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ITC launches dairy products in Jharkhand under 'Aashirvaad Svasti' brand

Diversified city-based conglomerate ITC Limited Monday announced its entry in the dairy business in Jharkhand with the launch of various products under its 'Aashirvaad Svasti' brand. The company will offer a slew of dairy products like milk, curd, paneer, lassi and 'mishti doi' (sweet curd) to the consumers of the state, a company statement said. Sanjay Singal, ITC chief operating officer (dairy and beverages), said the company has expanded its milk-based offerings to Jharkhand after establishing a strong brand presence in Bihar and West Bengal. "The dairy products offered by the company are differentiated and innovative and have become an established brand in these two states within a short span of five years," he said in the statement. The Aashirvaad Svasti dairy products will be available across 2000 general and modern trade outlets across Jharkhand, it added.

3-layered security, army snipers: Delhi is ready for Joe Biden's G20 visit

Ahead of Joe Biden's visit and the G20 Summit, New Delhi has beefed up its security

ITC to invest Rs 1,500 cr to set up food manufacturing plants in MP

Diversified group ITC on Sunday said it will invest around Rs 1,500 crore to set up an integrated food manufacturing and logistics facility and a sustainable packaging products manufacturing facility at Sehore in Madhya Pradesh. The two projects spread over an area of nearly 57 acres will give a boost to agricultural and manufacturing sectors in Madhya Pradesh, ITC said in a statement. "The two projects, when complete, would entail a total investment outlay of Rs 1,500 crores which will support livelihoods across sustainable value chains," it said. While the food plant will manufacture ITC's products including atta brand Aashirvaad, Sunfeast biscuits, and 'YiPPee!' noodles, the moulded fibre products facility will be a pioneer in sustainable packaging, contributing to plastic substitution in areas such as packaging for electronic items, FMCG, and the food and beverage sector. "ITC's investment in the food processing sector through the facility at Sehore is poised to add value to th

Seeing green shoots of pickup on volumes as inflation moderates: ITC CMD

As inflation is moderating, diversified group ITC is seeing green shoots of volume growth and expects the momentum to continue sequentially, its Chairman and Managing Director Sanjiv Puri said on Sunday. This will certainly lead to improvement in volume, but it will not happen overnight, said Puri here on the sidelines of the B20 Summit organised by the CII. Over the ITC's plan for the demerger of its hotel business, Puri said it is going to benefit the existing shareholders by incorporating a wholly-owned new subsidiary ITC Hotels Ltd. "It will be a pure-play, focused on hospitality, which can leverage the institutional strengths of ITC. And ITC in turn will be able to leverage the synergy on its hospitality business, or its FMCG businesses," Puri told PTI. It is a "very robust" model, which will help the business to make the hotel business accelerate progress, whilst retaining synergies and it will improve the financial metrics of ITC, he added. Over inflation, Puri said this is

Extreme weather to stay, we should adapt strategies towards ESG: ITC chair

The frequency and intensity of extreme weather events are increasing globally and businesses should fine-tune their strategies towards Environment, Social and Governance issues, ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri said on Sunday. Addressing the B20 Summit organised by the CII here, Puri said extreme weather events are impacting the earth as well as human life and requires a lot of attention. Extreme weather events have a deep impact on nature and therefore also on the Global South. This also goes into the design of urban infrastructure and industrial ecosystem, Puri added. This is also an area which is receiving a very small percentage of capital flows. It is certainly an area that requires lots of attention, Puri said. "This is a dynamic area and will require businesses also to adapt and fine-tune strategies in a dynamic way," Puri said while moderating a session here. Puri, who is also the Chair of B20 Action Council on ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) in Business said, "this has a

Elevated inflation trends may dig a deeper hole for FMCG stocks: Analysts

Investors have shunned consumer stocks with shares of HUL, ITC, Britannia, Godrej Consumer, Tata Consumer, and Nestle India dropping in the range of 1-11 per cent in a month

Sensex rebounds 507 pts from lows, ends 138 pts up; auto, IT stocks gain

Closing Bell on August 16, 2023: The shares of SBFC Finance, which debuted on Wednesday at a premium of 44 per cent, settled at Rs 92.2 per share, up nearly 62 per cent over issue price

ITC rises 2% in a weak market as brokerages give thumbs up to Q1 results

The company clocked 16.2 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in consolidated net profit to Rs 5,104.9 crore in Q1FY24

Tobacco-to-soap conglomerate ITC approves hotel business spin-off

The decision to spin off its upmarket lodging arm had been widely anticipated by analysts and investors

