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    Oil accounts for about 30% of India's total energy consumption. According to the 2008 BP Statistical Energy Survey, India had proved oil reserves of 5.459 billion barrels at the end of 2007, the majority of which are allocated in the Mumbai High, Upper Assam, Cambay, Krishna-Godavari, and Cauvery basins.

    According to the 2008 BP Statistical Energy Survey, India produced an average of 800.7 thousand barrels of crude oil per day in 2007 and consumed an average of 2748.17 thousand barrels a day, 3.25% of the world total . Because of its growing economy, India is an increasingly significant consumer of oil and natural gas.

    Although a net importer of oil, India is attempting to limit its dependence on oil imports by expanding domestic exploration and production. The Indian government is pursuing the New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP), first announced in 1997, which permits foreign involvement in exploration, an activity that was once restricted to Indian state-owned firms and between 2000 and 2005, awarded 110 oil and natural gas concessions in five separate licensing rounds. The sixth bidding round (known as NELP-VI) recently concluded, with 52 exploration blocks awarded.

    The bulk of India's natural gas production comes from the western offshore regions, especially the Mumbai High complex. According to the 2008 BP Statistical Energy Survey, India had 2007 proved natural gas reserves of 1.05 trillion cubic metres, 0.59% of the world total. The onshore fields in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat states are also major producers of natural gas. According to the 2008 BP Statistical Energy Survey, India had 2007 natural gas production of 30.17 billion cubic metres while consuming 40.17 billion cubic metres of natural gas.

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    Even as high inflation remains a major concern, India's economic performance has been the best in the world and every effort will be made to step up growth and tame rising prices, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Tuesday.

    "In the current financial year, the economy is expected to grow at 8.5 percent," he said, while releasing a 68-page report card on the first year of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's second tenure.

    "This is one of the best performances in the world and reflects the strong fundamentals which we have built over several years. There are uncertainties on the horizon. But on the whole, I look to the year ahead with cautious optimism," he said.

    "One of the major problems we face at present is the pressure on prices. This is to a large extent the aftermath of the drought, but it needs firm action," he said at the event at his official 7, Race Course Road residence.

    "I am happy prices have shown a moderating trend in recent weeks. I am hopeful this trend will continue. We will continue to monitor the situation carefully, and take whatever corrective steps are necessary to rein in inflation."

    The prime minister, who was sworn in for the second term May 22, 2009, also released the document titled "Report to the People" in the presence of his council of ministers and top leaders of the alliance, sans any celebrations.

    Others at the event included UPA chairperson and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Lok Sabha and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Agriculture Minister and Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar and Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee.

    The report was originally scheduled for release May 22, along with a dinner for all constituents of the alliance. But it was deferred due to the Air India Express air crash at Mangalore the same morning which claimed 158 lives.

    The prime minister said that in the second term, his government would carry forward the pro-people policies initiated by the UPA since 2004. "We will also seek new frontiers and new directions that would strengthen our social and economic foundations."

    The report card listed some achievements of UPA-II under 13 chapters, including those on social inclusion, rural renewal, transforming cities, economic resurgence, sustaining the environment, security and building bridges.

    Just Remeber the scenerio! Benchmarks were perched well above psychological resistance levels Monday as sentiments turned bullish after warring brothers Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani decided to bury their differences and cancelled non-compete pacts signed in 2006.

    "Nearly five years after the big Reliance empire was split, the warring Ambani brothers have decided to bury the hatchet. The new peace deal in the Ambani family will surely prove to be a sentiment-booster for our market, which was starved of positive triggers. It's a no-brainer that shares of the two Reliance groups will steal the limelight, although one is still not sure of the long-term impact of the truce. What's more, Asian markets, barring Japan, are mostly positive. The good news is that the rally is being led by China, which has been the worst-performing market this year.

    If global cues remain supportive and there are no fresh mishaps, the markets will be able to regain some of the lost ground. Some risks may still persist mainly due to concerns about the European sovereign debt problems and possible overheating in China. In the immediate future, the key events to watch out for will be next week's GDP report and progress of monsoon," said India Infoline report.

    Meanwhile Reuter reports that Oil prices slid below $72 a barrel on Wednesday and looked set to fall for a third straight session after a raft of negative data stoked concerns about the impact of the European debt crisis on the still fragile global fuel demand recovery. Investors have had less appetite for buying oil after a series of reports released the previous day showed manufacturing growth fell across the globe in May.

    Falling European shares and the euro's slide to near four-year lows continued to quell buying interest on Wednesday. A weak euro makes dollar-denominated oil more expensive for holders of the currency. US crude prices for July fell 60 cents to $71.98 a barrel at 1045 GMT, after losing nearly 2 per cent on Tuesday in a volatile session where prices swung in a $4 range. ICE Brent dropped 45 cents to $72.26 a barrel.

    "The path of least resistance still seems to be lower for energy prices given the headwinds emanating from a number of exogenous markets. These include a weaker euro...and a quesy US equity market," said analyst Edward Meir of MF Global. Sentiment in the oil market has been sour since US crude posted a 14 per cent monthly loss in May as the market weighed the impact of the spreading European debt crisis on demand in previously robust growth centres such as Asia. In late May, money managers flushed out long positions in crude oil and this contributed to the sharpest monthly fall in prices since 2008.

    But for some, prices have already found a temporary floor and they now expect them to stabilise in a new range between $70-$75 a barrel. "We could have some stability. The current level takes into account the fact that the recovery appears to be slowing but also the fact that we are not going to have a double dip," said analyst Christophe Barret at Credit Agricole CIB, adding that the chances of a V-shaped recovery now seem remote.

    Technical chart analysts think oil prices could fall towards the next key support cushion of $70 a a barrel. This level is also the low point of the $70-$80 range that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) deems satisfactory for both producers and consumers. OPEC's reference basket price on Tuesday was also above the critical $70 threshold at $70.98 a barrel, the group said on Wednesday.

    Analysts said the market was likely to focus on weekly stocks data out of the US later on Wednesday for the next clue on demand prospects in the world's biggest oil consumer. While the data is always a key market mover, this week's results are likely to be more closely scrutinised ahead of the US gasoline season which officially began last weekend with the Memorial Day holiday.

    US crude oil inventories are forecast to have slipped by 200,000 barrels last week and gasoline stocks are expected to fall by 500,000 barrels. Industry group American Petroleum Institute will issue its report at 2030 GMT on Wednesday while the more authoritative data from the US Energy Information Administration is delayed until 1500 GMT on Thursday because of a US holiday on Monday.


    ONGC will be able to overcome under-recoveries after price rise: RS Sharma

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    Government's fertiliser bill to increase

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    A positive move for orderly growth of market: Analysts

    Business Standard - Sanjay Jog - ‎May 20, 2010‎
    A day after the government doubled the price of natural gas produced by public sector majors ONGC and OIL, analysts said the move was a positive development ...


    Power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said, "The hike in price will increase the cost of power. Power prices are always pass through, but we also have to consider that the oil companies too are in trouble. So this price hike was necessary."
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    Telecom, oil stocks lead the show

    Times of India - ‎May 20, 2010‎
    COIMBATORE: With the auction for 3G spectrum finally over and oil prices hitting a new low, telecom and oil and gas stocks gained momentum on the bourses on ...

    Govt's pricing boost for ONGC, OIL

    NDTV.com - Raj Kumar Sahu - ‎May 20, 2010‎
    State-owned oil and gas producers finally have something to cheer about, as the government has hiked the price of gas produced by both ONGC and Oil India. ...

    ONGC, OIL can sell gas from new fields at market price

    Hindu Business Line - ‎May 20, 2010‎
    ONGC and Oil India Ltd (OIL) will now be able sell natural gas from the new fields of blocks given on a nomination basis at market-determined price. ...

    Gas price hike boost for ONGC, OIL and GAIL

    Hindu Business Line - ‎May 20, 2010‎
    The Government's decision to more than double the price for gas under the administered pricing mechanism (APM) from $1.79/mBtu to $3.82/mBtu until March ...

    Gas price hike: A game changer

    Business Standard - Sarath Chelluri - ‎May 20, 2010‎
    The government's move to increase administered price mechanism (APM) gas price to $4.2 per million British thermal unit (mBtu) – at par with Reliance ...

    APM gas move: How will it impact consumer industries?

    Moneycontrol.com - ‎May 20, 2010‎
    It has taken 5 years for the Govt to finally give in to industrys demand of hiking APM gas prices at USD 4.2/mmbtu, prices are up over a 100%. ...

    Petroleum scrips zoom on govt plan to up gas prices

    Hindustan Times - ‎May 20, 2010‎
    The government's decision to more than double the administered price of natural gas on Wednesday led to an immediate reaction from the stock market, ...

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    Rs 23500-cr chest to aid overseas acquisitions

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    Coal to power RIL's future ambitions

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    Reliance Communications Says MTN Merger Report Is 'Speculation'

    BusinessWeek - Ketaki Gokhale - ‎Jun 1, 2010‎
    June 1 (Bloomberg) -- Reliance Communications Ltd., India's second-largest wireless operator, said reports that it may restart merger ...

    Reliance Power Examines Setting Up Plants in Four Indian States

    BusinessWeek - Natalie Obiko Pearson - ‎Jun 1, 2010‎
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    RIL-RNRL work at gas formula

    Moneycontrol.com - ‎Jun 1, 2010‎
    Talks between Reliance Industries (RIL) and Reliance Natural Resources (RNRL) on a new gas agreement are progressing, sources told CNBC-TV18's Nayantara Rai ...

    JM Financial: No Ambani Deal; Shares Jump Anyway

    Wall Street Journal (blog) - Amitha Rajan - ‎May 31, 2010‎
    The scrapping of the non-compete agreement between Mukesh and Anil Ambani seems to have found a new beneficiary: JM Financial. ...

    MTN, Reliance Communications May Restart Merger Talk, Times Says

    Bloomberg - Tuhin Kar - ‎May 31, 2010‎
    June 1 (Bloomberg) -- MTN Group Ltd. may consider restarting merger talks with Indian operator Reliance Communications Ltd. in a board meeting ...

    Evolving policy to limit Ambani gas deal scope

    Indian Express - ‎May 31, 2010‎
    Mukesh Ambani-promoted Reliance Industries' (RIL) proposed agreement to supply natural gas to brother Anil's Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) is ...

    MTN, Reliance Comms could reopen talks - report

    Moneycontrol.com - ‎May 31, 2010‎
    South Africa's MTN, the continent's biggest cellphone carrier, could reopen merger talks with India's Reliance Communications at a board meeting on Tuesday, ...

