Defense

1. ORDNANCE FACTORIES
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26/4/2010

(a) the quantum of defence production made by the ordnance factories vis-à-vis the defence requirements;

(b) whether the Government proposes to modernise and expand the ordnance factories;

(c) if so, the details thereof including the plan, if any, to utilize the acquired land in Badmal ordnance factory for expansion;

(d) the funds earmarked, allocated and spent on the modernisation programme separately and the future action plan to achieve the required level of indigenisation of defence systems;

(e) whether the Government proposes to set up new ordnance factories in this regard; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (SHRI M.M. PALLAM RAJU)

(a) The quantum of defence production made by Ordnance

Factories for last three years is given below:

(b) Ordnance Factories are being modernised continuously to keep pace with development of technology. Army & MHA have recently indicated long term requirements, which are substantially higher than the present production level. As such, OFB has undertaken action to augment the capacity wherever required.

(c) & (d):The planned investment for modernisation of Plant & Machinery in Ordnance Factories in 11th & 12th Plan and cumulative expenditure upto January 2010 are furnished as under:

At present, no expansion is planned at OF Badmal.

(e) & (f): At present, there is no proposal to set up a new ordnance factory.

2. REVIEW OF PERFOMANCE OF ORDNANCE FACTORIES:
Unstarred Question 2061
20/7/2009

(a) Whether the Government has reviewed the performance of ordnance factories in the country;

(b) If so, the details thereof;

(c) The targets set and achievements made by each ordnance factory, including the ordnance factory at Saintala, Bolangir during the last three years; and

(d) The steps taken to increase the production capacity of the factories?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (SHRI M.M. PALLAM RAJU)

(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. The performance of Ordnance Factories is regularly reviewed by the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and the Ministry of Defence at various levels.A production review meeting is held by OFB once in two months in which the performance of ordnance factories is reviewed in detail.The overall performance is reviewed by the Ministry of Defence at various levels.There are also steering committees at the Ministry’s level and working groups at the OFB level for reviewing the progress of major projects such as MBT Arjun, Ordnance Factory, Nalanda, Ordnance Factory, Korwa and the Pinaka Rocket Project.

(c) The factory-wise targets and achievements for the last 3 years including Ordnance Factory, Bolangir are detailed in the Annexure.

(d) Ordnance Factory Board has recently worked out production capacity of Ordnance Factories based on long term requirement of ammunitions and armoured vehicles projected by Indian Army.Action has been taken to augment capacity for production by positioning plant and machinery and manpower to meet the requirement.
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3. UNUSED LAND IN DEFENCE PRODUCTION UNITS
Unstarred Question 1247
13/7/2009

(a)whether large acreages of lands are lying unused in various Defence production units in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, including the unused lands in the ordnance factory at Saintala in Orissa;

(c) Whether any action plan has been formulated to utilize the surplus lands; and

(d) if not, the steps taken to surrender the surplus lands for other developmental purposes?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI M.M. PALLAM RAJU) MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(a) No, Sir.

(b to (d) Do not arise.