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Nestle India Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Swiss multinational Nestlé. Gurgaon, Haryana, is the company's headquarters. The company's offerings include food, beverages, chocolate, and confectioneries.

Nestle Alimentana S.A. promoted the firm through a subsidiary, Nestle Holdings Ltd., founded on 28th March 1959. Nestle India's parent company, Nestle, owns 62.76% of the firm as of 2020. The company operates nine manufacturing units across India.

Nestle India – Growth History and Empire Expansion

Nestle India Ltd is a major player in the FMCG sector, with milk and nutrition beverages, prepared foods and cooking aids, chocolate, and confectionery operations. The company works in the food industry. Milk products and nutrition beverages, as well as prepared dishes and culinary equipment, chocolates, and confectionery, are all part of the food industry.

Nestle Milk, Nestle Slim Milk, and other items for daily consumption and use have been introduced by the business. Nestle Jeera Raita and Nestle Fresh' n' Natural Dahi. Milk products, nutrition-prepared dishes, beverages, chocolates, and confectionery are among the company's brands. Nestle Everyday Dairy Whitener and Nestle Everyday Ghee are among its milk products and nutrition.

Nestle Milk is a popular brand of milk. Nestle Slim Milk and Nestle Dahi are two of Nestle's most popular products. Nescafe Classic, Nescafe Sunrise Premium, Nescafe Sunrise Special, and Nescafe Cappuccino are among the beverages available. 

The Government of Delhi banned Nestle India's instant noodles product 'Maggi Noodles' for 15 days in June 2015 after lead and monosodium glutamate levels in product samples were found to be over acceptable limits. Following a Bombay High Court judgment, the prohibition was lifted on 13th August 2015, and samples of Maggi Noodles were ordered to be retested within six weeks by three labs accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories.

Presence of Nestle India and Plants

The company was founded on 28th March 1959 in New Delhi and was promoted by Nestle Alimentana S.A. through Nestle Holdings Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary based in Nassau, Bahamas. In 1961, the company opened its first manufacturing facility in Moga, Punjab, India. Nestle's second factory was erected in Choladi, Tamil Nadu, with the primary purpose of processing the tea grown in the area.

The company opened a facility in Nanjangud, Karnataka, in 1989. Nestle joined the confectionery industry in 1990 with the introduction of Nestle premium chocolate. In 1991, they formed a joint venture with the BM Khaitan business to produce soya-based goods. They opened two facilities in Goa in 1995 and 1997, at Ponda and Bicholim. They entered the liquid milk and iced tea businesses in April 2000. 

n the year 2006, the firm opened its seventh factory in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. In 2011, the business added another factory in Karnataka, increasing the total number of factories in India to eight. Nestle India now has eight manufacturing plants across the country. They can be found at:

• Moga (Punjab)
• Samalkha (Haryana)
• Nanjangud (Karnataka)
• Choladi (Tamil Nadu)
• Ponda & Bicholim (Goa)
• Pantnagar (Uttarakhand)
• Tahliwal (Himachal Pradesh)

Key CSR Initiatives

Nestle has been involved in CSR activities that help improve the lives of the people in the communities where they operate since its inception. They have undertaken activities that would benefit many sections of our society in various ways as a way of expressing appreciation for the confidence and love they have earned from the people of India.

Nestle has contributed to several projects in India, including improving access to water, implementing sustainability measures, enhancing the livelihood of street food sellers, and participating in fitness programs, to name a few. These activities were picked from the Schedule VII of the Companies Act of 2013's list of recognized CSR work.

Here's a list of some of the CSR Initiatives taken by Nestle in India

• Nestle healthy kids program- Project Jagriti: This program sought to address malnutrition, the primary contributor to childhood stunting. India is one of 88 nations most likely to fall short of the global nutrition targets that must be met by 2025, according to the Global Nutrition Report, 2020. 
• Project Serve Safe Food: Project "Serve Safe Food" was started by Nestle in collaboration with the National Association of Street Vendors of India (NASVI) and local and national food regulatory agencies. The goal of the project is to educate street food vendors on maintaining food and general hygiene, safe and environmentally friendly food storage methods, food handling advice, trash disposal management, and entrepreneurial skills.
• Project Vriddhi (Rural Development): This initiative was started in District Nuh, Haryana, in the village of Rohira, in partnership with the SM Sehgal Foundation. The three-year pilot project aims to raise drinking water quality, encourage environmentally friendly irrigation and farming practices, teach tips and tricks to increase production, combat gender inequality by encouraging a healthy learning environment in village schools, and stress the value of good sanitation practices like using toilets and menstrual hygiene, among other things.
• Project HILLDAARI (Plastic Waste Management Awareness Campaign): The HILLDAARI campaign is a Nestle India project to support greener, more sustainable hill towns and other popular tourist destinations. Empty Maggi packets, one of Nestle's best-selling products, are a significant source of pollution in the hill areas, so the company decided to clean it up.
• Water Conservation Programmes: Nestle India is dedicated to conserving water by using it as efficiently as possible, and they think that helping others starts at home.
• WASH pledge: "WASH at the Workplace Pledge" in 2013 to carry out its Action 2020 Water policy. Nestlé is a founding member of the WASH Pledge and one of its original signatories.
• Water productivity mapping of major Indian crops: In this pilot project, Nestle India focuses on two crops: rice and sugarcane, both of which require a lot of water to grow.
• Good and Well-Planned Sanitation Programmes: Nestle thinks that supporting the government's "Swachh Bharat Abhiyan" initiative is not just their responsibility as a responsible corporate citizen of the nation but also an effort to give the community access to excellent health.