Bharat Electronics Limited pays Rs 186.89 cr Final Dividend to GoI

Officials of BEL presenting cheque of Final Dividend to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at New Delhi.
Officials of BEL presenting cheque of Final Dividend to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at New Delhi.

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 28: Dinesh Kumar Batra, Chairman and Managing Director (Additional Charge) of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), along with
Manoj Kumar, Executive Director (National Marketing), BEL, presented the 150 per cent Final Dividend cheque of Rs 1,86,89,60,967 payable on the shares held by the President of India, to the Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh, at New Delhi today.
Also present on the occasion were Anurag Bajpai, JS (DIP) with Additional Charge of JS (P&C), Dr Ajay Kumar, Defence Secretary and Sanjay Jaju, ASDP, MoD.
The Company paid the First Interim Dividend of 150 per cent (on face value of Rs 1 per equity share) in February 2022 and the Second Interim Dividend of 150 per cent (on face value of Rs 1 per equity share) in March 2022.
The Company has thus paid a total dividend of 450 per cent on its paid up capital for the year 2021-22.