Reliance to invest Rs 50,000 cr in Assam over next 5 years: Mukesh Ambani

GUWAHATI-   Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has committed to investing over Rs 50,000 crore in Assam over the next five years, Chairman and MD Mukesh Ambani announced at the Advantage Assam Summit 2025, on Tuesday.

In the previous Summit in 2018, Reliance had committed an investment of ₹5,000 crores in Assam.  Since then, our investment in the state has exceeded ₹12,000 crore, stated Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman & Managing Director, Reliance Industries Limited during  Advantage  Assam Summit 2025.

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In the coming years, Reliance will more than quadruple this investment in Assam to over Rs 50,000 crore over the next five years in the following five priority areas, he added.

Speaking about the priority Mr Ambani informed the summit in details.

FIRST PRIORITY – is to make Assam Tech-Ready and AI-Ready.  For us, Assam’s digital transformation is a noble and patriotic mission.  Jio has made Assam not only 2G-mukt but 5G-yukt. We are very grateful for the people of Assam to adopt Jio with their heart”.

After building world-class connectivity infrastructure, we will now install high-performance computing infrastructure.

Reliance will establish an AI-ready Data Center in Assam, which will benefit…  Students with AI assisted TEACHERS. Patients with AI assisted DOCTORS. Agriculture will benefit from AI assisted FARMERS. And AI will help Assam’s youth to learn from home and earn from home.

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SECOND PRIORITY-   is tomake Assam a hub of clean and green energy. This will include Nuclear Energy, in line with the Government’s new policy to invite private participation in the nuclear industry. And Reliance will build two world-class hubs of Compressed Biogas (CBG) over wastelands in Assam. This will produce 8 lakh tonnes of clean biogas annually, enough to fuel 2 lakh passenger cars every day.

THIRD PRIORITY-  is to help Assam become a major supplier of food and non-food consumer products to national and international markets.

We will set up a Mega Food Park, which will add value to the abundant agricultural and horticultural produce of Assam.

We have already set up a world-class bottling plant in Assam for our Campa Cola and Independence range of packaged drinking water.

FOURTH PRIORITY-  is to double the number of Reliance Retail stores in the state from existing 400 to 800 stores in the next five years.

FIFTH PRIORITY-  is to boost high-end hotel and hospitality economy in Assam. Reliance will build a luxurious, seven-star Oberoi hotel in the heart of Assam.

These five mega initiatives will also create tens of thousands of direct and in-direct employment opportunities for the youth in Assam. He said.

Mr Ambani also announced that  “Reliance Foundation, together with it’s ‘Swadesh’ stores, would like to collaborate with the state government to promote Bamboo products and Assam Silk.  He said that “ 

“ Assam has a rich heritage of arts and crafts. It is one of the largest producers of bamboo, which is called “Green Gold”. And “Sualkuchi”, the center of Assam’s famous silk Industry, has the potential to grow manifold in generation of incomes and jobs” . He said.