DEFENCE PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS: 

There are sixteen Central Public Sector Undertakings under the administrative control of the
Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence.

1. HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LIMITED (HAL): 

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), a Navratna Company, is the largest DPSU under the
Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, India. HAL has built up comprehensive
skills in Design, Development, Manufacture, Maintenance and Upgrade of Fighter, Trainers,
Helicopters, Transport Aircraft, Aero-Engines, Avionics, Systems and Accessories. HAL has 20
Production Divisions, 10 R&D Centres and one Facility Management Division spread across the
Country. It has so far produced 17 types of aircraft from in-house R&D and 14 types under
license.

HAL is currently manufacturing Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas, Dornier Do-228 Light
Transport Aircraft, Dhruv- Advanced Light Helicopter, Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) and
Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) along with associated engines, avionics & accessories.
Additionally, HAL has production line available for production of Su-30 MKI Aircraft, Hawk
Advance Jet Trainer, Chetak and Cheetal Helicopters. HAL has been supporting the fleet of
Indian Defence for over five decades. Currently, HAL is providing ROH for 12 types of aircraft/
helicopter and 14 types of engines. HAL has also diversified its business into Aerospace
structure and Industrial Marine Gas Turbines.
(For more information, visit the link: https://hal-india.co.in)

2. BHARAT ELECTRONICS LIMITED (BEL): 

BEL, a Navratna Company, established in 1954 under MoD has nine Units across India. BEL has
core competencies in Defence sector in areas of Radars &Weapon Systems, Sonars,
Communication, EWS, Electro-Optics and Tank Electronics. In Non-Defence sector, BEL's
product range includes EVMs, Tablet PCs, ICs, Hybrid Microcircuits, Semiconductor devices,
solar cells etc.

R&D: BEL has set up R&D facilities in all nine Units to achieve self-reliance. BEL spends
around 8% of its turnover on R&D.
(For more information, visit the link: https://www.bel-india.in)

BEL Optronic Devices Limited : 

BEL Optronic Devices Limited (BELOP) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bharat Electronics

Limited (BEL), Bangalore, the premier Defence Electronics Company under the Ministry of
Defence. BELOP is a single unit company located at Pune, and engaged in indigenous
manufacture of strategic high performing image intensifier tubes. The details of the grant
received by BELOP from the Government of India is given as under:
Sl. No. Grant Given By GoI Purpose/Objective Of The Grant/Fund Given To BELOP
1. Rs. 260.40 Crores The grant of Rs.260.40 crores has been granted to BELOP s holding company BEL for the purpose of acquisition of Technology for XD-4 I.I.
Tubes. As the ToT was implemented at BELOP and the grant was in turn given to BELOP by BEL.Thus, BELOP has not directly received the
grant from the MoD.

3. BHARAT DYNAMICS LIMITED.(BDL): 

Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), a Mini Ratna Category-I Company was incorporated in the
year 1970 under the Ministry of Defence. A pioneer in the manufacture of Anti-Tank Guided
Missiles (ATGM) in the country, BDL is now involved in manufacturing ATGMs of new
generation, Surface-to-air weapon systems, strategic weapons, launchers, underwater weapons,
decoys and test equipment. BDL is fully geared up to meet the demands of the Armed Forces by
capacity augmentation of all Major projects including ATGMs and SAMs by establishing new
units at Amravati, Maharashtra and Ibrahimpatnam, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana State.
BDL's three Units at Kanchanbagh, Bhanur and Visakhapatnam have ISO 14001 Certification.
BDL's Production Divisions, Design & Engineering and Information Technology Divisions have
obtained ISO 9001:2008 accreditation.
(For more information, visit the link: https://bdl-india.in)

4. BEML LIMITED (BEML): 

BEML, established in 1964, is a Mini-Ratna (Category-1) Public Sector Undertaking. The
Company has nine manufacturing units located at Bengaluru, Kolar Gold Fields (KGF), Mysuru
and Palakkad and subsidiary steel Foundry - Vignyan Industries Ltd, in Tarikere, Chikmagalur
District and engaged in design, development, manufacturing, sales and after sales activities of a
wide range of areas of Mining & Construction, Defence & Aerospace and Rail & Metro
products. The Company's International Business covers over 68 countries in Asia, Africa, and
Latin America. The Company has a focused approach on in-house R&D, spending around 3.73%
of its turnover towards R&D.
(For more information, visit the link: https://www.bemlindia.in/)

5. MISHRA DHATU NIGAM LIMITED (MIDHANI): 

Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (MIDHANI) was established in the year 1973 as a Government of
India Enterprise under administrative control of Ministry of Defence. The production unit of
MIDHANI, located at Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad, was commissioned in the year 1982.
MIDHANI was set up with a view to achieve self-reliance in production and supply of various
super alloys, special steels, soft mangnetic alloys to Defence and other Strategic Sectors such as
Energy,Space and Aeronautical applications. The guiding factors for setting up of MIDHANI
were the demand for Defence oriented technologies, which come under the national priorities.
The materials manufactured by MIDHANI are basically import substitutes and their non-
availability would have affected various strategic programs of the country.

