Lok Sabha Question No. 443 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-21
Subject: Ordnance Factory
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 443

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st  July, 2023

## ORDNANCE FACTORY

## 443. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of the Ordnance factories established/existing in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  whether there is any proposal to increase the capacity of Ordnance factories and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether there is any proposal to privatize Jabalpur Ordnance factory and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons behind the same;
- (d)  the total number of employees working in Ordnance factories across the country; and
- (e)    the  proposal  of  the  Government  to  secure  the  future  of  these  employees  in  case  of privatisation of Jabalpur Ordnance factory?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

- (a):    Details  of  Ordnance  factories  established/existing  in  the  country,  State/UT-wise  is attached as Annexure:
- (b):  Yes, Sir. Ordnance Factories under the new DPSUs continuously enhance/upgrade their capacity  by  establishing  new  Plant  and  Machineries  as  per  the  futuristic  requirements  of Defence Stores.
- (c):  No, Sir.
- (d):  As on 01.07.2023, a total of 66,429 numbers of employees are working in 41 Ordnance factories, under the 07 newly created DPSUs, across the country.
- (e):  Does not arise in view of reply to part (c).

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## ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 443 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2023 REGARDING 'ORDNANCE FACTORY'.

|   Sl. No. | States/UTs     |   Sl. No. | Ordnance Factory/UNIT                                                                            |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Maharashtra    |         1 | Ammunition Factory Khadki (A unit of Munition India Limited)                                     |
|         1 | Maharashtra    |         2 | High Explosive Factory, Khadki (A unit of Munition India Limited)                                |
|         1 | Maharashtra    |         3 | Ordnance Factory Bhandara (A unit of Munition India Limited)                                     |
|         1 | Maharashtra    |         4 | Machine Tool Prototype Factory (A unit of Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited)                       |
|         1 | Maharashtra    |         5 | Ordnance Factory Ambarnath (A unit of Yantra India Limited)                                      |
|         1 | Maharashtra    |         6 | Ordnance Factory Ambajhari (A unit of Yantra India Limited)                                      |
|         1 | Maharashtra    |         7 | Ordnance Factory Bhusawal (A unit of Yantra India Limited)                                       |
|         1 | Maharashtra    |         8 | Ordnance Factory Chanda, Chandrapur (A unit of Munition India Limited)                           |
|         1 | Maharashtra    |         9 | Ordnance Factory Dehu Road (A unit of Munition India Limited)                                    |
|         1 | Maharashtra    |        10 | Ordnance Factory Varangaon (A unit of Munition India Limited)                                    |
|         2 | Madhya Pradesh |        11 | Ordnance Factory Itarsi (A unit of Munition India Limited)                                       |
|         2 | Madhya Pradesh |        12 | Ordnance Factory Katni (A unit of Yantra India Limited)                                          |
|         2 | Madhya Pradesh |        13 | Gun Carriage Factory, Jabalpur (A unit of Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited)          |
|         2 | Madhya Pradesh |        14 | Ordnance Factory Khamaria (A unit of Munition India Limited)                                     |
|         2 | Madhya Pradesh |        15 | Vehicle Factory Jabalpur (A unit of Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited)                             |
|         2 | Madhya Pradesh |        16 | Grey Iron Foundry, Jabalpur (A unit of Yantra India Limited)                                     |
|         3 | Tamil Nadu     |        17 | Cordite Factory Aruvankadu (A unit of Munition India Limited)                                    |
|         3 | Tamil Nadu     |        18 | Heavy Energy Projectile Factory, Tiruchirapalli (A unit of Munition India Limited)               |
|         3 | Tamil Nadu     |        19 | Ordnance Factory Trichy, Tiruchirapalli (A unit of Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited) |

|    |               |   20. | Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF), Avadi (A unit of Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited)          |
|----|---------------|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    |               |    21 | Ordnance Clothing Factory Avadi (A unit of Troop Comforts Limited)                      |
|    |               |    22 | Engine Factory Avadi (A unit of Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited)                        |
| 4  | Telangana     |    23 | Ordnance Factory Medak (A unit of Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited)                      |
| 5  | Odisha        |    24 | Ordnance Factory Badmal, Bolangir (A unit of Munition India Limited)                    |
| 6. | West Bengal   |    25 | Gun &Shell Factory, Cossipore (A unit of Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited)  |
| 6. | West Bengal   |    26 | Metal &Steel Factory, Ishapore (A unit of Yantra India Limited)                         |
| 6. | West Bengal   |    27 | Rifle Factory Ishapore (A unit of Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited)         |
| 6. | West Bengal   |    28 | Ordnance Factory Dum Dum (A unit of Yantra India Limited)                               |
| 7  | Bihar         |    29 | Ordnance Factory Nalanda (A unit of Munition India Limited)                             |
| 8  | Uttar Pradesh |    30 | Ordnance Factory Muradnagar (A unit of Yantra India Limited)                            |
| 8  | Uttar Pradesh |    31 | Ordnance Clothing Factory Shajahanpur (A unit of Troop Comforts Limited)                |
| 8  | Uttar Pradesh |    32 | Ordnance Equipment Factory Kanpur (A unit of Troop Comforts Limited)                    |
| 8  | Uttar Pradesh |    33 | Ordnance Factory Kanpur (A unit of Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited)        |
| 8  | Uttar Pradesh |    34 | Small Arms Factory, Kanpur (A unit of Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited)     |
| 8  | Uttar Pradesh |    35 | Field Gun Factory, Kanpur (A unit of Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited)      |
| 8  | Uttar Pradesh |    36 | Ordnance Factory Project Korwa (A unit of Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited) |
| 8  | Uttar Pradesh |    37 | Ordnance Parachute Factory, Kanpur (A unit of Gliders India Limited)                    |
| 8  | Uttar Pradesh |    38 | Ordnance Equipment Factory Hazratpur (A unit of Troop Comforts Limited)                 |
| 9  | Uttarakhand   |    39 | Ordnance Factory Dehradun (A unit of India Optel Limited)                               |
| 9  | Uttarakhand   |    40 | Opto Electronics Factory, Dehradun (A unit of India Optel Limited)                      |
| 10 | Chandigarh    |    41 | Ordnance Factory Chandigarh (A unit of India Optel Limited)                             |