Lok Sabha Question No. 5589 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-07
Subject: Modernisation of Ordnance Factories
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5589

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  APRIL, 2017

## MODERNISATION OF ORDNANCE FACTORIES

5589.  SHRI VENKATESH BABU  T.G.:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the Government has any proposal to modernise ordnance factories across the country through introduction of state-of-the-art-technologies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, unit-wise and the amount allocated for the purpose;
- (c) the time by which the above proposal is likely to be implemented; and
- (d) the extent to which modernisation would help in cost cutting and reducing imports and indigenization?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (c): Modernisation is an ongoing process. Investment  made towards  modernization  during  2012-17  (XII th Plan  period)  and  the  capital investment planned for 2018-22 are given in Annexure 'A'.

- (d) Modernization helps in reduction of costs as well as import substitution.

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## ANNEXURE 'A'  REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5589 FOR ANSWER ON 7.4.2017

Modernization  of  Ordnance  Factories  is  undertaken  under  the  following three major categories:

- Renewal  &  Replacement  (RR):  For  replacement  /reconditioning  of outlived P&M to sustain the original capacity.
- New  Capital  (NC):  Acquisition  of  modern  technology/  manufacturing processes for capacity augmentation of existing product mix or creation of capacity for new product.
- Civil Infrastructure:  Civil Infrastructure and services viz. Production &  Services  of  buildings,  Power  supply,  Water  supply,  Compressed  Air supply etc.

## Thrust areas for modernization are:

| Chemical Process Plants                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Small Arms and Ammunition production                                                                                                                                                                                                             | Ammunition Filling & Assy                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Latest technologies for Safety, Productivity Programmable Logic Control (PLC) based modern and remote control systems In-built provision for Spent Acid concentration and recycling Pollution free effluents.                                                                                                                         | Multi-Station Transfer Presses for higher yield Integrated Plants Automatic Packing                                                                                                                                                              | Automatic Screw/Pour Filling Automatic Detonator Filling Automatic Explosive Pellet Pressing & Composition Making Automated Ammn Assy. Plant                                                                                |
| Foundry & Extrusion                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Metal Forming, Machining & Fabrication                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Quality Control & Assurance                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Ferrous Alloys: Energy-Efficient Melting & Holding Furnaces Ladle Furnace Vacuum De-gassing (LFVD)ESR Plant. Non-Ferrous Alloys: Energy-Efficient Melting & Holding Furnaces Direct Chilled Semi- Continuous Casting (Al.) Continuous Casting (Brass Coils) Direct & Indirect Oil Hydraulic Presses with PLC controls and automation. | Modern Forging Plants with robotic manipulators Energy Efficient Single & Double-Action Presses with modern Hydraulic & PLC systems CNC Turning and Machining Centers Auto-Loading / Unloading Robotic Welding Laser, Plasma & Water-Jet Cutting | Networked Quality Database Management System (NQDMS)3D Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM)On-line Gauging & Off-Line Multi- Gauging (for SQC) Spectrometers with CCD & PMT technologies Laser Marking Real time Radiography |

| Troop Comfort Items:   |
|------------------------|

## Capacity creation/augmentation:

- i) During  XI  plan  period,  OFB  has  executed  projects  for  creation  of capacity for the following:
- MBT Arjun @ 30 p.a.
- PINAKA rocket @  1000 nos. p.a.
- Tank   T 90 @100 p.a.
5. ii) Following major Augmentation projects have been undertaken:

(Rs. in Crores)

|   1 | Production of 50 nos. of T-72 Variants.             |   280 |
|-----|-----------------------------------------------------|-------|
|   2 | Aug. of Prodn. Cap. of Engines to 750 Nos.          |   351 |
|   3 | Aug. of Spares Capacity for OH of T-72, T-90 Tanks. |   368 |
|   4 | T-90 (OE) Tanks from 100 to 140 Nos.                |   971 |
|   5 | Large Caliber Weapons.                              |   376 |
|   6 | Pinaka Rocket @5000 p.a.                            |  1263 |
|   7 | Akash Booster & Sustainer.                          |   106 |
|   8 | 125mm FSAPDS.                                       |   484 |

- iii) Investment on modernization:
- 1) The  expenditure  incurred  on  Modernisation  during  XI th Plan  was  as under:

(Rs. in Crores)

|      RR |   P&M (NC) |   Capital CW |   Total |
|---------|------------|--------------|---------|
| 1259.87 |     879.85 |       787.07 | 2926.79 |

- 2) Capital investment during XII th Plan:

(Rs.in Crores)

|                       |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 MA Projection |   XII Plan Total |
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|------------------|
| RR (including RR Cap) |    415.85 |       697 |    441.78 |    385.73 |                  450    |          2390.36 |
| P&M (NC)              |     90.42 |       239 |    485.66 |    312.3  |                  363.83 |          1491.21 |
| Capital CW            |    265.22 |       220 |    300.61 |    339.52 |                  340.45 |          1465.8  |
| Total:                |    771.49 |      1156 |   1228.05 |   1037.55 |                 1154.28 |          5347.37 |

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## (3) Capital investment planned for modernization during next 5 yrs.

