ITC has associated with NITI Aayog to train 2 lakh farmers, to increase their income and raise productivity of major crops.
This association is for 25 aspirational districts, across seven states in the country. These 25 aspirational districts are in Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh and partnership is for a period of four years, up to April 2022.
Further, to bring into effect the partnership project, the Letter of Intent was signed by NITI Aayog Additional Secretary Yaduvendra Mathur and ITC Senior Vice President (Corporate Affairs) Anil Rajput, in presence of NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.