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Priyanka Chaturvedi urges Rajnath Singh to rethink corporatisation of 219-
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 1 (ANI): Rajya Sabha MP and Shiv Sena leader Priyanka Chaturvedi wrote a letter to Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and urged him to rethink the corporatisation of the 219-year-old Defence Ordnance Factory which has 82000 employees.
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Corporatisation of OFB will improve its efficiency in ordnance supplies: G
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 19 (ANI): The government said on Thursday that corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) will improve its autonomy, accountability and efficiency in ordnance supplies.
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Director General Ordnance Services visits AOC Centre in Secunderabad
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Secunderabad (Telangana) [India], September 18 (ANI): Lieutenant General Dalip Singh, Director General Ordnance Services (DGOS) and Senior Colonel Commandant Army Ordnance Corps, visited the AOC Centre in Telangana's Secunderabad on Friday.
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Enough ration stock even for additional troops at LAC, CDS Rawat assured p
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat assured the members of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence, which met on Friday that the Army is well-stocked under any situation.
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Govt constitutes EGoM led by Rajnath to oversee OFB's corporatisation
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): Following Centre's decision to convert Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), a subordinate office of Ministry of Defence (MoD), into one or more than one 100 per cent Government-owned corporate entities, the Government has constituted an Empowered Group of Mini
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KPMG-led consortium to assist in Ordnance Factory Board corporatisation
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 11 (ANI): The Defence Ministry has selected KPMG Advisory Services-led consortium for assisting in the process of corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB).
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DRDO develops fully indigenous P7 Heavy Drop System
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], July 15 (ANI): DRDO has developed P7 Heavy Drop System which is capable of para dropping military stores up to 7-ton weight class from IL 76 aircraft.
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'He always tried to introduce transparency': Vinod Rai condoles demise of
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): "He always tried to introduce transparency," said former Committee of Administrators (CoA) chief Vinod Rai while condoling the demise of the Indian Army's former Master General Ordnance Lt Gen Ravindra Thodge (retd).
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Closing roads not the solution: TS Health Minister to Army Ordnance Corps
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 30 (ANI): Telangana State Health Minister Eatala Rajender said that the blocking of four roads by the local military authorities at the Army Ordnance Corps (AOC) centre "is not a solution" to controlling the spread of coronavirus.
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Defence Ministry places indent for supply of 156 combat vehicles worth Rs
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): In a major boost to the Centre's 'Make in India' initiative, the Defence Ministry on Tuesday placed an indent on Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) for the supply of 156 BMP 2/2k Infantry Combat Vehicles (ICVs) with upgraded features for use of the Indian Army.
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INTTUC members protest outside Ordnance Factory Board in Kolkata, say will
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 18 (ANI): Members of the Indian National Trinamool Trade Union Congress (INTTUC) on Monday staged a protest outside the Ordnance Factory Board in Kolkata.
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PM Modi discusses ways to boost Defence, Aerospace Sector
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 1 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a detailed meeting to deliberate the potential reforms to ensure a robust and self-reliant defence industry in India that caters to short and long term needs of the armed forces and initiatives to give a boost t
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