Over the next five years, plans to pump money in KG DG, refining, petrochemical sectors, retail and telecom.
'While renegotiating the deal, it is likely that Anil Ambani could ask for a huge compensation from RIL to satisfy the ADAG firms' shareholders, a broker closer to the Ambanis said.
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries on Thursday became the first Indian company to attain the market capitalisation of Rs 4 trillion (over $100 billion) after a 4.26 per cent surge in its share prices. The share prices of country's most valued firm rose by Rs 114.7 to a life-time high of Rs 2805, pushing the company's market capitalisation to Rs 4,07,748.82 crore ($103 billion).
The 3-year partnership to set up a pan India initiative to catalyse the country's technology startup ecosystem was signed today by R A Mashelkar, Chairman, GenNext Ventures and Board Member, RIL, and Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India.
RIL senior vice president (commercial) B Ganguly wrote to NTPC on Friday expressing his company's willingness to sign Gas Sales and Purchase Agreements for the state-run firm's Anta, Dadri and Faridabad plants.
Oil regulator V K Sibal has alleged that Anil Ambani Group had orchestrated a vilification campaign against him to settle personal scores with corporate rival Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries.
CVC secretary K S Ramasubban on October one wrote to the CBI director Ashwani Kumar seeking 'a discreet field verification' on the allegations of RIL purchasing flats in Mumbai for oil regulator V K Sibal's daughter and incurring expenses over purchase of white goods for her.
In early afternoon trade, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation toppled Reliance Industries Limited as the country's most valued firm, but its lead lasted only for a few seconds before the private sector corporate giant grabbed the top slot again.
Days after the Cabinet approved doubling of natural gas price from April next year, the Finance Ministry has written to Oil Ministry suggesting setting of a ceiling or an upper limit for the rates.
Reliance Industries Ltd, India's most valued firm, may become the first in the country to achieve a market capitalisation of $100 billion, international brokerage and equity research major Morgan Stanley said on Tuesday.
Reliance Industries has since April stopped selling gasoline and gas oil to Iran in an apparent bid to escape sanctions by the US, where it is eyeing an acquisition.
The companies want to drill exploration wells in already producing oil and gas fields.
Reliance Industries has not violated any regulations, a spokesperson for Mukesh Ambani-led firm said on Monday, when asked about Sebi's show-cause notice in relation to sale of shares of its then subsidiary Reliance Petroleum in late 2007.
A Division Bench led by Chief Justice Swatenter Kumar on Thursday dismissed NTPC's appeal. The suit between the two parties relates to their gas supply agreement.
The company's revenue fell to Rs 67,470 crore (Rs 674.7 billion).
Global rating agency Standard and Poor's on Monday cautioned that the credit quality of Mukesh Ambani controlled Reliance group's flagship company RIL might "weaken"
Bajaj Auto, BHEL, Infosys, ITC and RIL are among the 12 listed Indian companies which have figured in the latest list of 'Fabulous 50' of prestigious international magazine Forbes Asia.
An RIL spokesperson said that the company has filed its reply to the government's petition on the gas dispute.
RIL had sought 11.80 million standard cubic meters per day of KG D-6 gas to meet feedstock requirement at its twin refineries but it got only 2.34 mmscmd.
If IOC is not allowed to run its own affairs, then we can see it close down in the next 10 to 15 years, warns Sudhir Bisht.
The Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) had recommended to the ministry that RIL be asked to give up 86% of its KG-D6 gas block area
The market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has asked the government to consider appropriate action against Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) for allegedly routing funds to dummy companies for buying large quantity of its shares 2000.
Japan's Orix Corporation, which was in talks with Reliance Industries (RIL) to sell its 23.87 per cent stake in Infrastructure Leasing and Finance Company (IL&FS), has bowled a googly.
State-run insurer LIC and private fund house Franklin Templeton have hiked their stake in Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries by collectively buying about 23 lakh shares, currently worth an estimated Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion).
Reliance Industries Ltd, India's largest private sector oil firm, has sought compensation similar to what is extended to public sector fuel retailing companies
A price of $4.20 per million British thermal units is not viable for smaller gas discoveries, say industry experts.
Anand Jain, a key confidant of Reliance chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani, has not quit the board of the group's petrochemical company IPCL contrary to media reports.\n\n
Reliance Industries has said that developing smaller gas fields in the KG-D6 block is economically unviable at the current price of $4.20 per mmBtu and it may seek a rate of at least $6 per mmBtu in 2014, when the fields are put into production.
To invest Rs 10,653 crore in Venezuela and another Rs 2,644 crore in retail business.
RIL sources said the company has not received any communication from the government to stop work in KG-D6 or any other blocks.
RIL is currently producing 36 mmscmd gas from KG-D6, half of which goes to power plants. The firm has the capacity to produce 60 mmscmd but is constrained to produce less as the government is yet to identify customers for buying gas beyond the initial 40 mmscmd, allocated primarily to fertiliser and power producers in accordance with the Gas Utilisation Policy.
The government on Monday refused to review its decision rejecting the price of natural gas proposed to be sold by Reliance Industries Ltd to an Anil Ambani group firm.
Life Insurance Corporation of India, Housing Development Finance Corporation and State Bank of India together own a little over 45 per cent in IL&FS. The deal is expected to be valued around $2.5 billion.
RIL had got the block in an intensely fought auction by submitting better commercial and technical bids than other bidders including ONGC-GAIL and Cairn Energy.
Nine of the top-10 most valued domestic companies together added a whopping Rs 2,22,591.01 crore in market valuation last week, with heavyweights RIL, TCS and HDFC twins gaining the most. During the last week, the BSE benchmark Sensex rallied 1,690.88 points or 3.21 per cent. The index reached its all-time high of 54,717.24 on August 5. Barring Bajaj Finance, rest nine companies -- Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), HDFC Bank, Infosys, Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL), ICICI Bank, HDFC, State Bank of India and Kotak Mahindra Bank -- logged gains.
The stake sale follows Mukesh Ambani-run firm exiting from two oil blocks in Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Reliance is seeking help from Shell to rectify glitches in D6 block in the Krishna-Godavari basin.
Market regulator SEBI is believed to have issued show-cause notice to Reliance Industries and its associate entities following a probe into charges of insider trading in securities of group firm Reliance Petroleum.
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