The monopoly of the state-owned State Bank of India in managing provident fund totalling about Rs 2.5 lakh crore (Rs 2.5 trillion) on Tuesday ended with government allowing three private players including ICICI and HSBC a piece of the cake.
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 shares of the company, which operates radio station Big 92.7 FM, opened at Rs 89.75 and soon gained momentum to touch a high of Rs 138.40 on the BSE.
Reliance Communications has received a $750 million (Rs 3,000 crore) loan from China Development Bank that would be invested in building a nationwide GSM footprint for the telephony major. The Anil Ambani group company has received the loan for a ten-year period and at a rate of Libor (London Inter-Bank Offered Rate) plus 80 basis points. RCom had received the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approvals for the loan, sources close to the development said.
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.
DoT sources confirmed receipt of the report by auditors Parekh and Co and said that it is yet to examine the findings. DoT would ask for RCom's response later.
But analysts advise against dumping, say these could recover if market conditions improve.
Anil Ambani will take over as the chairman of Pipavav Defence
After making its entry into the Bombay Stock Exchange's benchmark 30-share index Sensex in May
Reliance Communications launched a new 'Simply Reliance Plan' on its CDMA and GSM networks, which offers a single rate of 50 paise per minute across the country with no hidden charges.
The Appellate Tribunal for Electricity has set aside an order of Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission against Reliance Energy Ltd on a dispute related to billing complaints by its customers in Mumbai.
The petroleum ministry is mulling filing a defamation suit against an Anil Ambani Group firm for persisting with 'false claims' pertaining to government revenues from Reliance Industries KG-D6 fields.
Maharashtra chief minister Vilas Rao Deshmukh announced on Thursday sanctiong of Rs 2,356 crore for the first corridor of Varsova-Andheri-Ghatkopar rail project jointly to Anil Ambani group company Reliance Energy and MMRDA.
Reliance group adopted a new name, Reliance Infratel, before filing DRHP for its IPO.
Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Communications on Monday said its consolidated net profit rose by 11.91 per cent to Rs 6,044.93 crore (Rs 60.44 billion) for the year ended March 31, 2009, over the same period last year.
FIIs have turned out to be the biggest buyers of Reliance Power's IPO. Reliance Power's FII are holding over ten-times of mutual funds.
Reliance Infratel, a subsidiary of Reliance Communications has filed papers with Sebi for issuing IPO.
"It is a reflection of world community in the future of India... Investors seem to be confident in the future of Indian economy," Chidambaram told PTI on IPO that hit the market this morning for mopping upto Rs 11,700 crore (Rs 117 billion). Not only the IPO was fully subscribed within a minute of opening, it generated demand worth over Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) in less than two hours.
Securities Appellate Tribunal on Monday adjourned its hearing till January 21, on complaints against Anil Ambani group's $3-billion Reliance Power IPO, scheduled to hit the market on Tuesday. On January 4, SAT had refused to stay the Initial Public Offer, while saying that it would consider the issue on January 14.
A top management team of Anil Ambani group firm RNRL got stood up by Reliance Industries officials, who neither responded nor turned up for a proposed meeting to follow up the Bombay high court order on gas supply.
Reliance Power is being touted as India's biggest ever IPO with an estimated size of over $3 billion, surpassing just over $2 billion raised by DLF. This would be the first ever IPO from Anil Ambani group after being carved out from the erstwhile Reliance empire in 2005.
"There are eight companies (who have put in expression of interest)... RNRL is one of them," said A K Ahuja, managing director, Ratnagiri Gas and Power Pvt Ltd, the company that operates the nation's biggest gas-fired power plant and the adjacent LNG import facility. Others in the fray include state power utility NTPC and GMR. Ahuja said RGPPL will frame the bidding criteria and call for financial bids by next month.
Petroleum secretary RS Pandey declined to comment on the court verdict till the Government received a copy of the order. The Bombay high court on Monday upheld Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Natural Resources Ltd's contention to buy 28 mscmd of gas from Reliance Industries Ltd at USD 2.34 per mmBtu for 17 years.
London-based Dar Consultants has said its bid and the one by preferred bidder Anil Dhirubhani Ambani Group's RELINFRA-Hyundai consortium are both 'responsive' or worth considering. Dar Consultants' recommendation puts the responsibility of re-considering the preferred bidder between the warring brothers squarely back with the political executive. The state cabinet's committee on infrastructure will meet Wednesday to decide the fate of the project.
Reliance MF, the country's largest fund house, has witnessed an increase of about 13 per cent with the average AUM crossing the Rs 1,00,000 crore mark in May as compared to Rs 88,387.98 crore at the end of April. In May 2008, it had crossed the Rs 100,000 crore mark, but in terms of total assets under management. This time, the level has been crossed in the average monthly AUM, which is taken into consideration in the data released by the Association of Mutual Funds of India.
Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Capital has initiated the process of divesting up to 26 per cent stake in its life insurance subsidiary and is mulling options like bringing in a strategic foreign investor and an initial public offer. The company, which has been going solo so far, has decided on this divestment at this point of time because it will give a better shareholder value, besides sentiments in the market is also looking bright.
In a New Year bonanza for its nearly three million shareholders, Reliance Industries will offer them shares of four Anil Ambani group companies on January 25.
Reliance Industries has inked deals to supply gas from its eastern offshore KG-D6 fields to most power sector consumers, including Essar Power and an Anil Ambani Group firm.
Three Japanese submarine cable construction companies have been short-listed by Flag Telecom, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Reliance Communications
The Anil Ambani group firm is the sole bidder for the engineering, procurement and construction contract for DVC's proposed 1,000 MW thermal power plant at Raghunathpur in Purulia district of West Bengal.
The 7,480 MW project will be the largest gas-fired power project at a single location in the world and will cost about Rs 20,000-25,000 crore (Rs 200-250 billion). Mukesh Ambani-controlled RIL for the supply of gas from the Krishna Godavari basin, where RIL is developing the largest gas reserves in the world. The matter is currently under litigation in the Bombay HC and a decision is expected soon.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday said all major decisions of the previous Mulayam Singh government, including Reliance Energy's Dadri power project, would be reviewed.
Anil Ambani group company Reliance Communications on Monday posted a net profit after tax at Rs 8.45 crore (Rs 84.5 million) for the quarter ended June 30, 2006.
Telephony major Reliance Communications is believed to have short-listed three global IT companies - IBM, EDS and T-Systems - for its $1.5 billion outsourcing contract.
Investors in Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Communications have reaped a windfall with the company adding over Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 500 billion) in its market cap since its listing on the bourses last year.
The Anil Ambani group company has tied-up with an online video networking firm, CrickeM.com, to enable customers to upload, view and share their cricket videos with the rest of the world.
Foreign institutional investors have been allowed to invest up to Rs 5,400 crore (Rs 54 billion) in Reliance Communications through ADRs or GDRs.
Reliance Communications is in discussions with American billionaire and financier George Soros to raise funds for the Hutch-Essar acquisition.
Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Money on Friday announced its foray into Europe by setting up operations in Ireland and the UK and is looking to tap over two million non-resident Indian population in the region.
