ITC SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2016 GRI - G4 COMPLIANT, IN ACCORDANCE - COMPREHENSIVE

ITC's Social Investments Programme is spread over 26 states covering 166 districts.

Primary Education Initiative: Benefitting over 4,60,000 children

• During 2015-16, 45,823 children were covered under this initiative comprising 'Read India Plus' programme and 176 Supplementary Learning Centres to mainstream out-of-school children into regular schools. Till date, the total number of children benefitted has crossed 4,60,000.

ITC e-Choupal: Empowering 4 million farmers

• ITC's globally acknowledged e-Choupal initiative is the world's largest rural digital infrastructure benefitting over 4 million farmers.

Over 50,000 sustainable livelihoods for rural women

• The programme aims at economic mainstreaming of rural women including the ultra-poor by enabling them to earn independent incomes. These women were gainfully employed either through micro-enterprises or assisted with loans to pursue income generating activities.

Animal husbandry services for over 13,00,000 milch animals

• The programme for genetic improvement of cattle through artificial insemination to produce high-yielding crossbred progenies is implemented through 238 Cattle Development Centres covering over 10,000 villages.

Afforestation programme generates over 100 million person-days of employment ITC's bio-diversity programme now covers nearly 4,000 hectares

• The objective is to protect native flora and fauna and providing other eco-system services.

ITC's Vocational Training programme - Training over 31,000 youth

• This programme played an active role in building and upgrading skills of marginalised youth to better meet the emerging needs of the job market.