Question: Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to satate :-

(a) the details of the defence products being developed by various ordnance factories in the country including Howitzer guns;

(b) whether all the ordnance factories have achieved their production targets;

(c) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years and the current year, factory-wise; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor, factory-wise?

Answer: Minister of Defence (Shri A.K. Antony)

a) Details of Defence Products being developed by various Ordnance Factories in the country are furnished at Annexure-A.

(b) to (d) The achievement against the target, in terms of Value of Issues, of the Ordnance Factories and Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) as a whole, for the past 3 years is enclosed at Annexure-B.

OFB, as a whole, has met the production targets for the year 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 but there was slight reduction in issues during the year 2012-13 primarily on account of delay in receipt of components from suppliers both within and outside the country.

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