Britannia goals to have 50% girls in manufacturing facility workforce by 2024
Kolkata:
Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) main Britannia Industries Limited (BIL) has mentioned it goals to realize a variety ratio of fifty per cent by 2024 by rising the participation of girls in its manufacturing facility workforce.
BIL Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Amit Doshi mentioned that 38 per cent of the corporate’s manufacturing facility workforce is girls.
“We aim to achieve a diversity ratio of 50 per cent by 2024 from the current national average of 38 per cent across our factories,” he mentioned.
At Britannia’s Guwahati manufacturing facility, the proportion of girls within the workforce is 60 per cent, and it will likely be elevated to 65 per cent, he mentioned.
“We are proud to have a women workforce in areas typically dominated by men like engineering, taping and grinding, packing, housekeeping, pantry, lab testing, canteen and security,” he mentioned.
The firm has already launched a start-up problem amongst lady entrepreneurs for empowering girls, mentioned Mr Doshi.
So far, the corporate has supplied seed capital of Rs 10 lakh every to 30 lady entrepreneurs for start-ups in areas like e-commerce, digital providers, ophthalmological care via cellular vans and little one schooling, amongst others, he mentioned.
He added that the corporate has additionally tied up with Google to supply ability coaching to girls throughout the nation.
