Stock markets squandered early gains but managed to end in the green on Friday, propped up by heavyweight Reliance Industries which announced another stake sale deal for its digital platform. A strengthening rupee and firm global cues also supported the domestic bourses, traders said.
Stepping up the company's AI and cloud play, Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced that Jio users will get up to 100 GB of free cloud storage to securely store and access their photos, videos, documents, digital content and data. Addressing the 47th AGM of RIL, Ambani said the Jio AI-Cloud Welcome offer will be launched during the upcoming Diwali, which would bring a "powerful and affordable solution where cloud data storage and data-powered AI services are available to everyone, everywhere". "Jio users will get up to 100 GB of free cloud storage to securely store and access all their photos, videos, documents, all other digital content, and data.
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Torrent Power (up 19.25 per cent) and GVK Power and Infrastructure (up 12.22 per cent) have seen a dramatic rise in the run up to PGCIL issue.
The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking demanded on Thursday that the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission revoke the licence of Reliance Energy (REL) and give BEST the right to supply power to Mumbai suburbs. At present, REL caters to the suburban areas and BEST a major part of the city. In fact, MERC had asked both BEST and REL to sign power purchase agreements with TPC.
Mumbai was excluded from the 20 per cent cut in power tariff charged to domestic consumers, industries and power looms by the state-run Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company (MahaVitaran), he lamented while addressing his supporters.
Private sector giants Reliance Energy, Torrent Power, Jaiprakash Group and L&T are among the companies that have bid for setting up hydro power plants in Himachal Pradesh.\n\n
Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd may be one of the biggest producers of natural gas in the country, but its power foray is likely to be coal or renewable energy based. The company is planning to not only bid for ultra mega power projects but also go in for acquisition of the power plants, said industry sources.
With a shortage of 5,000 mw of power, all cities in Maharashtra face up to six hours of power cut and rural areas are in the dark for 16 hours daily.
Reliance Industries (RIL's) annual report released on Sunday highlighted the company's focus on new energy solutions, with chairman and managing director (MD) Mukesh Ambani stating that the age of fossil fuels will not continue much longer. RIL has sought shareholders' approval to give Ambani another five-year term as MD till 2029 at nil salary. The recently demerged Jio Financial Services, which "will leverage the prowess of digital and retail businesses", was expected to be listed soon.
In March 2021, Ola Electric founder Bhavish Aggarwal was seen surveying an empty 500-acre land surrounded by shoe factories, temples, bakery shops, coconut trees and dusty roads in Pochampalli town of Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu. Many excavators and workers were busy at the construction site to build the Ola Futurefactory for electric vehicles.
Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday announced a Rs 75,000 crore investment in new energy business over the next three years as the operator of the world's largest oil refinery pivots towards a greener and cleaner version. Reliance will build solar manufacturing units, a battery factory for energy storage, a fuel cell-making plant and an electrolyzer unit to produce green hydrogen as a part of the business, chairman Mukesh Ambani said at the company's annual general meeting with shareholders on Thursday. It will also set up 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar power generation capacity by 2030 and invest in setting up a carbon fibre plant.
Prayas Jain has been arrested for allegedly buying secret documents.
ADA Group's Reliance Energy and GMR Infrastructure are the two Indian firms that have been shortlisted in the bidding process to acquire Singapore's Tuas Power, one of the three power firms put on block.
Reliance Energy Ltd and Tata Power Company are eyeing an equity stake in an Indonesian coal firm -- Bumi Resources -- to meet fuel requirements for their power plants in India.
Reliance Energy plans to build two new power plants in Maharashtra, near the coastal town of Shahpur in Ratnagiri.
Reliance Energy Ltd said on Friday the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity has quashed an order of Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission that restricted the company from offering rebates to its retail consumers in the city.
Corporate leaders like Reliance Energy and Tata group have evinced interest in Punjab government's proposed three power plants of 5,000 mw - a move that will make the state power surplus within three and half years.
