ITC International Business Division (ITC-IBD) is setting up 100 e-choupals during the current Kharif season in the north Telangana districts of Andhra Pradesh. | |
| The e-choupals, to be set up in Adilabad, Nizamabad and part of Karimnagar districts, will reach out to farmers growing maize, soyabean, pulses and turmeric. |
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| ITC-IBD is also exploring the possibility of setting up e-choupals for servicing the growers of spices in Guntur district, fresh vegetables in Medak district and mangoes in Krishna and Chittoor districts of the state. |
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| "In the case of horticultural crops, we are also looking at Punjab to set up e-chaupals," ITC-IBD chief executive, S Sivakumar, told Business Standard. |
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| He said the company's foray into the north Telangana districts was an extension of what it was doing in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra. |
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| As per the estimates, the three Telangana districts, where e-choupals would be set up, account for a production of one million tonnes of maize, pulses and soyabean per annum. |
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| In 2005-06, ITC-IBD registered a 50 per cent growth in turnover at Rs 1,800 crore compared with Rs 1,200 crore in the previous year. |
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