RIL's 46th AGM Breaks Record, Over 4.30 Lakh Shareholders And Others Participated Online

The Reliance Industries (RIL) who recently held its 46th annual general meeting (AGM) witnessed a record participation of more than 4.3 lakh shareholders and others through a digital platform. Shareholders broke all previous records by attending the AGM in large numbers.

Earlier, the highest record of participation was for the AGM was held in 2022, in which about 3 lakh 90 thousand people participated.

India's richest man, Mukesh Ambani has been holding virtual AGMs of his behemoth Reliance since the outbreak of the Covid pandemic.

To enable lakhs of shareholders to participate in the meeting, RIL had made elaborate technical arrangements. Special arrangements were also made for the deaf in the company's AGM held on the video calling app 'JioMeet'. All the proposals made by the company to the shareholders were available in sign language.

Sharing his experience, Lal Singh Thakur, a blind person who attended the AGM from Ludhiana, Punjab state, said, "Reliance made excellent arrangements for the deaf and blind in the AGM. Being a shareholder, I was able to convey my views to the management of the company and that too without any problem."

Meanwhile, a Reliance Industries spokesperson said that "the maximum number of shareholders attending the AGM reflects the confidence of the shareholders in the company. Joining around 4 lakh 30 thousand people on JioMeet is an achievement not only for the country but also for the world. Our technical teams worked day and night to make this event a success."

During the 46th AGM that was held on August 28, Ambani said, "New Reliance has been a forerunner of the New India. This is evident from the fact that Reliance has invested $150+ billion in last 10 yrs - higher than any other corporate in India, and comparable to the leading businesses across the world." He added, "Our ceaseless spirit of innovation is seen in we offering products and services of the highest quality at prices among lowest in world. RIL's businesses and philanthropic initiatives have enhanced quality of life of millions of Indians."

"The best way to describe the new Reliance, Ambani said, "is that we have now become a new-age tech company with distinctive capabilities. Today we are a net producer of technology, large-scale deployer of technology, as well as a democratiser of technology."

Going forward, Ambani said. "As I look to India's future, I am more convinced than ever before about one thing. Tomorrow's inclusively prosperous India, one in which the dreams of 1.42 billion Indians can be fulfilled, will have to achieve five goals:

1. Digital Tools Everywhere 2. Green Energy and Materials Everywhere 3. Financial Empowerment, Entrepreneurship, and Gainful Employment Everywhere 4. Healthy and Responsible Consumption Everywhere 5. Quality Education and Healthcare Everywhere."

"If we combine the resultant material prosperity with India's age-old cultural prosperity, India will also become a land of Empathy Everywhere, Positivity Everywhere, Harmony Everywhere and Happiness Everywhere," Ambani added.