HAL, BEL and BHEL have been clearing dues to small enterprises on time, says industry body

Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) and Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) — three Bengaluru-based, State-owned PSUs which source close to ₹6,000 crore of goods and services — have been clearing all their dues to SME vendors on time.

“These PSUs which have good order-book for domestic and exports. All have good vendor development programmes and each company sources close to 20 per cent of its turnover from small and medium enterprises (SMEs). They have been been clearing all dues on time. We don’t have any complaints,” Raju R, President, Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (Kassia), who is also a registered vendor to PSUs, told BusinessLine.