(This article is originally published by the Livemint)
BEML Limited, one of the Defence equipment manufacturer and a ‘Schedule A’ Company under the Ministry of Defence (MoD) received orders from MoD for supply of High Mobility vehicles, at an approximate value of ₹758 crore.
The company in a regulatory filing said,” These High Mobility vehicles would play a key role in the logistics management of the Indian Army leveraging on its exceptional cross country capabilities.”
These vehicles would enable armoured fighting vehicles,troops, ammunitions and stores to be moved to far-flung, difficult terrains in operational areas.
The equipment will be manufactured at BEML’s Palakkad Plant in Kerala and would supply the vehicles to Indian Army in a span of one year.
BEML is involved in sectors like defence, rail, power, mining and infrastructure.
The government on Sunday invited preliminary bids for strategic sale of 26% stake along with transfer of management control in defence PSU BEML.
“Govt has issued the PIM/EOI for disinvestment of 26 per cent equity share capital of BEML Ltd along with transfer of management control. Disinvestment will be through a two stage competitive bidding process,” DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey tweeted.
Bidders can submit their Expression of Interest (EoI) for buying the stake in BEML by March 1, as per the Preliminary Information Memorandum (PIM) issued by the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM).
At the current market price, a 26 per cent sale could fetch about ₹1,000 crore to the exchequer. Shares of BEML closed at ₹974.25, on Friday. BEML is involved in sectors like defence, rail, power, mining and infrastructure.
The company’s total revenue from operations was ₹3,028.82 crore in fiscal 2019-20. SBI Capital Markets has been appointed as the advisor by the Government of India (GOI) for advising and managing the proposed strategic disinvestment of BEML.
BEML has an order book of ₹9,795 crore as on March 31, 2020. The government has ‘in-principle’ decided to disinvest 26 per cent stake of BEML through strategic sale with transfer of management control.
The government holds 54.03 per cent stake in the company. The stock lost 1.41% to close at ₹992 at the BSE.
