Mumbai, Dec. 29 -- Reliance Industries Limited on Monday strongly refuted reports that claimed that the Indian government has raised a USD 30 billion claim against the company for underproduction from a gas field, calling the reports "factually incorrect."

The statement was issued in response to a report titled "India claims $30 billion from Reliance Industries, BP for underproduction from gas field, sources say." In an official statement, the company criticised the publication of such reports based on unnamed sources, calling them inappropriate and irresponsible.

"The contents of the report titled "India claims $30 billion from Reliance Industries, BP for underproduction from gas field, sources say" are factually incorrect. The publica...