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At the Reliance annual general meeting

Ambani said at the meeting that the company will invest Rs 1 trillion over the next 10 years and aim to double operating profits in the next 4-5 years.

  • Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani arrives for the company's annual general meeting with his wife Nita in Mumbai. Ambani said at the meeting that the company will invest Rs 1 trillion over the next 10 years and aim to double operating profits in the next 4-5 years.
  • Mukesh, Nita and their son Anant at the meeting. In a marked departure from the company's traditional model of going it alone, Ambani said that partnerships will be an important feature of future growth.
  • A Reliance shareholder sits underneath a Mukesh Ambani poster during the event. Ambani said Rs 1,000 invested at the time of the initial public offering of the company in 1977-78 has grown to Rs 7.78 lakh today.
  • Mukesh Ambani's son Anant and mother Kokilaben arrive for the event. Ambani said that the company was "investing aggressively" in its retail format, Reliance Retail, and that it expected a 5-6 times growth with sales of up to Rs 50,000 crore in the next three-four years.
  • Ambani cited the challenges of the global and domestic economic slowdown, a sharp plunge in the rupee and volatility in input prices, but sounded bullish nonetheless, patiently answering questions and listening to comments from shareholders.
  • Referring to its core refining business, Ambani said the Jamnagar refinery now accounts for 2 per cent of the world's refined fuel needs.
  • Some investors expressed concern over the group's push beyond energy and chemicals into capital-intensive consumer businesses that take longer to yield returns. Profits at the energy-based conglomerate have fallen for two straight quarters, its shares are near a 3-year low, and a mounting cash pile has shareholders wary about what it does next.
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