State / UT-wise details of Ordnance Factories, manufacturing units of 9 Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) and the Private Companies who have reported commencement of production are as under:

 

State	Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)	DPSUs	Private Companies
Chandigarh (UT)	01	-	-
Uttarakhand	02	01	-
Uttar Pradesh	09	04	03
Bihar	01	-	-
Tamil Nadu	06	01	06
Odisha	01	02	-
Telangana	01	05	09
West Bengal	04	06	01
Maharashtra	10	05	09
Madhya Pradesh	06	-	-
Karnataka	-	15	15
Andhra Pradesh	-	03	05
Kerala	-	02	02
Jharkhand	-	01	-
Goa	-	01	-
Haryana	-	01	04
Punjab	-	-	02
Gujarat	-	-	02
Rajasthan	-	-	01
Multiple locations	-	-	07
Total:	41	47	66

 

342 licenses have been issued to 205 Indian companies for manufacturing defence products:

6 licenses have been issued to Indian companies for manufacturing of defence explosives.

 

This information was given by Minister of state for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Hariom Singh Rathore in Lok Sabha today.

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