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Odisha: Fire breaks out at Badmal ordnance factory, none hurt

February 25, 2024 10:07 pm

The reason behind the fire is yet to be ascertained.

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From engineering to vedic studies: GTU’s Indian knowledge centre has students from across fields

February 20, 2023 8:06 pm

Sreenivasu is one of the 16 students who have enrolled for Masters in Hindu Studies offered by the Gujarat Technological University (GTU), state’s largest state technical university, under its School of Indian Knowledge System launched in August 2022.

One year of corporatisation: Be aggressive in times of competitive bidding, Rajnath tells DPSUs

October 01, 2022 7:11 am

Rajnath said the ministry emphasising reducing import dependency towards the Prime Minister's vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat

Six PSUs formed after Ordnance Factory Board corporatisation post profits

April 29, 2022 4:51 pm

The government had announced the formation of seven new defence public-sector undertakings, which took over the operations of the 41 factories under the Ordnance Factory Board.

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Defence Ministry issues notification to dissolve Ordnance Factory Board, form seven new DPSUs

October 02, 2021 7:06 pm

Pune-headquartered Munitions India Limited will take over operations of 12 factories including, Ammunition Factory Khadki, Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, High Energy Projectile Factory Tiruchirapalli, and High Explosive Factory Khadki.

After 40 yrs, curtains close on OFB; orders worth Rs 65,000 cr turned into contracts

October 02, 2021 11:39 am

Most of the orders (known as indents) pending with the OFB —worth around Rs 65,000 crore—have been renegotiated into contracts between the government and the new corporate entities, said Defence Ministry sources.

Explained: Dismantling the Ordnance Factory Board

September 30, 2021 2:23 pm

The 220-year-old Ordnance Factory Board will be dissolved on October 1, and its units will be corporatised under seven PSUs. How and why did this come about, and what lies ahead?

OFB’s split into 7 DPSUs: Centre move ‘good news for pvt corporates’, say Ordnance factory workers

June 17, 2021 9:34 pm

All the unions under these federations have been called upon to hold local-level agitation starting on Thursday.

Left, RSS, Congress unions threaten stir against Centre’s move of replacing OFB with corporate entities

June 17, 2021 9:34 am

While at least three committees on defence reforms set up by the governments between 2000 and 2015 have recommended corporatisation, it had not been implemented till now.