With 48 years of glorious past MIDHANI is one of the leading manufacturers of special steels,
Superalloys, and the only manufacturer of Titanium alloys in India. Our state-of-the-art facilities
are capable of catering to complex and dynamic requirements of critical materials.The
manufacturing facilities at MIDHANI include Primary and Secondary melting furnaces such as
Electric Arc Furnace with Ladle Refining Furnace, Vacuum Degassing/Vacuum Oxygen
Decarburisation, Vacuum Induction Melting Furnace, Vacuum Induction Refining Furnace,
Vacuum Arc Re-Melting Furnace, Electro Slag Re-Melting Furnace and Electron Beam Melting
Furnace. Subsequent operations are carried out at 6000T/1500T Forge Presses, Ring Rolling
Mill, Hot Rolling and Cold Rolling Mills, Bar and Wire Drawing Mills etc. based on the output,
form and sizes required. The auxiliary supporting services like conditioning, heat treatment,
machining, pickling, quality control also forms part of MIDHANI's manufacturing processes.
MIDHANI has diversified and has set up several facilities such as Wide Plate Mill (WPM)- a
state of art facility, capable of rolling plate with 3 Meter width to cater to the needs of Strategic
Sectors. Armor facility at Rohtak, Haryana to cater to the need for high end Armour products and
Springs Project facilitate MIDHANI's presence in Railway sector .With these additions,
MIDHANI is poised to witness growth and expand its global reach. Utkarsha Aluminium Dhatu
Nigam Limited a Joint Venture (50:50) Company between MIDHANI and National Aluminium
Co. Ltd (NALCO) for setting up Aluminium Alloy Plant at Nellore, Andhra Pradesh has also
been incorporated.

With the advancement in technology within India and abroad, materials such as Super alloys,
Titanium alloys and Special steels, which are the core products of MIDHANI continue to witness
incremental demands thereby resulting in increase of production over the years.

6. MAZAGON DOCK SHIPBUILDERS LIMITED (MDL): 

Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) is the leading Shipyard amongst all Defence PSU
Shipyards engaged in construction of Warships and Submarines. MDL is presently constructing
Missile Destroyers, Stealth Frigates and Scorpene Submarines in order to achieve self-reliance in
warship production for the Indian Navy.
(For more information, visit the link: http://www.mazagondock.in)

7. GARDEN REACH SHIPBULDERS AND ENGINEERS LIMITED (GRSE): 

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE), a Mini-Ratna Category-I Company is a
profit making & dividend paying DPSU for the last 22 years. It has kept pace with India's
expanding maritime interests and is established as a leading Shipbuilding yard.
(For more information, visit the link: http://www.grse.in)

8. GOA SHIPYARD LIMITED (GSL): 

Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), a Mini-Ratna Group-I status company, is capable of indigenously
designing and building sophisticated high technology ships for Indian Defence Forces and other
varied clients including export markets. New business development areas identified under
diversification include construction of Hovercrafts for Indian Army. GSL prides itself in timely
delivery of ships at 'fixed cost' and enjoys very strong execution skills.
(For more information, visit the link: https://goashipyard.in)

9. HINDUSTAN SHIPYARD LIMITED (HSL): 

HSL is the largest and a strategically located shipyard at Vishakhapatnam. The yard has built
more than 174 vessels and repaired about 1940 vessels for Defence and Maritime Sector.
(For more information, visit the link: https://www.hslvizag.in)
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Ministry/ Schemes/ programmes/ (year wise details Govt./ Public/ Private/ Public/ Private/ grants/ funds or it is still to prepared thereof and if No
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Hindustan Grant in aid received from 2010-11 Financial Restructuring 452.68 Cr.
Shipyard Govt. Package
Limited
 Capital grant received from 2016-17 Restoration of facilities 200
Government damaged and destroyed
during HUDHUD
cyclone