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    Brothers-in-Arms

    25 May 2010, 0911 hrs IST,ET Bureau
    We sincerely hope that the second instalment of brotherly truce between the Ambanis reflects genuine rapprochement rather than battle-weary convenience .

    It is indeed striking that the statement issued by the companies says that harmony will prevail, now that they can compete against each other, with the decision to scrap the no-compete part of the family memorandum of understanding on the basis of which the assets controlled by the combined group had been demerged and divided up between the brothers.

    And you thought competition created friction! The formulation that ridding the two of restraints on competing will create harmony holds great promise of creation of new value for the shareholders of both groups. For, along with the no-compete pact, what also goes is associated restrictions on sale of a company or stake without giving the brother a chance to pick up the stake first.

    This would indeed create financial flexibility — RComm can, for example , place a largish stake with a foreign telco, without RIL raising objections. Not just that, India still remains starved of vital infrastructure, including financial. And opening up all areas of value creation for both groups will help deploy the entrepreneurial energies of two of India's largest industrial groups in meeting the demand.

    It would help if the brothers keep shareholders in the loop on one vital factor. The Supreme Court said that natural gas belongs to the people and cannot be treated as a private asset in any family division of property. Given that the Dadri project had a fixed tariff, gas at a low price would have allowed the project to reap extra-large profits, which were to be part of Anil Ambani's share of the divided assets.

    Now that gas will not be available at extra-low rates, Dadri or its replacement would be reworked to have fuel cost as a pass-through and a share of the assets that were to accrue to the younger Ambani no longer exists. Is this also being made up in some manner to end acrimony? If not, the second truce runs the risk of living up to the maxim that events and personages occur twice in history, first as tragedy, the second time as farce.
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    The oil and gas industry has been instrumental in fuelling the rapid growth of the Indian economy. India has total reserves of 775 million metric tonnes (MT) of crude oil and 1074 billion cubic metres (BCM) of natural gas as on April 1, 2009, according to the Ministry of Petroleum.

    Petroleum exports during 2008-09 were US$ 26.2 billion according to the Ministry of Petroleum.

    Under New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP VIII), 1.62 sq km of area comprising 70 blocks was put up for bidding.

    The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved award of 33 out of 36 oil and gas blocks that were bid for in New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP-VIII), for which bidding closed on October 12, 2009.

    Production

    By the end of the Eleventh Plan the refinery capacity is expected to reach 240.96 MMTPA.

    • Crude oil production during 2009-10 was 33.68 MT, compared to 33.50 MT in 2008-09.
    • Refinery production in terms of crude throughput was 160.03 MT in 2009-10.
    • The production of natural gas went up to 47.57 billion cubic metres tonnes (BCM) in 2009-10 from 32.84 BCM in 2008-09.

    Consumption

    The sales/consumption of petroleum products during 2008-09 were 133.40 MT (including sales through private imports), an increase of 3.45 per cent over sales of 128.94 MT during 2007-08, according to the Ministry of Petroleum.

    India's domestic demand for oil and gas is on the rise. As per the Ministry of Petroleum, demand for oil and gas is likely to increase from 186.54 million tonnes of oil equivalent (mmtoe) in 2009-10 to 233.58 mmtoe in 2011-12.

    The refining capacity in the country increased to 177.97 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) as on April 1, 2009 as compared to 148.968 MTPA as on April 1, 2008.

    Gas

    India's natural gas demand is expected to nearly double to 320 million standard cubic meters per day by 2015, according to a report released by global consultancy firm McKinsey at the VI Asia Gas Partnership Summit.

    According to the report, the current demand of 166 million standard cubic metres per day (mscmd)—made up of nearly 132 mscmd supplies from domestic fields and the rest from imported LNG-- is likely to rise to at least a minimum of 230 mscmd and a maximum of 320 mscmd by 2015.

    In January 2010, Gas Authority of India Ltd (GAIL) said that gas availability in India is expected to grow at 23 per cent compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) to 312 mscmd by FY14, buoyed by trebling of domestic production to 254 mscmd and doubling of regasified liquefied natural gas imports to 58 mscmd.

    To capture the opportunity presented by the impending gas surge in India, GAIL is investing significantly in its pipeline network. Over the next three years, it will invest US$ 660.7 million –US$ 770.8 million, expanding its transmission capacity from the current 150 mscmd to 300 mscmd.

    State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has added 83 million tonnes of oil and gas reserves in the 2009-10 fiscal, the highest in two decades.

    The ultimate reserve accretion of ONGC including its joint ventures (with firms like Cairn India) in domestic fields in 2009-10 has been 87.37 million tonnes of oil and oil equivalent gas against the target of 76.28 million tonnes.

    ONGC on a standalone basis added 82.98 million tonnes of oil and oil equivalent gas reserves.


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    US ranks India among top global partners

    India and the United States are set to begin their strategic dialogue here with the US saying the talks elevate "India to the rank of our most important global partners" and Washington's ties with China and Pakistan would not be at the expense of India.


    The strategic dialogue "elevates India to the rank of our most important global partners," US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns said, suggesting the talks "are meant to deepen habits of collaboration and drive away lingering doubts."


    He was speaking Tuesday at the Council on Foreign Relations, a Washington think tank, on "India's Rise and the Promise of US-Indian Partnership."


    The strategic dialogue would formally open Thursday with Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leading the talks aimed at broadening cooperation in areas ranging from climate change, education, poverty, counter-terrorism and trade.


    The high-powered Indian delegation includes Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan.


    Krishna would Wednesday outline his vision of the India-US relationship with an address at the India Business Council focusing on the theme of emerging opportunities in the field of innovation and knowledge industries.


    Ahead of the Krishna-Clinton talks, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao and William Burns are to hold a foreign policy dialogue at the State Department, with officials saying it would set the tone for Thursday's dialogue.


    "Never has there been a moment when India and America mattered more to each other," said Burns in his address Tuesday. "Never has there been a moment when the partnership between India and America mattered more to the rest of the globe."


    Burns acknowledged that "some in India do worry today that the United States seeks to 're-hyphenate' relations with India...that we see India mainly through the prism of preoccupations in Afghanistan and Pakistan...that we won't push Pakistan hard enough on terrorists who kill and threaten Indians...that we will hurry toward the exit in Afghanistan and leave India holding the strategic pieces".


    "Some in India worry that the new administration is tempted by visions of a 'G-2' world...that we've 'downgraded' India because we see Asia exclusively through the lens of an emerging China, with India's role secondary," Burns said.


    At pains again to counter perceptions that President Barack Obama was not as warm towards India as his predecessor George Bush was, Burns noted that a third of the US cabinet has visited India since Obama took office almost a year-and-a-half ago and that Obama himself intends to visit this year.


    Noting "India and the United States have both suffered devastating terrorist attacks, with the scars of 9/11 and 26/11 still fresh in both our societies," Burns said: "Since the horrific assault on Mumbai in November 2008, US-Indian cooperation in counter-terrorism has deepened rapidly, in the interests of both our countries."


    Burns also sought to ease India's concerns over Afghanistan, saying Washington valued India's role there and saw its involvement as a "key part of that country's future success."


    More investment from Tata group likely in Gujarat

    The Tata's are mulling more investments in Gujarat, group Chairman Ratan Tata indicated here Wednesday.

    He said Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had asked him about his future plans for Gujarat. "I told him that it will be a surprise."

    Tata was speaking at the inaugural function of Tata Motors' new Nano plant here.

    Modi, who inaugurated the plant, welcomed the homecoming of the Tatas. "He has promised to surprise me. I welcome him and his company with open arms. I hope he brings new projects to the state and thus contributes to both Gujarat and India's development."
    "The revolution brought by Ford in the early 20th century with its small car is being replicated now by Ratan Tata with his Nano," he added.

    The chief minister likened the setting up and commissioning of the Nano plant in Gujarat in record time as a joint venture of Gujarat and the Tatas.

    "We in the government are also incorporating the corporate approach to make things happen in record time. That it was completed in 14 months to coincide with the golden jubilee of the state is proof of it. It will be our endeavour to match strides and make things happen in future as well," he added.

    When Tata announced that his company was quitting Singur, Modi said: "I SMSed him to come to Gujarat. The one-rupee SMS did this wonder."

    Mukesh Ambani may enter telecom business with Idea, Videocon

    31 May 2010, 1136 hrs IST,Deepali Gupta,ET Bureau

    MUMBAI: Four years ago, the Ambani brothers parted ways dividing the Reliance Group into two with a promise they won't compete against each other. In that partition, Anil Ambani walked away with Reliance Communications (RCOM), today the second-largest telecom company in India, which was incubated by elder brother Mukesh. Amid speculation that Mukesh may now want to re-enter the business, analysts said Idea may be ideal. As the Idea commercial says, 'What an Idea, Sirji'.

    Last week, the brothers annulled their no-compete agreement for all businesses, excluding gas-based power generation. The move opens oil exploration and refining to Anil, while power, financial services and telecommunications become available for the elder Ambani.

    It is not clear whether Mukesh will enter the telecom business, or how. There is no publicly available information that any deal is in the works. ET spoke to a number of analysts to figure out the possible options before him.

    "If Idea is available, RIL could get interested in re-entering the business," said Gaurav Dua, head research, Sharekhan. "I have my doubts that RIL may enter the business to build it from scratch."

    Aditya Birla Group-owned Idea Cellular is the third-largest GSM service operator with 15%, or 65.3-million subscribers, as of April-end. It recently won third-generation, or 3G, bandwidth in 11 service areas, for a sum of Rs 5,769 crore.

    The company also has an identity that is independent of the Reliance brand, which is currently associated with RCOM, the flagship company of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG). It has often been said that Idea may be sold, given the right price, but what that is, only a few hazard a guess. Idea sold a stake to Axiata, formerly Telekom Malaysia, at around Rs 157 a share in June 2008. The stock is currently trading at Rs 50.

    Axiata currently holds around 23% in Idea, 47% is held by promoters, while the rest is with institutional and retail investors.


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    "The Birlas will ask for at least Rs 49,500 crore (enterprise value) to even consider a sale," said a telecommunications analyst with a domestic broking house. At the current price, Idea's market capitalisation is Rs 16,565 crore.

