In February, 2023 India's biggest helicopter manufacturing plant was inaugurated in which one of the following places?

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Correct — A, Tumkuru, Karnataka. On 6 February 2023 the Prime Minister dedicated the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Helicopter Factory at Tumakuru (Tumkur), Karnataka — India's largest helicopter manufacturing facility, set up to build Light Utility Helicopters (LUH). So the plant was inaugurated at Tumkuru, Karnataka in February 2023.

Why the other options are wrong — (b) Chakeri (Kanpur) is an air-force/aviation site in UP, but India's biggest helicopter factory of February 2023 was not opened here — it was at Tumakuru, Karnataka.  (c) Coimbatore is an industrial city in Tamil Nadu, but it is not the location of the HAL helicopter factory inaugurated in February 2023.  (d) HAL does run an aircraft division at Nasik (fighter production), but the new helicopter manufacturing plant of February 2023 was inaugurated at Tumakuru, Karnataka, not Nasik.

Concept: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is India's defence-aerospace public sector undertaking. Its greenfield Helicopter Factory at Tumakuru, Karnataka — inaugurated on 6 February 2023 — is the country's largest dedicated helicopter manufacturing facility, planned to produce the Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) and later other rotary-wing platforms.

State PCS 2023 Q99 — Current Affairs PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2023 Q99 — Current Affairs PYQ with Answer