Tumkur

Tumkur

Ques : Recently Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a plaque for the foundation stone of a new helicopter manufacturing unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited located in –

(a) Pune, Maharashtra
(b) Sanand, Gujarat
(c) Tumkur, Karnataka
(d) Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh

Ans (c)

Related facts

  • On January 3, 2015 the Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a plaque for the foundation stone of a new helicopter manufacturing unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in Tumkur district in Karnataka.
  • The central government will invest Rs 5,000 crore in the plant.
  • This is the first plant of the country which built completely indigenous developed helicopters under make in India.
  • The first helicopter will fly out by 2018.

Reference

http://pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-unveils-plaque-for-foundation-stone-for-new-helicopter-manufacturing-unit-of-hal-in-tumkur-district/?comment=disable

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