    "Funding something like Rs 50,000 crore will be no sweat to RIL," said Sandeep Randery, analyst tracking oil and gas at BRICS Securities. "In fact, at that size, it will be a meaningful opportunity for the company." It remains for the group to see value in it. "Idea won't be an easy buy," Mr Dua of Sharekhan said. For starters, several analysts questioned whether the two brothers will compete in an already beleaguered industry.

    "If they compete, neither will make money," said an analyst with a domestic broking firm. "Their business sense is better than this." The Indian telecom industry that was in favour two years ago was de-rated by financial analysts in 2009, after Tata DoCoMo launched a calling plan at one paisa per second and triggered fierce pricing wars that led to over 50% erosion in realised revenue per minute.

    Profitability and growth potential in the sector has come under immense pressure due to the tariff wars. So much so that Vodafone reduced the book value of its Indian arm Vodafone Essar by $3.3 billion earlier in May.

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    Reliance non-compete agreement: scrapped or extended?
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    Moneylife learns that the ADA group in fact negotiated a substantial extension of 12 years to the non-compete agreement on gas-based power projects. So it is 'Advantage Anil' on this deal.

    Recent media reports suggest that Reliance Industries Ltd, led by Mukesh Ambani, and Reliance ADA group companies, led by Anil Ambani, have cancelled their earlier non-compete agreement relating to all businesses except gas-based power plants. Moneylife now learns that the ADA group has, in fact, negotiated a substantial extension of 12 years to the non-compete agreement on gas-based power projects. So, in effect, it is 'Advantage Anil' on this deal.
     
    The original non-compete agreement signed between RIL and ADA group in January 2006 was for a period of ten years starting from 2006. In other words, after 2016, both Mukesh and Anil Ambani were free to enter into each other's territories.

    According to industry experts and sources close to the developments from both groups, Anil Ambani has taken mileage out of the new deal by extending the non-compete clause for all of his ambitious gas-based power plants, including Dadri.
     
    According to the new agreement, Reliance Natural Resources Ltd (RNRL) will get uninterrupted gas supply for 12 more years (until 2022), at $4.2 per million metric British thermal units (mmBtu). 

    In addition, during this period, the Mukesh Ambani group cannot bid for power projects based on gas, even though it has ample supply of natural gas at its disposal. The senior Ambani can bid for ultra-mega power projects provided they are not fired by gas.

    According a release issued by both groups, the cancellation of the existing non-compete agreement will provide enhanced operational and financial flexibility to both groups, and greater ability to participate in high-growth sectors of the Indian economy, such as oil and gas, petrochemicals, telecommunications, power, and financial services.

    However, both Ambani brothers cannot use the Reliance brand name in sectors opened up to either by the revocation of the non-compete agreement.


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    28 May 2010, 0239 hrs IST,Tapash Talukdar & Anirvan Ghosh,ET Bureau
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    Ask Pandurang Taware, a Pune-based agri-entrepreneur who runs a cooperative society of agri-tourism centres in several villages of Maharashtra, about the rise in the tourism business during this season and he starts with a broad smile. "There is a spectacular 70% growth in our business against last year," says Mr Taware, chairman of Agri Tourism Development Centre (ATDC).

    "More and more executives from the corporate world are visiting us and fuelling our business." Taware offers his tourists a unique village-life experience. In a two-night package this summer, one can get to pluck ripe mangoes from trees, eat to one's heart's content, swim in a decorated pond, enjoy traditional Maharashtrian cuisine, participate in village festivals, experience the harvesting season, take a farm-tour....

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    This year, ATDC saw more than one lakh visitors visiting all centres, a rise of 70% against last year. Here, the tourism experience for visitors is very different from the regular hotel or resort experience. It is a self-involved experience. "People are increasingly preferring country-side experience rather than going to hotels," says Mr Taware. As per his estimates, each centre earned nearly Rs 4 lakh net profit this season. The ATDC team is now considering block-booking as their next attraction point to woo visitors.

    In Bangalore, Phanindra Sama, CEO and co-founder of Redbus, is unable to get more then five hours of sleep a day but he is not complaining. The team at Redbus is busy managing calls for bookings during the vacation period. In April itself, Redbus booked over three lakh seats for travellers across the country.

    "This month, we might double the figure as our penetration is getting deeper now," says Mr Sama, one of the three men behind India's first organised bus ticket booking service. Redbus' revenues have jumped more than 60% this season. With better comfort and faster journeys now available from private bus operators, the business of ticket booking has shot up.

    "We expect to do Rs 12 crore by May-end against last year's Rs 3.5 crore, which would mean an over 300% jump in our turnover," he says. To cash in on the summer rush from other tier II cities, his team is now looking at expanding to 35 tier-II cities by the year-end, including Coimbatore, Nagpur, Aurangabad and Mangalore among others.


    Swiss banks' love for Indian clients no secret, woo back depositors who withdrew funds on fear of action

    28 May 2010, 0638 hrs IST,Sugata Ghosh,ET Bureau
    MUMBAI: The famously secretive Swiss private banks are trying to persuade Indians to bring back the money they have pulled out from their numbered accounts in these banks.

    In the last one year, more than a hundred Indians with secret accounts have shifted money from Switzerland to banks in Dubai Free Trade Zone and Singapore amid fears of regulatory and government action.

    "The Swiss banks are now reaching out to these clients to get back the funds they have lost. There's no estimate of how much money has moved out, but it could be substantial in absolute terms," said a senior Mumbai-based professional dealing in tax and cross-border transactions.

    And interestingly, some of the account holders have moved back money to Swiss banks because of their long relationship with these private wealth managers. "But there's a difference. The money that's going back may not be parked in a numbered account. Instead, it could be a corporate deposit," said a foreign exchange regulations expert who has advised clients on such fund transfers.

    Individuals with numbered accounts have become used to a transaction convenience that is absent in most banking services.

    While these accounts offer no interest and even charge a fee for holding the money, many depositors prefer them. The client does not have to write a cheque for any transaction, but simply call up a dedicated relationship manager and share a code given by the bank to complete the transaction.

    "The manager uses a voice recorder to cross-check that the caller is indeed the holder of the numbered account. A client can call up from anywhere in the world to operate the account," said a private money manager. According to him, clients draw comfort from the belief that in case of enquiries, the bank will do whatever it takes to protect the account holders' identities. Till three years ago, these accounts offered an interest of 1-1.25%, but that has now stopped, he said.

    It's learnt that most of the money has been transferred to Dubai, where the transaction is in the nature of a trading receipt with a company set up in the free trade zone.

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    The company receives a commission or consultancy fee. After a decent interval, the company in Dubai can open a new account with the Swiss bank to bring back the money. Some have transferred the funds to banks in Singapore, which, bankers say, is becoming the new destination for parking cash.

    "Despite the stigma attached to Dubai, many still prefer it to Singapore for tax reasons. Some of the Swiss banks don't have a branch in Dubai, so they want to get back such deposits. To them it's free fund," said the money manager.

    Tax professionals as well as bankers know that legal complications make it difficult for governments and regulators to trace such fund flows. For instance, tax authorities have made little headway after Germany handed over names of secret account holders to Indian authorities.

    Under Section 147 of the Income-Tax Act, the tax department can ask a person to file a return to take into account the income that has escaped assessment. However, under Section 148, the assessee can ask the department the reasons for reopening the file.
    "It's here that our I-T people will face a problem. Germany, as per the treaty with India, has told Indian authorities not to initiate proceedings against these people unless criminal actions or links are established. So, it would be difficult to pull them up unless the authorities can spot activities such terror funding, drug running, etc. Tax evasion is not a criminal offence," said an income-tax expert.

    So even though the income-tax department has sent notices to some 50 individuals a few months ago, it may end up achieving very little. Till then, the Swiss and other European banks will fish for clients and funds they have lost to other friendly, though less-efficient, offshore centres of the world.

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    Global stocks, oil rebound after U.S. home sales data

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    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks rebounded on Wednesday on favourable April U.S. home sales data, while the yen fell after Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama resigned, because his likely successor has previously said he wanted a weaker yen.

    Oil prices rose above $73 a barrel as the rally in U.S. stocks eased concerns that Europe's sovereign debt crisis could restrain a fragile economic recovery, including fuel demand.

    U.S. government debt prices dipped as rising stocks offered a semblance of stability for jittery investors and curbed the appetite for safe-haven bonds.

    Wall Street rallied more than 1 percent, boosted by a survey that showed pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes topped expectations in April to hit a six-month high, and as investors snapped up shares that tumbled during Tuesday's sell-off.

    The National Association of Realtors said its Pending Home Sales Index, based on sales contracts signed in April, increased 6.0 percent, to 110.9, as prospective home owners took advantage of a popular home buyer tax credit. Eligible homeowners were required to sign sales contracts by April 30, and must close on the sales by June 30, to qualify for the federal tax credits.

    Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast pending home sales would rise 5.0 percent.

    "This report is a confirmation that there's housing demand out there and confirmation of an improving labour market," said Phil Orlando, chief equity market strategist at Federated Investors in New York. "All of this suggests that things are improving."

    European shares also eked out gains in a choppy session on the upbeat U.S. housing data, and defensive drugmakers gained.

    The pan-European FTSEurofirst 300 index closed up 0.1 percent at 1,003.58 points.

    MSCI's all-country world equity index pared losses to rise almost 0.4 percent.

    But persistent fears that the euro zone's debt crisis could jeopardize the region's recovery weighed on banking shares, pushing down Barclays 2.2 percent and Banco Santander 1.85 percent.

    "Investors are still concerned that the euro zone debt problem is not over, and it will keep hanging over the equity market until the market gets to a more reasonable valuation," said Koen de Leus, economist at KBC Securities.

    At 12:35 p.m., the Dow Jones industrial average was up 111.25 points, or 1.11 percent, at 10,135.27. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was up 14.39 points, or 1.34 percent, at 1,085.10. The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 31.22 points, or 1.40 percent, at 2,253.55.

    The Dow Jones U.S. Home Construction index rose 1.3 percent.

    Energy shares were among the best-performing stocks, recovering after the latest failed attempt by BP Plc to halt the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the news that the U.S. government had launched a criminal probe into the disaster.

    U.S.-listed shares of BP still managed to climb, rising 2.5 percent to $37.44 as it worked on a new plan to halt the spill. The PHLX Oil Service Sector index climbed 3.7 percent as Halliburton Co jumped 9.8 percent to $23.21 and Schlumberger Ltd advanced 7.6 percent to $55.71.

    YEN FALLS ON PM DEPARTURE

    The U.S. dollar was up 1.2 percent at 92.10 against the yen after Hatoyama stepped aside as prime minister, making room for his expected replacement, Finance Minister Naoto Kan.

