When Mukesh Ambani led Reliance Industries enters any sector, the market activity intensifies. After telecom and retail, now Reliance is eyeing your kitchen and everyday goods (FMCG). The company has taken a big step to expand its consumer goods business. Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL) has increased its authorized share capital by 100 times. The capital which was earlier just Rs 100 crore, has now been directly increased to Rs 10,000 crore.
What is the meaning of capital of Rs 10,000 crore?
It is clear from the documents filed with the Registrar of Companies (RoC) that the company is ready to open its treasury. In this increased capital, 600 crore equity shares of the value of Rs 10 and 400 crore preference shares of the same value have been included.
If understood in simple language, increasing the authorized capital means that the company can now raise huge funds from the market or from its investors by issuing new shares in the future. Reliance has clarified that this preparation has been done to issue new shares to the shareholders of Reliance Retail Ventures and to meet the future funding needs of the company. That means, in the coming days, the company may spend big on buying new brands or expanding its business.
Market giants will face direct challenge
This step of Reliance will have a direct impact on the big companies already established in the market. The company intends to give tough competition to big companies like Hindustan Unilever (HUL), ITC, Coca-Cola and Nestle. Till now, these old companies have had a one-sided rule in the FMCG sector, but Reliance is trying to change this equation with the help of its huge capital and supply chain.
There has been a big change inside
A major change has also been implemented in the structure of the company from December 1. Now Reliance Consumer Products (RCPL) is no longer a company working under Reliance Retail, but has now become a direct subsidiary of Reliance Industries. Under this restructuring, all the FMCG brands of Reliance Retail have been shifted to RCPL.
The interesting thing is that the ownership of this new company has been kept exactly the same as that of Reliance Retail Ventures. Reliance Industries holds about 83.56 percent stake in it, while the remaining stake is with nine big global investors like Silver Lake, KKR and Mubadala.
Business doubled, emphasis on factories
Reliance is not only making changes on paper, but is also showing progress at the ground level. According to the company’s data, its FMCG business has doubled in the first half of the financial year 2026. In the July to September quarter alone, the company recorded sales of Rs 5,400 crore. Recently, Reliance has re-launched old brands like ‘Sil’ in the market and purchased stake in Udyams Agro Foods.