ITC board fixes share entitlement ratio at 1:10 for demerged hotels biz

Diversified entity ITC Ltd on Monday said shareholders will get one equity share of ITC Hotels for every 10 shares held in the demerged company (ITC Ltd), according to the entitlement ratio. At the board meeting of ITC Ltd held on Monday, it was decided that issuance of equity shares by the resulting company ITC Hotels Ltd to the shareholders of the demerged entity will be in the ratio of 1:10, according to a regulatory filing by the firm. The company said the scheme of demerger comprising hotels business of the demerged company into the resulting entity is on a going concern basis. Giving the rationale for the demerger, ITC said it is a diversified company engaged in various businesses including hotels. The hotels business of ITC has matured over the years and is well poised to chart its own growth path and operate as a separate listed entity in the fast-growing hospitality industry, whilst continuing to leverage ITC's institutional strengths, strong brand equity and goodwill, it

Sensex gyrates 696 pts, ends 79 pts up; Adani Ent down 3.5%, RIL gains 1.5%

Closing Bell on August 14, 2023: In the broader markets, the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices underperformed the benchmarks as they fell 0.5 per cent each

ITC holding in hotel business key to its success, says CMD Sanjiv Puri

Move will help it use ITC logo and brands; entire demerger process may take 12-15 months

ITC AGM, Q1FY24 nos: When will the stock breakout from consolidation mode?

ITC shares have corrected 10 per cent from their record high level of Rs 499.6, hit on July 24, 2023, as investors booked profit post the hotel business' demerger announcement

ITC bets big on FMCG for growth with annual consumer spend of Rs 29,000 cr

Diversified conglomerate ITC Limited on Friday said the FMCG business has immense potential for growth with its brands commanding an annual consumer spend of Rs 29,000 crore. Speaking at the 112th AGM of the company, ITC chairman Sanjiv Puri told shareholders in his address that the FMCG brands are being exported to several countries and the business vertical has immense growth potential due to the rising per capita income of the people. "The ITC Next strategy for the FMCG business is to build a future-ready portfolio. With more than 25 brands at the moment, the annual consumer spend is around Rs 29,000 crore", Puri said. He said that the addressable market for the FMCG vertical of ITC is USD five trillion. "The business has immense opportunity to harness this potential", Puri added. Regarding the hotel business, the ITC board had given in-principle approval to demerge the vertical and spin it off into a new entity. Puri said that the business is well poised to capitalise on the .

Tata Consumer, ITC among companies looking to buy into Organic India

Backed by Fabindia, Organic India produces organic teas and health products

Stocks to Watch on Aug 1: Adani Total, PVR Inox, Maruti, ITC, SBI, autos

Stocks to Watch on Tuesday, August 1, 2023: The Board of ITC will meet on August 14 to announce Q1FY24 results, and consider the Scheme of Arrangement for the demerger of Hotels Business

'It's a good thing': Why BAT sees value in holding on to ITC stake

Working with Indian cigarette maker for new nicotine product would be 'massive opportunity', says BAT CEO

M-cap of 7 of top-10 valued firms falls by Rs 77,434.98 cr, ITC takes hit

The combined market valuation of seven of the top-10 most valued firms fell by Rs 77,434.98 crore last week, with ITC and HDFC Bank taking the biggest hit, in-line with a muted trend in equities. Last week, the BSE benchmark fell by 524.06 points or 0.78 per cent. While Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), ICICI Bank, Hindustan Unilever, ITC and Bajaj Finance Limited were the main laggards in the top-10 pack, Infosys, State Bank of India and Bharti Airtel made gains in their market capitalisation (mcap). The valuation of ITC fell by Rs 26,192.05 crore to Rs 5,83,732.19 crore. HDFC Bank's mcap declined by Rs 22,747.89 crore to Rs 12,40,322.63 crore and that of Bajaj Finance plunged Rs 12,127.47 crore to Rs 4,47,298.52 crore. The market valuation of Reliance Industries tumbled Rs 5,818.43 crore to Rs 17,10,076.74 crore and that of TCS went lower by Rs 5,214.15 crore to Rs 12,27,739.80 crore. Hindustan Unilever's valuation eroded by Rs 4,417.23 crore to R

GST officers arrest 3 for fraudulent ITC claims of Rs 557 cr, fake firms

GST officers have unearthed two fake billing rackets involving 246 shell/fake entities involved in fraudulently passing input tax credit (ITC) of Rs 557 crore and arrested three key operatives. Forensic examination of seized laptops and mobile phones of the two masterminds led to the retrieval of ledgers, invoices, e-way bills, etc. Apart from this, WhatsApp chats/ voice messages evidencing the transactions of fake GST bills and illegal cash flow have also been retrieved. An initial probe by GST officers has also indicated the involvement of bank officials in opening bank accounts in the name of fake firms, the finance ministry said. "The Meerut Zonal Unit of Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) unearthed two major fake billing rackets involving 246 shell/fake entities, which have passed on fraudulent ITC of Rs 557 crore," a finance ministry statement said. One of the rackets had close nexus with fake firms unearthed by Noida Police in June 2023, it added. The finance ..

Bluechip companies lift benchmark indices after three days of losses

RIL, L&T, ITC account for bulk of the gains