Parliament passes Essential Defence Services BillThe bill which seeks to replace the related Ordinance promulgated in June 2021 was tabled in the House for passage and consideration by Min...
06 Aug, 2021, 09.39 AM IST
Bill in Lok Sabha to prohibit strikes by those engaged in essential defence servicesIn order to improve autonomy, accountability and efficiency in ordnance supplies, the Government decided to convert the Ordnance Factory Bo...
22 Jul, 2021, 03.25 PM IST
View: Indian defence sector waking up to the call of hourIf Atmanirbharta has to be promoted then it should not distinguish between the public sector and private sector. Both will create jobs and ...
15 Jul, 2021, 10.53 AM IST
Ordnance Factory Board restructuring may benefit MSMEs engaged in defence sector: PHDCCIThis will certainly bring a lot of ease in doing of business for industry and SMEs, it said adding that micro, small and medium enterprises...
23 Jun, 2021, 05.27 PM IST
In defence of business: Why corporatisation of ordnance factory structure is not a bad ideaIndia is one of the biggest importers of defence equipment in the world, which suggests that the armed forces prefer buying from foreign su...
26 Aug, 2020, 11.36 PM IST
8 approved labs now testing prototype samples of PPE Coveralls: GovtThese are South India Textiles Research Association (SITRA) in Coimbatore, DRDO-INMAS in New Delhi, Heavy Vehicle Factory in Chennai, Small...
08 May, 2020, 09.16 PM IST
OFB planning to set up PPE testing facilities in Bengal, MaharashtraThe OFB, within the span of a fortnight, had conceptualised, designed and produced a machine to administer the test on PPEs and obtained ac...
23 Apr, 2020, 03.25 PM IST
OFB designates 285 beds for coronavirus casesThe ministry said in a statement that 40 beds have been earmarked in hospitals at Vehicle Factory at Jabalpur, thirty beds each at Metal an...
25 Mar, 2020, 03.19 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Narendra Modi to reverse corporatisation of ordnance factoriesMamata's missive comes in the backdrop of the Centre's bid to corporatise all the ordnance factories of the country.
23 Jul, 2019, 05.58 PM IST
Cuts in funds for DRDO forced it to put major projects on hold: Parliamentary panel"The Committee are distressed to note that no positive response has been received from the Ministry of Finance regarding augmentation of bu...
11 Jul, 2018, 04.32 PM IST
Defence MSMEs claim armed forces cancelled ordersAddressing a press conference here, Neeraj Raizada, the federation's president, claimed that the government had slashed the budget of the M...
06 Jun, 2018, 04.21 PM IST
No slippages in quantity & quality of clothing being provided to Troops: Defence Ministrythe ministry pointed out that the clothing items issued to other ranks and junior commissioned officers will be partly catered from the Dre...
04 Jun, 2018, 11.51 PM IST
OFB looks at replacing ageing INSAS rifles; to get 1.86 lakh 7.62-mm automatic riflesThe Army has sought approximately 8 lakh 7.62x51 mm assault rifles, out of which 72,000 rifles will be immediately purchased through global...
19 Mar, 2018, 07.38 PM IST
Staff shortage at ordnance factories hurts defence projectsAs of Jan 2017, ordnance factories have 70,810 technical staff, 41 per cent less than the 1.2 lakh sanctioned posts, according to informati...
10 Apr, 2017, 08.55 AM IST
429 types of defence items found with rectifiable defects in last 3 yrsSome deviations do take place at various stages during any manufacturing process due to unavoidable reasons which need rectification/reject...
03 Mar, 2015, 04.36 PM IST
CAG slams OFB for slippages in providing equipment to armed forcesCAG said due to the slippages in providing these equipment, the forces had to buy the items worth around Rs 1,147 crore from other sources.
13 Dec, 2013, 07.50 PM IST
Ordnance Factory developing future infantry soldier systemThe Ordnance Factory is planning to develop a future infantry soldier system -- an all weather suit with tactical gear to equip the armed f...
18 Mar, 2013, 05.01 PM IST