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Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is an Indian state defense and aerospace defense company with approximately nine factories and several regional offices in India. It is owned by the Indian government and mainly manufactures advanced electronic products for the Armed Forces of India. BEL is one of the nine UPM under the Ministry of Defense of India. The Government of India has granted him the status of Navratna.
On April 1 2016 the BEL order book was estimated at around ₹ 300 billion. BEL Optronic Devices Ltd. is a subsidiary of BEL and is a public sector company (PSU) of the Government of India. It was founded in 1990 with the objective of carrying out research development and manufacturing of image intensifier tubes and associated high-voltage power supply units for use in military, security and commercial systems. The company is headquartered in Pune and earned aggregate revenues of ₹ 516 million (US $ 8.0 million) during fiscal year 2007.