Backing PM Modi’s call, RIL will create special task force for J&K, Ladakh: Mukesh Ambani

Mangalore Today News Network

Mumbai, Aug 12, 2019: Reliance Industries Limited will create a special task force for developmental activities in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani said at the group’s 42nd Annual General Meeting on Monday.

At the AGM, where Ambani made big-ticket announcements on Jio Fiber and a $75 billion stake sale in oil-to-chemical business to Saudi Aramco, the industrialist also said that the group is committed to support development in newly created Union territories of J&K and Ladakh.

“Responding to Honourable PM’s appeal, we stand committed to support the people of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh in all their development needs. RIL will create special task force for developmental activities in J&K and Ladakh,” Ambani said.

Prime Minster Narendra Modi had, in an address to the nation last week, urged India Inc to invest and help develop in Jammu and Kashmir after the scrapping of special status and bifurcation. He exhorted large corporations, including information technology companies, to invest in the state and generate jobs for the people from the region, and promised to step up infrastructure projects in the region.