(a) the total value and quantity of imports for ammunition
for small weapons during the last three years, country-wise;
(b) the percentage of ammunition indigenously manufactured;
(c) the difficulties faced for complete indigenisation of
arms and ammunition; and
(d) the measures taken by the Government to achieve
self-sufficiency and the outcome thereof?
MINISTER OF DEFENCE (SHRI A.K. ANTONY)
(a) to (d): Qty. 37,194 of the ammunition for small arms valued
at Rs.5.46 crores were imported from Bulgaria during the last three years.
85% of ammunition for small weapons is indigenously manufactured by the
Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). The OFB does not face any difficulty in
indigenization of ammunition for small weapons, for its product range.