(Rs. in Crores)

| Proposed investment   |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   Total |
|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| RR(including RR cap)  |    475    |       450 |       450 |       450 |       450 | 2275    |
| NC                    |   1041.67 |       981 |      1352 |       738 |       186 | 4298.67 |
| Civil Works           |    500    |       554 |       602 |       647 |       523 | 2826    |
| Total                 |   2016.67 |      1985 |      2404 |      1835 |      1159 | 9399.67 |

## (4) Factory-wise  amount  allotted  for  modernisation  during  2016-17  are  as under:-

(Rs. in Crores)

| Fy                                             |     RR |     NC |    CW |
|------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------|
| Metal and Steel Factory, Ishapore              |  15.42 |  24.52 |  1.3  |
| Grey Iron Foundry, Jabalpur                    |   1.65 |   0    |  0    |
| Ordnance Factory Ambernath                     |   7.75 |   0.92 |  0.39 |
| Ordnance Factory Katni                         |   1.84 |   0    |  0    |
| Ordnance Factory Bhusawal                      |   7.93 |   6.35 | 25.4  |
| Machine Tool Prototype Factory, Ambernath      |   0.37 |   2.36 |  0.27 |
| Ordnance Factory Ambajhari, Nagpur             |  82.83 |  23.08 | 57.52 |
| Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project, Tiruchirapalli |   4.03 |  17.14 |  4.02 |
| M&C (Total)                                    | 121.81 |  74.37 | 88.9  |
| Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur                  |  47.3  |   3.17 |  0.71 |
| Rifle Factory Ishapore                         |  18.24 |   4.4  |  0.02 |
| Gun and Shell Factory Cossipore                |  26.15 |   0    |  0.53 |
| Ordnance Factory Kanpur                        |  22.56 |  54.52 |  3.23 |
| Small Arm Factory Kanpur                       |  10.25 |   0.12 |  0.03 |
| Ordnance Factory Dum Dum                       |   3.02 |   4.29 |  0    |
| Ordnance Factory Tiruchirapalli                |   7.1  |   4    |  0    |
| Vehicle Factory Jabalpur                       |   1.52 |   0.02 |  1.09 |
| Field Gun Factory Kanpur                       |  40.16 |  41.57 |  0.4  |
| Ordnance Factory Project Korwa                 |   0    |   4.5  | 15.52 |
| Weapon Vehicle &Equipment (Total)              | 176.31 | 116.6  | 21.53 |
| Ammunition Factory Khadki                      |  14.71 |   2.36 |  0.52 |
| Cordite Factory Aruvankadu                     |   1.14 |   1.61 |  0.91 |

## :  4  :

| High Explosive Factory, Khadki   |   0.93 |   16.85 |   0.02 |
|----------------------------------|--------|---------|--------|
| Ordnance Factory Khamaria        |   6.62 |    5.82 |   4.33 |
| Ordnance Factory Bhandara        |   8.25 |    2.79 |   3.98 |
| Ordnance Factory Varngaon        |   5.36 |    4.24 |   0.52 |
| Ordnance Factory Chandrapur      |   3.27 |   18.46 |  40.54 |
| Ordnance Factory Bolangir        |   1.82 |    5.27 |   2.88 |
| Ordnance Factory Itarsi          |   2.46 |   21.02 |  34.36 |
| Ordnance Factory Dehuroad        |   1.45 |    0.6  |   0.15 |
| Ordnance Factory Nalanda         |   0.36 |   16.31 |   0.78 |
| Ammunition &Explosive (Total)    |  46.36 |   95.34 |  89    |

## (Rs. in Crores)

| Factory                                | RR     | NC     | CW     |
|----------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| Heavy Vehicle Factory, Avadi           | 24.55  | 66.86  | 8.10   |
| Ordnance Factory Medak                 | 29.71  | 10.15  | 0.27   |
| Engine Factory Avadi                   | 4.75   | 19.33  | 1.02   |
| Ordnance Cable Factory Chandigarh      | 0.48   | 0.00   | 0.23   |
| Ordnance Factory Dehradun              | 8.44   | 1.80   | 0.64   |
| Ordnance Factory Muradnagar            | 4.23   | 0.03   | 0.41   |
| Opto Electronic Factory Dehradun       | 15.79  | 1.39   | 0.00   |
| ArmouredVehicle (Total)                | 87.95  | 99.56  | 10.68  |
| Ordnance Equipment Factory Kanpur      | 0.80   | 0.70   | 0.00   |
| Ordnance Clothing Factory Shahjahanpur | 15.71  | 0.00   | 0.20   |
| Ordnance Parachute Factory Kanpur      | 0.40   | 0.80   | 0.00   |
| Ordnance Clothing Factory Avadi        | 0.54   | 1.50   | 0.31   |
| Ordnance Equipment Factory Hazratpur   | 0.05   | 0.08   | 0.25   |
| Ordnance Equipment Factory (Total)     | 17.50  | 3.09   | 0.76   |
| National Academy of Defence Production | 0.08   |        |        |
| Military Engineering Service           | -      |        | 127.50 |
| Ordnance Factory Board Total           | 450.00 | 388.94 | 338.37 |

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