Total 41 numbers of Ordnance Factories have been set up by the Government in the country so far.
There is presently no such proposal of setting up of new Ordnance Factories.
Further, seven new Defence Public Sector Undertakings have been set up with effect from 1st October, 2021 by subsuming the 41 Ordnance Factories, for manufacturing of modern weapons and armament indigenously by transferring assets valued at over Rs. 90,000 crore developed over the years to the new companies.
he weapons manufactured by these Ordnance Factories are already in service with the Indian Armed Forces and are being exported to various countries as well, the official note of Defence Ministry said.
The value of export of defence equipment by both DPSUs and private defence companies for the last three years and the current year are in 2019-20 it was Rs 9115.55 crores, 2020-21 it was Rs.84.34.84 crores, 2021-22 it was Rs.12814.54 crores and 2022-23 Q1 it was 1191.01 crores.
This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shrimati Ranjeeta Koli and others in Lok Sabha on Friday.
