Troop Comforts Limited (TCL) is an Indian state-owned defence company, headquartered in Kanpur, India established in 2021 as part of the restructuring and corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board into seven different Public Sector Undertakings.[1][2][3] It is involved in the manufacture of life-cycle clothing, extreme cold climate clothing, mountaineering equipment, supply drop equipment, water storage equipment, tents and other products for the Indian Armed Forces and for civilian use.
TCL consists of the following four factories of the erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board: • Ordnance Equipment Factory Kanpur
• Ordnance Clothing Factory Shahjahanpur
• Ordnance Clothing factory Avadi
• Ordnance Equipment Factory, Hazratpur
See also
- Other PSUs formed from Ordnance Factory Board:-
- Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWE), Kanpur
- Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI), Chennai
- Gliders India Limited (GIL), Kanpur
- India Optel Limited (IOL), Dehradun
- Munitions India Limited (MIL), Pune
- Yantra India Limited (YIL), Nagpur
References
- Elizabeth Roche. New defence PSUs will help India become self-reliant: PM mint, 15 October 2021, retrieved 16 October 2021^
- Seven new defence companies, carved out of OFB, dedicated to the Nation on the occasion of Vijayadashami Ministry of Defence (India), Press Information Bureau, 5 October 2021, retrieved 16 October 2021^
- Manu Pubby. Modi to launch seven new PSUs this week, Defence Ministry approves Rs 65,000-crore orders The Economic Times, 12 October 2021, retrieved 16 October 2021^