I.T.C.

INTRODUCTION

ITC Limited which previously stood for Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited,ITC is one of India's foremost private sector companies with a market capitalisation of nearly US $ 19 billion* and a turnover of over US $ 5.1 Billion. ITC is rated among the World's Best Big Companies
ITC's Agri-Business is one of India's largest exporters of agricultural products. ITC is one of the country's biggest foreign exchange earners (US $ 3.2 billion in the last decade).

BUSINESS

1-Cigarettes:- Wills, Classic Verve, Insignia, India Kings, Classic, Gold Flake, Navy Cut, Scissors, Capstan, Berkeley, Bristol and Flake

2-Foods:-Kitchens of India, Aashirvaad, Sunfeast, Mint-O, Candyman, Bingo Snacks

3-Lifestyle Retailing:-Wills Lifestyle, John Players, Miss Players

4-Personal Care:-'Essenza Di Wills', 'Fiama Di Wills', 'Vivel Di Wills' 'Vivel UltraPro', 'Vivel' and 'Superia'.

5-Education & Stationery:-Classmate, Paperkraft, Saathi (discontinued).

6-Information Technology:- ITC Infotech.

7-Safety Matches:- iKno, Mangal Deep, VaxLit, Delite(Discontinued) and Aim Brands acquired from Wimco (Western India Match Company) (Swedish Matches).

8-Incense Sticks:- Mangaldeep, Spriha.

9-Greeting Card:- Expressions.

10-Hotels:- ITC Welcomgroup Hotels,Palaces and Resorts is India's second largest hotel chain with over 80 hotels. Based out of Hotels Division Headquarters at the ITC Green Centre in Gurgaon, ITC Welcomgroup is also the exclusive franchisee of The Luxury Collection brand of Starwood Hotels and Resorts in India.

11-Paperboards & Specialty Papers:-ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards Limited"ITC Tribeni Tissues Division" Now there are four units under one name --> Paper Boards and Specialty Papers Division, Unit - Bhadrachalam, Tribeni, Bollarum and Kovai.



ITC's Agri Business Division

ITC's Agri Business Division is the country's second largest exporter of agri-products with exports of over Rs. 1000 Crores (Rs. 10 billion). Its domestic sales of agri-products are in excess of Rs. 1500 Crores (Rs. 15 billion).

Farmer empowerment through e-Choupals

Choupal Saagar
Choupal Fresh
Choupal Pradarshan Khet
Processed Fruits
Marine Products


ITC's e-Choupal
ITC Echoupal creatively leverages information technology to set up a meta-market in favour of India's small and poor farmers, who would otherwise continue to operate and transact in 'un-evolved' markets.

As of July 2007, ITC e-Choupal services, through 6400 Echoupal across 8 states, reach more than 4 million farmers in about 40,000 villages. ITC intends scaling up the initiative with 20,000 choupals and 700 saagars to reach 10 million farmers in 100,000 villages by 2010.

Free access to Internet is also opening windows of rural India to the world at large. ITC eChoupal e-choupal is now being regarded as a reliable delivery mechanism for resource development initiatives. Its potential is being tested through pilot projects in healthcare, educational services, water management and cattle health management with the help of several service providers including non-governmental organizations.
Forbes ranking

ITC features on the Forbes Global 2000 rankings for 2007 at position 1256.