34 aerospace, defence firms plan to invest nearly Rs 2,500 cr in Karnataka

As quite a few as 34 aerospace and defence firms have shown interest in investing in Karnataka to spur aviation business enterprise in the southern state, an official stated on Sunday.

“In all, 34 aerospace and defence firms have signed an settlement with the state government to spend a total of Rs 2,464 crore in setting up their amenities, which have the opportunity to generate six,462 immediate employment,” an official of the Industry Department’s Udyog Mitra advised IANS right here.

The agreements were being signed at the thirteenth version of Aero India 2021 expo at the Yelahanka air base on the city’s outskirts on February three-five.

Among the firms are Abhyuday Bharat defence cluster with an expenditure proposal of Rs 1,000 crore, Gopalan Aerospace Ltd (Rs 438 crore), Alpha Layout Technological know-how and Tesbl Aerospace Corporation (Rs 250 crore each individual).

“We have a lively aerospace and defence sector ecosystem, which enabled the state to lead 65 per cent of exports from the nation.

The proposed investing firms will draw in other individuals to spend in the aerospace sector,” stated state’s Industries Minister Jagadish Shettar in a assertion on the occasion.

As the country’s aerospace hub, Bengaluru is home to many state-run and non-public firms this sort of as the defence behemoth Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), BEL, BEML, NAL, DRDO, ADA, ADE and ISRO.

“With an investor-centric solution, our new industrial coverage (2020-25) gives incentives for investing in the state, with regulatory reforms for accessibility to land and labour,” asserted Shettar.

The the latest Innovation Index of the coverage consider tank NITI Aayog has ranked Karnataka on prime, indicating the state’s strengths in human means, better instruction, thrust on investigate and growth, with a conducive expenditure weather and a pro-active administration.

Bengaluru is also home to a quarter (25 per cent) of the country’s aircraft and spacecraft industries, which roll out 67 per cent of planes and helicopters for defence companies.

With a committed aerospace coverage, the state also has an ancillary ecosystem for the business to assist state-run defence units, R&D centres, scientific and technical institutes and 2,000 tiny, micro and medium enterprises. (Only the headline and image of this report may have been reworked by the Company Standard team the relaxation of the content material is vehicle-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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