    "Kan is a noted dove who has been an aggressive proponent of a lower yen in order to help stimulate Japanese exports," said Boris Schlossberg, a director of currency research at GFT, in New York.

    "With Japanese political situation in state of flux, the dollar may be the only safe-haven instrument left in the currency market for the time being," he added.

    Schlossberg also cited Japan's political turmoil, saying that it "has damaged some of the yen's safe harbor reputation as Hatoyama became the fourth Japanese prime minister in four years to leave the office."

    The dollar was up against a basket of major currencies, with the U.S. Dollar Index up 0.11 percent at 86.74.

    The euro was up 0.15 percent at $1.2243, paring earlier losses.

    European Central Bank board member Christian Noyer was cited as saying the single currency's exchange rate against the greenback was around a 10-year average and "by no means an unusually low level."

    U.S. crude prices for July rebounded to rise 93 cents to $73.51 a barrel after the pending home sales data.

    ICE Brent rose $1.60 to $74.31 a barrel.

    The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was down 14/32 in price to yield at 3.31 percent.

    Spot gold prices fell $1.75 to $1,222.50 an ounce.

    The MSCI index of Asia Pacific stocks outside Japan fell 0.6 percent. Japan's Nikkei stock average fell nearly 1 percent, surrendering some early gains.

    Across Europe, Britain's FTSE 100 shed 0.2 percent, Germany's DAX was flat and France's CAC 40 fell 0.1 percent.

    (Reporting by Ryan Vlastelica, Vivianne Rodrigues, Richard Leong in London; Harpreet Bhal, Emma Farge and Brian Gorman in London; Writing by Herbert Lash; Editing by Leslie Adler)

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    • Oil falls below $72 after weak macro data
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      ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece on Wednesday outlined plans to sell stakes in state-owned railway, water and real estate companies as part of a drive to raise billions of euros to help restore its ailing public...
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    Wednesday June 2, 09:56 PM Source: ANI

    Narender Modi inaugurates new manufacturing plant of Nano in Gujarat

    By ANI

    Sanand (Gujarat), June 2 (ANI): Gujarat Chief Minister Narender Modi inaugurated the manufacturing plant of Nano at Sanand, a city and municipality in Ahmedabad district, on Wednesday.

    The manufacturing unit at Sanand in Gujarat would produce up to 700 cars a day, and will eventually have a workforce of 10,000 employees.

    The first car from this plant rolled out in the presence of Tata Group's Chairman Ratan Tata and other dignitaries.

    Meanwhile, speaking on this occasion Modi said he was proud to reckon Sanand as the manufacturing land of Nano.

    "An ordinary person always dreams of owning a car. The land of Sanand is trying to fulfill the dream of middle and lower middle class families. Today we are contributing to the nation," said Modi.

    On his part, Ratan Tata thanked Modi for providing a new home for manufacturing his company's dream car, the Nano.

    "We searched for another home for the Nano and we wanted to be sure that we could move in peace and harmony and be able to establish a new home for the plant. Mr Modi stood out amongst all the others in guaranteeing us whatever we needed to have this plant in place," said Ratan Tata.

    Nano's main manufacturing unit was shifted from Singur in West Bengal in 2008 after its failure to commence production due to the protest by Trinamool Congress head Mamata Banerjee.

    Meanwhile, later, strong and stormy winds, caused by cyclone Phet, forced cancellation of a scheduled conference related to the launching.

    The gusty winds partially damaged a portion of the just inaugurated manufacturing unit of Tata Motors (TATAMOTORS.BO : 725.65 -29), spread over 1,100 hectare of land. (ANI)


    Wednesday June 2, 11:50 AM Reuters

    BSE Sensex tad up, Reliance Comm surges 10 pct

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    MUMBAI (Reuters) – The BSE Sensex (^BSESN : 16741.84 +169.81) gained 0.4 percent on Wednesday, led by gains in explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp and mobile carrier Reliance Communications (RCOM.NS : 154.85 +16), but euro-zone debt fears kept investors wary.

    Shares in Reliance Communications rose as much as 10 percent to their highest level in three weeks, after a newspaper reported that India's No. 2 mobile operator was in talks with Emirates Telecommunications (Etisalat) to sell a stake.

    The main 30-share BSE index was up 0.35 percent at 16,635.70 by 10.57 a.m. (0527 GMT), with 18 components in the positive zone. The index had risen as much as 0.6 percent earlier in the session and then briefly turned negative.

    "The investor mood is fairly cagey now because the overall global scenario is very uncertain and funds are not willing to invest large amounts of money," said Gajendra Nagpal, CEO of brokerage Unicon Financial.

    The key stock market index posted its first monthly decline since January, as investors pared their exposure to risky assets in the wake of Europe's sovereign debt crisis.

    Nagpal said the stock market was not expected to see a sharp surge in the near term due to the lingering worries about the euro zone debt crisis and in the absence of any positive buying trigger.

    Shares in Reliance Communications were up 6.3 percent at 148.05 rupees by 0530 GMT after the Times of India said that Etisalat was in advanced talks to buy a quarter of the Indian mobile operator for 180 billion rupees ($3.8 billion).

    If a deal is finalised, Abu Dhabi-based Etisalat would make an open offer to acquire an additional 20 percent stake in Reliance Communications from the public, the newspaper reported, citing market sources.

    Shares in state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp were up 2.2 percent at 1,170.05 rupees. An Oil India official said state explorers such as ONGC (ONGC.NS : 1182.35 +36.7) and Oil India began charging higher gas prices from Tuesday.

    ONGC Chairman R.S. Sharma had said last week that the company would annually gain about 55 billion rupees in revenue and 35 billion rupees in net profit due to revised gas prices.

    Shares in energy major Reliance Industries (RELIANCE.NS : 1011.05 +0.5), which has the highest weighting in the benchmark index, were up 0.6 percent at 1,017.60 rupees.

    Reliance could invest in coal-based power plants due to the surging demand for electricity in the fast-growing country, the Economic Times reported on Wednesday.

    In the broader market, 1,446 gainers led 915 losers on relatively low volume of 86 million shares.

    The 50-share NSE (^NSEI : 5019.85 +49.65) Nifty index was up 0.2 percent at 4,977.75.

    STOCKS ON THE MOVE

    * Ambuja Cements Ltd (ACL.BO : 110.2 +3.2) was up 1.9 percent at 109 rupees after India's No. 3 cement maker reported May shipments rose 13.7 percent from a year ago to 1.86 million tonnes.

    * GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd was up 0.4 percent at 43.05 rupees after the company said its unit won a bid for a highway development project in Rajasthan costing around 8.5 billion rupees.

    MAIN TOP THREE BY VOLUME

    * Development Credit Bank on 6 million shares

    * Reliance Communications on 4 million shares

    * IFCI on 3 million shares

    (Reporting by Sumeet Chatterjee; Editing by Unnikrishnan Nair)



    Wednesday June 2, 12:00 PM Source: ANI

    Gold prices hit record high, deter buyers

    By ANI

    Mumbai, June 2 (ANI): Bullion prices in India touched a record high of 398.42 dollars for ten grams on Tuesday and closed at 398.11 dollars.

    The skyrocketing rates of gold have severely constrained the budget of customers during the ongoing wedding season.

    Gold futures on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) were trading 1.88 percent higher, tracking strong overseas markets, where safe haven buying supported the yellow metal.

    "Prices have soared a lot. They are no more worth it for buying. But we have to buy it in times of need, though rather than buying more we buy less now. That is why people are buying now," said Ashwini Bhinde, a customer.

    Jewellery shop owners believe that the prices will continue to soar and touch almost 467.63 dollars by November during Deewali.

    Ashwini Pethe, owner of a jewellery showroom said that the people are buying gold in the raw form rather than ornaments for future consumption and also reckoning its value in appreciation.

    However, according to the World Gold Council, the demand for gold is expected to be strong during 2010 due to increasing interest for jewellery in India and China irrespective of high local prices.

    "It (Gold) depends on the international market rate. The rates are fixed in London, although the maximum consumption is in India and China. China is purchasing gold to improve their capital while in India most of the people are purchasing gold for the ornaments.That is the basic difference between the two countries. Out of 100 per cent, say almost 30 per cent gold consumption is done by India," Pethe said. (ANI)


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    Cummins India reports Q4 net profit of Rs 118 cr
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    ONGC Q4 net up 71 pct, sees upside on gas price
    ‎May 28, 2010‎ - Sify

    ONGC Q4 net surges 71 pc to Rs 3776 cr
    ‎May 28, 2010‎ - Economic Times

    Glenmark back in black, posts Q4 profit of Rs 103 cr
    ‎May 28, 2010‎ - Hindu Business Line

    SAIL Q4 profit jumps 40 pc to Rs 2085 cr
    ‎May 28, 2010‎ - Press Trust of India

    BPCL Q4 profit plunges 81%; Cairn net rises 12 fold
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    2. Reliance may invest in coal-based power plants


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      The energy giant Reliance Industries Ltd and Russian petrochemical firm Sibur have agreed to set up a joint venture to make butyl rubber in India amid ...
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    5. India's stock index up on news Ambani brothers end family feud


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    7. ESP Resources Reports Financial Results for the First Three Months ...


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    Warren Buffett says rating agencies got it wrong

    2 Jun 2010, 2250 hrs IST,REUTERS
    NEW YORK: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett distanced himself from embattled credit rating agencies, saying they have lost some of their appeal as an investment amid criticism over their role in propelling the financial crisis.

    "I think they were wrong like everyone else," Buffett told CNBC television on Wednesday ahead of testimony to a government panel probing the causes of the crisis.

    Some former officials at Moody's Investors Service told that hearing they felt intimidation from bosses to assign rosy ratings to risky debt products in an effort to win market business.

    "It was very clear to me that my future at the firm and my compensation would be based on the market share," said Eric Kolchinsky, who once ran the Moody's Investors Service unit that rated subprime collateralized debt obligations and is now a "whistleblower" on Moody's alleged faults.


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    Wednesday's hearing by The Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission is examining the role of credit rating agencies in the financial crisis, and investors' reliance on ratings themselves to make investment decisions.

    Credit raters such as Moody's Corp and McGraw-Hill Cos' have been widely faulted for fueling the crisis by assigning unreasonably high ratings for too long, and then downgrading them too fast. Congress is weighing legislation that could curb their power to win and retain business.

