Lok Sabha Question No. 1341 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-25
Subject: Manufacturing of Defence Products
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1341

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY, 2018

## MANUFACTURING OF DEFENCE PRODUCTS

## 1341.  SHRI  KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

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

- (a) the details of the defence products manufactured in 41 ordnance factories of the country;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  provided  adequate  work  to  the  said  ordnance factories and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  issued  licence  to  private  industries  for  defence production and if so, the number of industries to which licences have been issued;
- (d) the  number  of  such  private  industries  which  have  set  up  factories  for  defence production so far along with the number of factories which have started production and the details thereof;
- (e) whether  ordnance  factories  and  public  sector  undertakings  were  taken  into confidence before issuing licence to private industries for defence production and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether  they  had  expressed  their  inability  in  this  regard  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (g) the total production from such private factories so far; and
- (h) whether such production have been found successful in army trials and if so, the details thereof?

## 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) Ordnance Factories manufacture various products like Artillery Guns, Small  Arms, Mortars, Naval  Guns, Tanks  and  Variants, Infantry Combat

Vehicles and Variants, Mine Protected Vehicles, Logistic & Special Purpose Vehicles, Ammunition, Explosives, Parachutes, Troop Comfort Equipment and  Day  /  Night  Vision  Devices  for  Armed  Forces  and  internal  security. Ordnance Factories manufacture approximately 600 Principal Items.  A list containing Major Principal Products is enclosed as Annexure-I. (b) Yes, Madam.  In the year 2016-17, total value of issue to  Army was Rs.11,867 Crore and in 2017-18 the value of issue was Rs.11,413 Crore.  For 2018-19,  the  Budget  Estimate  (BE)  allocation  to  Ordnance  Factory  Board (OFB) by Army is Rs.11,742.42 Crore. (c) Yes, Madam.  Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) has issued 379 licenses to 230 Indian companies till June, 2018. (d) 70 licensee companies covering 114 licenses have reported commencement of production in the same period. (e) & (f): Industrial license applications are forwarded by licensing authority i.e. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Department of Industrial Policy  &  Promotion  (DIPP)  to  Department  of  Defence  Production  for  its views.  These are examined by the Standing Committee on Private Sector Participation which  comprise  representatives from Ordnance  Factory Board and Public Sector Undertakings. (g) & (h): As  per  Annual  Production  data  furnished  by  48  companies  in financial  year  2017-18,  the  value  of  their  production  as  furnished  by  the Companies is Rs.3,486.03 Crore.  The information of trials of production by such licensee companies are not compiled.

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## ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  IN  THE  REPLY  GIVEN  IN  PART  (a)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1341 FOR ANSWER ON 25.7.2018

|   S. No. | FACTORIES                                               | MAJOR PRODUCTS                                                                                                 |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Ammunition Factory Khadki(AKF), Pune, Maharashtra       | 5.56 mm Ammunition, Bombs, Grenades, Cartridges for others Small Arms, Medium Caliber Ammunitions              |
|        2 | High Explosives Factory (HEF),Khadki, Pune, Maharashtra | TNT, HNS , Tetryl (CE), IPN, RFNA, 'G' Fuel, 'O' Fuel, Initiatory Explosives, Acids and Chemicals etc.         |
|        3 | Ordnance Factory Chanda (OFCH), Maharashtra             | Tank Gun Ammunition, Mortar Ammunition., Anti-Tank and Anti- Personnel Mines, Rockets, Missiles War-Heads etc. |
|        4 | Ordnance Factory Varangaon (OFV), Maharashtra           | Cartridges viz. 7.62 mm Nato Ball M- 80 Tracer M-62, 5.56 mm Ammunition                                        |
|        5 | Ordnance Factory Bhandara (OFBa), Maharashtra           | Various types of Propellants and Explosives                                                                    |
|        6 | Ordnance Factory Dehu Road (OFDR), Maharashtra          | Various Pyrotechnic compositions & Ammunition                                                                  |
|        7 | Ordnance Factory Khamaria (OFK), Jabalpur, M.P.         | Small Arms Ammunition, Anti- Aircraft Ammunition, Anti-Tank Ammunition, Ammunition For Air Force and Navy      |
|        8 | Ordnance Factory Itarsi (OFI), M.P.                     | Various types of Propellants and Chemicals                                                                     |
|        9 | Cordite Factory Aruvankadu (CFA), Tamil Nadu            | Various types of Propellants and Chemicals                                                                     |
|       10 | Ordnance Factory Badmal (OFBL), Odisha                  | Tank and Artillery Ammunition, 30 mm Ammunition                                                                |

|   11. | Ordnance Factory Project Nalanda (OFPN), Bihar              | Bi-modular Charge System (Planned)                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    12 | Metal & Steel Factory (MSF), Ishapore, West Bengal          | Various Ferrous and Non-ferrous castings & extrusion, component & other stores including Cartridge Cases and shell forgings, Light/Medium/Heavy Steel Forgings including Gun Barrel Forgings                              |
|    13 | Ordnance Factory Ambajhari (OFAJ), Nagpur, Maharashtra      | Ammunition Hardware (Shells, Fuzes and Cartridge Cases), Light Metal Floating Bridge, Extruded Aluminium Rods/ Sections, Pressure and Die-Cast Components, Pinaka Rocket etc.                                             |
|    14 | Ordnance Factory Ambarnath (OFA), Maharashtra               | Cartridge Case, Brass Cup of various sizes, Brass Coils, Low and High Tensile Aluminium Alloy, Extruded sections                                                                                                          |
|    15 | Machine Tool Prototype Factory(MPF), Ambarnath, Maharashtra | Design, Developments and Manufacture of special purpose machine tools and equipment, components and sub-assemblies for Armoured and Transport vehicles and weapon spares, Electronic Fuze, Kavach Chaff Launcher for Navy |
|    16 | Ordnance Factory Bhusawal (OFBH), Maharashtra               | Drums, Barrels, Ammunition Boxes, Cylinders & Tin Containers, Fuel Tanks                                                                                                                                                  |
|    17 | Ordnance Factory Muradnagar (OFM), U.P.                     | Plain carbon and alloy steel castings for Tanks, Empty Bodies of various ammunition, Hot Die Tool, Steel forgings. Track Link for Tanks                                                                                   |

