Friday 24 March 2017

Ordnance Factory Board

Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) was established in 1979. It is a departmentally run production organization functioning under the Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence and manufactures Arms, Ammunitions, Artillery Guns, Tanks, Combat Vehicles, Troop Comfort items and other equipment required by the Armed Forces. It serves as a dedicated production base for military hardware needs of the Armed Forces, with a view to achieve self-reliance in defence preparedness of the country.
Performance of OFB in terms of value of issue during the last three years and current year is as below:
(Rs. in Crore)
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
(till February 2017)
11,123
11,364
13,047
12,426


This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Shri Laxmi Narayan Yadav in Lok Sabha today.




Courtesy: pib.nic.in

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