    "Rating agencies sort of evolved into this national duopoly," said Buffett, whose company Berkshire Hathaway Inc is one of Moody's largest investors. "The market will continue to demand from the brand names. I wish it weren't the case," he told CNBC

    DISTANCING HIMSELF

    Buffett repeated that he loves the agencies' business model, but that investors like himself should do their own credit homework and not depend on agencies to do it for them. The 79-year-old has used a similar argument to defend Goldman Sachs Group Inc's marketing of securities that led to a US Securities and Exchange Commission civil fraud lawsuit against the Wall Street bank in April.

    Buffett also distanced himself from Moody's management, saying he has had no recent contact with it, and did not know that Moody's in March got an SEC "Wells notice" indicating possible civil charges related to a failure to timely downgrade some European debt.

    Berkshire owns a 13 percent stake in Moody's, down from nearly 20 percent less than a year ago, and sold some shares shortly after Moody's got the Wells notice. Buffett said Moody's is not as "bulletproof" as it once was, and that this is a reason for some of the sales. He said he wished he sold more shares sooner.

    "NOT PRETTY"

    Phil Angelides, a former California treasurer who chairs the crisis panel, opened the hearing by criticizing Moody's for bestowing thousands of high ratings on risky debt that later became unhinged.

    "To be blunt, the picture is not pretty," Angelides said. He called Moody's a "'triple-A' factory" that expanded rapidly in structured finance, causing its stock to rise more than sixfold from 2000 to 2007. "Investors who relied on Moody's ratings did not fare so well," he said.

    Gary Witt, a former Moody's managing director, expressed concern that before the crisis hit, Moody's lacked the resources to be sure that its ratings on complex debt, including in the mortgage area, were correct.

    India seen as too protective of Sonia Gandhi's image

    2 Jun 2010, 1824 hrs IST,REUTERS
    MUMBAI: Indian authorities have tried to crack down on portrayals of Sonia Gandhi in movies, books and cartoons, triggering criticism that the world's largest democracy is too reverent towards its most powerful politician.

    Gandhi is a member of a family of Congress leaders that has dominated Indian politics since independence in 1947. As head of the ruling Congress party, she is widely seen as the power behind- -the-scenes in Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government.

    An upcoming Bollywood film "Rajneeti" (Politics), a political saga featuring a woman politician said to resemble Sonia Gandhi, has had trouble with the censor.

    Filmmaker Prakash Jha denies his lead actor in "Rajneeti" -- seen in promotional material draped in a saree like Sonia Gandhi -- is modeled after her.

    Jha said he had had difficulty getting his film classified "U/A" (universal) after first receiving an adult certification that would have drawn smaller audiences. A new controversy threatens to overshadow the movie's premiere on Friday.

    A Spanish novel "El Sari Rojo" (The Red Sari), purporting to dramatise the "tale of the Nehru-Gandhi family told through the story of Sonia Gandhi", has recently come under fire from the powerful Congress party

    There have been moves to block the English publication of the novel, which in some editions has pictures of Sonia Gandhi on the cover with folded hands.

    Congress party spokesman Abhishek Singhvi was cited in the Indian Express daily as saying the work was "completely unauthorised, defamatory and salacious".

    Congress has been blamed for shutting down the office of an Urdu-language newspaper in Kashmir over a caption under a picture of Sonia Gandhi deemed derogatory by local officials.

    The main Hindu nationalist opposition, the Bharatiya Janata Party, says such censorship moves are a throwback to the Emergency in the 1970s when then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi banned books, movies and newspapers seen as anti-government.

    Political observers say the Italian-born Sonia Gandhi is not quite the autocrat her mother-in-law was reputed to be and that the new censorship is a result of the Congress party's protective nature over the Gandhi family.

    "It is the culture of sycophancy in the party that is to blame," said Suhel Seth, managing partner of marketing consultancy Counselage India. "The eager beavers in the party take it upon themselves to be custodians of what they perceive to be Brand Sonia to curry favour."

    Sonia Gandhi has recently stepped up to a more public role after years of running the Congress party from the wings, with a cabinet-ranked post that gives her greater clout.

    India's stock index up on news Ambani brothers end family feud

    Vancouver Sun - Jonathan Manthorpe - ‎May 31, 2010‎
    India's benchmark stock index, the delightfully named Nifty, broke through the 5000 barrier last week on ...

    Mukesh Ambani may enter telecom business with Idea, Videocon

    Economic Times - ‎May 31, 2010‎
    MUMBAI: Four years ago, the Ambani brothers parted ways dividing the Reliance Group into two with a promise they won't compete against each other. ...

    Mukesh Ambani in talks to buy India fund - source

    Hindustan Times - ‎May 30, 2010‎
    Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani is in talks to buy a majority stake in JM Financial Asset Management, which oversees $1.8 billion in assets, a source with ...

    Ambani brothers' truce fuels talk of fresh attempt at Reliance-MTN deal

    Financial Times - Joe Leahy, Andrew Parker - ‎May 30, 2010‎
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    Tirumala visit: Anil stays at Mukesh's guest house

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    Different stock market perceptions

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    Anil Ambani forms equal joint venture with CBS for small-screen debut

    Economic Times - ‎May 30, 2010‎
    NEW DELHI: Billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance Media World will form an equal joint venture with iconic American media company CBS Corporation to launch a ...

    Mukesh Ambani may buy MF firm

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    Mumbai: Mukesh Ambani, who controls India's most valuable company Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), is in talks to buy a majority stake in JM Financial Asset ...

    Anil halts at Mukesh's Tirupati guest house

    Hindustan Times - ‎May 30, 2010‎
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    Nifty ends above 5000; telecom, auto,realty up

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    Nifty closes above 5K; telecom, auto, banks, cap goods up

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    Nifty closes above 5000; telecom stocks surge

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    BSE Sensex provisionally ends up 1.2 percent

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    RCom scrip surges on reports of stake sale

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    Economic development in India

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    The economic development in India followed a socialist-inspired policies for most of its independent history, including state-ownership of many sectors; extensive regulation and red tape known as "Licence Raj"; and isolation from the world economy. India's per capita income increased at only around 1% annualized rate in the three decades after Independence.[1] Since the mid-1980s, India has slowly opened up its markets through economic liberalization. After more fundamental reforms since 1991 and their renewal in the 2000s, India has progressed towards a market-oriented economy.[1]

    In the late 2000s, India's growth has reached 7.5%, which will double the average income in a decade.[1] Analysts say that if India pushed more fundamental market reforms, it could sustain the rate and even reach the government's 2011 target of 10%.[1] States have large responsibilities over their economies. The annualized 1999-2008 growth rates for Gujarat (8.8%), Haryana (8.7%), or Delhi (7.4%) were significantly higher than for Bihar (5.1%), Uttar Pradesh (4.4%), or Madhya Pradesh (3.5%).[2] India is the twelfth-largest economy in the world and the fourth largest by purchasing power parity adjusted exchange rates (PPP). On per capita basis, it ranks 128th in the world or 118th by PPP.

    Although living standards are rising fast, 75.6% of the population still lives on less than $2 a day (PPP, around $0.5 in nominal terms), compared to 73.0% in Sub-Saharan Africa.[3] In terms of occupation, two-thirds of the Indian workforce earn their livelihood directly or indirectly through agriculture in rural villages. As a proportion of GDP, towns and cities make over two thirds of the Indian economy.

    The progress of economic reforms in India is followed closely. The World Bank suggests that the most important priorities are public sector reform, infrastructure, agricultural and rural development, removal of labor regulations, reforms in lagging states, and HIV/AIDS.[4] India ranked 120th on the Ease of Doing Business Index in 2008, compared with 83rd for China and 122nd for Brazil.

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    [edit] Agriculture

    Composition of India's total production (million tonnes) of foodgrains and commercial crops, in 2003–04.

    India ranks second worldwide in farm output. Agriculture and allied sectors like forestry, logging and fishing accounted for 18.6% of the GDP in 2005, employed 60% of the total workforce[5] and despite a steady decline of its share in the GDP, is still the largest economic sector and plays a significant role in the overall socio-economic development of India. Yields per unit area of all crops have grown since 1950, due to the special emphasis placed on agriculture in the five-year plans and steady improvements in irrigation, technology, application of modern agricultural practices and provision of agricultural credit and subsidies since the green revolution.[citation needed]

    India is the largest producer in the world of milk, cashew nuts, coconuts, tea, ginger, turmeric and black pepper.[6] It also has the world's largest cattle population (193 million).[7] It is the second largest producer of wheat, rice, sugar, groundnut and inland fish.[8] It is the third largest producer of tobacco.[8] India accounts for 10% of the world fruit production with first rank in the production of banana and sapota.[8]

    The required level of investment for the development of marketing, storage and cold storage infrastructure is estimated to be huge. The government has implemented various schemes to raise investment in marketing infrastructure. Among these schemes are Construction of Rural Go downs, Market Research and Information Network, and Development / Strengthening of Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure, Grading and Standardization.[9]

    Main problems in the agricultural sector, as listed by the World Bank, are:[10]

    • India's large agricultural subsidies are hampering productivity-enhancing investment.
    • Overregulation of agriculture has increased costs, price risks and uncertainty.
    • Government interventions in labor, land, and credit markets.
    • Inadequate infrastructure and services.
    Research and development

    The Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), established in 1905, was responsible for the research leading to the "Indian Green Revolution" of the 1970s. The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is the apex body in agriculture and related allied fields, including research and education.[11] The Union Minister of Agriculture is the President of the ICAR. The Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute develops new techniques for the design of agricultural experiments, analyses data in agriculture, and specializes in statistical techniques for animal and plant breeding. Prof. M.S. Swaminathan is known as "Father of the Green Revolution" and heads the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation.[12] He is known for his advocacy of environmentally sustainable agriculture and sustainable food security.

    [edit] Industrial output

    An industrial zone near Mumbai, India.

