Leading Indian companies-- ITC Ltd and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)-- have received top rating in Asia for their corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives, according to report by the Hong Kong-based brokerage and investment firm, CLSA.
While Mukesh Ambani-led RIL has nominated former Justice Bharucha as its arbitrator, the Centre chose Justice Khare as its nominee.
The five companies which topped the list are Reliance Industries Ltd, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Indian Oil Corporation, NTPC Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corporation
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.
Maharashtra SEZ act yet to be notified.
It added this wasn't aimed at benefiting Reliance Industries Ltd alone.
Reliance Industries Ltd plans to invest over Rs 5,000 crore in setting up City Gas Distribution projects in eight cities in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh for supply of natural gas to households, industries and automobiles.
The proposed expansion of the Dabhol power project under Ratnagiri Gas & Power Pvt Ltd (RGPPL) by 2,100 Mw from the present capacity of 1,940 Mw has been stalled for want of assured gas supply from the KG-D6 gas field, operated by Reliance Industries Ltd, and adequate number of power procuring states.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has sought an investigation into deals in which privately held companies of Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani received Rs 6,530 crore (Rs 65.30 billion) through a multi-level transaction routed through two companies in Singapore.
The private companies want a level playing field so that they can compete with the government companies in fuel retailing.
The beleaguered Dabhol power plant will from October 1 start buying natural gas from Reliance Industries to cut electricity generation cost at the nation's largest gas-fired unit.
Equity benchmark indices rallied nearly 1 per cent to re-visit the 59,000-mark on Monday, tracking heavy buying in index heavyweights Reliance Industries and ICICI Bank. The BSE benchmark rose 442.65 points or 0.75 per cent to settle at 59,245.98. During the day, it jumped 504.92 points or 0.85 per cent to 59,308.25.
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-run Reliance Industries will sell natural gas from its eastern offshore KG-D6 fields to Anil Ambani Group firm's power plant in Andhra Pradesh at government approved rates.
A bailable arrest warrant has been issued against Mukesh Ambani, chairman and managing director, Reliance Industries Ltd, by a consumer forum in Thissur for failure to pay Rs 24,000 fine to a person who had purchased a mobile from a Reliance outlet in 2003.
Officials from India's biggest private refiner recently visited Iran to chalk out the details for resumption of trade ties with Tehran.
Ambani's Reliance has refineries at Jamnagar in Gujarat.
Reliance Industries Ltd is in talks with Haryana Agricultural University for possible cooperation in research and manpower development.
Reliance Industries Ltd will invest Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) for laying down methane gas pipelines in Satna, Mahiya and Shehdol in Madhya Pradesh.
Reliance Natural Resources Ltd has questioned oil ministry's right to approve the price at which a producer sells gas to customers, saying its nod was needed only for the formula or basis of pricing of gas for computing government's share.
After creating history with its IPO earlier last month, Reliance Petroleum Ltd is set to join the league of top 15 companies in India in terms of market capitalisation in its debut trade on Thursday.
Reliance Industries Ltd -on Saturday authorised its board committee to suggest a 'suitable scheme' of reorganisation in the wake of the settlement of ownership issues between the Ambanis.
An Anil Ambani group company has asked the oil ministry to stop Reliance Industries Ltd from charging marketing margin on gas, alleging that the Mukesh Ambani-led firm was not sharing the revenue and 'diverting' crores (billion) of rupees of the government's share.
The government has asked the Department of Company Affairs to make a detailed examination of allegations of economic frauds raised by Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy against the Reliance group of industries.\n\n\n\n
The Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance Infocomm on Sunday said it had invested over Rs 14,000 crore towards rolling out its information and communication infrastructure, and dismissed allegations of huge bad debt.
Reliance Petroleum Ltd, a unit of Reliance Industries that plans to sell 1.8 billion shares in an initial public offering to raise up to $1.3 billion
The government has raised the windfall profit tax levied on domestically produced crude oil as well as on the export of diesel and ATF, in line with firming international oil prices, according to an official order. The levy on crude oil produced by companies such as Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has been increased to Rs 2,100 per tonne from Rs 1,700 per tonne, the order dated January 2, said. Crude oil pumped out of the ground and from below the seabed is refined and converted into fuel like petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF).
In a statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange, the company said it had appointed Nita Ambani and three others as additional directors.
Ambani said Jio will offer the world's lowest data tariff
RIL counsel said the government had lured RIL to explore, develop and produce gas in the KG basin, before saying the gas produced was a natural resource of the nation, and imposing unviable price control.
Plans to set up an integrated pharma firm in a phased manner.
RIL is peeved with the govt for blocking of approvals and non-revision of gas price produced from its underperforming KG-D6 block.
RIL on February 27 rejected the allegations of making foreign direct investments in certain Indian companies through the Singapore-based Biometrix.
Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd, on Tuesday said that India has traversed a long path from being a Third World County in the 1980s to becoming the world's third most important economy today.
Reliance Industries Ltd, on Thursday announced that it has struck gas off the Orissa coast in Bay of Bengal.
Within days of revoking a non-compete agreement that his group had with his younger brother Anil, Relianec Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani is believed to have held a long-drawn-out discussion with telecom czar Sunil Mittal.
'There's significant interest from both existing and new sponsors who recognise the value of associating with Olympic athletes.'
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