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Government of India
Ministry of Defence
29 NOV 2021 3:02PM by PIB Delhi
Splitting of OFB

To enhance functional autonomy, efficiency and unleash new growth potential and innovation in Ordnance Factories, the production units of Ordnance Factory Board have been converted into 7 Defence Public Sector Undertakings with 41 Units with effect from 1st October 2021 (“Appointed date”). The details are as follows:

 

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Name of transferring production unit

Name of transferee New DPSUs and main objectives / business

 
  1.  

Ammunition Factory Khadki

Munitions India Limited.

This DPSU will be engaged in the business of manufacturing ammunition and explosives.

 

Registered and corporate office: Ammunition Factory Khadki, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 411003

 

Cordite Factory Aruvankadu

 

High Energy Projectile Factory Tiruchirappalli

 

High Explosive Factory Khadki

 

Ordnance Factory Bhandara

 

Ordnance Factory Bolangir

 

Ordnance Factory ChandaChandrapur

 

Ordnance Factory Dehu Road

 

Ordnance Factory Itarsi

 

Ordnance Factory Khamaria

 

Ordnance Factory Nalanda

 

Ordnance Factory Varangaon

 
  1.  

Engine Factory Avadi

Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited.

This DPSU will be engaged in the business of manufacturing vehicles.

 

Registered and corporate office:

HVF Road, Bhaktavatsalapuram, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 600054

 

Heavy Vehicle Factory Avadi

 

Machine Tool Prototype Factory Ambernath

 

Ordnance Factory Medak

 

Vehicle Factory Jabalpur

 
  1.  

Field Gun Factory Kanpur

Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited.

This DPSU will be engaged in the business of manufacturing weapons and equipment.

 

Registered and corporate office:

Ordnance Factory Kanpur, Kalpi Road, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, 208009

 

Gun Carriage Factory Jabalpur

 

Gun and Shell Factory Cossipore

 

Ordnance Factory Kanpur

 

Ordnance Factory Project Korwa

 

Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli

 

Rifle Factory Ishapore

 

Small Arms Factory Kanpur

 
  1.  

Ordnance Clothing Factory Avadi

Troop Comforts Limited.

This DPSU will be engaged in the business of manufacturing troop comfort items.

 

Registered and corporate office:

C/o Ordnance Factory Equipment, Headquarter G T Road, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, 208013

 

Ordnance Clothing Factory Shahjahanpur

 

Ordnance Equipment Factory Kanpur

 

Ordnance Equipment Factory Hazratpur

 
  1.  

Grey Iron Foundry Jabalpur

Yantra India Limited.

This DPSU will be engaged in the business of manufacturing Military Grade components and Ancillary products.

 

Registered and corporate office:

C/o The General Manager Ordnance Factory, Ambajhari Amravati Road Ambajhari, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, 440021

 

Metal and Steel Factory Ishapore

 

Ordnance Factory Ambernath

 

Ordnance Factory Ambajhari

 

Ordnance Factory Bhusawal

 

Ordnance Factory Dumdum

 

Ordnance Factory Katni

 

Ordnance Factory Muradnagar

 
  1.  

Ordnance Cable Factory Chandigarh

India Optel Limited.

This DPSU will be engaged in the business of manufacturing opto-electronic items.

 

Registered and corporate office:

C/o Opto Electronic Factory, Raipur, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India, 248008

 

Ordnance Factory Dehradun

 

Opto-Electronics Factory Dehradun

 
  1.  

Ordnance Parachute Factory Kanpur

Gliders India Limited.

This DPSU will be engaged in the business of manufacturing parachutes.

Registered and corporate office:

C/o Ordnance Factory Equipment Headquarter, G T Road, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, 208005

 

Non-Production Units merged with the New DPSUs

 

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Name of transferring non-production unit

Name of transferee New DPSUs

 
  1.  

Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Khamaria

Munitions India Limited

 

National Academy of Defence Production, Ambajhari

 

Regional Controllerate of Safety Pune.

 
  1.  

Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Ambernath

Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited

 

Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Avadi

 

Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Medak

 
  1.  

Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Ishapore

Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited
  1.  

Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Kanpur*

Troop Comforts Limited
  1.  

Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Ambajhari

Yantra India Limited
  1.  

Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Dehradun

 

India Optel Limited

Non Production units handed over to New DPSUs and their employees shall be transferred to the OF units, as under:

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Name of transferring non-production unit

Name of transferee Unit and New DPSUs

1.

Regional Marketing Centre, Pune

Ammunition Factory Khadki;

Munitions India Limited

2.

Regional Controllerate of Safety, Avadi

Heavy Vehicles Factory, Avadi;

Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited

3.

Regional Marketing Centre, Chennai

4.

AV Head Quarter, Avadi

5.

OFB Mumbai Office

Machine Tool Prototype Factory, Ambarnath; Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited

6.

Regional Controllerate of Safety, Kanpur

Ordnance Factory Kanpur; Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited

7.

OEF Head Quarter, Kanpur

Ordnance Equipment Factory, Kanpur;

Troop Comforts Limited

8.

Ordnance Factory Recruitment Centre

Ordnance Factory, Ambajhari;

Yantra India Limited

9.

Regional Controllerate of Safety, Ambajhari

10.

Regional Controllerate of Safety, Ishapore

Metal & Steel Factory, Ishapore:

Yantra India Limited

11.

Regional Marketing Centre, New Delhi

Ordnance Factory, Muradnagar;

Yantra India Limited
           

*Ordnance Factories Institute of Learning, Kanpur would continue to cater to the training needs of the staff of Gliders India Limited.

The new Defence Public Sector Undertakings would have more functional and financial autonomy as well as more accountability to absorb technologies.

 

The Government has taken following steps to protect the interests of employees and workers of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB):

 

•        All the employees of OFB (Group A, B & C) belonging to the production units and also the identified non-production units (as per the structure set out in Annexure) have been transferred en masse to the new DPSUs on terms of foreign service, without any deputation allowance (deemed deputation) initially for a period of two years from the Appointed Date.

•        Till such time, the employees remain on deemed deputation to the new DPSUs, they shall continue to be subject to all the extant rules, regulations and orders as are applicable to the Central Government servants, including related to their pay scales, allowances, leave, medical facilities, career progression and other service conditions.

•        All the employees of OFB(Group A, B & C) belonging to OFB Head Quarter (at Kolkata), OFB New Delhi Office, OF Schools and OF Hospitals have been transferred  en masse to the Directorate of Ordnance (Coordination & Services) under the Department of Defence Production, initially for a period of two years from the Appointed Date.

•        The pension liabilities of the retirees and existing employees will continue to be borne by the Government. For the employees recruited after 01.01.2004, National Pension Scheme applicable to the Central Government employees is in vogue and the same would be adopted by the new DPSUs, including continuation of all special provisions applicable to Central Government employees under the National Pension System.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri kc Ramamurthy in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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