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Corporate India gets a call of duty and it's raring to goIn a dynamic shift, India's defence industry is witnessing a groundbreaking transformation where private corporations are spearheading pivo...- MP boat tragedy: Death toll climbs to 13; body of last missing person recoveredTwo more bodies were recovered from Bargi Dam on Sunday morning. The deceased were a five-year-old boy and his uncle. This brings the total...
- Seven new defence companies to play key role to curb imports: PM Narendra ModiThe PM said restructuring of OFB would provide more autonomy to nurture innovation, urging startups to collaborate with the new entities.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Defence PSUs, OFB join fight against COVID-19The OFB has planned for 280 isolation beds across 10 hospitals spread over six states in the country. Besides, development and production o...
- 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...
- 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...
- Smart bombs, futuristic combat vehicle in pipeline: OFB headThe first-ever conference of employees of 41 ordnance factories in the country is being held at the National Academy for Defence Production...
- No proposal to privatise Ordnance Factory Board: Defence Ministry"Rumours being spread that OFB is being privatised are misguiding and with the intent to mislead workers," the ministry said in a statement.
- Ordnance factory employees give one-month strike noticeThe Unions have demanded "withdrawal of the centre's decision to corporatise the ordnance factories.
- 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.
- Ordnance Factory Board targets Rs 1,000 crore worth of exports in two yearsFor the first time, OFB has conducted a conference for defence attaches with Indian embassies abroad to keep them updated on the products w...
- Ordnance Factory Board to supply lethal rifles to armyAccording to Hari Mohan, member (weapons, vehicles and equipment), the Army wants to replace the upgraded 1B15.56 X 45 mm Insas rifles that...
- Army decides to go big on indigenisation of critical sparesThe MGO has also started extensive talks with leading Indian defence firms to evolve a strategy for indigenisation of key spares and compon...
- 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...
- 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.
- Ordnance factories under fire for let upsComptroller and Auditor General has hauled up ordnance factories for not following procedures and causing huge revenue loss in 2005-06.
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