2. India is second most populated country in the
world.
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy.
It contributed 26% of total GDP during 2003.
It provides livelihood to about 65% of the labor
force and accounts for 8.56% of India’s export at
that time.
Various constraints locking farmers into vicious
cycle.
3. Incorporated on August 24,1910 under the name
of ‘Imperial Tobacco Company’.
Renamed as ‘ITC Limited’ in 1974.
Features in Forbes A-List.
Among top in-
Sustained value creation
Operating profits
Cash profits
Among the top companies in FMCG sector.
4. Developed by ITC agri-business division
Brainchild of S Sivakumar.
Promoted by YC Deveshwar, chairman ITC
Launched in 2000
Benefits 4 million farmers in 40000 villages.
Rural India’s largest Internet- based intervention
which combined Services & Effective Business Model
successfully.
5. Customer centric
Used for many commodities and multiple
transactions
Uses local talent and local people and develops
local leaders
Extended to local as well as global procures
Nurtures local entrepreneurs
Unique CRM program in commodity exports
16. Delivery of real –time information
Immediate cash payment
Easy access to any e- Choupal
Sanchalak is educated & trained in
computer operations.
Low Transactional costs
Transparent and Fast Process
Use of Technology
Provides additional information to Farmers
17. Power unavailability in Rural India
Poor Telecommunication Infrastructure
Lack of proper roads, limiting vehicle access
Competitors attempt to divert produce from
farmers
18. Better supply chain for ITC s food
and agri-business
Access to the underserved rural
markets
New ITES business opportunities
Shareholding value creation through servicing
society
19. Bulk storage and handling hubs
Demand for Unwarranted additional payments by the
Sanchalaks
Threats to execution management due to speed of
expansion
The strained Samyojak –ITC relationship.
20. Comprehensive knowledge of rural
markets
Designing a win-win transaction
model
Leveraging the logistics channel
Selection of Sanchalak
Evolving as appropriate user
interface
Bottom-up model for
entrepreneurship
21. It is referred to business model that
deliberately target the poorest socio-economic
group constituting large part of community,
often using new technology.
Concept given by C.K. PRAHALAD in his book
“The fortune at the bottom of pyramid”.
E-choupal followed this approach targetting the
farmers community and derived a profitable
web based initiative.
22. E-Choupal has been most successful initiative to
wire rural India and to involve the farmers in
learning.
The success of e-Choupal has given new lessons to
the corporate in the India and abroad.