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RIL to take on Amazon, Flipkart; Mukesh Ambani bats for data localisation

Ambani called for a 'movement against data colonisation', a move seen as against global tech majors like Google, Facebook and Apple owning and storing abroad data belonging to Indians

Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks past Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019 in Gandhinagar on Friday. Photo: PTI
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi walks past Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019 in Gandhinagar on Friday. Photo: PTI

Vinay UmarjiRomita Majumdar Ahmedabad/Mumbai
Reliance Industries (RIL) is ready to unleash its e-commerce dark horse to take on the likes of Amazon India and Walmart-owned Flipkart. Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani on Friday said Reliance Retail and Reliance Jio Infocomm were set to jointly launch their new e-commerce platform in the country.

At the inauguration of the three-day Vibrant Gujarat summit, Ambani said Gujarat was where the company would start operations while apprising Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the global conglomerate’s online marketplace plans. 

“Jio and Reliance Retail will launch a unique new commerce platform to empower and enrich our 1.2 million small