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Corporatisation of OFB

Corporatisation of OFB

  • Government has ensured safeguarding the interests of the employees of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) post corporatisation of OFB
  • Union Cabinet approved the corporatisation of the OFB plan in june 2021
  • The plan was first mooted two decades ago to streamline the functioning of the 41 ordnance factories across the country.

Safeguards

  • Employees of OFB (Group A, B & C), belonging to the production units and also the non-production units being handed over to the new DPSUs (to be formed) would be transferred to these DPSU(s) on terms of foreign service without any deputation allowance.
  • All the employees of OFB Head Quarter, OFB New Delhi Office, OF Schools and OF Hospitals, would be transferred to the Directorate of Ordnance Factories (to be formed) under the Department of Defence Production.
  • Till such time the employees remain on deemed deputation to the new entities, they shall continue to be subject to all rules and regulations as are applicable to the Central Government servants.
  • Their pay scales, allowances, leave, medical facilities, career progression and other service conditions will also continue to be governed by the extant rules, regulations and orders, as are applicable to the Central Government servants.
  • The pension liabilities of the retirees and existing employees will continue to be borne by the Government.

Indian Ordnance Factories

  • It is a industrial setup which functions under the Department of Defence Production of the Ministry of Defence.
  • It is a conglomerate of 41 Factories, 9 Training Institutes, 3 Regional Marketing Centres and 4 Regional Controller of Safety.
  • OFB is Headquartered at Kolkata and is the oldest and largest industrial setup under the Department of Defence Production
  • The ordnance factories form an integrated base for indigenous production of defence hardware and equipment, with the primary objective of self reliance in equipping the armed forces with state of the art battlefield equipments.
  • OFB spread over India provide
  1. A broad and versatile production base with multi-technology capabilities
  2. State of the art manufacturing facilities
  3. Large reservoir of skilled and professionally qualified manpower and managerial personnel
  4. Strict adherence to quality standard (all the units are ISO-9000 certified)
  5. Original as well as adaptive research & development to make need based refinement and modifications
  6. Project engineering capability
  7. A strong base for industrial training facilities
  8. Ready market access due to convenient location

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