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रिलायंस और सनमीना भारत में बनाएंगे वर्ल्ड क्लास इलेक्ट्रानिक मैन्युफैक्चरिंग हब

रिलायंस और सनमीना भारत में बनाएंगे वर्ल्ड क्लास इलेक्ट्रानिक मैन्युफैक्चरिंग हब

 

  • 1670करोड़ का निवेश करेगा रिलायंस
  • 5जी,डेटा सेंटर, क्लाउड, आईटी, पर रहेगा फोकस
  • इलेक्ट्रानिक हार्डवेयर के सेक्टर में ‘मेक इन इंडिया’ को मिलेगा बल

 

नई दिल्ली, 03 मार्च, 2022: रिलायंस इंडस्ट्रीज लिमिटेड (RIL) की पूर्ण स्वामित्व वाली सहायक कंपनी रिलायंस स्ट्रेटेजिक बिजनेस वेंचर्स लिमिटेड (RSBVL) और  सनमीना कॉर्पोरेशन ने भारत में इलेक्ट्रानिक हब बनाने के लिए एक संयुक्त उद्यम बनाने की घोषणा की है। सनमीना की मौजूदा भारतीय यूनिट में रिलायंस 1670 करोड़ रू का निवेश करेगा। सयुंक्त उद्यम में रिलायंस के पास 50.1 प्रतिशत की हिस्सेदारी होगी। जबकि प्रबंधन सनमीना की मौजूदा टीम के हाथों में रहेगा।

 

संयुक्त उद्यम संचार नेटवर्किंग जैसे 5G, क्लाउड इन्फ्रास्ट्रक्चर, हाइपरस्केल डेटासेंटर को प्राथमिकता देगा। साथ ही स्वास्थ्य प्रणालियों, औद्योगिक और रक्षा तथा एयरोस्पेस जैसे उद्योगों के लिए हाई टेक्नॉलोजी हार्डवेयर बनाएगा। कंपनी ने इसे प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के “मेक इन इंडिया” विजन के अनुरूप बताया है। संयुक्त उद्यम सनमीना के मौजूदा ग्राहकों को यह पहले की तरह सेवाएं देता रहेगा  इसके अलावा एक अत्याधुनिक ‘मैन्युफैक्चरिंग टेक्नोलॉजी सेंटर ऑफ एक्सीलेंस’ बनाया जाएगा, जो भारत में प्रोडक्ट डेवलेपमेंट और हार्डवेयर स्टार्ट-अप के इको-सिस्टम को बढ़ावा देगा।

 

RSBVL के पास संयुक्त उद्यम इकाई में 50.1% इक्विटी हिस्सेदारी होगी, जबकि शेष 49.9% सनमीना के पास रहेगा। RSBVL इस स्वामित्व को मुख्य रूप से सनमीना की मौजूदा भारतीय इकाई में नए शेयरों में 1,670 करोड़ रुपये तक के निवेश के माध्यम से प्राप्त करेगी। इस निवेश से सनमीना को अपना बिजनेस बढ़ाने में मदद मिलेगी। सभी निर्माण शुरू में चेन्नई में सनमीना के 100 एकड़ के परिसर में होंगे। भविष्य में इनका विस्तार भी किया जा सकेगा।

 

सनमीना के अध्यक्ष और मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी जुरे सोला ने कहा, “हम भारत में इंटीग्रेटेड मैन्युफैक्चरिंग कंपनी बनाने और रिलायंस के साथ साझेदारी को लेकर बेहद उत्साहित हैं। यह संयुक्त उद्यम घरेलू और निर्यात दोनों बाजारों की जरूरतें पूरा करेगा और भारत सरकार की “मेक इन इंडिया” के लिए मील का पत्थर साबित होगा।“

 

रिलायंस जियो के निदेशक आकाश अंबानी ने कहा, “भारत में हाई-टेक मैन्युफैक्चरिंग के महत्वपूर्ण बाजार तक पहुंच बनाने के लिए सनमीना के साथ काम करने में हमें खुशी होगी। भारत के विकास और सुरक्षा के लिए आत्मनिर्भर होना आवश्यक है। दूरसंचार, आईटी, डेटा सेंटर, क्लाउड, 5जी, न्यू एनर्जी और अन्य उद्योगों की इलेक्ट्रॉनिक्स मैन्युफैक्चरिंग में आत्मनिर्भरता जरूरी है क्योंकि हम एक नई डिजिटल अर्थव्यवस्था में आगे बढ़ रहे हैं। इस साझेदारी के माध्यम से हम भारतीय और वैश्विक मांग को पूरा करते हुए भारत में इनोवेशन और प्रतिभा को बढ़ावा देने की योजना बना रहे हैं।

 With Reliance taking control of Future stores, employees, vendors & landlords heave a sigh of relief

 

CHANDIGARH: Reliance taking over the operations of over 200 stores of Future and starting rebranding of these stores, besides offering jobs to its employees, has come as a big relief for vendors, suppliers, landlords and employees of Future group including those connected with the 10 Future group stores across Haryana and Punjab.

Reliance is making job offers to all the employees of these stores which will effectively ensure job continuity for nearly 30,000 employees of Future’s retail network.

Future, which is considered to be the pioneer of organised retail in India, was going through tough times a couple of years ago and was not able to repay its lenders. In mid-2020 it negotiated a deal to sell its retail assets to Reliance. However, Amazon claimed that they had a deal with Future that allowed Amazon to control Future’s retail business and any decisions related to the same. However, any such deal would be in gross violation of the country’s law and Amazon could not have invested in multi-brand retail in the country as the FDI rules do not allow it. However, Amazon went to court and there was a legal tussle, delaying the deal from going through. This had created uncertainty for employees, reduced business for vendors and suppliers and left a large payment overdue to landlords, suppliers and lenders.

Several landlords had approached Reliance then, as Future was unable to pay rent due to huge losses.

Future has more than 1,700 outlets, including Big Bazaar stores, and has not made lease payments for some of its outlets. As these were facing closure, Reliance got the leases of some stores transferred to itself and sublet them to Future to operate the stores.

A majority of inventory at these stores was being supplied by Reliance Jiomart as Future could not clear dues to existing suppliers.

The employees of Future have welcomed this change and are relieved that months of uncertainty has ended and there is some job security.

Similarly vendors and suppliers have been feeling relieved at their dues being released and sustainable business prospects as they feel that with this large corporate as their new customer they will have new business opportunities. Sharad Luthra, a vendor operating from Kundli in  Haryana said that with Reliance taking over management of stores, there is security of payments, besides business growth also happens manifold. So, we are gung ho about Reliance stepping in.

Even store owners / landlords had started offering the lease of their stores to Reliance since last year as their rentals were not being paid by Future group and they were unsure about Future’s ability to clear these dues. After negotiating the lease with Reliance their past dues were paid and they have been receiving the rentals regularly. Anand Bagga, one of the landlords, who has his property in Sector 55, Faridabad and is in the process of signing a lease with Reliance has heaved a sigh of relief and is confident that he would be getting the rental for his store on a regular basis now.

With the loss making stores being taken over by Reliance, any insolvency proceedings may be avoided for now and lenders and creditors can now hope to recover their dues as and when the scheme of arrangement is approved.

 

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