49-615: The Directorate of Ordnance ( Coordination & Services ) (abbreviated: DOO(C&S) ) is an authority under the Department of Defence Production (DDP) of Ministry of Defence (MoD), Government of India . Its primary work is to management, give instructions and make coordination of government Ordance production public companies. It is the main regulatory body of Indian Ordnance and its administration civil service , Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS). The DOO(C&S) earlier known as Ordnance Factory Board ( OFB ), consisting of
98-625: A chief guest . The Ministry has the largest budget among the federal departments of India and currently stands third in military expenditure in the world , among countries of the world. A Military Department was created in the Supreme Government of the English East India Company at Kolkata in the year 1776, having the main function to sift and record orders relating to the Army issued by various Departments of
147-600: A product range in the areas of air, land and sea systems. OFB consisted of forty-one ordnance factories, nine training institutes, three regional marketing centres and four regional controllerates of safety, which are spread all across the country. Every year, 18 March is celebrated as the Ordnance Factory Day in India. The Indian Ordnance Factories predate all the other organisations like the Indian Army and
196-455: A senior principal director. NADP provided training to Group A officers, whilst the other eight institutes imparted training to Group B and Group C employees of the ordnance factories. OFB had Regional marketing centres and Regional controllerates of safety as well. In 2017, the Department of Defence Production under the Ministry of Defence opened itself to for Joint Ventures with OFB and DRDO
245-697: Is '"the principal arm and Secretariat to the Chiefs of Staff Committee". The Chiefs of Staff Committee is composed of: (a) Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) ; (b) Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS) ; (c) Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) ; and (d) Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) (non-voting member). The Scientific Adviser to the Minister of Defence is invited to attend whenever needed. The senior-most member of
294-698: Is a 4-star General (or his equivalent in the Air Force or the Navy). The first Chief of Defence Staff was General Bipin Rawat , who took over on 1 January 2020. "Chiefs of Staff are the authority for advising the Defence Minister and normally through him the Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs on all military matters which require ministerial consideration". The Integrated Defence Staff
343-663: Is an officer from the Indian Administrative Service , apart from the Defence Secretary, there are three other secretary -level posts in the Ministry of Defence. Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister plays a key role in the formulation of research and development policies and in promoting self-reliance in Indian defence industries. In 1955, the title of Commander-in-Chief was abolished and
392-609: Is charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government relating directly to national security and the Indian Armed Forces . The President of India is the ceremonial commander-in-chief of the armed forces of the country. The Ministry of Defence provides policy framework and resources to the armed forces to discharge their responsibility in the context of the country's defence. The Indian Armed Forces (including Indian Army , Indian Air Force , Indian Navy ) and Indian Coast Guard under
441-724: Is discharged through the Ministry of Defence, which provides the policy framework and wherewithal to the Armed Forces to discharge their responsibilities in the context of the defence of the country. The Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister) is the head of the Ministry of Defence." The Defence Ministry is responsible for "obtaining policy directions of the Government on all defence and security related matters" and communicating these directions to "Services Headquarters, Inter-Services Organisations, Production Establishments and Research and Development Organisations". The MoD works closely with
490-430: Is essential that he should have time to grasp the overall picture, size up the problems facing the government in the field allotted to his charge, and think and plan ahead. All these are his proper functions and must be efficiently performed. Failure to make adequate provision in this respect cannot be compensated by a mere increase in the establishment under his control." The Administrative Reforms Commission visualised
539-455: Is the senior most civil servant in the ministry and is responsible for coordinating the activities of the four departments in the ministry. His/her role is to ensure that the MoD operates effectively as a department of the government. Defence Secretary is assisted by additional secretaries and joint secretaries to Government of India posted in the ministry. The Defence Secretary , generally,
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#1732794214165588-452: Is very diverse, including various small arms to missiles , rockets , bombs , grenades , military vehicles , armoured vehicles , chemicals , optical devices , parachutes , mortars , artillery pieces plus all associated ammunition , propellants , explosives and fuses . Civilians are required to hold an Arms License (issued only for non-prohibited bore category weapons) in order to buy firearms in India. The following products of
637-650: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet . In the functioning of the Government of India , a secretary is the administrative head of a ministry or department, and is equivalent to chief secretaries or additional chief secretaries of state governments and Vice Chief of the Army Staff , General Officers Commanding in Chief of Army Commands, and their equivalents in the Indian Armed Forces , In
686-1500: The Central Armed Police Forces , State Armed Police Forces , Paramilitary Forces of India and the Special Forces of India in respect of arms, ammunition, clothing, bullet proof vehicles, mine protected vehicles etc. Customers are in the civil sector, central/state government organisations and departments such as Indian Railways , Indian Space Research Organisation , Defence Research and Development Organisation , Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre , Nuclear Fuel Complex , Aeronautical Development Agency , Department of Atomic Energy , Department of Telecommunications , and State Electricity Boards. Public Sector Undertakings in India (PSUs) such as HMT Limited , Hindustan Aeronautics Limited , Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited , Bharat Dynamics Limited , private companies and individuals etc. who purchased industrial chemicals, explosives, arms, ammunition, brass ingots, aluminium alloy products for aircraft, steel castings and forgings, vehicles, clothing and leather goods, cables and opto-electronic instruments. Arms and ammunition, weapon spares, chemicals and explosives, parachutes, leather and clothing items were exported to more than 30 countries worldwide. Ministry of Defence (India) 700,000 (reserve personnel) (2023) The Ministry of Defence ( MoD ) ( romanized : Raksha Mantralay )
