Reliance Industries Limited will help Gujarat meet half of its energy needs through renewable energy by 2030 to make the state a global leader in green growth, RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani has said.
Speaking at the the inauguration of Vibrant Gujarat Summit on January 10, Ambani said Reliance invested more than $150 billion, or Rs 12 lakh crore, in creating world-class assets and capacities across India in the past 10 years. Of this, more than a third has been invested in Gujarat, he added.
To make Gujarat a leader in green growth, Reliance has started building the Dhirubhai Ambani green energy giga complex over 5,000 acres in Jamnagar.
Ambani said the complex would generate a large number of green jobs and enable production of eco-friendly products and materials and would make Gujarat a leading exporter of such products. The company expects to commission the energy complex in the second half of 2024.
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Ambani said Gujarat was fully 5G enabled, which would make the state a global leader in digital data platforms and artificial intelligence adoption. The 5G-enabled AI revolution would make Gujarat’s economy more productive, more efficient and more globally competitive, he added.
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“Besides generating millions of new employment opportunities, it will produce AI-enabled doctors, AI-enabled teachers and AI-enabled farming, which would revolutionise healthcare, education and agricultural productivity in the state of Gujarat,” the RIL chairman said.
Reliance was also committed to making Gujarat a pioneer in new materials and circular economy. The company was setting up India’s first carbon fibre facility at Hazira to achieving the goal, he added.
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Showing confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s goal of making India a a 35 trillion-dollar economy by 2047, the 100th year of India's independence, Ambani said Gujarat alone would become a three-trillion dollar economy.
Earlier in the day, Modi kicked off the 10th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024. "Gateway to the Future" is the theme of the summit being held from January 10 to 12
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