10. ADVANCED WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT INDIA LIMITED (AWEIL): 

AWEIL headquartered at Kanpur has 8 factories located at Kanpur, Cossipore, Jabalpur, Korwa,
Tiruchirappalli and Ishapur is engaged in the business of manufacturing weapons and equipment
of both small and large caliber.
(For more information, visit the link: https://www.aweil.in)

11. GLIDERS INDIA LIMITED (GIL): 

GIL headquartered at Kanpur has 1 factory located in Kanpur is engaged in the business of
manufacturing parachutes including Brake Parachutes for Fighter Aircrafts etc.
(For more information, visit the link: https://glidersindia.in)

12. TROOP COMFORTS LIMITED (TCL): 

TCL headquartered at Kanpur has 4 factories located at Kanpur, Shahjahanpur, Avadi and
Hazratpur is engaged in the business of manufacturing troop comfort items like Uniforms, ECC,
tents etc.
(For more information, visit the link: https://www.troopcomfortslimited.co.in/)

13. Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVNL): 

AVNL with its headquarter at Avadi, Chennai has 5 factories located at Avadi, Chennai,
Yeddumailaram, Jabalpur and Ambernath is engaged in the business of manufacturing of
Armoured Vehicle, B Vehicles etc.
(For more information, visit the link: https://avnl.co.in)

14. Munitions India Limited (MIL): 

MIL with its headquarter at Pune has 12 factories located at Khadki, Aruvankadu,
Tiruchirappalli, Bhandara, Bolangir, Chandrapur, Dehu Road, Khamaria, Nalanda and
Varangaon is engaged in the business of manufacturing ammunition of all calibers and military,
commercial and industrial explosives of various kinds.
(For more information, visit the link: https://munitionsindia.co.in/)

15. Yantra India Limited (YIL): 

YIL with its headquarter at Nagpur has 8 factories located at Ambajhari, Ambarnath, Bhusawal,
Dum Dum, Katni, Muradnagar, Ishapore and Jabalpur is engaged in the business of
manufacturing Military Grade components and Ancillary products of Ferrous and Non Ferrous
type etc.
(For more information, visit the link: https://www.yantraindia.co.in)

16. India Optel Limited (IOL): 

IOL with its headquarter at Dehradun has 3 factories located at Dehradun and Chandigarh is
engaged in the business of manufacturing optoelectronic items like Tank Sights, Small Arms
Sights, Hand held Optical Device etc.
(For more information, visit the link: https://www.indiaoptel.in/)
Table No. I:VALUE OF PRODUCTION OF DEFENCE PSUs : 
DPSU 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
HAL 17103 17553 18650 20589 19911.5

BEL 9244 9670 11921 12348 13947

BEML 2623.9 3226.89 3466.84 3320.76 3556.34

BDL 5011 4641.3 3235.22 2591.54 2042.66

GRSE 927.84 1345.52 1378.77 1424.7 1132.76

GSL 1030.2 1342.67 847.8 902.94 827.39

HSL* 618.08 583.54 535.85 494.98 393.27

MDL 3523.67 4399.16 4607.69 4897.43 4041.58

MIDHANI 695.64 697.68 814.83 970.11 771.64

AVNL - - - - 3365

AWEIL - - - - 1660

MIL - - - - 4752

YIL - - - - 1367

GIL - - - - 123

IOL - - - - 691

TCL - - - - 776

Total 40777.3 43459.8 45458 47539.5 59278.1

Note:
* Figures indicated against VoP are Net Turnover (i.e. excluding taxes & duties)
Figures indicated in respect of AVNL, AWEIL, MIL, YIL, GIL, IOL and TCL are Revenue (Rs
in Cr)
TABLE-II Profit after Tax of DPSUs: 
DPSU 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
HAL 2616 1987 2346 2842 3232.96

BEL 1548 1399 1927 1794 2065

BEML 84.44 129.45 63.49 68.38 74.8

BDL 524.06 528.15 422.59 534.90 257.76

GRSE 11.47 92.40 109.94 163.48 153.47

GSL 117.40 217.33 131.52 197.77 127.91

HSL 53.77 20.99 36.23 13.03 (14)

MDL 548.99 439.93 517.28 408.48 479.57

MIDHANI 126.31 131.26 130.56 159.73 166.29

DPSU 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Total 5630.44 4945.51 5684.61 6181.77 6543.76

Source : https://www.ddpmod.gov.in/defencepublicsectorundertakin/defence-public-sector-
undertakings