Ordnance Factory Board (OFB)

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The Directorate of Ordnance is an authority under the Department of Defence Production (DDP) of Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India. Its primary work is to management, give instructions and make coordination of government ordnance production public companies. It is the main regulatory body of Indian Ordnance and its administration civil service, Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS). The DOO(C&S) earlier known as Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), consisting of the Indian Ordnance Factories. In 2021, Government having corporatise the functions of the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories into 7 Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), the Government is merging them again in 2024, as the output of one factory serves as the input of the other.

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Indian Ordnance Factories; OFB; Ordnance Factories Board
weapons industry, government organization, defense industry, Defence industry of India, India


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    The tableau of Ordnance Factory Board depicting Arms and Ammunition used by our Armed Forces passes through the Rajpath during the Republic Day Parade - 2006, in New Delhi on January 26, 2006The tableau of Ordnance Factory Board depicting Arms and Ammunition used by our Armed Forces passes through the Rajpath during the Republic Day Parade - 2006, in New Delhi on January 26, 2006
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    Bridge Layer Tank on Ajeya manufactured by Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) of Ordnance Factory BoardBridge Layer Tank on Ajeya manufactured by Heavy Vehicles Factory (HVF) of Ordnance Factory Board
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