Reliance Jio to invest another Rs. 10,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh over three years

Reliance Jio will invest another Rs. 10,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh over the next three years, Reliance Industries Limited Chairman Mukesh Ambani said at Uttar Pradesh Investors' Summit 2018.

He said "Today I am happy to inform this audience that Jio is one of the largest investors in Uttar Pradesh with investments of over Rs. 20,000 crores. Jio is providing the highest quality data at the lowest price in the world to over two crore citizens of Uttar Pradesh."

I have come to Lucknow to assure the Respected Prime Minister and the Honourable Chief Minister that Jio's Digital Revolution is here to make the maximum contribution to UP's development revolution, he added.

"UP is special for me. Therefore, I am happy to announce that Jio will make available over two crore JioPhones in UP within the next two months on a priority basis, Ambani informed.

He mentioned that Jio has already created over 40,000 direct and indirect jobs in the state.

Jio will establish a Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution within the campus of a reputed university in Uttar Pradesh.

To recall Reliance Jio earned the number 17 spot on the global list of Fast Company's annual ranking of the world's 50 Most Innovative Companies (MIC) for 2018 and also ranks at number one for Most Innovative Companies in India.

Jio joins the list of other leading global companies such as Apple, Netflix, Tencent, Amazon, Spotify and many others. The 50
Most Innovative Companies were curated from Fast Company's Top 10 lists, which recognize pioneering companies across 36 categories, from artificial intelligence to wellness. More than three dozen Fast Company editors, reporters, and contributors surveyed thousands of companies many of which were identified by a new MIC submission process-to create these lists.