ADAG has drawn up plans to invest Rs 650 billion in the steel, cement and shipping se three new areas over the next five years. The investment includes Rs 200 billion to set-up a 10 million cement plant and Rs 400 billion towards a steel plant in Jharkhand. The group believes that the three new lines of businesses fit more with RNRL than with other companies under the group, an ADAG source said.
The sustainable impact of this process is under scrutiny, Tripathi added.
The government will sign contracts on Tuesday for exploitation of gas trapped below coal seams in nine areas with three consortia, including one led by Anil Ambani Group companies.\n
The Bombay High Court on Monday asked Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Natural Resources Ltd to renegotiate within four months, a Gas Supply Master Agreement (GSMA) between them saying it has to be a "bankable" pact.
'We had tremendous faith in honorable Modiji in his second term as he was well-settled. Sadly that has been belied.'
Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries will lose around $1 billion (Rs 4,300 crore) a year if it sells gas to the Anil Ambani's Reliance Natural Resources at the agreed price of $2.34 per million British thermal unit
Mukesh Ambani controlled Reliance Industries fears that gas supplied to Reliance Natural Resources, belonging to younger brother Anil Ambani, would be traded to a third party as RNRL does not have a power plant, said Harish Salve, the legal counsel of RIL.
India is working on new technologies such as the small modular reactors that can be factory-built and help make clean energy transition, Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh said in New Delhi.
Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Tuesday said the State has an obligation to recognise unions entered into by queer couples and grant them benefit under the law.
The release also points out that the prevailing domestic gas prices command a significantly higher price than the proposal of RIL.
The tussle between Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and his brother Anil's Reliance Natural Resources over gas supply came to the fore in Bombay High Court on Thursday with RIL alleging that RNRL wanted to trade the fuel.
RIL filed an appeal on Monday before a division bench headed by Chief Justice Swantra Kumar seeking a stay on an interim order by a single bench restraining it from selling gas to companies other than RNRL and NTPC.
At $4.64 per mBtu, KG gas is alleged to be over-priced.
Total income decreased to Rs 66.16 crore (Rs 661.6 million) during the July-September quarter of the current fiscal, from Rs 80.91 crore (Rs 809.1 million) in the corresponding period a year-ago.
On April 29, the Bombay High Court will start hearing the case between the warring companies, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL), to reach a quick decision on who will get access to the huge volumes of gas to be produced from RIL's block in the Krishna-Godavari basin. The court will also decide if the central government will be admitted as a party to the case. RNRL would oppose the central government's move to become a party to the case.
I have absolutely no problem with India's conducting business with the generals in Myanmar because that is how India's interests were best served. But how does India benefit from cracking Tibetan skulls outside the Chinese embassy, and how does it benefit from pandering to extremists by exiling Taslima Nasreen?
India was fully on board and committed to take part in the $7 billion Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project, a senior official said.
Within six months, outlets carrying Vicks jumped from 60,000 pharmacies to 750,000 general stores. The trade boycott collapsed. Consumers were happy, finding Vicks now at every street corner. A fascinating excerpt from Gurcharan Das's Another Sort of Freedom.
Total income rose to Rs 115.46 crore (Rs 1.15 billion) during the same quarter, from Rs 92.92 crore (Rs 929.2 million) in the corresponding period a year ago, RNRL said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. Shares of RNRL closed at Rs 83.85, up 1.39 per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Anil Ambani on Wednesday took over as the Chairman of Reliance Communication Ventures Ltd, a day after the Mukesh Ambani Group handed over management control of the demerged companies to the younger sibling.
Indian businessmen in Uganda are waking up to a new threat: China. As the new age Great Game unfolds in natural resources-rich Africa, they have started to feel the heat of the dragon.
With a 50 per cent increase in the last four years, Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number (785) of tigers in the country, followed by Karnataka (563), Uttarakhand (560), and Maharashtra (444), according to the data.
Justice Anoop V Mohta, delivering the final verdict in the gas supply row between RIL and Reliance Natural Resources Limited, asked the two companies to decide on a new gas price, as the rate of $2.34 per mBtu agreed in the family de-merger agreement had already been rejected by the government.
'While lower steel prices may impact a part of the quarter, this will be offset by softer raw material prices.'
The group had a net profit of Rs 68.58 crore (Rs 685.8 million) for the year ended March 31, 2008, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange. The consolidated income increased to Rs 418.96 crore (Rs 4.18 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2009, up 14.06 per cent from Rs 367.31 crore (Rs 3.67 billion) in the year-ago period.
At a virtual press conference to launch the report, Inger Anderson, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme, said, "Climate change is here and now. No one is safe. Despite warnings from so many years, the world did not listen. We need to act now. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will not only limit climate change but also reduce air pollution."
India has maintained communication with both Russia and Ukraine. It is time Narendra Modi steps up on the world stage and plays the role of peacemaker, suggests military historian Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Higher price will lead to hike in fertiliser subsidy while a lower price will hit returns.
This includes distancing themselves from the new and emerging super-critical technology.
Reliance Industries Ltd, whose gas pricing formula has been questioned by Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company Reliance Natural Resources Ltd, has said that the company has not breached a Bombay high court order.
The government on Thursday categorically told the Parliament it had no plans discontinue subsidies to the farm sector.
'Keeping the global temperature below not just 1.5 degree Celsius, even 2 degree Celsius is beyond our reach now. Both are impossible.'
Asserting that the world does not have much time to correct the mistakes of the last century, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced a 'Green Credit Initiative' focused on creating carbon sinks through people's participation and also proposed to host the United Nations climate conference in 2028, or COP33, in India.
Russian energy giant Rosneft has appointed a former Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) director to its board in signs it may be looking at boosting trade links with India. G K Satish, who retired as director for business development at IOC in 2021, is one of the three new faces appointed to the 11-strong board of directors of Rosneft, according to a statement issued by the Russian firm. Satish, 62, is the first Indian to be appointed to the board of Rosneft.
The total income of the company rose 32 per cent to Rs 80.91 crore for the quarter under review, from Rs 61.31 crore in the year-ago period. For the six months ended September 30, RNRL reported a net profit of Rs 36.17 crore, a 5.72 per cent growth over the corresponding year-ago period. The firm had a net profit of Rs 34.21 crore in the same period last fiscal.