Monsoon Session: Govt may consider discussion on Covid management, price riseThe government has started doing its homework to prepare the ground for smooth functioning of the Houses with newly appointed Leader of Hou...
16 Jul, 2021, 09.57 PM IST
Ordinance issued to prevent strike in Ordnance FactoriesThe Essential Defence Services Ordinance (Edso) comes weeks after the Centre announced a radical overhaul of the OFB and is in anticipation...
02 Jul, 2021, 09.51 AM IST
Government issues ordinance prohibiting strikes by those engaged in essential defence servicesA gazette notification said employees involved in the production of defence equipment, services and operation or maintenance of any industr...
30 Jun, 2021, 11.05 PM IST
Rajnath Singh holds high-level meet to explore possibilities to make ordnance factories more robustIn its meeting held in July last year, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), the country's top decision-making body on security-related ...
04 Mar, 2021, 03.21 AM IST
Madhya Pradesh gives industry flexibility to hire &fire employeesSources told ET that the state government is keen to give various concessions to the industries in the next one thousand days to help them ...
06 May, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
Ordnance factory board ropes in IIFT for trainingThe factories form an integrated base for indigenous production of defence hardware and equipment, with the primary objective of self-relia...
18 Feb, 2020, 09.13 AM IST
EV firm Ather to set up vehicle, lithium-ion battery factory in Tamil NaduThe investment to be committed by Ather would be Rs around Rs 635 crore and estimated to create 4300 jobs. A mail has been sent to Ather wi...
30 Nov, 2019, 07.56 PM IST
Ordinance Factory Board gets nod for producing long-range artillery gun 'Dhanush'Described as a product of joint efforts of the OFB and the Indian Army, this is the first ever indigenous 155 mm x 45 calibre long-range ar...
19 Feb, 2019, 08.37 PM IST
Poor quality products from Ordinance Factory Board force soldiers to purchase boots and uniformsDefence ministry officials told ET that the OFB, responsible for the production of boots and uniforms, has been inundated with complaints a...
15 Jul, 2018, 01.40 PM IST
Manohar Parrikar rules out disinvestment of defence PSUs, OFBThe defence minister said that although there is no war-like situation, the ministry spends Rs 3,41,000 crore on the maintenance of the def...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.44 PM IST
Major initiatives taken by the government to promote India's defence exportsThe companies getting export orders apply to the Department of Defence Production (DDP) for NOC for export.
11 Jul, 2018, 12.40 PM IST
Boost for defence manufacturing: Government provides private firms level-playing field with defence PSUsCentre plans to create an even field for private players by taking away the edge with PSUs for quoting lower rates in open bids for contrac...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.29 PM IST
Majority of India's military needs met by indigenous sources: Manohar ParrikarIn 2012-13, when the entire cost of procurement was Rs 83,090.18 crore, indigenous sources constituted 63.4 per cent.
11 Jul, 2018, 12.21 PM IST
IAF chief Arup Raha concerned over delays in Tejas, Sitara deliveryOn the last day, representatives of Ordinance Factory Board (OFB), Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL)and Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) briefed the...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.20 PM IST
- Supply natural gas to all tea factories in 'No Development Zone': APCB to Assam Gas
SPCB and other authorities are directed to ensure that no tea processing units having boiler using fossil fuel operates within NDZ.
06 Oct, 2012, 07.16 PM IST
- Coast Guard to procure six maritime aircraft
The Indian Coast Guard is planning to procure six Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft for enhancing surveillance in coastal areas and country's...
19 Jun, 2011, 10.46 AM IST
- MSEs face tough norms in West Bengal
Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in West Bengal are often being promised by the state government of an easy life with simplification of r...
08 Apr, 2009, 08.19 PM IST