FICCI Outstanding Award for ITC
ITC Limited was presented the FICCI award for
Outstanding Achievement in Rural and Community
Development at the 82nd Annual General Meeting
held in Delhi. Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee handed over the award to Shri Y C
Deveshwar, Chairman ITC.
An exemplar in sustainability practices, ITC's
businesses have created livelihoods for 5 million
people, many of whom represent the poorest in
Rural India. The company's rural development
programmes currently support 6,500 e-choupals in
10 states covering 40,000 villages benefiting over
4 million farmers, and 65 rural development
projects, operating in 50 districts across 11
states reaching out to over 1.85 lakh households.
It is the only company in the world to be carbon
positive, water positive and solid waste recycling
positive. The ITC has put in place
multidimensional rural development programmes
involving farmers and local communities,
co-creating a better future. ITC's e-choupal,
watershed and agricultural development initiatives
have led to higher productivity, enhanced economic
capacity and raised living standards of rural
people.
