Rajnath Singh reviews DPSUs, receives dividend cheques of ₹1,620 crore
On 29 October 2024, at South Block, New Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh reviewed the performance of Defence PSUs and received dividend cheques totalling ₹1,620 crore from seven DPSUs.
Summary
On 29 October 2024, Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh reviewed the performance of Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) at South Block, New Delhi. He directed them to put dedicated effort into R&D, exports and indigenisation. He congratulated HAL's CMD on HAL becoming India's 14th Maharatna PSU and the first among DPSUs. At the end of the review, HAL, Bharat Electronics, BEML, Bharat Dynamics, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers and Goa Shipyard handed over dividend cheques amounting to ₹1,620 crore.
Key facts
- Date
- 29 Oct 2024
- Place
- South Block, New Delhi
- Dividend
- ₹1,620 crore from 7 DPSUs
- DPSUs
- HAL, BEL, BEML, BDL, MDL, GRSE, GSL
- HAL
- 14th Maharatna PSU; first among DPSUs
Practice MCQs 2 questions
What was the total of the dividend cheques handed to the Defence Minister by seven DPSUs on 29 October 2024?
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Correct answer: A — ₹1,620 crore
PIB (MoD), 29 Oct 2024: seven DPSUs handed over dividend cheques amounting to Rs. 1,620 crore.
At the DPSU review on 29 October 2024, HAL was congratulated on becoming India's Maharatna PSU number:
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Correct answer: C — 14th
PIB (MoD), 29 Oct 2024: HAL got Maharatna status, becoming the 14th Maharatna PSU of India and the first among the DPSUs.