Lok Sabha Question No. 383 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-03
Subject: Ordnance Factory Board
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Rajendra Dhedya  Gavit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 383

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 rd  February, 2023

## ORDNANCE FACTORY BOARD

## 383. SHRI RAJENDRA DHEDYA GAVIT:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Ordnance  Factory  Board  with  41  manufacturing  units  producing  arms, ammunition and cloths for defence personnel has been split into 7 corporate units;

(b)  if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether the arms and ammunitions produced by Ordnance Factories were of sub-standard resulting to accidents while using them in the field by defence personnel;

(d)  if so, the details thereof alongwith the reasons for delay in taking such a decision much earlier; and

(e)  the mechanism put in place by the Government for the production of quality arms and ammunitions?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

## MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI AJAY BHATT) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(a)  &  (b):Yes,  Sir.  To  enhance  functional  autonomy,  efficiency  and  unleash  new  growth potential  and  innovation  in  Ordnance  Factories,  the  Government  of  India  has  decided  to convert  the  production  units  of  Ordnance  Factory  Board  into  7  Defence  Public  Sector Undertakings. The details are at Annexure.

(c)&  (d):No,  Sir.  Ordnance  Factories  manufactured  arms  and  ammunition  following  laid down  specifications,  as  per  the  Quality  Assurance  (QA)  plan  provided  by  the  Authorities Holding Sealed particulars (Directorate General of Quality Assurance/Defence Research and Development  Organisation)  and  supplied  the  same  to  the  users  after  due  inspection  by DGQA. In spite of the above,  in  certain  cases  accidents/defects were  reported  at  the  User End. Major incidences were investigated through defect investigation mechanism by DGQA and remedial actions are taken as per the recommendations.

(e):  All the products manufactured by the production units are subjected to various Quality Checks,  which  are  on  the  basis  of  Quality  Assurance  Plan  (QAP)/Acceptance  Test  Plan (ATP)/Quality  Plan  etc.  These  Quality  Plans/documents  have  clear  guidelines  for  all  the checks to be carried out during the entire cycle of manufacturing of Defence Stores. Further, designated Inspector of customer is undertaking the Second Party Inspection coverage called Quality  Assurance  (QA),  done  based  on  QAP/ATP  by  Directorate  General  of  Quality Assurance (DGQA), Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA) and Directorate General of Naval Armament Inspection (DGNAI) for the stores issued to Army, Air Force and Navy, respectively.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  REPLY TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 383 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2023 REGARDING 'ORDNANCE FACTORY BOARD'.

## DETAILS OF THE 7 DPSUS

|   DPSU | DPSU                                                                                            |   Factory | Factory                                       |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------|
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |         1 | Ammunition Factory Khadki                     |
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |         2 | Cordite Factory Aruvankadu                    |
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |         3 | High Energy Projectile Factory Tiruchirapalli |
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |         4 | High Explosive Factory Khadki                 |
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |         5 | Ordnance Factory Bhandara                     |
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |         6 | Ordnance Factory Bolangir                     |
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |         7 | Ordnance Factory ChandaChandrapur             |
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |         8 | Ordnance Factory Dehu Road                    |
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |         9 | Ordnance Factory Itarsi                       |
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |        10 | Ordnance Factory Khamaria                     |
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |        11 | Ordnance Factory Nalanda                      |
|      1 | Munitions India Limited (MIL) (Ammunition & Explosives) Headquarter - Khadki, Pune              |        12 | Ordnance Factory Varangaon                    |
|      2 | Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI) (Vehicles)                                              |         1 | Engine Factory Avadi                          |
|      2 | Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI) (Vehicles)                                              |         2 | Heavy Vehicle Factory Avadi                   |
|      2 | Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI) (Vehicles)                                              |         3 | Machine Tool Prototype Factory Ambernath      |
|      2 | Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI) (Vehicles)                                              |         4 | Ordnance Factory Medak                        |
|      2 | Headquarter - Avadi, Chennai                                                                    |         5 | Vehicle Factory Jabalpur                      |
|      3 | Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) (Weapons & Equipment) Headquarter - Kanpur |         1 | Field Gun Factory Kanpur                      |
|      3 | Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) (Weapons & Equipment) Headquarter - Kanpur |         2 | Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur                 |
|      3 | Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) (Weapons & Equipment) Headquarter - Kanpur |         3 | Gun and Shell Factory Cossipore               |
|      3 | Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) (Weapons & Equipment) Headquarter - Kanpur |         4 | Ordnance Factory Kanpur                       |
|      3 | Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) (Weapons & Equipment) Headquarter - Kanpur |         5 | Ordnance Factory Project Korwa                |
|      3 | Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) (Weapons & Equipment) Headquarter - Kanpur |         6 | Ordnance Factory Tiruchirapalli               |
|      3 | Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) (Weapons & Equipment) Headquarter - Kanpur |         7 | Rifle Factory Ishapore                        |
|      3 | Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWEIL) (Weapons & Equipment) Headquarter - Kanpur |         8 | Small Arms Factory Kanpur                     |
|      4 | Troop Comforts Limited (TCL) (Troop Comfort Items)                                              |         1 | Ordnance Clothing Factory Avadi               |
|      4 | Troop Comforts Limited (TCL) (Troop Comfort Items)                                              |         2 | Ordnance Clothing Factory Shahjahanpur        |
|      4 | Troop Comforts Limited (TCL) (Troop Comfort Items)                                              |         3 | Ordnance Equipment Factory Kanpur             |
|      4 | Troop Comforts Limited (TCL) (Troop Comfort Items)                                              |         4 | Ordnance Equipment Factory Hazratpur          |
|      5 | Headquarter - Kanpur Yantra India Limited (YIL) (Ancillary) Headquarter - Nagpur                |         1 | Grey Iron Foundry Jabalpur                    |
|      5 | Headquarter - Kanpur Yantra India Limited (YIL) (Ancillary) Headquarter - Nagpur                |         2 | Metal and Steel Factory Ishapore              |
|      5 | Headquarter - Kanpur Yantra India Limited (YIL) (Ancillary) Headquarter - Nagpur                |         3 | Ordnance Factory Ambernath                    |
|      5 | Headquarter - Kanpur Yantra India Limited (YIL) (Ancillary) Headquarter - Nagpur                |         4 | Ordnance Factory Ambajhari                    |
|      5 | Headquarter - Kanpur Yantra India Limited (YIL) (Ancillary) Headquarter - Nagpur                |         5 | Ordnance Factory Bhusawal                     |
|      5 | Headquarter - Kanpur Yantra India Limited (YIL) (Ancillary) Headquarter - Nagpur                |         6 | Ordnance Factory Dumdum                       |
|      5 | Headquarter - Kanpur Yantra India Limited (YIL) (Ancillary) Headquarter - Nagpur                |         7 | Ordnance Factory Katni                        |
|      5 | Headquarter - Kanpur Yantra India Limited (YIL) (Ancillary) Headquarter - Nagpur                |         8 | Ordnance Factory Muradnagar                   |

| 6   | India Optel Limited                                         |   1 | Ordnance Factory Chandigarh       |
|-----|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----|-----------------------------------|
|     | (IOL) (Opto-Electronics)                                    |   2 | Ordnance Factory Dehradun         |
|     | Headquarter- Dehradun                                       |   3 | Opto-Electronics Factory Dehradun |
| 7   | Gliders India Limited (GIL) (Parachute) Headquarter- Kanpur |   1 | Ordnance Parachute Factory Kanpur |

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