STATUTORY REPORTS | Board’s Report 121 In partnership with over 3,420 institutions and other vocational centres across 22 States, the training focusses on women in their final year within government/government-aided colleges, ITIs, Polytechnic and other diploma courses Pan-India. In FY26, this initiative supported training of 3,29,423 women, out of which the Mahindra Group supported 2,65,679 women. Of these, 1,82,118 women were supported through your Company. Domain Skilling: This initiative focusses on enhancing domain acumen through targeted skilling initiatives majorly in high demand sectors such as apparel, healthcare, automobile, retail, digital marketing, logistics and equips them with the required vocational skills to secure jobs in these industries. In FY26, the Mahindra Group supported training of 22,918 women, of these, 20,708 were supported through your Company. Agri Skilling Regenerative Agriculture: Agriculture-oriented skilling for women farmers in bio-diversity training through sustainable agriculture practices (such as regenerative agriculture) towards soil fertility and productivity. The program focusses on ensuring food and nutrition security for their families, increased productivity, income and agency change for small and marginal women farmers. Leveraging agricultural land on small plots of land around their homestead, often referred to as ‘Good Food Corners’, this intervention supports women farmers to reduce their agricultural input costs and enhance their income through the sale of high-quality crops. A new intervention introduced this year equips women farmers (including tribal districts), to establish and manage small scale nurseries of vegetables, floriculture, horticulture saplings using organic / regenerative agricultural practices. This includes the supply of seeds and seedlings, organic compost and other bio-inputs and facilitation of market linkages. The project helps deliver an immediate income stream in the first year itself, through reduced input cost and enhanced crop productivity. The program in Rajasthan builds in digital literacy to the agricultural skills training to empower women’s decisionmaking in households towards enhanced incomes and greater financial autonomy. This initiative aims to transform conventional labour-intensive processes and household burdens to boost agricultural – knowledge, skills, productivity, and incomes and enhance the role of women in financial decision-making. This intervention aspires to build a resilient, sustainable agricultural ecosystem that transforms traditional farming and uplifts the social and economic fabric of rural communities. Within the scope of the agri skilling project, the Mahindra Group supported 1,01,212 women farmers in FY26 in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan, of which 97,541 women were supported by your Company. Farm Skilling: Under the farm skilling initiative of PRERNA, your Company supported 9,151 women farmers by training them in effective farming practices and providing them with advisory services which include soil health, access to farm equipment, linkages to Government welfare support initiatives, resource efficient agriculture methodologies, and increasing crop productivity. Digital Integration: In addition to on-ground skills training and placements, the Company has built a tech-enabled ecosystem that connects skilled women to verified, hyperlocal job opportunities – while also building sector awareness and employability confidence. Kaabil offers a no-cost, mobile-first digital platform that enables young women to access AI-powered job matching with live vacancies aligned to their skills and aspirations. ● Receive application and interview support, including Resume building and career counselling. ● Engage in bitesize learning and skill development via a dedicated LMS. ● Apply for jobs, track their progress, and receive updates in real time. The platform serves as a linkage between education and employment, a collaboration between skilling institutions and employing organisations across several key sectors and geographies. Kaabil is built as a collective of organisations working together to unlock women’s workforce participation at scale and contribute to a stronger, more inclusive economy. Environment Conservation Jal Samriddhi (Water conservation) has been a flagship CSR initiative across the business locations of your Company. The focus is on capacity building of farmers and communities in
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