This document provides a history of Reliance Industries from its founding in 1960 through present day. It discusses the company's expansion from textiles into petrochemicals and oil refining. It also outlines the branches of companies formed under the two sons of the founder - Anil Ambani's companies including Reliance Communications, Reliance Power, and Reliance MediaWorks, and Mukesh Ambani's companies including Reliance Retail, Jio, and Reliance Logistics. The document then provides more detailed descriptions of Reliance Communications, Reliance Power, Reliance MediaWorks, and Reliance Retail.

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2. RELIANCE INDUSTRY’S (HISTORY):
1960–1980
The company was co-founded by Dhirubhai Ambani and his brother
Ramnikbhai Ambani in 1960s as Reliance Commercial Corporation. In 1965,
the partnership ended and Dhirubhai continued the polyester business of the
firm. In 1966, Reliance Textiles Industries Pvt Ltd was incorporated in
Maharashtra. It established a synthetic fabrics mill in the same year
at Naroda in Gujarat. In 1975, the company expanded its business into
textiles, with "Vimal" becoming its major brand in later years. The company
held its IPO in 1977. The issue was over-subscribed by seven times. In 1979,
a textiles company Sidhpur Mills was amalgamated with the company. In
1980, the company expanded its polyester yarn business by setting up a
Polyester Filament Yarn Plant in Raigad, Maharashtra with financial and
technical collaboration with U.S.
1981–2000
In 1985, the name of the company was changed from Reliance Textiles
Industries Ltd. to Reliance Industries Ltd. During the years 1985 to 1992, the
company expanded its installed capacity for producing polyster yarn by over
145,000 tonnes per annum.
The Hazira petrochemical plant was commissioned in 1991–92.
In 1993, Reliance turned to the overseas capital markets for funds through
a global depository issue of Reliance Petroleum. In 1996, it became the first
private sector company in India to be rated by international credit rating
agencies. S&P rated Reliance "BB+, stable outlook, constrained by the
sovereign ceiling". Moody’s rated "Baa3, Investment grade, constrained by the
sovereign ceiling".
In 1995/96, the company entered the telecom industry through a joint
venture with NYNEX, USA and promoted Reliance Telecom Private Limited in
India.

3. In 1998/99, RIL introduced packaged LPG in 15 kg cylinders under the brand
name Reliance Gas.
The years 1998–2000 saw the construction of the integrated petrochemical
complex at Jamnagar in gujarat, the largest refinery in the world.
2001 onwards
In 2001, Reliance Industries Ltd. and Reliance Petroleum Ltd. became India's
two largest companies in terms of all major financial parameters. In 2001–02,
Reliance Petroleum was merged with Reliance Industries. In 2002, Reliance
announced India's biggest gas discovery (at the Krishna Godavari basin) in
nearly three decades and one of the largest gas discoveries in the world during
2002. The in-place volume of natural gas was in excess of 7 trillion cubic feet,
equivalent to about 1.2 billion barrels of crude oil. This was the first ever
discovery by an Indian private sector company. In 2002–03, RIL purchased a
majority stake in Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. (IPCL), India's
second largest petrochemicals company, from Government of India.
• COMPANIES UNDER ANIL AMBANI:
• RELIANCE COMMUNICATIONS
• RELIANCE POWER
• RELIANCE INFRASTRUCTURE
• RELIANCE CAPITAL
• RELIANCE ROADS
• RELIANCE DEFENCE
• RELIANCE BIG ENTERTAINMENT
• RELIANCE MEDIA WORKS

