Tata Consumer to strengthen distribution in smaller towns for growth: CEO

"Over a period of time, volume has come back. It is broadly in the ballpark. From a volume perspective, Q4 was slightly tough," says D'Souza

Tata Consumer Products expects to see its India growth portfolio grow at 30 per cent and expects margins to improve, says Tata Consumer Products MD and CEO SUNIL D'SOUZA. In an interview with Sharleen D’Souza, he talks about the company now turning optimistic on rural demand. Edited excerpts: 

When do you expect to see an improvement in performance in the core portfolio of India business? 

Now, for both of these (salt and tea) categories, the medium to long-term aspirations are about 5 per cent volume and a couple of bps on that value. For salt, we are already at four.