    India is fourteenth in the world in factory output. Manufacturing sector in addition to mining, quarrying, electricity and gas together account for 27.6% of the GDP and employ 17% of the total workforce. Economic reforms introduced after 1991 brought foreign competition, led to privatisation of certain public sector industries, opened up sectors hitherto reserved for the public sector and led to an expansion in the production of fast-moving consumer goods.[13]

    Post-liberalisation, the Indian private sector, which was usually run by oligopolies of old family firms and required political connections to prosper was faced with foreign competition, including the threat of cheaper Chinese imports. It has since handled the change by squeezing costs, revamping management, focusing on designing new products and relying on low labour costs and technology.[14]

    [edit] Services

    India is fifteenth in services output. Service industry employs 23% of the work force and is growing quickly, with a growth rate of 7.5% in 1991–2000, up from 4.5% in 1951–80. It has the largest share in the GDP, accounting for 53.8% in 2005 up from 15% in 1950.[5] Business services (information technology, information technology enabled services, business process outsourcing) are among the fastest growing sectors contributing to one third of the total output of services in 2000. The growth in the IT sector is attributed to increased specialisation and availability of a large pool of low cost, highly skilled, educated and fluent English-speaking workers on the supply side and on the demand side, has increased demand from foreign consumers interested in India's service exports or those looking to outsource their operations. India's IT industry, despite contributing significantly to its balance of payments, accounts for only about 1% of the total GDP or 1/50th of the total services.[15]

    The ITES-BPO sector has become a big employment generator especially amongst young college graduates. The number of professionals employed by IT and ITES sectors is estimated at around 1.3 million as on March 2006. Also, Indian IT-ITES is estimated to have helped create an additional 3 million job opportunities through indirect and induced employment.[16]

    [edit] Banking and finance

    The RBI headquarters in Mumbai

    Since liberalisation, the government has approved significant banking reforms. While some of these relate to nationalised banks (like encouraging mergers, reducing government interference and increasing profitability and competitiveness), other reforms have opened up the banking and insurance sectors to private and foreign players.[5][17]

    Currently, in 2007, banking in India is generally mature in terms of supply, product range and reach-even, though reach in rural India still remains a challenge for the private sector and foreign banks.[18] In terms of quality of assets and capital adequacy, Indian banks are considered to have clean, strong and transparent balance sheets relative to other banks in comparable economies of Asia.[18] The Reserve Bank of India is an autonomous body, with minimal pressure from the government. The stated policy of the Bank on the Indian Rupee is to manage volatility but without any fixed exchange rate.[19]

    Currently, India has 88 scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) — 28 public sector banks (that is with the Government of India holding a stake), 29 private banks (these do not have government stake; they may be publicly listed and traded on stock exchanges) and 31 foreign banks.[20] They have a combined network of over 53,000 branches and 17,000 ATMs. The public sector banks hold over 75% of total assets of the banking industry, with the private and foreign banks holding 18.2% and 6.5% respectively.[20]

    [edit] Companies

    47 Indian companies were listed in the Forbes Global 2000 ranking for 2009.[21] The 10 leading companies were:

    World Rank↓Company↓ LogoIndustry↓ Revenue
    (billion $)↓
    Profits
    (billion $)↓
    Assets
    (billion $)↓
    Market Value
    (billion $)↓
    121Reliance Industries
    Oil & Gas Operations34.03 4.8743.6135.95
    150State Bank of India SBI-logo.svg Banking22.632.23255.8612.75
    152Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
    Oil & Gas Operations24.044.9535.3528.91
    207Indian Oil Corporation Iocl logo.jpg Oil & Gas Operations51.661.9733.6410.20
    317NTPC
    Utilities9.631.8624.5829.70
    329ICICI Bank
    Banking15.060.85120.617.14
    463Tata Steel
    Materials 32.773.0831.162.46
    508Bharti Airtel
    Telecommunications Services6.731.5912.2823.63
    582Steel Authority of India Limited Saillogo.JPG Materials9.821.8910.546.14
    689 Reliance Communications
    Telecommunications Services 4.261.3519.316.27

    [edit] India's resource consumption

    [edit] Oil

    India had about 5.6 billion barrels (890,000,000 m3) of proven oil reserves as of January 2007, which is the second-largest amount in the Asia-Pacific region behind China.[22] Most of India's crude oil reserves are located in the western coast (Mumbai High) and in the northeastern parts of the country, although considerable undeveloped reserves are also located in the offshore Bay of Bengal and in the state of Rajasthan.

    The combination of rising oil consumption and fairly unwavering production levels leaves India highly dependent on imports to meet the consumption needs. In 2006, India produced an average of about 846,000 barrels per day (bbl/d) of total oil liquids, of which 77%, or 648,000 bbl/d (103,000 m3/d), was crude oil.[22] During 2006, India consumed an estimated 2.63 Mbbl/d (418,000 m3/d) of oil.[23] The Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates that India registered oil demand growth of 100,000 bbl/d (16,000 m3/d) during 2006.[23] EIA forecasts suggest that country is likely to experience similar gains during 2007 and 2008.

    Sector organisation

    India's oil sector is dominated by state-owned enterprises, although the government has taken steps in past recent years to deregulate the hydrocarbons industry and support greater foreign involvement. India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is the largest oil company, and also the country's largest company overall by market capitalization. ONGC is the leading player in India's upstream sector, accounting for roughly 75% of the country's oil output during 2006, as per Indian government estimates.[22]

    As a net importer of oil, the Government of India has introduced policies aimed at growing domestic oil production and oil exploration activities. As part of the effort, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas crafted the New Exploration License Policy (NELP) in 2000, which permits foreign companies to hold 100% equity possession in oil and natural gas projects.[22] However, to date, only a handful of oil fields are controlled by foreign firms. India's downstream sector is also dominated by state-owned entities, though private companies have enlarged their market share in past recent years.[22]

    [edit] Natural gas

    As per the Oil and Gas Journal, India had 38 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of confirmed natural gas reserves as of January 2007. A huge mass of India's natural gas production comes from the western offshore regions, particularly the Mumbai High complex. The onshore fields in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, and Gujarat states are also major producers of natural gas. As per EIA data, India produced 996 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas in 2004.[24]

    India imports small amounts of natural gas. In 2004, India consumed about 1,089×10^9 cu ft (3.08×1010 m3) of natural gas, the first year in which the country showed net natural gas imports. During 2004, India imported 93×10^9 cu ft (2.6×109 m3) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar.[24]

    Sector Organization

    As in the oil sector, India's state-owned companies account for the bulk of natural gas production. ONGC and Oil India Ltd. (OIL) are the leading companies with respect to production volume, while some foreign companies take part in upstream developments in joint-ventures and production sharing contracts (PSCs). Reliance Industries, a privately-owned Indian company, will also have a bigger role in the natural gas sector as a result of a large natural gas find in 2002 in the Krishna Godavari basin.[24]

    The Gas Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) holds an effective control on natural gas transmission and allocation activities. In December 2006, the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued a new policy that allows foreign investors, private domestic companies, and national oil companies to hold up to 100% equity stakes in pipeline projects. While GAIL's domination in natural gas transmission and allocation is not ensured by statute, it will continue to be the leading player in the sector because of its existing natural gas infrastructure.[24]

    [edit] Issues

    Regulation, public sector, corruption

    India ranked 133rd on the Ease of Doing Business Index in 2010, compared with 85th for Pakistan, 89th for People's Republic of China, 125th for Nigeria, 129th for Brazil,and 122nd for Indonesia.

    Extent of corruption in Indian states, as measured in a 2005 study by Transparency International India. (Darker regions are more corrupt)[25]

    Corruption in many forms has been one of the pervasive problems affecting India. For decades, the red tape, bureaucracy and the Licence Raj that had strangled private enterprise.[26] The economic reforms of 1991 cut some of the worst regulations that had been utilized in corruption.

    Corruption is still large. A 2005 study by Transparency International (TI) India found that more than half of those surveyed had firsthand experience of paying a bribe or peddling influence to get a job done in a public office.[25] The chief economic consequences of corruption are the loss to the exchequer, an unhealthy climate for investment and an increase in the cost of government-subsidised services. The TI India study estimates the monetary value of petty corruption in 11 basic services provided by the government, like education, healthcare, judiciary, police, etc., to be around Rs.21,068 crores.[25] India still ranks in the bottom quartile of developing nations in terms of the ease of doing business, and compared with China, the average time taken to secure the clearances for a startup or to invoke bankruptcy is much greater.

    The Right to Information Act (2005) and equivalent acts in the states, that require government officials to furnish information requested by citizens or face punitive action, computerisation of services and various central and state government acts that established vigilance commissions have considerably reduced corruption or at least have opened up avenues to redress grievances.[25][27] The 2006 report by Transparency International puts India at 70th place and states that significant improvements were made by India in reducing corruption.[28][29]

    Employment

    India's labor force is growing by 2.5% every year, but employment is growing only at 2.3% a year.[30] Official unemployment exceeds 9%. Regulation and other obstacles have discouraged the emergence of formal businesses and jobs. Almost 30% of workers are casual workers who work only when they are able to get jobs and remain unpaid for the rest of the time.[30] Only 10% of the workforce is in regular employment.[30] India's labor regulations are heavy even by developing country standards and analysts have urged the government to abolish them.[1][31]

    Most children never go beyond primary level schooling. Children under 14 constitute 3.6% of the total labor force in the country. Of these children, 9 out of every 10 work in their own rural family settings. Around 85% of them are engaged in traditional agricultural activities. Less than 9% work in manufacturing, services and repairs.[32] Child labor is a complex problem that is basically rooted in poverty. The Indian government is implementing the world's largest child labor elimination program, with primary education targeted for ~250 million. Numerous non-governmental and voluntary organizations are also involved. Special investigation cells have been set up in states to enforce existing laws banning employment of children (under 14) in hazardous industries. The allocation of the Government of India for the eradication of child labor was $10 million in 1995-96 and $16 million in 1996-97. The allocation for 2007 is $21 million.[32]

    Environmental degradation

    About 1.2 billion people in developing nations lack clean, safe water because most household and industrial wastes are dumped directly into rivers and lakes without treatment. This contributes to the rapid increase in waterborne diseases in humans.[33] Out of India's 3119 towns and cities, just 209 have partial treatment facilities, and only 8 have full wastewater treatment facilities (WHO 1992).[34] 114 cities dump untreated sewage and partially cremated bodies directly into the Ganges River.[35] Downstream, the untreated water is used for drinking, bathing, and washing. This situation is typical of many rivers in India as well as other developing countries. Globally, but especially in developing nations like India where people cook with fuelwood and coal over open fires, about 4 billion humans suffer continuous exposure to smoke. In India, particulate concentrations in houses are reported to range from 8,300 to 15,000 μg/m3, greatly exceeding the 75 μg/m3 maximum standard for indoor particulate matter in the United States.[36] Changes in ecosystem biological diversity, evolution of parasites, and invasion by exotic species all frequently result in disease outbreaks such as cholera which emerged in 1992 in India. The frequency of AIDS/HIV is increasing. In 1996, about 46,000 Indians out of 2.8 million (1.6 % of the population) tested were found to be infected with HIV.[37]

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    Featured Analysis
    India Booming - GDP, Income (and Inflation) Growing
    India Booming, Strong GDP Growth
    Bangalore's Booming, India's Ignited. Credit: Bharette.

