Question : Ordnance Factories

(a) the total number of ordnance factories within the country, State/UT-wise including Tamil Nadu;
(b) whether the Government has dissolved the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and transferred its assets, employees and management to seven Public Sector Units (PSUs);
(c) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for the corporatization of the OFB; and
(d) whether the assurances given to the federations in this context have not been fulfilled, if so, the details thereof and the stand of the Government thereon?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI AJAY BHATT)
IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE


(a) to (d): A statement is attached.

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