New Delhi: Bengaluru-based Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) on Friday paid dividend of Rs 15.75 crore to the central government here.
BEML CMD Deepak Kumar Hota handed over the cheque to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh at South Block here, a defence ministry official said.
In 2017-18 and 2016-17, the public sector firm BEML had paid Rs 18.00 crore.
The Government of India holds 2.25 crore equity shares of Rs 10 each in BEML.