Lok Sabha Question No. 3667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Production of Weapons
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: V. SATHYABAMA, R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, PR. SENTHILNATHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3667

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  AUGUST, 2018

## PRODUCTION OF WEAPONS

3667.  SHRIMATI  V. SATHYA BAMA: SHRI  BHARATHI MOHAN R.K.: SHRI  K.N. RAMACHANDRAN: SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

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

- (a) whether the  Government is not having  any  Technological  Partner  for producing weapons of civilian use and non-lethal riot control weapons like Rubber bullet Pistol / Teaser gun;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Ordnance  Factory  Board  (OFB)  has  sufficient  in-house  capacity  to produce  weapons  for  civilian  use  like  0.22'  bore  size  and  Non-Lethal  Weapons  like Rubber bullet Pistol / Teaser gun etc., for riot control;
- (d) if  so, the details thereof and the quantity of such types of weapons produced by OFB during the last three years and the current year, year, company and type-wise; and
- (e) the revenue generated through the sale of such weapons during the above period, year-wise?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(a) to (e): A Statement is attached.

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(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3667 FOR ANSWER ON 8.8.2018

(a) to (e): No Madam, Ordnance Factory  Board  (OFB)  is  not  having  any Technological Partnership for producing weapons of civilian use and nonlethal riot control weapons including Rubber bullet Pistol / Teaser gun.

OFB is not manufacturing Rubber bullet Pistol / Teaser gun.  However it  has  sufficient  capacity  in  their  factories  namely  Small  Arms  Factory, Kanpur;  Rifle  Factory,  Ichapore;  Ordnance  Factory,  Trichy  &  Gun  & Carriage Factory, Jabalpur for  manufacturing  0.22  Calibre,  0.32  Calibre  & 0.315  Sporting  Rifle  &  30-06  Sporting  Rifle  and  meeting  the  demand  of weapons for  the civilian  use.   The  details of  the  items  (0.22  Calibre, 0.32 Calibre, 0.315 Sporting Rifle &  30-06 Sporting Rifle) sold and the revenue generated since 2015-16 to 2018-19 are as under:-

## Qty in number and Value of Issue

(Rs. in Lakh)

|                            | 2015-16   | 2015-16       | 2016-17   | 2016-17       | 2017-18   | 2017-18       | 2018-19   | 2018-19       |
|----------------------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|---------------|
| Item                       | Qty       | Value Approx. | Qty       | Value Approx. | Qty       | Value Approx. | Qty       | Value Approx. |
| 0.22 Calibre               | 2313      | 812           | 780       | 272           | 907       | 330           | 104       | 41            |
| 0.32 Calibre               | 39967     | 23226         | 37176     | 23021         | 29217     | 18995         | 6388      | 4344          |
| 0.315 Sporting Rifle (SPR) | 4180      | 2090          | 5787      | 2950          | 3130      | 1637          | 825       | 465           |
| 30-06 Sporting Rifle (SPR) | 1133      | 871           | 1105      | 867           | 1224      | 991           | 325       | 289           |
| Total:                     | 47,593    | 26,999        | 44,848    | 27,110        | 34,478    | 21,953        | 7,642     | 5,139         |

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