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The key moneyspinner of Mukesh Ambani’s conglomerate is undercutting rivals by offering aggressive discounts, leveraging distribution and reviving once-forgotten Indian brands to draw millions of consumers across India. Yet, there are signs of a slowdown.

Telecom and retail both continue with their ‘hit and miss’, while O2C delivers an unsurprisingly poor performance in Q4. This is a year RIL will be glad to see the back of.
Telecom and retail, which account for half the conglomerate’s revenue and most of its valuation, aren’t accelerating fast enough to justify their price tags.
The domination of a few business groups—conglomerates—is a defining feature of the country’s economy. This has been enabled by policy, leading to stifled innovation and hindered progress. All of this, in turn, exacerbates inequalities.