    2 June 2010. India's economy grew at its fastest pace in six months in the quarter through March 2010, fuelled mainly by government and consumer spending. The 8.6 percent expansion in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2009/10 was broadly in line with a median forecast of 8.7 percent in a Reuters poll, and lifted the annual average growth rate for the full fiscal year to a slightly better-than-expected 7.4 percent. India's economy had grown 6.7 percent in 2008/09, and the Jan-March 2009/10 growth rate matches the revised data for the second quarter of 2009/10. Revival of growth in farm output after a contraction in the quarter ago underscored the broad-based recovery in Asia's third-largest economy. The arrival of fresh crops helped agriculture grow by 0.2 percent, having dropped significantly in the previous quarter of 2009-10 due to a poor monsoon. The farm sector, which forms nearly 17 percent of the economy but is dependent on monsoon rains, is expected to do well in 2011. The rapid acceleration in the world's second-fastest growing major economy after China is boosting consumer demand far ahead of what can be met by existing supply capacity, which means that inflation, as well as high-levels of domestically held debt, are serious concerns for the Indian political leadership.



    31 May 2010. Investors are demanding greater yields to lend to China property firms, a sign they expect borrowers will have a harder time meeting debt payments amid a government clampdown down on lending. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Credit Suisse Group AG cut their profit estimates for Chinese real estate companies after a 12.8 percent jump in real estate prices in April from a year earlier spurred the state to increase regulation.  China has added to regulations designed to cool the property market several times this year, including raising banks' reserve requirements three times since January, restricting pre-sales by developers and curbing loans for third- home purchases. It also raised minimum mortgage rates and tightened down-payment requirements for second homes. Consequently, investors are pricing in a 50 percent chance of default. Similar contracts insuring Agile's debt have soared 3.85 percentage points since mid-April, when China's central bank pledged to implement new lending rules to cool real estate "madness." At current rates investors are pricing in a 48 percent chance of default. Chinese property bonds are unlikely "to recover meaningfully anytime soon," Amias Berman's Chan said. "If we start to see the regulatory measures taking effect in the next few months then there may be a reversal of fortunes. But optimistically I think it'll be the third or fourth quarter before things stabilize."



    27 May 2010 By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com.  Quite aside from the human and social justice aspects, income equality is a crucial factor in creating and continuing sustained economic growth. The fact that – as income inequality BETWEEN nations decreases, something we think is a good thing, income inequality WITHIN nations, in general, is growing. This is happening both in the major old markets of US, UK, Germany and Japan, and in the new, above all, China and India, but also other emerging markets like Brazil, Russia and Mexico. While income in-equality is problematic anywhere, it is ESPECIALLY so in the US, because, as we have said so many times, since 1947, we have had an American-centered world political economy, meaning, very simply, that countries either SELL to the US – or they SELL to countries that SELL to the US. Which means the more income in-equality WITHIN the US, the harder it's going to be for the world to pull out of the Great Recession in which so much of it finds itself mired today.



    Five Guideposts For Understanding As Financial "Reform" Proceeds
    Financial Regulation Reform
    The End of Days? Nah, Just Paydays for Lobbyists.
    Credit: BlankBlankBlank.

    25 May 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com. The US now starts the process of legislatively finalizing the finance "reform" bill. As this painfully slow and agonizing march proceeds, here are five "guideposts" to make the whole thing easier to understand – even if you don't "believe" some of the things that are happening.1) Wall Street is quietly relieved. 2) It's going to be a lobbying bonanza. 3) Team Obama chose "more regulation" instead of downsizing the financial sector. 4) The Federal Reserve's power will grow. 5) Derivatives will not just remain, but it's unclear if their transparency will increase in the slightest. Don't say you haven't been warned.



    Ex-German Central Bank Head Pöhl Attacks Greek "Solution"
    German Central Bank Euro Coin
    Not Dead Yet, Says Pohl - But Could It Be On Life Support?
    Credit: LuxEuroCoins.

    19 May 2010. From Der Spiegel interview with former head of the German Central Bank, SPD economic guru, Karl Otto Pöhl: The European Union should have declared half a year ago -- or even earlier -- that Greek debt needed restructuring. * But according to Chancellor Angela Merkel, that would have led to a domino effect, with repercussions for other European states facing debt crises of their own. Pöhl: I do not believe that. I think it was about something altogether different. * Such as? Pöhl: It was about protecting German banks, but especially the French banks, from debt write offs. On the day that the rescue package was agreed on, shares of French banks rose by up to 24 percent. Looking at that, you can see what this was really about -- namely, rescuing the banks and the rich Greeks ... * If you were president of the Bundesbank today, would you be ordering the printing of German marks just in case they became necessary? Pöhl: No, no, we have not gone that far quite yet. In my opinion, the euro is in no danger.



    17 May 2010, By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com.  We noticed a few weeks ago what seemed a most intriguing story in the New York Times that a) never seemed to get a follow up, and b) never showed up on any searches. Given the repetitive din of the global media society, this is surprising, because it concerns China's rather blatant attempts to discover the, literal, inner workings of advanced Western military technology, and, given the Asian genius for reverse engineering, to help itself in a very direct way to the top levels of Western technique without having to spend a huge amount of time, money or energy developing it themselves. But as we worked our way through it, we began to suspect what we originally thought was an explosive story was simply Standard Operating Procedure in the world of high-tech arms trade.



    Is Europe Turning Japanese? Starting To Think So
    IS Europe Turning Japanese?
    What Do You Mean Our Money's in GERMAN Banks ???. Credit: Eric Ingrum.

    12 May 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com. The problems for banks holding government debt that can't be paid is EXACTLY the same as banks holding mortgage debt - and, even worse, derivatives supposedly BACKED by that mortgage debt - that can't be paid. In ALL of these cases, the banks that hold that debt are forcing governments NOT to force them to "mark to market" assets that were perhaps ONCE worth something, but are now relatively worthless. This is enabling those Too-Big-To-Fail banks to pretend they are still in good shape. In fact, they are in very BAD shape, but don't have to admit it, so their stock prices remain inflated - and the weakest of them avoid bankruptcy. The US  chose to deal with its crisis by mimicking the Japanese response. NOW, it seems, Europe is doing the EXACT SAME THING: bailing out the banks, the TRUE beneficiaries of the so-called "Greek bailout", since THEY hold most of the Greek debt. The governments are becoming more weak and direction-less just at the moment decisive action is needed. Japan has had more than two "Lost Decades", the US is following right along in its footsteps, and if Europe is now heeding America's advice, it seems more than likely Europe will be Lost for Decades to come.



    Nightmare on Wall Street: Shocking, But Not Surprising
    Nightmare on Wall Street
    Nightmare on Wall Street. Freddie Krueger would be proud. Credit: MudPig.

    7 May 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com. First of all, at this time, no one has the slightest idea what happened, and it's probably likely we won't have any idea "what happened" for a while - if ever. So while the various investigations - and their associated cover-ups - go on, let's not pretend that any of the "causes" pointed to explain the reason the Dow bottomed so badly at 2:46 p.m. on Thursday, May 6. EXCEPT that - no matter where you look, with, as always, at least so far, the exception of China - THERE ARE MAJOR STRUCTURAL PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE ADVANCED WORLD, ie, US, Europe and Japan, none of which show the slightest sign of getting better in the foreseeable future. Given all this, we STILL have no idea if May 6 will end up being remembered, as Franklin Roosevelt so memorably put it, "a day that will live in infamy", at least in financial history. But we should have no illusions that, even if the markets do, in some way, recover, THE REAL ECONOMIC SITUATION THE WORLD CONFRONTS REMAINS, at best, DEEPLY UNCERTAIN, and, at worst, DOWNRIGHT DANGEROUS.



    Oil Spill Debacle Encapsulates Obama's Structural Flaws
    Deepwater Oil Rig Explosion, Oil Spill, and Obama's Weak Response
    Deepwater: Sure Looks Like Structural Flaws. Credit: BusinessInsider.com.

    5 May 2010. By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com. Ever since he became President, Barack Obama has displayed a disturbingly consistent pattern of behavior: ignoring the desires of the base that elected him in favor of consistently failed attempts at bi-partisan "co-operation" with Republicans and other actors definitely not part of that base, above all big corporations and industries who have made no secret of their opposition to even his weakest efforts at "change." This was demonstrated once again on the last day of March, when Obama announced new plans for extensive offshore oil drilling, an initiative that not only came out of the blue, but put in play whole new areas previously ruled off-limits. In that context, the BP oil spill - which threatens to become the greatest ecological disaster in US history - presents him with a serious problem that underscores what we have always considered his most egregious problem: depending on middlemen, with a vested interest in the outcome, to formulate and carry out policies that are, in fact, the responsibility of the Federal government.



    Buffett Angle Heightens Goldman Mystery, Stakes
    Warren Buffett and Goldman Sachs
    " ... and pretty soon your're talking about real money!" Credit: Politicomix.

    3 May 2010 By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com. How does it all fit together – St. Warren of Buffett, the "regular guy", homespun, Midwestern billionaire exponent of "value investing", avowed enemy of derivatives, on the one hand - on the other, Goldman Sachs, prime user of derivatives, and the most reviled and hated of the many Wall Street firms, whose high-level employees have been raking in millions in compensation, while most of the rest of the world sits mired in The Great Recession ??? We raised this question three months ago, well before the SEC suit – long before anybody else was even thinking along these lines – wondering how these two seemingly opposite poles of the US / global financial system could fit together so seamlessly? And the events of the last few weeks have provided at least the start of an answer: in fact, it appears, all too easily.



    29 April 2010 By David Caploe PhD, Chief Political Economist, EconomyWatch.com. Later this week, the independent Lisbon weekly EXPRESSO will be examining in its Economia section the current crisis in the Euro-zone, which has already embroiled Greece -- and with the downgrading of the sovereign debt of Portugal earlier in the week by Standard and Poors, has now reached that country of superb food and beautiful Atlantic beaches -- and has asked our Chief Political Economist, Dr David Caploe, to examine both the Portuguese and larger Euro-zone crisis from his unique perspective. With the agreement of our friend and colleague, Jorge Nascimento Rodrigues, long-time contributor to the Economia section, we now present an unedited and complete transcript of that interview.



