Revenue from cigarette segment rose 3.5 per cent to Rs 5,498 crore, while that from FMCG - Others segment rose 7.5 per cent to Rs 3,562 crore.

Until now, ITC was highly conservative when it came to acquisitions, marketing and geographical expansions compared to Hindustan Unilever and others

ITC has acquired 100 per cent stake in Sunrise Foods at an \"upfront consideration of Rs 2,150 crores on a cash-free, debt-free basis\"

ITC's acquisition of Sunrise is its biggest deal in the past two decades and shows company's readiness for inorganic growth to meet the turnover target of Rs 1 lakh crore for its non-cigarettes FMCG business by 2030

Panic around the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has led a large segment of consumers hoarding basic food items such as milk, curd, rice, atta (flour), oil and lentils, as well as personal care products such as soaps, handwash and sanitisers

Consumers not only are hoarding out of panic, they are also buying more milk-based products because there is an advisory against consuming eggs and meat

Addressing the company's shareholders at its annual general meeting here, ITC Chairman Sanjiv Puri said the company is seeking to be an engine of growth for Indian economy through a vibrant portfolio of future-ready businesses.

ITC's food division is already present in India selling fruits-based beverages for the past four-five years.

If the Rs 1 lakh crore organised dairy industry is growing at a robust 10 per cent year- on-year, and consumption too is growing, why are many dairy companies losing flavour?

How a host of corporates are partnering with Indian farmers for a win-win yield and lessening agrarian distress.

The Indian consumer is becoming aware of which brand of rice or atta to buy and food companies and retailers are leaving no stone unturned to capitalise on the growing trend.

The founder of the company, Baba Ramdev, is targeting sales to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore by 2020, and daily sales would be around 10 lakh litres.

Y.C. Deveshwar at ITC and A.M. Naik at L&T have built a legacy any corporate leader would be proud of. Then there are others whose initiatives are still in the process of bearing fruit.

Y.C. Deveshwar has been hugely successful in using cash flows from the tobacco business to build multiple drivers of growth.

If you thought that all the action in business was concentrated around the e-commerce sector, you could not be more wrong. The unlikely category of milk and dairy products has been seeing some of the most frenetic activity over the past couple of years.

India's largest bank is using technology and banking correspondents in a big way to take financial services to remote areas.

The 54-year-old institute is not only drawing on its traditional strengths, but is also taking wings to meet the demands of the emerging new world of business.

With Chitranjan Dar at the helm, ITC Foods has become a Rs 5,000-crore company in a decade, despite being a late entrant into the $25-billion Indian food industry.