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• the Munger unit won the Suraksha Puraskar from the National Safety Council of India.; Chairman Mr Y C Deveshwar was conferred the prestigious Banga Bibhushan award, the highest civilian honour instituted by the Government of West Bengal.
• ITC’s factory in Bengaluru and ITC Maurya, New Delhi were conferred the Concentrating Solar Technology and Solar Cooker Excellence Award-2016’ by the Union Ministry of Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy.; ITC Windsor has been awarded the National Tourism Award for the Best Eco Friendly Hotel 2013-14 by The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.; ITC Factory, Bengaluru has been conferred the Unnatha Suraksha Puraskara by the National Safety Council (NSC), Karnataka chapter.; Apart from biodiversity conservation in selected plots, ITC has embarked on a watershed level biodiversity conservation aimed at improving biodiversity in a larger area. Assessment of current status and plans for improvement was completed in Ravandoor tank cascade of Mysore district which is spread over 2,300 hectares. This assessment was done by Kalpataruvu, a non-profit organisation with technical support from University of Agriculture and Horticulture Shivmogga, Karnataka. Based on the study recommendations, a biodiversity conservation action plan was initiated and work was completed in 130 hectares. This work included activities such as large scale awareness generation and community participation, protection and conservation.; The total target area under PPP projects, in partnership with NABARD and the governments of MP, Rajasthan and Maharashtra is over 1.58 lakh hectares. The largest partnership is with MGNREGA (68,114 ha) followed by NABARD (43,450 ha) and IWMP (46,691 ha).; Sustainable operations and maintainence of school infrastructure; The Programme has been equally focused on interventions to enhance awareness and impact behaviour change in WASH through Community Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) programmes to mobilise communities to completely liminate open defecation. In addition, it targets direct beneficiary contribution, loans and leveraging of government funds under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to construct toilets.
• The Munger Unit received the National Safety Council Award; During the year, the Mysuru GLT won the ‘Prashamsa Suraksha Puraskara’ awarded by National Safety Council, Karnataka Chapter.
• The Tribeni unit was awarded ‘Certificate of merit in the Pulp & Paper Sector’ National Energy Conservation Award – 2014) by The Ministry of Power, Government of India.
• ITC’s Bengaluru Unit received the prestigious “Athyunnatha Suraksha Puraskara” from the National Safety Council, Karnataka Chapter
• Munger factory received the first prize for Industrial Pollution Control from Bihar State Pollution Control Board; Your Company’s soil and water conservation initiatives in the Mysore region received the prestigious Karnataka State Environment Award for natural resource conservation.; Your Company signed three new MOUs with the Government of Maharashtra (for Satara district) and the government of Madhya Pradesh (for Sehore district) to promote sustainable livelihoods under the Integrated Watershed Management Programmes of the respective State Governments.; ITC’s Units at Munger and Saharanpur received Awards from the National Safety Council of India.
• ‘Prashansa Patra’ by National Safety Council of India Cigarette Unit at Kolkata; The total area to be brought under soil and moisture conservation through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects has increased to over 1.44 lakh hectares (NABARD & MGNREGS)
• The Munger factory received the ‘Shreshta Suraksha Puraskar’ from the National Safety Council of India, Mumbai.; Your Company continues to engage in a pioneering role in promoting sustainable agriculture practices in the tobacco growing regions in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Key interventions such as farm mechanisation, soil health management, water conservation and seedling production technologies through well researched dissemination models continue to support the farmer towards enhancing quality of produce and optimising costs.
• Unnatha Suraksha Puraskara 2010-11 by National Safety Council, Karnataka Chapter (Bangalore Cig factory); Our project in Sehore (Madhya Pradesh) was at the vanguard of a welcome and encouraging development. It was included in the list of 47 best sites by the Rajiv Gandhi Mission for watershed Management, Government of Madhya Pradesh, for exposure visits by all concerned government staff of the IWMP projects being implemented by the government.
• Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Limited (KREDL) award for achievements in Energy Conservation (Bangalore Factory); Capitalising on your Company’s R&D efforts on varietal improvement, the area under coverage of flue-cured virginia hybrids was substantially increasedin collaboration with the Central Tobacco Research Institute and the Tobacco Board of India.
• Soil & Moisture Conservation - In Madhya Pradesh: MoUs were signed with the Panchayat and Rural Development Departments of the Government of Madhya Pradesh for three PPP watershed projects under the ‘Integrated Watershed Management Programme’ (IWMP). The projects will be implemented in Indore, Ujjain and Mandsaur districts. Two partnership watershedprojects were also signed with NABARD in Shajapur and Chhindwara districts.
• Mission Sunehra Kal - 'PPP projects, with various state governments and NABARD, have traditionally formed a significant part of the total watershed projects implemented by MSK.'
• Capitalising on your Company’s R&D efforts on varietal improvement, the growing areas of Flue-Cured Virginia hybrids were substantially increased in collaboration with the Central Tobacco Research Institute and the Tobacco Board of India.; A significant achievement this year was the partnerships forged with a number of State governments for implementing watershed programmes. Agreements have been signed with the governments of Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to bring 92,000 hectares under soil and moisture conservation over the next five years.
• Government fails to enforce anti-smoking act
• Government fails to enforce anti-smoking act
• Cigarette factory at Calcutta bagged the Rajiv Candhi National Quality Award in the 'Best of All 1 category.
• Credit limit increased
• Penalty tobacco crops overproduction
• Kerala: Smoking ban in public places
• Ministry to evolve insurance scheme for tobacco crops
• Hegde for more export credit tobacco growers
• Tobacco Board for deterrent action
• Hegde's bailout plan for tobacco growers
• Manufacturers to purchase unsold tobacco
• ITC to expand in West bengal