    Bullish on India: "Asia's Best Market"
    India - Bullish on Asia's Best Market
    Mumbai: Wading in Opportunity. Credit: Argenberg.

    26 April 2010. Where do you see India 20 years from now? The emergence of a powerful middle class in India will keep the country's economy on an upswing. It's India's unstoppable growth engine. In a decade, India's economy will be bigger than the UK's. In 20 years, bigger than Japan's. What if economic growth in the U.S. and Europe is slow to pick up again? It'll hurt the other BRIC countries (Russia, Brazil, and China) a lot more than it will hurt India. So where should investors look? Everybody thinks software and generic drugs when they think of India. But I like the infrastructure sector. India's ports and railroads are getting a facelift -- An interview with Andrew Gordon, Editor of Investor's Daily Edge.



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    Reliance Industries

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    Reliance Industries Limted
    TypePublic (BSE: 500325‎)
    IndustryConglomerate
    Founded1966 As Reliance Commercial Corporation
    Founder(s) Dhirubhai Ambani
    Headquarters Navi Mumbai, India
    Area servedWorldwide
    Key peopleMukesh Ambani (Chairman) & (MD)
    ProductsPetroleum
    Natural gas
    Petrochemicals
    Retail stores
    Polymers
    Polyesters
    Chemicals
    Textile
    Revenue Rs 200,400 crore (US$ 44.69 billion) (2010)[1]
    Operating incomeRs 33,041 crore (US$ 7.37 billion) (2010)[2]
    Net incomeRs 16,236 crore (US$ 3.62 billion) (2010)[3]
    Total assetsRs 245,706 crore (US$ 54.79 billion) (2009)[4]
    Total equityRs 146,328 crore (US$ 32.63 billion) (2009)[5]
    Employees24,679 (2009)[6]
    SubsidiariesReliance Petroleum
    Reliance Life Sciences
    Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited
    Reliance Institute of Life Sciences
    Reliance Logistics
    Reliance Clinical Research Services
    Reliance Solar
    Relicord
    WebsiteRIL.com

    Reliance Industries Limited (BSE: 500325‎) is India's largest private sector conglomerate (by market value), with an annual turnover of US$ 44.6 billion and profit of US$ 3.6 billion for the fiscal year ending in March 2010 making it one of India's private sector Fortune Global 500 companies, being ranked at 264th position (2009).[7] It was founded by the Indian industrialist Dhirubhai Ambani in 1966. Ambani has been a pioneer in introducing financial instruments like fully convertible debentures to the Indian stock markets. Ambani was one of the first entrepreneurs to draw retail investors to the stock markets. Critics allege that the rise of Reliance Industries to the top slot in terms of market capitalization is largely due to Dhirubhai's ability to manipulate the levers of a controlled economy to his advantage. Though the company's oil-related operations form the core of its business, it has diversified its operations in recent years. After severe differences between the founder's two sons, Mukesh Ambani and Anil Ambani, the group was divided between them in 2006. In September 2008, Reliance Industries was the only Indian firm featured in the Forbes's list of "world's 100 most respected companies".[8]

    Contents

    [hide]

    [edit] Stock

    • According to the company website "1 out of every 4 investors in India is a Reliance shareholder." . Reliance has more than 3 million shareholders, making it one of the world's most widely held stock. Reliance Industries Ltd, subsequent to its split in January 2006 has continued to grow. Reliance companies have been among the best performing in the Indian stock market.

    [edit] Products

    Reliance Industries Limited has a wide range of products from petroleum products, petrochemicals, to garments (under the brand name of Vimal), Reliance Retail has entered into the fresh foods market as Reliance Fresh and launched a new chain called Delight Reliance Retail and NOVA Chemicals have signed a letter of intent to make energy-efficient structures. The primary business of the company is petroleum refining and petrochemicals. It operates a 33 million tonne refinery at Jamnagar in the Indian state of Gujarat. Reliance has also completed a second refinery of 29 million tons at the same site which started operations in December 2008. The company is also involved in oil & gas exploration and production. In 2002, it struck a major find on India's eastern coast in the Krishna Godavari basin. Gas production from this find was started on April 2, 2009. As of the end of 3rd quarter of 2009-2010, gas production from the KG D6 ramped up to 60 MMSCMD.

    [edit] Subsidiaries

    Major Subsidiaries & Associates

    • Reliance Petroleum Limited (RPL) was a subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) and was created to exploit the emerging opportunities, creating value in the refining sector worldwide.Currently, RPL stands amalgamated with RIL.[9]
    • Reliance Life Sciences is a research-driven, biotechnology-led, life sciences organization that participates in medical, plant and industrial biotechnology opportunities. Specifically, these relate to Biopharmaceuticals, Pharmaceuticals, Clinical Research Services, Regenerative Medicine, Molecular Medicine, Novel Therapeutics, Biofuels, Plant Biotechnology and Industrial Biotechnology.[10]
    • Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Limited (RIIL) is engaged in the business of setting up / operating Industrial Infrastructure that also involves leasing and providing services connected with computer software and data processing.[11]
    • Reliance Institute of Life Sciences (Rils), established by Dhirubhai Ambani Foundation, is an institution of higher education in various fields of life sciences and related technologies.[12]
    • Reliance Logistics (P) Limited is a single window solutions provider for transportation, distribution, warehousing, logistics, and supply chain needs, supported by in house state of art telematics and telemetry solutions.[13]
    • Reliance Clinical Research Services (RCRS), a contract research organization (CRO) and wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Life Sciences, has been set up to provide clinical research services to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.[14]
    • Reliance Solar, The solar energy initiative of Reliance aims to bring solar energy systems and solutions primarily to remote and rural areas and bring about a transformation in the quality of life.[15]
    • Relicord is the first and one of the most dependable stem-cell banking services of South East Asia offered by Mukesh Ambani controlled Reliance Industries.[16]

    [edit] Reliance's oil and gas discovery

    In 2002, Reliance found natural gas in the Krishna Godavari basin off the coast of Andhra Pradesh near Vishakapatnam.[17] It was the largest discovery of natural gas in world in financial year 2002-2003[18]. On 2 April 2009, Reliance Industries (RIL) commenced natural gas production from its D-6 block in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin.[19]

    The gas reserve is 7 trillion cubic feet in size. Equivalent to 1.2 billion barrels (165 million tonnes) of crude oil, but only 5 trillion cubic feet are extractable.[20]

    On 2008 Oct 8, Anil Ambani's Reliance Natural Resources took Reliance Industries to the Bombay High Court to uphold a memorandum of understanding that said RIL will supply the natural gas at $2.34 per million British thermal units to Anil Ambani.[21]

    [edit] Reliance Retail

    Reliance Retail is the retail business wing of the Reliance business. Many brands like Reliance Fresh, Reliance Footprint, Reliance Time Out, Reliance Digital, Reliance Wellness, Reliance Trendz, Reliance Autozone, Reliance Super, Reliance Mart, Reliance iStore, Reliance Home Kitchens, and Reliance Jewel come under the Reliance Retail brand. Reliance saw opportunity in retailing chicken, mutton and other meat products (halal and non-halal) through one of its retail arms called "Delight Non Veg." One of the Delight outlets has been shut down due to protest by anti-animal cruelty activists at Gandhi Nagar, Delhi who want Reliance to close its non-veg food marketing.

    [edit] Environmental record

    Reliance Industry is the worlds largest polyester producer and as a result one of the largest producers of polyester waste in the world. In order to deal with this large amount of waste they had to create a way to recycle the waste. They operate the largest polyester recycling center that uses the polyester waste as a filling and stuffing. They use this process to develop a strong recycling process which won them a reward in the Team Excellence competition.[22]

    Reliance Industries backed a conference on environmental awareness in New Delhi in 2006. The conference was run by the Asia Pacific Jurist Association in partnership with the Ministry of Environment & Forests, Govt. of India and the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board. The conference was to help bring about new ideas and articles on various aspects of environmental protection in the region. Maharashtra Pollution Control Board invited various industries complied with the pollution control norms to take active part in the conference and to support as a sponsor. The conference proved effective as a way to promote environmental concern in the area.[23]

    [edit] Awards & Recognition

    [edit] Awards for managers

    • Mukesh D. Ambani received the United States of America-India Business Council (USIBC) leadership award for "Global Vision" 2007 in Washington in July 2007.
    • Mukesh D. Ambani was conferred the Asia Society Leadership Award by the Asia Society, Washington, USA, May 2004.
    • Mukesh D. Ambani ranked 13th in Asia's Power 25 list of The Most Powerful People in Business published by Fortune magazine, August 2004.

    [edit] See also

    [edit] External links

    [edit] References

    1. ^ http://http://www.ril.com/rportal1/DownloadLibUploads/1272026409625_Q4PR23042010.pdf
    2. ^ http://www.ril.com/html/investor/10_yearshighlight.html
    3. ^ http://www.ril.com/html/investor/10_yearshighlight.html
    4. ^ http://www.ril.com/html/investor/10_yearshighlight.html
    5. ^ http://www.ril.com/html/investor/10_yearshighlight.html
    6. ^ http://www.ril.com/html/investor/10_yearshighlight.html
    7. ^ [1]
    8. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/RIL_among_worlds_100_most_respected_companies/articleshow/3453197.cms
    9. ^ "About us, Reliance Petroleum". http://www.reliancepetroleum.com/html/aboutus.html. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
    10. ^ "About us, Reliance Life Sciences". http://rellife.com/aboutus.html. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
    11. ^ "About us, Reliance Industrial Infrastructure". http://riil.in/. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
    12. ^ "About us, Reliance Institute of Life Sciences". http://www.rils.ac.in/html/aboutus.html. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
    13. ^ "About us, Reliance Logistics". http://reliancelogistics.com/html/aboutus/aboutus.html. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
    14. ^ "About us, Reliance Clinical Research Services". http://www.relclin.com/aboutus.htmll. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
    15. ^ "About us, Reliance Solar". http://relsolar.com/aboutus.html. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
    16. ^ "About us, Relicord". http://www.relicord.com/#. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
    17. ^ rediff.com 2002 10 31 article on Reliance gas find
    18. ^ REL.co.in press release on gas find
    19. ^ Energy boost for India as Krishna-Godavari gas flows
    20. ^ rediff 2002 10 31 rel article on gas find
    21. ^ Telegraph India 2008 10 07 article on court case
    22. ^ Reliance Industries award
    23. ^ "Conference on "Environment-Awareness-Enforcement" New Delhi."

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