Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday handed over the land allotment letter for 75 hectares in the Chitrakoot node of the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor to Bharat Electronics Limited Chairman and Managing Director Manoj Jain.

BEL, a public sector aerospace and defence electronics company based in Bengaluru, will set up a defence manufacturing unit with an investment of about Rs 562.5 crore and is expected to generate over 300 jobs in the short term.