PAWAN HANS

• Pawan Hans Limited is a helicopter service company.
• The government issued a fresh bid document for strategic disinvestment in Pawan Hans.
• Pawan Hans is a Mini Ratna-I category PSU.
• Pawan Hans was incorporated on 15 October 1985 as the Helicopter Corporation of India (HCI).
• It was incorporated with the objective of providing helicopter support services to the oil sector for its off-shore exploration operations, services in remote areas and charter services for the promotion of tourism.
• It is a government-owned enterprise with 51% stake and the remaining 49% is with ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation)
• Pawan Hans jointly owns Jal Hans, India’s first amphibious aircraft service with the Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration.

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