ORDNANCE FACTORY BOARD (OFB)

About:

• To enhance functional autonomy, efficiency and unleash new growth potential & innovation, Government had decided to convert OFB from a Government Department into seven 100 per cent Government-owned corporate entities as a measure to improve self-reliance in the defence preparedness of the country.
  
  
• These companies have commenced business from October 01, 2021.
  
  

The seven new Defence companies are:

1. Munitions India Limited (MIL);
   
   
2. Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI);
   
   
3. Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWE India);
   
   
4. Troop Comforts Limited (TCL) (Troop Comfort Items);
   
   
5. Yantra India Limited (YIL);
   
   
6. India Optel Limited (IOL) and
   
   
7. Gliders India Limited (GIL).