Revolutionary reform by Indian standards in Ministry of Defence
The order dated September 28, of the defence ministry states: Government of India has decided to transfer, with effect from October 1, 2021, the management, control, operations and maintenance of these 41 production units and identified non-production units to seven government companies (wholly owned by the government of India).
According to the order, the name of the seven defence PSUs (also called DPSUs) are Munition India Limited, Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited, Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited, Troop Comforts Limited, Yantra India Limited, India Optel Limited and Gliders India Limited.
Thus the the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) has been officially dissolved with effect from October 1 and its assets have been transferred including employees and management to seven public sector units (PSUs), according to the official order.
The order said: The government has decided that all the employees of OFB (Group A, B & C) belonging to the production units and also the identified non-production units shall be transferred en masse to the new DPSUs on terms of foreign service without any deputation allowance (deemed deputation) initially for a period of two years from the appointed date of October 1.
Each of the new DPSUs will now frame rules and regulations related to service conditions of the absorbed employees, the order noted.
Each of the DPSUs will also seek an option for permanent absorption from the employees on deemed deputation to that respective DPSU, within a period of two years, it stated.
The service conditions of the absorbed employees would not be inferior to the existing ones. A committee would be constituted by DDP (Department of Defence Production) for guiding the new DPSUs in this regard so that the absorption package given is attractive, the order mentioned.
