Minister
of Defence, Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Arun Jaitley gave away Raksha
Mantri’s Awards for Excellence for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 in recognition
of exemplary performance amongst Ordnance Factories and the Defence Public
Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) in New Delhi today.
Speaking
on the occasion, Shri Jaitley said that India has conventionally depended for its
defence preparedness on DPSUs, which have done an excellent job. Now the
emphasis has to be to utilise its entire potential as a country to expand rapidly
in defence production. Emphasising on the need for defence preparedness,
particularly on the strength of domestic manufacturing, and as India evolves
the need for this cannot be more overemphasised.
The Defence Minister further said the policies therefore, are also being
liberalised to allow a fair competition between both the DPSUs and the private
sector and that is why the recent policy, which the Ministry of Defence (MoD)
has approved on the Strategic Partners, factors in both these contents.
Shri
Jaitley noted that no country can indefinitely win wars and battles only on the
strength of trying to buy imported equipment from outside and said, “I think
history has provided us with an opportunity where now our emphasis has to be to
improve on manufacturing and that is why the Prime Minister gave this great
emphasis on the ‘Make in India’ brand and manufacturing abilities would be
incomplete for a country like India unless we improve on our defence
manufacturing. Defence manufacturing is also impacted by the security
requirements of a country and security requirements are dictated by the kind of
neighbourhood you have, and obviously in view of the peculiar situation from a
geopolitical point of view where we are located, our preparedness is the best
deterrent and which is certainly a guarantee for peace as far as our region is
concerned.”
Following
is the full list of the awardees:
For
the year 2014-15: -
INSTITUTIONAL
AWARDS
|
S.No.
|
Award
|
Institution
|
|
1.
|
Excellence in
Performance
|
Bharat Dynamics
Limited, Hyderabad
|
|
2.
|
Best
Performance in Exports
|
Goa Shipyard
Limited, Goa
|
BEST
PERFORMING DIVISION/FACTORY/SHIPYARD AWARDS
|
S.No.
|
Award
|
Institution
|
|
1.
|
Best
performing Division among DPSUs
|
Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited, Hyderabad
|
|
2.
|
Best
performing Factory of OFB
|
Ordnance
Factory Medak, Telangana
|
|
3.
|
Best
performing Shipyard among Shipyards
|
Mazagon Dock
Shipbuilders Limited, Mumbai
|
GROUP/INDIVIDUAL
AWARDS
|
S.No.
|
Award
|
Sub Category
|
Institution
|
|
1.
|
Indigenisation
|
On Order
Projects
|
Development
& Engineering – R & FCS/NS2, Naval System 2 (R & FCS)Bharat
Electronics Ltd, Bengaluru for Doppler Weather Radar (S Band Doppler
weather Radar & C Band Polarimetric Doppler weather Radar).
|
|
2.
|
Design
Effort
|
On Order
Projects
|
Awarded
jointly to
1.
Development
& Engineering – Fire Control System / Naval Systems (Radar & Fire
Control System) Group, Bharat Electronics Limited, Bengalurufor LYNX
U2 Naval Gun Fire Control System for Indian Navy.
2.
Aircraft
Upgrade Research & Design Centre, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Nasik
for Integration of Indigenous RWR (Tarang MK – 1B) on various IAF Platform
(MiG-21 T-96, MiG-21 T-75, AN-32RE and AN-32 NON RE aircraft)
|
|
Own initiative
Projects
|
Awarded
jointly to
1.
Technical
Services Group – Goa Shipyard Ltd., Goa for Initial Design of 72m
Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW SWC)
2. Excavator
Group, R&D, KGF, Bharat Earth Movers Limited, Bengaluru for Design
& Development of 180 Ton Class Electric Hydraulic Excavator – BE 1800E.
|
|
3.
|
Innovation
|
On Order
Projects
|
Mishra
Dhatu Nigam Limited, Hyderabad for Development of India Specific –
Reduced Activation Ferritic-Martensitic Steel (IN-RAFMS) for ITER Program.
|
|
Own initiative
Projects
|
Design
and Engineering Division, Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad for
Amogha – I Anti – Tank Guided Missile.
|
For
the year 2015-16 : -
INSTITUTIONAL
AWARDS
|
S.No.
|
Award
|
Institution
|
|
1.
|
Excellence in
Performance
|
Hindustan
Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru
|
|
2.
|
Best
Performance in Exports
|
Bharat
Electronics Limited, Bengaluru
|
BEST
PERFORMING DIVISION/FACTORY/SHIPYARD AWARDS
|
S.No.
|
Award
|
Institution
|
|
1.
|
Best
performing Division among DPSUs
|
Naval Systems
(Radar Systems & Fire Control Systems), Bharat Electronics Limited,
Bengaluru
|
|
2.
|
Best
performing Factory of OFB
|
Ordnance
Factory Medak, Telangana
|
|
3.
|
Best
performing Shipyard among Shipyards
|
Goa Shipyard
Limited, Goa
|
GROUP/INDIVIDUAL
AWARDS
|
S.No.
|
Award
|
Sub Category
|
Institution
|
|
1.
|
Indigenisation
|
On Order
Projects
|
Development
& Engineering Division, Light Weight Portable Laser Target Designator
(LWPLTD) Group, Bharat Electronics Limited, Pune for Light Weight
Portable Laser Target Designator
|
|
Own initiative
Projects
|
Indigenization
Cell, Engine Division, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bengaluru for
Indigenous Development of Adour – 871 Low Pressure Compressor Vane – 1
Assembly
|
|
2.
|
Design
Effort
|
On Order
Projects
|
1.
Development
& Engineering Network Centric System 3 (NCS3) Group / Air Defence Control
and Reporting System [ADC&RS], NSC-Strategic Business Unit (SBU), Bharat
Electronics Limited, Ghaziabad for Test Bed for Automated Air Defence
Control and Reporting System (ADC&RS) for the Field Force of Army.
2.
Central
Design Office, Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited, KolkataforDetailed
Design of CGS Barracuda.
|
|
3.
|
Innovation
|
On Order
Projects
|
Aircraft
Upgrade Research & Design Centre (AURDC), Hindustan Aeronautics Limited,
Ojhar, (MIG) Nasik for Integration of BrahMos Missile on Su-30MKI.
|
|
Own initiative
Projects
|
Awarded
jointly to
1.
Engineering
Deptt., Shipbuilding Div., Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnamfor
Shafting Work.
2.
Shipbuilding
Div., Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam for Innovation in
welding techniques at HSL.
3.
Engineering
Ship Repair Complex, Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam for
Rudder Carrier Bearing Modification.
|
Shri
Jaitley inaugurated a grid connected solar power plant of 16 MW capacity at the
Ordinance Factory, Medak in Telangana through video link. It has been set up at
a cost of Rs. 105 crore by Bharat Electronics Limited. The plant has been set
up for captive consumption of the factory, on 80 acres of spare land available
with it, making it self-sufficient not only for its power requirement but also reduced
carbon footprint.
The
Defence Minister also inaugurated a 9 MW windmill project installed at Dammur,
Karnataka at a cost of Rs. 53 crore by BEML through video link. With
commissioning of 9MW windmill project at Dammur, BEML would be generating 250
Lakh units which will meet 68 per cent of its energy requirement.
Minister
of State for Defence, Dr. Subhash Bhamre, Secretary (Defence Production) Shri
Ashok Kumar Gupta, Vice Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Sarath Chand, Vice
Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Karambir Singh, Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air
Marshal S B Deo, Additional Secretary (DP) Ms. Surina Rajan and other senior
officials of the Ministry of Defence also participated in the function.
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