Ordnance Factories

Poor workmanship, deteriorating quality issues, and lack of professionalism have plagued the workings of the Ordnance Factories. There is an imperative need for modernising the workings of the OFs through corporatisation.

• Akhelesh Bhargava
• September 30, 2020
• IDSA Comments

As a corporatised entity, the OFB will be in a far better position to respond to the market dynamics and face the competition effectively.

• Laxman Kumar Behera
• August 21, 2019
• IDSA Comments

That the AK-203 would be produced in India with 100 per cent indigenous content in less than three years makes it a win-win deal for the Army and the Make in India initiative, with Ordnance Factory Korwa emerging as the biggest winner.

• Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy , Laxman Kumar Behera
• March 11, 2019
• IDSA Comments

The BEML model of disinvestment needs to be applied to the rest of the Defence Public Sector Undertakings as well as Ordnance Factories.

• Laxman Kumar Behera
• January 20, 2017
• IDSA Comments

The ordnance factory organization has grown over the years and now consists of 39 factories with two more being set up. The organization, which dates back to the eighteenth century, has however not been able to rise up to the expectation of its prime customer. The paper argues that for the organization to be able function more efficiently, its management needs to be corporatised, as suggested by many, particularly the Kelkar Committee.

• Laxman Kumar Behera
• April 2012
• Journal of Defence Studies

Ordnance Factories constitute a major segment of India’s defence industrial set- up, whose other constituents are the Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and varied Service-specific workshops, repair and maintenance establishments. The gross production of ordnance factories during the year 2005-06 was Rs. 8811.59 crores. Total sales including issues to armed forces and other agencies and civil trade in the same year was Rs. 6891.68 crores. This constitutes approximately 40 per cent of domestic supplies to the armed forces.

• N. Neihsial
• July 17, 2008
• IDSA Comments

• Laxman Kumar Behera
• 2016
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