Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani announced on Friday that the conglomerate will invest ₹75,000 crore in India’s North Eastern states over the next five years. Speaking at the Rising NorthEast Investors Summit, Ambani outlined an ambitious plan to boost infrastructure, clean energy, healthcare, and digital connectivity across the region.
Ambani stated that the company would set up 350 integrated compressed biogas plants as part of its “waste to wealth” vision. These facilities will convert organic waste into CNG, which can be used for transportation, industrial fuel, and domestic cooking. Reliance also plans to significantly increase solar power generation in the region.
The investment will also expand Reliance’s presence in telecom and retail. Ambani revealed that Reliance Jio has already covered 90% of the population with 5G services and aims to double its current subscriber base of five million within the year. He emphasized Jio’s goal of bringing artificial intelligence to every school, hospital, home, and enterprise in the region.
On the retail front, Reliance will strengthen its supply chain by procuring more staples, fruits, and vegetables from local farmers, enhancing rural income. The group also plans to set up factories to manufacture high-quality FMCG products and promote the region’s artisan economy.
In healthcare, Reliance Foundation is set to transform the region into a medical hub. A 150-bed comprehensive cancer hospital has already been established in Manipur, and further collaborations are underway with Mizoram University for breast cancer care using genomic data. In Guwahati, the group has built an advanced molecular diagnostics and research lab, which will house one of India’s largest genome sequencing capacities.
Ambani noted that Reliance has already invested ₹30,000 crore in the North East over the past four decades. With the new ₹75,000 crore commitment, the group aims to generate over 2.5 million direct and indirect job opportunities, touching the lives of nearly the entire 45 million population of the region.
In his concluding remarks, Ambani made six pledges to the Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura, promising long-term collaboration and growth for the region.
