Three key issues and the rift between Reliance Industries and the Centre

Within less than a year, there have been three occasions when the government of India and the country's most valued firm by market capitalisation have been at odds

It was a significant occasion for Reliance Industries’ chairman Mukesh Ambani to have met Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with India’s top industrialists for a pre-budget meeting this week.

Within less than a year, there have been three occasions when the government of India and Reliance Industries have been at odds. So many of them at such a short time period between any Indian government and the country’s largest private sector company is itself quite strange. The sectors where they are facing off are oil & gas, a pending tax case, and telecom. The dispute over the oil & gas field