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Ordnance Factories Day 2024: Date, history, significance
Ordnance Factories Day 2024: From history to significance, here's all that you need to know about this special day.
Published on Mar 17, 2024 12:03 PM IST
Tapatrisha Das, Delhi
Defence firms carved out of OFB log profits
The seven new firms were dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 15, 2021, on the occasion of Dussehra.
Published on Apr 29, 2022 11:27 PM IST
Rahul Singh, New Delhi
OFB dissolved: The 7 new companies inaugurated by PM Modi on Dussehra
These defence public sector undertakings (DPSUs) have been carved out of the Ordnance Factory Board, which got dissolved on October 1.
Published on Oct 15, 2021 02:27 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi
On Vijayadashami, PM Modi set to inaugurate 7 new defence firms for India
Marking the auspicious occasion of Vijayadashami, Prime Minister Modi will deliver a video address on Friday during an event organised by the defence ministry and formally announce the seven new defence companies and the government's initiative to modernise the defence sector.
Updated on Oct 15, 2021 09:25 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
News updates from HT: Ordnance Factory Board to be dissolved today
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Published on Oct 01, 2021 08:54 AM IST
hindustantimes.com, New Delhi, Hindustan Times
Ordnance Factory Board to be dissolved today, staff retain service conditions
There had been a long-pending proposal to restructure the over 200-year-old defence ministry entity – the Ordnance Factory Board – which, with its 41 ammunition and military equipment production facilities, supplied critical arms and ammunition to the three armed forces and the paramilitary.
Published on Oct 01, 2021 06:34 AM IST
Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Centre dissolves ordnance factory board, transfers assets to seven DPSUs
Ordnance Factory Board will be dissolved from October 1 and the assets, employees and operations of the 41 factories will be transferred to the seven defence public sector units
Updated on Sep 29, 2021 04:43 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Parliament nod to bill barring strikes in all Essential Defence Services
The Essential Defence Services Bill, 2021, was cleared by Rajya Sabha after Lok Sabha passed it on August 3.
Updated on Aug 06, 2021 01:29 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Five engineers stranded at Sarchu in Himachal rescued after nine-hour operation
The engineers were returning after repairing army vehicles in Nubra Valley on November 15 when their vehicle broke down at Sarchu and they were stranded due to heavy snowfall with the temperature dipping to minus 15 degrees.
Updated on Nov 20, 2020 01:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Shimla | HT Correspondent
27 jawans killed in 6 years due to faulty ammo: Army report
The army’s note said 159 soldiers were injured in accidents attributed to OFB-supplied ammunition and armament between 2014 and 2020.
Updated on Sep 30, 2020 03:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rahul Singh
In self-reliance push, Rajnath Singh launches weapons system made by Ordnance Factory Board
The weapons system include anti-tank missile, rifles and an upgraded commander’s thermal imager-cum-daysight for T-90 tanks.
Updated on Aug 14, 2020 07:38 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi
Employees at 41 ordnance factories to go on indefinite strike against corporatisation
The date of the beginning of the strike is yet to be announced but the employees’ unions said that the strike will be deferred if the killings in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley , in which the Indian Army lost 20 soldiers, leads to a crisis
Updated on Jun 17, 2020 10:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Tanmay Chatterjee
OFBs, DPSUs told to ramp up output after lockdown
Rajnath Singh said such plans were necessary to ramp up production and compensate for the time lost due to the Covid-19 outbreak. Singh spoke to top officials of the OFB and DPSUs, via video conference, and reviewed operational plans as well as their contribution to the fight against the pandemic.
Updated on Apr 29, 2020 12:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
OFB trade apprentices result 2020 declared, here’s list of provisionally selected candidates
OFB Trade Apprentices Result 2020 : The Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has released the factory-wise provisional select list for engagement of 56th batch of trade apprentices in Ordnance and Ordnance Equipment Factories across India.
Updated on Mar 13, 2020 09:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Nilesh Mathur
To boost Army’s firepower, upgraded artillery guns to be inducted this month
The Jabalpur-based Gun Carriage Factory, a unit of the OFB, is upgrading the army’s vintage Soviet-origin 130mm M-46 towed artillery pieces to 155 mm 45-calibre standard. (155 mm denotes the diameter of the shell and calibre relates to barrel length.)
Updated on Feb 07, 2020 03:07 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Rahul Singh
OFB Recruitment 2020: Ordinance Factory Board to recruit 6060 apprentices, 10th pass can apply
OFB Recruitment 2020: Ordinance Factory Board will recruit 6060 trade apprentices. The online application process will begin on January 10, 2020.
OFB OFRC Recruitment 2019: Ordinance Factory Board to recruit 4805 trade apprentices
The Ordnance Factory Recruitment Centre (OFRC) of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has issued a notification saying that it will invite online applications to fill about 4,805 vacancies of trade apprentices in Ordnance and Ordnance Equipment Factories across India.
Updated on Oct 31, 2019 01:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Nilesh Mathur
New road map for ordnance factories soon
Early into its second term in office, the Narendra Modi government has in principle decided to corporatise the 41 ordnance factories — the oldest government entities — to increase their efficiency, sharpen their competitive edge and expand their export potential.
Updated on Aug 22, 2019 05:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Sudhi Ranjan Sen
Defence products’ exports to exceed ₹35,000 crore target
Last fiscal, exports were about ₹10,700 crore and in 2019-20, the Centre set a target of ₹20,000 crore, said Defence Production Department Secretary.
Updated on Jul 14, 2019 12:59 PM IST
Kolkata | Press Trust of India
India tweaks rules for friendly countries for defence exports
In a recently issued order, the ministries of defence and external affairs said the friendly countries can buy defence equipments like Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV) manufactured in India at the same price as Indian armed forces have bought them for.
Published on May 27, 2019 10:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Sitharaman hands over ‘Made in India’ high-power multi-fuel engines to Army
The engines, manufactured by engine factory, Avadi — a unit of Ordnance Factory Board, Department of Defence Production — were fully indigenised for the first time under the Centre’s ‘Make in India’ programme.
Updated on Jul 28, 2018 08:25 PM IST
Chennai | Press Trust of India
India needs to find a solution to its arms and ammo shortages
The defence public sector (DPS) is beyond repair. According to a Niti Ayog study, the value produced per worker in ordnance factories is a meagre ₹6 lakh versus the minimum of ₹40-50 lakh in value that is required to be produced per employee to make even a micro, small, and medium enterprise financially viable
Published on Jun 14, 2018 01:04 PM IST
Bharat Karnad