandhar and are the only ones on this list that the whole family uses on the night itself.

How to choose at this budget

At Rs 500, the risk is a gift that looks cheap. Three ways to avoid it:

• One good piece beats three small ones. A full set of six diyas reads as a proper gift; a box of mixed trinkets does not.
• Choose something for the home, not the desk. Diwali is celebrated with family. A gift that goes home gets seen by more people than one that stays in a drawer.
• Let the packaging carry the brand. Your logo on the tag, the note card or a wax seal looks like a gift. A logo printed big on the product can look like merchandise.

For teams of mixed backgrounds, tealights and diyas suit almost everyone who celebrates Diwali. For teams that also celebrate other festivals, see our note on festive gifts for every festival.

Under Rs 500 pieces, side by side

All prices are today's shop prices with GST included. Your quote confirms the final price per gift with branding and delivery.

What a company order looks like

• From 10 gifts, no minimum order value.
• Logo on the gift tag, note card or a wax seal; options confirmed in the quote.
• GST invoice with your billing name, address and GSTIN.
• Delivery to one office or to every employee's home across India.
• Prepaid, as set out in the quote.

At shop prices, 50 Diya Candles come to Rs 22,450. Every term is set out in our corporate answer page.

On timing this Diwali: our site currently says "Order by 4 November for Diwali delivery" for shop orders. A branded order's timeline depends on the quantity and your date and is confirmed in the quote, so ask as early as you can. If the quote's timeline misses your date, you can still buy unbranded pieces from the shop.

When something else is the better Rs 500 gift

If your office bans open flames, choose a plant or a sweets box; a candle can stay as decor, but that wastes the point. If your team wants something to use every day at work, a printed bottle or diary suits better. If you need delivery on a fixed date we cannot confirm, use a local sweet shop.

Raajkosh is new to corporate gifting; we have no client list or reviews to show. The products, prices and terms are all on the site.

Get a Diwali quote

Send the number, budget (under Rs 500), date and addresses at raajkosh.com/corporate, or WhatsApp +91 85958 24586.

A safety line for the card: never leave a lit candle unattended, and keep each burn to 3 to 4 hours.