5. RELIANCE COMMUNICATION:
COMPANY PROFILE
Reliance Communication (RIC) is India’s largest mobile service provider
with over 7 million customers. Reliance Communication has established a
pan-India, high capacity, integrated (wireless and wire line) and convergent
(voice data and video) digital network, to offer service spanning the entire
communication value chain infrastructure, services for enterprises and
individuals, application and consulting. Reliance Communication has
licenses to offer telecom services in 20 circles under the unified access
licenses. In addition, it has received the letter of intent for the J&K circle.
This has enabled RIC to offer services across the length and breadth of
India’s vast geography through its next generation fiber optic network
backbone spanning 60,000 route km. RIC is currently offering its wireless
services in 1,100 towns and cities. RIC commercially launched its services
in May 2003 and within the first 7 month emerged as India’s largest mobile
service operator. As of the end of March 2004, RIC had almost 7 million
subscribers. Most of this was in the postpaid segment as RIC launched its
pre-paid services only in February 2004. RIC also offered for the first time
in India high-speed mobile data services though it’s R-world mobile portal.
This portal leverages the high-speed data capability of the next generation
CDMA IX network. It providers 70 applications such as news, astrology,
T.V. guides, movie clips etc. and 35 games and logs more than 1 billion hit
a month. RIC is aggressively expanding the reach of its network in order to
reach more subscribers by extending its services to cover an additional
3,800 towns. RIC expects to retain market leadership in this segment. The
second phase of the communication project will usher a Broadband
revolution by providing 100 mbps Ethernet links to its corporate customers.
This revolution will empower the enterprise by making transactions
efficient, functions seamless and new economic opportunities abundant.
The enterprises broadband service is in the process of being rolled out in 30
towns and would then be extended to cover 200 towns in phases. The
services planned include POTS (Plain Old Telephone Lines) ,Leased lines,
International Private Leased Circuits, Virtual Private Network, Video phone,
Audio and Video Conferencing, among others. RIC will also launch a
consumer convergence revolution by providing high speed Ethernet links to
homes. This revolution, called “Net way”, will provide homes with a range of
television channels, high-speed telephone, audio conferencing, video
conferencing, video on demand, Juke box, time shifted TV, T-Commerce,
and surveillance services. All content and interfaces will be enabled to cater
to India’s diverse languages. These services would be accessed through a
set top box connected to a TV or a PC. In January 2004, Reliance
Communication (RIC) acquired 100% of the undersea cable company, FLAG

6. Telecom for US$ 211 million through Reliance Gateway Net Limited, a
wholly owned subsidiary of RIC. This acquisition provider RIC with an
international gateway to global markets. The FLAG acquisition also makes
RIC the only Indian Operator to own an international undersea cable
network with a truly global footprint.
There are five products in Reliance Communication:
Mobile in postpaid
Fixed wireless phone
Fixed wireless terminal
Data card
USB modem.
RELIANCE POWER:
Reliance Power Limited a part of the Reliance Anil Dhirubhai ambani group,
was established to develop, construct and operate power projects in the
domestic and international markets. Reliance Energy Limited, an Indian
private sector power utility company along with the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
Group promotes Reliance Power. Along with its subsidiaries, it is presently
developing 13 medium and large-sized power projects with a combined
planned installed capacity of 33,480 MW. The company was incorporated in
January 1995 as Bawana Power Private Limited and changed its name to
Reliance Delhi Power Private Limited in February 1995. Later, it changed its
name to Reliance EGen Private Limited in January 2004, to Reliance
Energy Generation Limited in March 2004, and to Reliance Power Limited
in July 2007.The company website identifies project sites broadly to be
located in western India (12,220 MW), northern India (9,080 MW) and
northeastern India (4,220 MW) and southern India (4,000 MW). They
include six coal-fired projects (14,620 MW) to be fueled by reserves from
captive mines and supplies from India and abroad, two gas-fired projects
(10,280 MW) to be fueled primarily by reserves from the Krishna Godavari
basin (the "KG Basin") off the east coast of India, and four hydroelectric
projects (3,300 MW), three of them in Arunachal Pradesh and one in
Uttarakhand.
Reliance Power Limited is currently developing 13 medium and large sized
power projects with a combined planned installed capacity of 28,200 MW
across various geographic locations in India.

7. RELIANCE MEDIAWORKS:
The company is one of India's leading film and entertainment services
companies with a presence across several media businesses including the
theatrical exhibition of films, television content production and distribution,
and film and media services. The company facilities have been MPAA certified.
Services provided by the company include Motion Picture Processing and DI,
Digital Distribution, Audio Restoration and Image Enhancement, 2D to 3D
conversion, Digital Master, Studios and Equipment rentals, Visual Effects,
Animation and Post Production for TV Advertisements. RMW's operations are
spread across India, UK and the US.
Reliance MediaWorks operates BIG Cinemas, one of India's largest cinema
chains with over 425 screens in both India and the United States, catering to
55 million customers worldwide.
• COMPANIES UNDER MUKESH AMBANI:
• RELIANCE RETAIL
• LYF
• RELIANCE LOGISTICS]
• NETWORK 18
• RELIANCE INDUSTRIAL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
• RELIANCE JIO INFOCOMM LIMITED
Reliance retail:
Reliance Retail Ltd. is a subsidiary company of Reliance Industries. Founded
in 2006 and based in Mumbai, it is the largest retailer in India in terms of
revenue Its retail outlets offer foods, groceries, apparel and footwear, lifestyle
and home improvement products, electronic goods, and farm implements and
inputs. It focuses on consumer goods, consumer durables, travel services,
energy, entertainment and leisure, and health and well-being products, as well
as on educational products and services.
It has a total of 3,383 stores as of June 2016 in India with an area of over 13
million square feet across 210 cities.

