BEL eyes EVM, VVPAT, defence orders as it aims at Rs 10,000 cr in revenues

Eyes Rs 10,000 cr revenue mark despite focusing less on manufacturing, more on system integration

Public sector firm Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is looking at fresh orders for electronic voting machines (EVMs) and voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) systems to boost revenues in the current financial year, while expecting to make more deliveries for the Akash Missile system to India's armed forces.

BEL, which reported a revenue of Rs 8,825 crore for the year that ended March 31, says it is confident about breaching the Rs 10,000-crore mark in the current financial year. The revenue growth will come despite the firm moving away from being a manufacturer to more of a system integrator, it said.

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