| The country's largest private sector company has moved up by 75 positions in the ranking of 500 top global companies to the 342th slot in 2006, from the 417th rank in 2005. |
| Ranked 153rd, Indian Oil Corporation leads the list from the country. It is followed by RIL (342), Bharat Petroleum (368), Hindustan Petroluem (378), Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (402) and State Bank of India (498). Thus, Reliance is the only private company that has managed to feature in the list. |
| Exxon Mobile topped Fortune's list of 500 global companies this year, moving two notches up from its previous 3rd rank. It is followed by Wal-Mart Stores, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, General Motors, Chevron, DaimlerChrysler, Toyota Motor, Ford Motor and Conoco Phillips. |
| Reliance has grabbed the 25th rank in the list of top climbers, advancing by 75 positions. It is ranked next to Accenture, which has advanced by 76 positions, from 455 to 379. Dexia has secured the first position in the list by moving up 236 positions, from 291 to 55. |
| RIL has also been ranked 30th in the refining industry, within six years of its operations. |
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