8. It had a turnover of Rs.216 billion in the financial year 2015-16. Approx. 56
per cent of this revenue came from its 'value and other' segment that operates
grocery chains Reliance Fresh, Reliance Super and Reliance Hyper.
Reliance Retail has announced revenues of Rs. 66.66 billion for the first
quarter of 2016, showing 45% jump from 2015. The company also reported
operating profit of Rs. 240 million for the same quarter. Reliance reported
quarterly profit of Rs. 198 million in the corresponding period of the previous
year registering a jump of 21.2 per cent.
There are over 45 Subsidiaries & divisions of Reliance Retail. Following is the
list of major divisions:
Reliance Fresh: Retail outlets of fruits, vegetables & groceries.
Reliance Digital: Consumer Electronics retail stores. It had 689 stores in
October 2014.
Reliance LYF: 4G mobile handset manufacturer based in Mumbai, founded in
2015.
Reliance Jewels: Jewelry retail; it had revenues of approx. Rs. 8 billion in
financial year 2012-13
Reliance Time Out: Lifestyle store of Books, Music, Movies, Toys, Gaming,
Fragrances & Stationery.
Reliance Trends: Reliance Footprint and Reliance Living: Apparel and Clothing.
It had revenues of approx. Rs. 16 billion in financial year 2012-13 with a store
count of 287.
Reliance Market- Wholesale cash n Carry: It had revenues of approx. Rs.
1.6 billion in financial year 2012-13.
LYF:
LYF (pronounced "life"), also known as Reliance LYF, is an Indian mobile
handset company headquartered in Mumbai, India. It manufactures 4G-
enabled VoLTE smartphones. It is a subsidiary of Reliance retail; & is
operated along with the parent company’s flagship venture, Jio.
LYF was established in 2015 by the telecom operator, Jio. Marketed closely
along Jio's 4G services, smartphones under the brand were slated to launch in
November 2015. In January 2016, it launched its first set of 4G-enabled
smartphones named after the four elements: Earth, Flame, Water, and Wind.
In May 2016, international market tracker Counterpoint Research reported
that LYF had become the fifth largest smartphone producer in the Indian
market, capturing 7% share in the January-March quarter of the financial
year 2015-16. It was the second largest LTE phone supplier after Sasung,

9. surpassing Micromx and Lenovo during the quarter. Reliance Digital had
shipped around 1.7 million LYF branded smartphones in the first quarter of
2016.
In October 2015, LYF tied up with domestic handset maker Intex to supply 4G
handsets enabled with voice over LTE (VoLTE) feature In January 2016, it
launched its first set of smartphones - LYF Earth 1, LYF Water 1, and LYF
Water 2.
LYF smartphones are manufactured by Chinese handset maker ZTE
Corporation Intex. As of early 2016, it have been reported that 600 thousands
smartphones have been supplied to LYF by ZTE.
LYF phones are directly sold through its retail outlets In February 2016, LYF
tied up with app-based delivery service Grofers and online retailer Amazon to
deliver its phones to users.
Reliance logistics:
Reliance Logistics is a single-window company selling transportation,
distribution, warehousing, logistics, and supply chain-related products,
supported by in-house telematics and telemetry solutions. Reliance Logistics
is an asset based company with its own fleet and infrastructure. It provides
logistics services to Reliance group companies and outsiders
Network 18:
Network 18 is an Indian mass media company owned by Reliance Industries.
Headquartered in Noida, it has interests in television, print, internet, film,
mobile content and allied businesses.
The company was incorporated as a private limited company on 16 February
1996. In April 2006, the name was changed from SGA Finance and
Management Services Private Limited to Network18 Fincap Private Limited
and subsequently in November 2006, it was converted into a Public Limited
company. Network18 got listed on the Bombay stock Exchange and the
National stock exchange on 2 February 2007. The shares of the company of
face value of Rs 5 each opened at Rs 312.10 at the NSE and at Rs 300 at the
BSE. The same year in December, its name was changed from Network18
Fincap Limited to Network18 Media & Investments Limited.
The Network 18 Group announced a restructuring plan to create a two listed
entity structure for the group in July 2010. The restructuring became effective
on 10 June 2011 with the approval of the Delhi High Court and the group
successfully completed the re-alignment of its business operation into 2
sections – Network18 and TV18. Network18 undertakes the digital and
publishing side of the business and TV18 contains the television assets of the
group

