Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has announced plans to invest ₹40,000 crore ($4.7 billion) over the next three years in building Asia’s largest integrated food parks, a project that will anchor its ambitions in the fast-moving consumer goods space. The announcement was made by Isha Ambani, Director of Reliance Retail, during the company’s 48th annual general meeting.
The new food parks will be equipped with AI-led automation, robotics, and sustainability-focused technologies designed to cut costs and drive efficiency at scale. The initiative will fall under Reliance Consumer Products Ltd (RCPL), a direct subsidiary that reported revenues of ₹11,500 crore in FY25, making it one of the fastest-growing FMCG players in the country within just three years of launch.
Reliance has already invested ₹3,000 crore in 12 state-of-the-art factories powered by Industry 4.0 systems. These facilities, according to Ambani, are recording some of the highest efficiency levels seen in the domestic FMCG sector. To bolster innovation, Reliance has also established a 1.5 lakh square foot research hub, staffed by more than 100 scientists, which has filed 15 patents in the last year. Its focus ranges from “better-than-market” quality standards to first-to-India and first-to-world products.
RCPL’s portfolio already includes Campa Cola, which has achieved double-digit market share in several states, and Independence, its daily essentials brand, which crossed ₹1,000 crore in sales last year.
Ambani outlined an ambitious five-year target for the business: to reach ₹1 lakh crore in revenue faster than any other Indian consumer brands company. With food and beverages projected to remain the largest growth driver in India’s ₹6 lakh crore FMCG market, Reliance is betting that its mix of technology-driven manufacturing and aggressive brand building will help it scale rapidly.