......3/-

|   18. | Ordnance Factory Katni (OFKAT), M.P.                      | Non-Ferrous Rolled & Extruded sections, Cups for Small Arms Ammunition, Die-cast components, Heavy Caliber Cartridge Cases                                                     |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    19 | Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project (HAPP), Trichy, Tamil Nadu | Empty Shots for Kinetic Energy Ammunition of various calibers (120 mm, 125 mm), Anti-Submarine Rocket hardware, Tungsten Spheres for Pinaka Rocket                             |
|    20 | Gun Carriage Factory (GCF), Jabalpur, M.P.                | Light Field Gun, T-72 Tank Gun Recoil System, Carriages for Artillery Guns, Anti-Aircraft Gun, various Types of Mortars, 12 Bore Pump Action Gun & various Ammunition Packages |
|    21 | Vehicle Factory Jabalpur (VFJ), Jabalpur, M.P.            | Army Transport & Logistic Vehicles and variants, Mine Protected Vehicles                                                                                                       |
|    22 | Grey Iron Foundry(GIF), Jabalpur, M.P.                    | Automobile Casting of Grey & Malleable Iron for Vehicles & other applications                                                                                                  |
|    23 | Ordnance Factory Kanpur (OFC), U.P.                       | Medium & High Calibre Guns, Mortar Bomb bodies, Ammunition hardware                                                                                                            |
|    24 | Small Arms Factory (SAF), Kanpur, U.P.                    | 5.56 mm LMG, LMG 7.62 mm, MAG 7.62 mm, .50" Rifle Sporting, .32" Revolver, 9mm Carbine                                                                                         |
|    25 | Field Gun Factory (FGK), Kanpur, U.P.                     | High Calibre Ordnance & Spare Barrels, .32" Revolver                                                                                                                           |
|    26 | Rifle Factory Ishapore (RFI), West Bengal                 | 5.56mm INSAS Rifle, Pistol 9mm Auto, .315' Sporting Rifle, .22" Sporting Rifle                                                                                                 |
|    27 | Gun & Shell Factory (GSF), Cossipore, West Bengal         | Medium Calibre Guns, Ammunition hardware, .32" Pistol, 84mm Rocket Launcher                                                                                                    |

|   28. | Ordnance Factory Dum Dum (OFDC), Dum Dum, West Bengal   | Ammunition hardware / components                                                                                                                                                        |
|-------|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    29 | Ordnance Factory Trichy (OFT), Tamil Nadu               | 7.62mm Rifle, 12.7 AD Gun & Spares, 30mm Cannon for BMP II, 14.5 mm Sub-Calibre Device for T-72 Tank, 23 mm Ghasha Twin Barrel Gun for MIG                                              |
|    30 | Ordnance Factory Project Korwa (OFPK), U.P.             | Carbine (Planned)                                                                                                                                                                       |
|    31 | Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF), Avadi, Tamil Nadu         | Battle Tanks viz. T-90 and MBT Arjun, Combat Improved Ajeya Variants, Tank Spares & Overhaul of T-72                                                                                    |
|    32 | Engine Factory Avadi (EFA), Tamil Nadu                  | Engines for Battle Tanks and Infantry Combat Vehicles, overhaul of Engines                                                                                                              |
|    33 | Ordnance Factory Medak (OFMK), A.P.                     | Infantry Combat Vehicle Sarath, Variants, Bullet Proofing of Cars & Spares for ICV                                                                                                      |
|    34 | Ordnance Factory Dehradun (OFDUN), Uttarakhand          | Sighting & Fire control instruments for Tanks, Fire control instruments for Guns & Mortars, Range finder, Binoculars, Compasses, Air field Lighting Equipment, Night Vision Instruments |
|    35 | Opto Electronics Factory (OLF), Dehradun, Uttarakhand   | Precision Opto Mechanical/ Electronic instruments for sighting and fire control of T-72 & Infantry Combat Vehicles, Laser Range Finder                                                  |
|    36 | Ordnance Cable Factory Chandigarh (OCFC)                | Field Telephone cable, Carrier Quad cable, 20 Conductor cable, 3KV Air Field Lighting cable, Beta light devices, optoelectronic sight                                                   |

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|   37. | Ordnance Equipment Factory Kanpur (OEFC), U.P.      | Leather Items, Textile Items, Engineering Equipment including Mountaineering Items                                                                                   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    38 | Ordnance Parachute Factory (OPF), Kanpur, U.P.      | All types of Parachutes viz. Brake Parachute, Supply Dropping & Man Dropping Parachutes, Tent, Clothing &Rubberised Items like Floats for Bridges & Inflatable Boats |
|    39 | Ordnance Equipment Factory Hazratpur (OEFHz), U.P.  | Tents, Mosquito Nets & other Clothing Items                                                                                                                          |
|    40 | Ordnance Clothing Factory Shahjahanpur (OCFS), U.P. | All Combat Clothing, Mountaineering Extreme Cold Clothing, Textile & Tentage Items                                                                                   |
|    41 | Ordnance Clothing Factory Avadi (OCFAV), Tamil Nadu | All Combat Clothing & Parade Garments, Parachutes, Tents, DLD covers, Vest etc.                                                                                      |

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