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Brain-booster / 17 Nov 2021

Brain Booster for UPSC & State PCS Examination (Topic: OFBs dissolved and Seven new DPSUs)

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About OFB

  • Ordinance Factory Board (OFB), consisted of Indian Ordinance Factories was an organization, under the department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence, Government of India

OFBs consisted of:

  • 41 ordinance factories
  • 9 training institutes
  • 3 regional marketing centres
  • 5 regional controllers of safety

Why Revamped

3 major issues:

  1. Poor quality of equipment and ammunition delivered, which has led to loss of confidence by the user and a lowering of moral of the troops on the ground,
  2. High cost of the orders placed, as the organization was getting these orders without any competitive bidding,
  3. Lack of respecting the timelines by OFBs was a huge concern, as it has an cascading effect on the combat readiness of the Armed forces

New Working Order

41 factories would be converted into 7 government owned corporate entities. They are:

1. Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited

Headquarters Kanpur
Production Units (P.U.) 8
Expertise Rifles, Naval guns, Armoured vehicle gun systems, Rocket launchers, machine guns, Shot guns, Grenade launchers, Carbines, Mortar, Sniperrifles

2. Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited

Headquarters Chennai
Production Units (P.U.) 5
Expertise Defence mobility & combat vehicles such as MBT, UCV, TRAWLs, MPV and engines

3. Munitions India Limited

Headquarters Pune
Production Units (P.U.) 12
Expertise Small and large arms ammunition, explosives, Detonators, Projectiles, Propellants, Specialized chemicals, Grenades, charges and Bombs

4. Yanta India Limited

Headquarters Nagpur
Production Units (P.U.) 8
Expertise Components for medium & large calibre ammunition, Components for armoured vehicles, Artillery guns and Main battle tanks, Glass composites etc.

5. Gliders India Limited

Headquarters Kanpur
Production Units (P.U.) 1
Expertise Parachutes such as: tactical assault troop parachutes, Aircraft brake parachutes, man carrying parachutes, Supply-drop parachutes, Pilot parachutes

6. Troop Comforts Limited

Headquarters Kanpur
Production Units (P.U.) 4
Expertise Uniforms, Tents, jackets, Shoes and boot crampons

7. India Optel Limited

Headquarters Dehradun
Production Units (P.U.) 3
Expertise Optical sights, optical devices, Components for night-vision devices, Laser sighting devices, wires and cables, assemblies and rifle scopes.