(a) whether the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has issued any circular on Expression of Interest (EoIs) opened prior to the approval of new Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in March 2018 to be based on the old SOP of September 2016 or the newly approved SOP;;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has taken three years to decide not to proceed with approval of Technological Partner (OEM) for manufacture of small arms since the EoI was floated in 2015;
(d) if so, the status of other EoIs floated by OFB in the last three years; and
(e) whether they were given approval by the Government based on old SOP or new SOP and if so, the details thereof?