10. In Jan 2012, there was a large investment by Mukesh Ambani's RIL in a
complex deal that offered a possibility that Ambani-held Independent Media
Trust (IMT) might eventually gain a controlling interest In July 2014, the
ownership was transferred to Independent Media Trust. On 29 May 2014, RIL
announced it would be acquiring control in Network 18 Media & Investments
Ltd, including its subsidiary TV18 Broadcast Ltd. The board of RIL approved
funding of up to Rs. 40 billion to Independent Media Trust (IMT), of which RIL
is the sole beneficiary, for acquisition of control in Network 18 and its
subsidiaries. On 8 July 2014, RIL stated that it has completed the Network18
take-over.
In 2015 Network 18 under ownership of Reliance Industries took over ETV
Network for about ₹2,053 crore deal.
Network 18 through its subsidiary 'TV18 Broadcast Limited', operates news
channels. TV18 also operates a joint venture with Viacom, called Viacom18,
which houses a portfolio of popular entertainment channels across genres.
TV18 also operates a factual entertainment channel History TV18 through a
joint venture with A+E Networks.
Reliance Industrial infrastructure:
Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited is an industrial infrastructure
company based in Mumbai, India. It is a Reliance Group company. It also
leases equipment and offers IT consulting services.
It was incorporated on 29 September 1988 and obtained its Certificate of
Commencement of business on 4 January 1989. Reliance Industrial
Infrastructure Limited was originally incorporated under the name Chembur
Patalganaga Pipelines Limited, which was later changed to CPPL Limited in
September 1992. In March 1994 the name was changed to Reliance Industrial
Infrastructure Limited. It was primarily founded to undertake the projects of
laying down two cross-country pipelines from the Bharat Petroleum refinery at
Chembur to Reliance Industries Limited petrochemicals complex in
Maharashtra.
Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited was promoted by Mr. Satyapal Jain
and associates.
The company set up a 200-millimetre diameter twin pipeline system that
connects the Bharat Petroleum refinery at Mahul, Maharashtra to Reliance’s
petrochemical complex at Patalaganga in Maharashtra. The pipeline carries
petroleum products like Naptha and Kerosene.
Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited has commissioned facilities like
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system and the Cathodic Protection
system. The company has also constructed a Jackwell at River Tapi and a Raw
Water Pipeline System at Hazira. The infrastructure company constructed a

11. 70,000 kilolitre petrochemical product storage and distribution Terminal at
the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Area in Maharashtra. It has also lent various
construction machineries to various sites across India.
Types of business and product divisions such as Petroleum; Oil & Gas; Fibers
etc.
The company board of directors, important executives and other people
instrumental to the success of the company Independent Non-Executive
Director – Chandra Raj Mehta Non-Independent Non-Executive Director – S C
Malhotra Independent Non-Executive Director – Sandeep H Junnarkar
Executive Director – Dilip V Dherai Non-Independent Non-Executive Chairman
– Mahesh K Kamdar
Initial stock prices, trends, major movements in stock prices(any that affected
the market), current stock price
As of March 2009 the highest price for RIIL shares on the BSE index was
recorded to be at Rs.310.00 while the lowest price was Rs.231.05. As of March
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Reliance jio infocom limited:
Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited or Jio is an LTE Mobile network operator in
India. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries headquartered in
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra that provides wireless 4G LTE service network
(without 2G/3G-based services) and is the only 'VoLTE-only' (voice over LTE)
operator in the country which lacks legacy network support of 2G and 3G,
with coverage across all 22 telecom circles in India.
The services were first beta-launched to Jio's partners and employees on 27
December 2015 on the eve of 83rd birth anniversary of late Dhirubhai
Ambani, founder of Reliance Industries, and later services were commercially
launched on 5th September 2016.
The 4G services were launched internally to Jio's partners, its staff and their
families on 27 December 2015. Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan, who is also
the brand ambassador of Jio, kickstarted the launch event which took place in

