Destruction caused by Adani Godda Power Plant
A talk delivered online on Adani’s Godda power project
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RBI Hike in Banks’ Group Exposure Limit to Benefit Reliance
The decision of the central bank and banking regulator to increase the group exposure limit that banks have in calculating the quantum of loans given to a particular corporate conglomerate as a proportion of the total loans given by the specific bank, will benefit India’s biggest private company, Reliance Industries Limited. This is the fifth article in a series.
Foreign Investments in Reliance Jio: A Security Concern
There has been a rush of stake sales in Reliance Jio to international investors. Questions relating to whether the government has addressed national security concerns while allowing these foreign investments remain unanswered. This is the fourth in a series of articles on India’s largest private corporate group.
Gujarat Revokes Power Tariff Hike: Adani, Essar to Gain
It is claimed that a recent decision by the Gujarat government, to revoke a 2018 government resolution allowing increases in electricity tariffs by private power companies in the Adani, Tata and Essar groups, would “safeguard” consumer interests. On the contrary, the decision may benefit the private companies at the expense of electricity consumers.
Did the Government Help Reliance Industries Raise Rs 53,000 crore?
The recently-concluded rights issue of shares by Reliance Industries Limited would not have been possible were it not for the relaxation of a crucial rule by the Securities and Exchange Board of India a few days before the Mukesh Ambani-headed company declared that it would conduct the country’s biggest-ever rights issue to raise over Rs 53,000 crore. This is the sixth article in a series.
Jio Payments Bank and SBI: A Camel Inside A Tent
Are there clear conflicts of interest in the joint venture between SBI and Jio Payments Bank? With over Rs 1 lakh crore of foreign investments in Reliance Jio, bankers are expressing concern about the security implications of the investments for SBI and Jio Payments Bank. This is the seventh article in a series.
Is Reliance’s Rights Issue Over-Valued?
India’s biggest ever rights issues of shares by the country’s single largest private corporate entity, Reliance Industries Limited, is under way at a time when the economy is in terrible shape. Is the fund raising effort being conducted in a manner that could end up with the company’s shareholders paying more than what they should for discounted shares?
A pugnacious local opponent of Adani’s Godda power station
In January 2020, Indian news media reported that a cloud of uncertainty hung over the future of Adani’s power project at Godda. Provincial elections had just been held and a new government had been elected in the state of Jharkhand. Spokespeople for the new government were quoted saying that they would take a fresh look at the approval for Adani’s power station because of the controversial confiscation of farmers’ lands.
Ambani Family Reshuffled Shares in Reliance Industries Before Facebook Deal
Not very long before the $5.7 billion (Rs 43,000 crore) investment in Reliance Jio by social media giant Facebook was announced, Mukesh Ambani and his family members shuffled their shares within the family. While this may have led to a notional gain in the value of the shares, a response sent through his lawyer asserted that since the share transactions were a transfer within the family and family entities no profits or losses can be made.