Reliance Energy Limited has outbid seven other companies, including Tata Power and GMR, to emerge as the top contender for building India's first fully independent private power transmission lines.
India has an unprecedented opportunity to develop solar industry because like China, it offers scale which is critical to reducing costs and to stimulate innovation, says Shyam Saran.
Indian companies led by Anil Ambani's Reliance Power (RPower), Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) plan to invest over Rs 100,000 crore in the next five years to expand their presence in the nuclear energy sector after the country signs the nuclear agreement with the US, paving the way for import of fuel and transfer of technology.
Leading power players Reliance Infrastructure and GMR Energy believe this will help ensure coal availability for their mega projects in the pipeline. "They have various proposals on their table, which are relatively cheaper when compared to the scene before the beginning of the financial crisis. However, the acquisitions will depend on the ability of the acquirers to raise funds as the banks have stopped lending at cheaper rates," said a source.
Reliance Energy Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation to set up two group captive power plants at Butibori in Nagpur and Thane-Belapur belt near Mumbai.
After subdued earnings in the first half amid global headwinds, India Inc is taking a cautious approach on their capital expenditure (capex) for the second half of the financial year ending March 2025, according to management commentary. Minutes from the October monetary policy meeting show the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) optimism about private investments picking up.
Reliance Energy Ltd (REL,) that supplies power to the suburbs of Mumbai and New Mumbai, has spent Rs 30 crore (Rs 300 million) to ensure better power supply restoration system this year.
The Reliance-Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group on Friday announced a tentative schedule for merger of two firms transferred from Mukesh Ambani group.
Reliance Power (RPower) has defaulted on payment of interest worth Rs 1.17 crore to DBS Bank India and Rs 44 lakh to IDBI Bank. It failed to pay up interest on October 30, 2021. The firm, part of the Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance group, in filing with BSE, said it has term loans and working capital arrangements with three lenders - YES Bank, IDBI Bank and DBS. Its stock closed 1.41 per cent lower at Rs 12.6 per share on the BSE on December 1. About exposure of YES Bank, there is a 'standstill' applicable till December 26, 2021.
For India to transform into a high-income country with a projected gross domestic product (GDP) of $23-35 trillion, will need a sustained annual growth of 8 per cent to 10 per cent. This will be powered by India's demographic dividend, technological innovation, and sectoral transformation, according to the "India@2047: Transforming India Into A Tech-Driven Economy" report by Bain & Company and Nasscom. By 2047, the services sector is expected to contribute 60 per cent of India's GDP, while manufacturing will account for 32 per cent, both playing a pivotal role in economic expansion.
The Reliance Group power utility BSES Ltd is to set up two new corporate entities to pursue opportunities in transmission and energy trading sectors.
In a meeting chaired by state chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta yesterday, the ETF recommended invitation of fresh bids for setting up the power plants at Bara and Karchhna in the Allahabad district. However, this has to be ratified by the state Cabinet first to take effect. This would be the third time that the state government would invite bids for the two power plants, which have failed to take off in spite of much fanfare with which they were initially announced.
NTPC, JSW Steel, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, Power Grid, Kotak Mahindra Bank and Tech Mahindra were also among the major gainers. Larsen & Toubro, Sun Pharma, Nestle, HDFC Bank and Maruti were among the laggards.
The Shiv Sena on Wednesday staged protest at various places in Mumbai against the tariff hike announced by power suppliers in the state including the Reliance Energy.
Ambani-owned Reliance Energy is likely to bid for potential gas bearing blocks on offer under NELP-VI
The power ministry is considering asking Reliance Energy to match the price offered by the Lanco Infratech-Globeleq consortium for power from the Sasan ultra mega power project.
In the revised financial bids, Anil Ambani-controlled Reliance Power had emerged as the lowest tariff bidder last month vis--vis other power majors such as Lanco Infratech and National Thermal Power Corporation. Official sources said the government might go for re-bidding to bring down the quoted tariff, which is observed to be on the higher side. The ETF will meet on July 19 to take a final view.
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