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Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Friday said his group will be investing in Andhra Pradesh to set up a 10 gigawatt renewable solar energy project. Speaking at the inaugural session of the two-day Global Investors Summit 2023 here, Ambani said as much as Rs 1.50 lakh crore was invested in Reliances' KG-D6 assets, developing and supporting gas pipeline and the natural gas produced there is fuelling India's clean energy transition and will contribute to nearly 30 per cent of the country's gas production. "I would like to assure you that Reliance will continue to be an unflinching partner to the people and the Government of Andhra Pradesh in your state's all-around accelerated progress. This morning, I am happy to announce that we will continue our investments and we will invest in 10 gigawatts of renewable solar energy in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Ambani said. According to him, the rollout of Jio True 5G will be completed by the end of 2023 throughout the country and
Reliance Power on Saturday said its consolidated net loss widened to Rs 291.54 crore in the December 2022 quarter. The company's consolidated net loss was Rs 97.22 crore in the quarter ended December 2021, a BSE filing showed. The total expenses rose to Rs 2,126.33 crore in the quarter from Rs 1,900.05 crore in the year-ago period. Its total income stood at Rs 1,936.29 crore in the quarter against 1,858.93 crore a year ago. The company made a debt repayment of Rs 178 crore in the quarter, and its debt-equity ratio stood at 2.03:1. It reported a net worth of Rs 11,219 crore. It has an operating portfolio of 5,945 MW. The Board of Directors, at its meeting held on Saturday, has appointed Ashok Kumar Pal as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company from January 29, 2023. Pal is a qualified Chartered Accountant with extensive hands-on experience of over 22 years. He has an established record of success in finance, accounts, taxation and other compliances. He is associated wi
Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Ltd has withdrawn the insolvency proceedings against Reliance Power Ltd. Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Ltd has withdrawn the application made against Reliance Power Ltd under section 7 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016, a BSE filing stated. This follows an out-of-court settlement between both the companies over a Rs 526 crore loan default by Reliance Power and its subsidiary Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL). In 2010, RNRL merged with Reliance Power. RNRL had defaulted on a loan of Rs 526 crore obtained from the erstwhile Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL). The Piramal Group had acquired DHFL in 2021 and merged it with Piramal Capital and Housing Finance. In March this year, Piramal Capital initiated bankruptcy proceedings against Reliance Power under section 7 of the IBC, 2016 in the NCLT Mumbai to recover dues. In July, during a hearing on Piramal Capital's application, both the companies had informed the NCLT ..
Reliance Power on Thursday reported widening of its consolidated net loss to Rs 340.26 crore in the September quarter, mainly due to higher expenses. The consolidated net loss of the company stood at Rs 133.10 crore in the quarter ended September 30, 2021, it said in a BSE filing. Total expenses of the company rose to Rs 2,216.07 crore in the quarter from Rs 1,979.17 crore in the same period a year ago. Its total income increased to Rs 1,945.14 crore from Rs 1,886.82 crore earlier. Reliance Power made a debt repayment of Rs 390 crore in the quarter. The company added that it is on track to repay Rs 1,500 crore debt in FY'23.
Reliance Power and its subsidiary have inked a pact with Varde Partners for availing debt of up to Rs 1,200 crore. In a regulatory filing, Reliance Power said the company and its subsidiary have entered into a indicative Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Varde Partners for availing debt of up to Rs 1,200 crore (USD 150 million) "for settlement and discharge and/or acquisition and restructuring of certain financial debt availed by Reliance Power." Varde Partners is a leading global alternative investment firm specializing in credit and credit-related assets. The drawdown of the debt will be subject to finalization and execution of binding documents and all requisite approvals including regulatory approvals as per applicable rules/ laws/ regulations, the filing added. The stock exchanges will be updated once the terms of the proposed financing are finalised and the definitive documents in relation to the proposed financing are executed, it further said. Reliance Power Ltd, a pa
Reliance Power on Friday reported a consolidated loss of Rs 555.18 crore for the March quarter, mainly due to higher expenses. The company had clocked a consolidated net profit of Rs 72.56 crore in the quarter ended March 31, 2021, as per a BSE filing. Total income in the quarter rose to Rs 1,878.40 crore from Rs 1,691.19 crore in same period a year ago. However, total expenses also rose to Rs 2,525.02 crore from Rs 1,647.69 crore in the year-ago quarter. For the full fiscal 2021-22, the company posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 605.91 crore. It had logged a consolidated net profit of Rs 228.63 crore in 2020-21. Total income in the fiscal came down to Rs 7,686.73 crore from Rs 8,388.60 crore in 2020-21. In a statement, the company said it has reduced its debt by Rs 2,537 crore in the fiscal. The debt-to-equity ratio has improved further from 2.08:1 in FY21 to 1.84:1 in FY22. Reliance Power Limited, part of the Reliance Group, is a leading private sector power generation and c