Reliance Industries Ltd - Company Profile
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Business Description
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), a diversified company, has business interests that span hydrocarbon exploration and production, petroleum refining marketing, petrochemicals, retail and digital services. The company operates through five business segments, Oil to Chemicals (O2C), Oil and Gas, Retail, Digital Services and Others.
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R&D Overview
RIL has undertaken several R&D initiatives focusing on building deep technology capabilities through strategic investments and collaborations in solar power, batteries, and electrolysers. The company is fostering extensive in-house research and development to deliver advanced solutions at cost-competitive levels, contributing to carbon emission reduction. RIL is actively developing a comprehensive green energy ecosystem, utilizing new technologies and pursuing innovative approaches. The company is also focusing on clean energy transition, making CO2 a recyclable resource, and replacing transportation fuel. Other initiatives include improving energy efficiency, upgrading syngas to high-value chemicals, and converting transportation fuels to valuable petrochemicals and material building blocks. The R&D unit of Reliance Industries Ltd is responsible for research, technology development, and technology adoption, creating superior value and competitive advantage. The unit focuses on developing new products, processes, and catalysts to strengthen existing businesses. It also provides advanced support to capital projects and reliability improvements in manufacturing plants through novel solutions and innovative solutions to achieve net carbon goals. As of March 2025, RIL had a total of 1,156 patents, while it also held 485 patents under Jio. Jio Platforms and its subsidiaries were granted 154 patents during FY2025. The company has filed over 3,341 patents to date, including 1,654 patents in FY2025. The company has strategic technology alliances in solar power, batteries, and electrolysers. In FY2025, the company spent INR41,850 million on R&D, which as a percentage of revenue, stood at 0.4% and grew 14.9% YoY.
Business Segments
Overview
Consists of RIL’s digital communications and service initiatives under Jio brand. These initiatives include affordable devices, digital communication, digital currency, Jio drive, digital education, digital healthcare, digital entertainment and social connectivity, and digital entrepreneurship. In FY2025, the segment incurred a capital expenditure of INR384,380 million, which declined 33% YoY.
Performance
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Overview
Upstream assets include conventional deepwater acreages and unconventional sources such as shale gas and coal bed methane (CBM) formations. Domestic portfolio comprises KG-D6 plant in East Godavari, Andhra Pradesh and Saurashtra basins and two CBM blocks in Sohagpur East and West in Madhya Pradesh. In FY2025, the segment incurred a capital expenditure of INR11,540 million, which declined 66.5% YoY.
Performance
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Overview
Includes refining, petrochemicals and fuel retailing through Reliance BP Mobility Ltd, aviation fuel and bulk wholesale marketing. Its portfolio includes transportation fuels, polyesters, polymers and elastomers. In FY2025, the segment incurred a capital expenditure of INR265,730 million, which grew 31.2% YoY.
Performance
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Overview
Comprises organized retail business in India. Reliance Retail is the retail initiative of RIL, which operates neighbourhood stores, supermarkets, hypermarkets, wholesale cash and carry, specialty and online stores. Reliance Retail covers core consumption baskets of grocery, fashion and lifestyle, consumer electronics, connectivity and petro retail. In grocery, Reliance Retail operates three unique store concepts: Reliance Fresh, Reliance Smart and Reliance Market. In consumer electronics, Reliance Retail operates two store concepts, Reliance Digital and Jio Store. In fashion and lifestyle, Reliance Retail operates stores under brands such as Trends, Footprint and Jewels. Reliance Brands has a portfolio of international brands that span the entire spectrum of luxury, high-premium and high-street lifestyle sectors Petro Retail outlets offer diesel, petrol and LPG to customers. In FY2025, the segment incurred a capital expenditure of INR336,960 million, which grew 37.5% YoY.
Performance
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Overview
Includes media, SEZ development and textiles businesses. In FY2025, the segment incurred a capital expenditure of INR251,040 million, which grew 5.9% YoY.
Performance
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Geographical Segments
Performance
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