In 2017-18, Reliance completed 40 years of its IPO. It was a celebration of visionary entrepreneurship, global scale and all-encompassing value creation. More importantly, it was an opportunity for us to rededicate efforts to help build the India of tomorrow and imagine a future that would see a billion lives transformed.

At Reliance, the world may have changed around us, from when we first began, but our commitment and vision have not. We have evolved from being a textiles and polyester company to an integrated player across energy, materials, retail, entertainment and digital services. Yet, it feels like we have only just begun.

We are now focussed on building platforms that will herald the Fourth Industrial Revolution and will create opportunities and avenues for India and all its citizens to realise their true potential. Historically, Reliance has focussed on setting new industry benchmarks. When we created the world's largest single location refinery at Jamnagar, we put India on the global energy map and created a national asset.

When we forayed into the retail business, we accelerated the formalisation of an entire sector by maximising supply chain efficiency. And, most recently, when we entered the digital services business through Jio, we have transformed the Indian telecom space, and created globally unheard of benchmarks in terms of subscriber acquisition, data consumption and infrastructure ramp-up.

True to our vision, we are working on ideas and initiatives that will simplify lives. Collectively, Reliance's products and services portfolio touches almost all Indians on a daily basis, across economic and social spectrums. We are leveraging technology and innovation to enrich our offerings and ensuring that we provide ease of living and working through what we do.

Our endeavours are also designed to enrich human experience across every touch point. We are working on the technologies of the future to provide seamless access and a better quality of life. For all.

Finally, we are clear that all our efforts must converge into real value creation for all our stakeholders. We have demonstrated our ability to do so through the financial returns we have delivered, the contribution we have made to the country's exchequer and of course, through the impact our social initiatives create.

For us, this philosophy is an article of faith and we shall continue to progress on this path.