Yantra India Limited is a major Indian public sector defence company, headquartered in Nagpur, India. Established in 2021 as part of the government's restructuring and corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board into seven different Public Sector Undertakings – the company consists of eight defence manufacturing factory units indigenously catering to the needs of supplies, arms, explosives, artillery and munition for the Indian Armed Forces.[1][2][3]
Divisions
Yantra India consists of the following seven factories of the erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board: • Ordnance Factory Ambajhari
• Ordnance Factory Ambarnath
• Ordnance Factory Bhusawal
• Ordnance Factory Dum Dum
• Ordnance Factory Katni
• Ordnance Factory Muradnagar
• Metal And Steel Factory Ishapore
• Grey Iron Foundry Jabalpur
Product
- Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher.[4]
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
- Troop Comforts Limited (TCL), Kanpur
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^
- Shishir Arya. Pvt co, PSU test firepower of Pinaka rocket new versions The Times of India, 11 December 2021, retrieved 2021-12-11^