12. Reliance Corporate Park in Navi Mumbai, along with celebrities like
musician A R Rahman, actors Ranbir Kapoor and Javed Jaffrey, and
filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani The closed event witnessed by more than 35000
RIL employees some of whom were virtually connected from around 1000
locations including Dallas in the US.
The company commercially launched its services on 5 September
2016. Within the first month, Jio announced that it had acquired 16 million
subscribers. This is the fastest ramp-up by any mobile network operator
anywhere in the world. Jio crossed 50 million subscriber mark in 83 days
since its launch, subsequently crossing 100 million subscribers on 22
February 2017. By October 2017 it had about 130 million subscribers.
Controversies
The Ambani family holds around 45% of the shares in RIL. Since its inception,
the company was managed by its founder and chairman Dhirubhai Ambani.
After suffering a heart attack in 1986, he handed over the daily operations of
the company to his sons Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani.In November 2004,
Mukesh Ambani, in an interview, admitted to having differences with his
brother Anil over 'ownership issues'.In 2005, after a bitter public feud between
the brothers over the control of the Reliance empire, mother Kokilaben
intervened to broker a deal splitting the RIL group business into the two parts.
In October 2005, the split of Reliance Group was formalized.The division of
Reliance group business between the two brothers also resulted in de-merger
of 4 businesses from RIL.
In May 2014, ONGC moved to Delhi High Court accusing RIL of pilferage of 18
billion cubic metres of gas from its gas-producing block in the Krishna
Godavari basin.[82] Subsequently, the two companies agreed to form an
independent expert panel to probe any pilferage.The dispute between the
government and Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) over the latter’s alleged
production of gas from a Krishna Godavari basin reservoir it shares with
state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd (ONGC) seems headed for a
protracted battle. The oil ministry has asked for views from Directorate
General of Hydrocarbons (DGH), the law ministry and in-house legal experts
on whether it should proceed to recover the $1.55 billion compensation
demanded from RIL while an arbitration remains pending.

13. Achievements/ recognition:
Corporate Ranking and Ratings:
• RIL continues to be featured, for the sixth consecutive year, in the
Fortune Global 500 list of the World's Largest Corporations, ranking for
2010 is as follows:Ranked 175 based on RevenuesRanked 100 based on
Profits
• RIL is ranked 68th in 2010, in the Financial Times' FT Global 500 list of
the world's largest companies (up from previous year's 75th rank).
• RIL has been ranked at 20th position, on the basis of sales, in the ICIS
Top 100 Chemicals Companies list. RIL is the only Indian company in
the world's Top 20 chemical companies in the global ranking. RIL has
also been named as the 8th biggest gainer in the list in terms of
operating profits.
• RIL is the only Indian company to get a perfect score from CLSA Asia–
Pacific Markets (CLSA) in a list of Asia's best companies in terms of CSR
and termed the Company as the region's 'Corporate Good Guy'. In its
'Ethical Asia' 2010 report, CLSA has named RIL among its top picks for
providing very good data and going well beyond required disclosure.
• RIL is rated as the 33rd 'Most Innovative Company in the World' in a
survey conducted by the US financial publication– Business Week in
collaboration with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Further, in 2010,
BCG has ranked RIL second amongst the world's 10 biggest, 'Sustainable
Value Creators', companies for creating the most shareholder value for
the period 2000 to 2009.

14. Conclusion
Reliance was cofounded by Dhrubhai Ambani and Champaklal Damani in
1960s; when he passed away in 2002, it was shared among his sons. It was
split into two parts- Reliance Industried Ltd. and Reliance Group Ltd., run by
Mukesh and Anil Ambani respectively. RIL is public sector wheras the
Reliance groups is a private sector company.Reliance Group has four listed
companies- Reliance Power, Reliance Communications, Reliance
Infrastructure, and Reliance Capital, with a shareholder base of over 12
million. While, RIL owns businesses across India engaged in energy,
petrochemicals, textiles, natural resources, retail, and telecommunications.
they are both very successful companies and have made very judicious
ventures.