Government of India aims to reduce the country's dependence on imports of defence equipment and have a more 'self -reliant' defence sector under the Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative.
The market price of BDL has surged 35 per cent in six trading days after exchanging MoU with UAE firm to explore new business opportunities.
The counter witnessed three-fold jump in volume with a combined 2.3 million equity shares changing hands on the NSE and BSE.
With this contract, the company's order book position stands at Rs 11,400 crore (net), BDL said in an exchange filing.
BDL has been working in collaboration with DRDO & foreign Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for manufacture and supply of various missiles and allied equipment to Indian Armed Forces.
PM Modi will lay the foundation stone of a plant under Bharat Dynamics in Jhansi
The company has signed a contract worth about Rs 499 crore with Ministry of Defence for manufacture and supply of Akash Missiles to the Indian Air Force (IAF)
Bharat Dynamics Limited signed a contract worth about Rs 499 crore with the Ministry of Defence for the manufacture and supply of Akash missiles to the Indian Air Force
The MoD, on Monday, announced a list of 108 items of defence equipment that must be compulsorily procured from indigenous sources according to provisions in the Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020
Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a Hyderabad based Defence Public Sector Undertaking on Monday had paid an interim dividend of Rs 92.008 crore to the government of India.According to the official release, BDL declared payment of interim dividend for the financial year 2020-21 at Rs 6.70 a share of the face value of Rs 10 each. The interim dividend declared by the firm works out to 67 per cent of the paid up share capital of Rs 183.28 crore.Commodore Siddharth Mishra (Retd), Chairman and Managing Director, BDL handed over the cheque for Rs 92.008 Crore, being the interim dividend pertaining to the Government of India shareholding in BDL, to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at New Delhi on Monday.Raj Kumar, Secretary (Defence Production), Anurag Bajpai, Joint Secretary (P & C) from Ministry of Defence and Commodore TN Kaul (Retd), Executive Director (Mktg) and Colonel Ravi Prakash (Retd), Deputy General Manager (Liaison) from BDL were present on the occasion.
The two lapped up the bulk of shares during the offers for sale of HAL, Bharat Dynamics
Bharat Dynamics Limited, a Hyderabad based Defence Public Sector Undertaking has paid final dividend of Rs 35.018 crore to the government of India
Shares of Bharat Dynamics gained 4 per cent to Rs 311, while HAL was up 2 per cent at Rs 795 on the BSE. In comparison, the S&P BSE Sensex was up 0.50 per cent
Meanwhile, shares of Bharat Dynamics fell 5 per cent on Wednesday, extending their two-day fall to 18 per cent
If the retail portion is fully subscribed, the government's stake will fall below 75 per cent, making BDL compliant with the 25 per cent public shareholding norms.
Rs 900-crore share sale gets bids worth Rs 720 crore from institutional investors; retail portion to be auctioned on Wednesday
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The government is planning to sell 15 per cent stake in the defence company
"This decision will offer a great opportunity to the Indian defence industry to manufacture items on the negative list by using its own design and development capabilities," the govt said.
The company's revenue from operations during the quarter under review rose 64 per cent to Rs 1,435 crore from Rs 877 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal.