New Delhi (21.12.2021): As part of its restructuring plans ensuring the enhancement of functional autonomy, efficiency and to unleash new growth potential and innovation in Ordnance Factories under the administrative control of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) seven Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) were carved out w.e.f. 01.10.2021 covering 41 units. In a written reply to Mrs Ambika Soni in Rajya Sabha on Monday Raksha Rajya Mantri Ajay Bhatt informed the house. Details of DPSU and production facilities are as follows:

Munitions India Limited (MIL): Headquartered at Khadki (Pune) MIL is mandated to handle factories manufacturing ammunition & explosives has 12 factories under its administrative control namely;

1. Ammunition Factory (Khadki)
2. Cordite Factory (Aruvankadu)
3. High Energy Projectile Factory (Tiruchirapalli)
4. High Explosive Factory (Khadki)
5. Ordnance Factory (Bhandara)
6. Ordnance Factory (Bolangir)
7. Ordnance Factory Chanda (Chandrapur)
8. Ordnance Factory (Dehu Road)
9. Ordnance Factory (Itarsi)
10. Ordnance Factory (Khamaria)
11. Ordnance Factory (Nalanda)
12. Ordnance Factory (Varangaon)

Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI): Headquartered at Avadi ( Chennai) has been carved out for manufacturing vehicles. It has 5 production units under its administrative control namely;

1. Engine Factory (Avadi)
2. Heavy Vehicle Factory (Avadi)
3. Machine Tool Prototype Factory (Ambernath)
4. Ordnance Factory (Medak)
5. Vehicle Factory (Jabalpur)

Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWE India):  Headquartered in Kanpur AWE India has been drafted to manufacture weapons & equipment is. AWE India has 8 production facilities namely;

1. Field Gun Factory (Kanpur)
2. Gun Carriage Factory (Jabalpur)
3. Gun and Shell Factory (Cossipore)
4. Ordnance Factory (Kanpur)
5. Ordnance Factory Project (Korwa)
6. Ordnance Factory (Tiruchirapalli)
7. Rifle Factory (Ishapore)
8. Small Arms Factory (Kanpur)

Troop Comforts Limited (TCL): Headquartered in Kanpur TCL is envisaged to design, develop and manufacture Troop Comfort Items has

1. Ordnance Clothing Factory (Avadi)
2. Ordnance Clothing Factory (Shahjahanpur)
3. Ordnance Equipment Factory (Kanpur)
4. Ordnance Equipment Factory (Hazratpur)

Yantra India Limited (YIL) (Ancillary): Headquartered in Nagpur YIL has 8 factories at various locations namely;

1. Grey Iron Foundry (Jabalpur)
2. Metal and Steel Factory (Ishapore)
3. Ordnance Factory (Ambernath)
4. Ordnance Factory (Ambajhari)
5. Ordnance Factory (Bhusawa)
6. Ordnance Factory (Dumdum)
7. Ordnance Factory (Katni)
8. Ordnance Factory (Muradnagar)

India Optel Limited (IOL): Headquartered in Dehradun IOL was carved out to develop, design, and manufacture the Opto-Electronics segment and it has three factories namely;

1. Ordnance Factory (Chandigarh)
2. Ordnance Factory (Dehradun)
3. Opto-Electronics Factory (Dehradun)

Gliders India Limited (GIL), headquartered in Kanpur, has only one production unit ‘Ordnance Parachute Factory’ which develops and manufacture parachutes.

Reportedly, the restructured and newly carved out seven DPSUs aim at transforming Ordnance Factories into productive and profitable assets, enhanced competitiveness, and improving efficiency. These DPSUs have been empowered with more functional and financial autonomy and accountability.