Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani has said India can become a $40-trillion economy by 2047 as the world is seeing the 21st century as India's century. In a virtual address marking the 90th birth anniversary of RIL founder Dhirubhai Ambani, he said, “India will enter an era of prosperity, an abundance of opportunity and unimaginable improvement in the ease of living and quality of life of 140 crore people.”
Ambani in his speech said that the next 25 years will be the most transformational in the 5,000-year-old history of India. This is when India is poised to achieve exponential economic growth. "This is when India is poised to achieve exponential economic growth. We can become a $40 trillion economy by 2047 in a sustainable and stable manner," he said.
This year, 2022, also marked 20 years since Mukesh Ambani took over as the chairman of the conglomerate.
On RIL's future, the billionaire businessman said the company will continue to grow like a "banyan tree". "Its branches will spread wider and roots will go deeper. We will always remember our founder Dhirubhai Ambani with immense gratitude, who planted the seed of this tree," he said.
Ambani also lauded the leadership of his son Akash Ambani and daughter Isha Ambani, who are heading Reliance Jio and Reliance Retail, respectively.
"Under the leadership of Akash Ambani, Jio’s 5G deployment will be complete by 2023. I congratulate the Jio team for further consolidating their No. 1 position. Jio Platforms should now get ready for India’s next big opportunity – to provide unique digital solutions to both domestic and international markets," he said.
He highlighted the success of the company's oil-to-chemical business, with new capacities and capabilities. "Our team continues to work harder to provide energy security to India.”
Ambani, while stressing on the importance of adopting a futuristic outlook, said, "The next major growth cycle in Reliance will not be resource driven, but innovation driven." He went on to congratulate the company's new mobility team that has delivered the "world’s first, made-in-India hydrogen engine-powered heavy duty truck".
Ambani further stated that the RIL’s new energy business has the potential to transform not only the company and the country, "but the entire world". "We are making rapid progress in making our gigafactories in Jamnagar ready. From being India’s largest and most valuable corporate, Reliance is now well on its way to become India’s greenest corporate. The goal for our new energy team is very clear – enable India to achieve security and self-sufficiency in energy, by reducing dependence on imports."
On the media and entertainment business, Ambani said the focus on its integration with digital services will "reinvent the industry completely".
Ambani said the conglomerate has begun implementing two key tasks - "empowering RIL with new leadership capital, especially young leaders", and second, "we are enriching RIL with new talent capital." "We will pay a lot of attention to developing capacity, capability and competence to serve the country," he added.
Recalling a message of Dhirubhai Ambani, he said, "My father taught me and all his colleagues that winning in business takes both - leadership and teamwork."
Before concluding his address, Ambani also lauded the work undertaken by Reliance Foundation, the philanthropic arm of RIL, which is headed by his wife Nita Ambani.