MoD inks Rs 1,476 crore contract with BEL for five Ground-Based Mobile Electronic Systems for Indian Army

• Capital acquisition contract between Ministry of Defence and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), Hyderabad for five Ground-Based Mobile Electronic Systems for the Indian Army, valued at Rs 1,476 crore.
• Categorised under Buy (Indian-IDDM) — Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured — with minimum 72% indigenous content.
• Relevant for UPSC as a case study of Aatmanirbhar Bharat in defence, DPSU role, and Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) 2020 categorisation hierarchy.