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01   INTEGRATED      73  STATUTORY      178  FINANCIAL
 Integrated Annual Report 2021-22  REPORT  REPORTS        STATEMENTS
                  Promoting Inclusive
                  Development

 Promoting Inclusive Development   Building economic capital


 Our business success is interwoven with the welfare and prosperity of the
 communities within which we operate. Driven by our commitment to social   Enriching farm productivity and   Creating livelihood opportunities,   National Bank for Agriculture and Rural
 responsibility, we have set up self-sustaining enterprises for community development   empowering farmers   enabling self-dependence   Development (NABARD) to train the youth
 programmes aligned with UN SDGs and underpinned by the Tata ethos. These   We supported 11,193 farmers in    Gainful self-employment/   in new trades. Additionally, we support skill
                                                                               development institutions like Tata Strive
 enterprises are enriching the quality of community life and making a lasting positive   FY 2021-22 with measures that led   entrepreneurship is essential for a    Centre at Aligarh, ITI at Dwarka and Vaghra,
            to a higher income. We provided
                                              nation’s development as well as for
 impact on economic and social indicators.  them capacity-building trainings, field   communities to become self-sustaining.   Leslie Sawhney Centre and Akola Girls ITI
            demonstrations, support on livestock   Towards this goal, we engage with the   and also partner with other organisations.
            management, supply of seeds and   youth in rural communities and support   At our operations in Magadi, Kenya, we
 Self-sustaining entities driving our CSR agenda  agriculture equipment to drive farm   multiple programmes.   onboarded 24 interns under Community
    Social Enterprises: Tata Chemicals Society for Rural Development (TCSRD); Okhai Centre for Empowerment (Okhai); and Ncourage   productivity. We expanded the operations   Skill Upgrading Programme.
 Social Enterprise Foundation (Ncourage)  of Okhamandal Farmer Producer Company   Our skill development programmes
            Limited (OFPCL), which mobilises farmers   across fashion technology, welder,   We have empowered 27,830 rural women
    Centres of Excellence: Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Agriculture & Farm Excellence (C-SAFE); and Centre for Sustainable   into groups and works to enhance their   fitter, domestic electrician, beauty and   artisans by connecting them to pan-India
 Conservation Action for Protection of Ecosystems of the Seas (C-SCAPES)       customers through Okhai marketplace.
            productivity and profitability through   wellness are creating employment and
            government linkages and grants.   entrepreneurship opportunities for   Ncourage Social Enterprise Foundation,
 11,193  57,434  1,963  28,085  `1,443 lakh   C-SAFE also developed programmes   the youth. These programmes were   our subsidiary has worked with cattle
                                                                               owners through its brand Samuday, which
 Farmers covered under   Cattle covered under   Youth provided skill   Artisans impacted    Sales of traditional   for augmenting value, ensuring safe   undertaken digitally and physically   focusses on animal nutrition. TCSRD is
                                              at Mithapur, Dhasai, Cuddalore and
            environment and safe food, especially
 various programmes  livestock management   training  (Okhai - 27,830;    handicrafts    among small and marginal farmers and   Mambattu during the pandemic. In   providing entrepreneurial training to
 programmes  Cluster - 255)  (Okhai - `1,423 lakh;   farmer-producer organisations.  FY 2021-22, we associated with the   women members of self-help groups
 Cluster - `20 lakh)                                                           (SHGs). It has helped to form six clusters
                                                                               or group enterprises in Mithapur, where
                                                                               products in bandhani (tie-and-dye), rexine
                                                                               and leather, bead work, jute, block print
                                                                               and coconut fibre are made. These are sold
                                                                               through Okhai and two retail outlets.


































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