(b) Give an overview on performance of select major

industries in our countries.

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ECONOMIcreases and capita indequate C ENVIRONMENT AND POLICY

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Performance of Major Indust, 1. Ambani Group of Indus nding Reliance
lost one-third
ani Group of Industries hareprices of key Anil Ambani group companies including
cations, Reliance Infrastructure and Reliance Power have lost Communications, ken
Eheir value in the past six months. This is mainly due to the gr ne of Rs 1 lakh crore and
expectation of flat revenues in the 2014 quarter.
The Southeast Georgia, a been pursu
firms high
the December
Tata

ck is down 39
eliance Power ck price of the
a large pa Hydro foi focus are projects.
5. (a) Answer Moneta
o dropped 21 per
According to stock exchange data, Reliance Communications stock is per cent,
Reliance Infrastructure scrip is down 37 per cent, and Relian has lost 35 percent of
its value in the past six months. The stock pri group's financial services company,
Reliance Capital, has also dropped in the past six months. The group has lost a
combined market capita of Rs 31,674 crore, or 35 per cent, in the past six months.
The BSE Sens about 10 per cent in the same period. 2. Tata Power
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E Sensex was un
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general its cont
econon
of Indi
ole hydroelectric
The company largest integrated
jon, distribution
Starting its journey more than a century ago with a single hydro project in India,
Tata Power has grown to a $5.6-billion enterprise. The c which is celebrating 100
years of operations in 2015, is India's largest in private power producer, spanning
power generation, transmission, distri and trading
Objec

its fiv social signi

The company's generation capacity has crossed 8,600MW today,
making it the second largest in India. Tata Power stands out
among power producers with a presence across the renewables
of hydro, wind, solar and geothermal enemy
Many of the Indian power industry's milestones have been defined
by Tata Power. It brought in the country's first hydro power units and
its first thermal 150MW unit. Supervisory control and data
acquisition systems (or SCADA) were pioneered by Tata Power. The
company commissioned India's first 500MW and 800MW units. The
company has experimented with floating solar plants to
overcome one of the biggest obstacles to solar energy: the
availability of large parcels of land. The list of firsts goes on and
on.

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AUGUST/SEPTEMBER - 2015 ny's international footprint now covers Europe, Africa

and Wind projects in South Africa, hydro projects in Bhutan and bermal projects in
Vietnam and Myanmar - the company has o its intent to globalise with vigour.

crow
projects.
ambitious growth
target of 18,000
nce

ated to be of the plan

witmass and
The company's internati Southeast Asia.
Wind projects in South A Georgia, and thermal proí
been pursuing its intent to global;
Tata Power has set an ambitio,
a large part of the target slated to Hydro forms
the biggest comp focus areas. The company
is also projects.
wer has set an ambitious growth target of 18,000MW by 2022 with The target
slated to be realised through renewable energy projects. the biggest component of the
plan with wind and solar being other The company is also promoting biomass
and geothermal pilot