735-777: The Department of Military Affairs , the Chief of Defence Staff is currently designated as Secretary (GoI), similarly in the National Security Council Secretariat, the National Security Advisor is currently designated as Secretary (GoI). Secretaries (GOI) rank 23rd on Order of Precedence of India . In mid-1930s, the Central Secretariat contained only twenty-nine secretaries, who were all members of
784-610: The Indian Civil Service . The salary for a member of this rank and post was fixed at ₹ 48,000 (equivalent to ₹ 12 million or US$ 140,000 in 2023) annum in the 1930s. As per warrant or precedence of 1905, secretaries to the Government of India was listed together with joint secretaries to the Government of India and were ranked above the rank of chief secretaries of provincial governments. N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar had once suggested "[a] secretary should not be immersed in files and burdened with routine. It
833-593: The Indian Ordnance Factories . In 2021, Government having corporatise the functions of the 41 Indian Ordnance Factories into 7 Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) , the Government is merging them again in 2024, as the output of one factory serves as the input of the other. OFB was the 37th-largest defence equipment manufacturer in the world, 2nd-largest in Asia , and the largest in India . OFB
882-631: The Indian Railways by over a century. The first Indian ordnance factory can trace its origins back to the year 1712 when the Dutch Ostend Company established a Gun Powder Factory in Ichhapur. In 1787, another gunpowder factory was established at Ichapore ; it began production in 1791, and the site was later used as a rifle factory, beginning in 1904. In 1801, Gun Carriage Agency (now known as Gun & Shell Factory, Cossipore)
931-710: The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs ' Directorate of Estates. The salary and emolument in this rank is equivalent to chief secretaries of state governments and to Vice Chief of the Army Staff , General Officers Commanding in Chief of Army Commands, and their equivalents, in the Indian Armed Forces , which is to say Level 17 of the Central Pay Matrix. Secretary (Economic Affairs) Media articles and others have argued in favour of lateral entrants being recruited to this rank/post to infuse fresh energy and thinking into an insular, complacent and archaic bureaucracy. Non-IAS civil services have complained to
980-478: The National Security Council , Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Home Affairs . The functions of MoD which in 1947 was mainly logistic support to the armed forces, have undergone far-reaching changes. In November 1962, following the 1962 war, a Department of Defence Production was set up to deal with research, development and production of defence equipment. In November 1965,
1029-669: The Armed forces, the Government has set up the Integrated Defence Staff, headed by the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff as the chairman. It was created on 1 October 2001 based on the recommendations of the Group of Ministers which was set up in 2000 (post-Kargil) to review India's defence management. It acts as the point organisation for integration of policy, doctrine, war-fighting and procurement by employing best management practices. The chairman of Integrated Defences Staff
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#17327942141651078-792: The Army and the Military Supply departments. In April 1909 the Military Supply Department was abolished and the Army Department took over its functions. The Army Department was redesignated as the Defence Department in January 1938. The Department of Defence became the Ministry of Defence under a cabinet minister in August 1947. The responsibility for national defence "rests with the Cabinet, which
1127-593: The COSC is appointed its chairperson . General Bipin Rawat was the last head of COSC. The position of COSC has ceased to exist with the creation of Chief of Defence Staff . General Bipin Rawat was appointed the first Chief of Defence Staff in 2019. He died in a helicopter crash on 8 December 2021. MoD is headed by the Defence Minister of India , who is supported by one, or more than one, minister of state. There are about 400,000 defence civilians, under
1176-545: The Cabinet is the final authority on posting and transfer of officers of secretary level. Secretaries report to their ministerial cabinet minister and to the prime minister . In the Indian government , secretaries are the head of the ministries of the government and hold positions such as Finance Secretary , Defence Secretary , Foreign Secretary , Home Secretary , Chairperson of the Railway Board and members of
1225-430: The Department of Defence Production (DDP), the Department of Defence Research and Development (DRDO), and the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (DESW). The Defence Secretary of India functions as head of the Department of Defence, and is additionally responsible for coordinating the activities of the departments in the ministry. The principal functions of all the departments are as follows: The Finance Division of
1274-400: The Department of Defence Production. A Scientific Adviser to the Defence Minister was appointed to advise on scientific aspects of military equipment and the research and design of defence forces equipment. The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare was created in 2004. The Ministry of Defence consists of five departments; the Department of Defence (DoD), the Department of Military Affairs (DMA),
1323-399: The Department of Defence Supplies was created for planning and execution of schemes for import substitution of requirements for defence purposes. These two Departments were later merged to form the Department of Defence Production and Supplies. In 1980, the Department of Defence Research and Development was created. In January 2004, the Department of Defence Production and Supplies was renamed
1372-674: The Government of East India Company. The Military Department initially functioned as a branch of the Public Department and maintained a list of Army personnel. With the Charter Act 1833 , the Secretariat of the Government of the East India Company was reorganised into four departments, each headed by a secretary to the Government. The armies in the presidencies of Bengal , Bombay and Madras functioned as
1421-830: The Government of India , often abbreviated as Secretary, GoI , or simply as Secretary , is a post and a rank under the Central Staffing Scheme of the Government of India . The authority for the creation of this post solely rests with the Union Council of Ministers . The position holder is generally a career civil servant , usually from the Indian Administrative Service , and a government official of high seniority. The civil servants who hold this rank and post are either from All India Services (on deputation; on tenure, after empanelment) or Central Civil Services (Group A; on empanelment). All promotions and appointments to this rank and post are directly made by
1470-515: The Government of India . National Academy of Defence Production provides training to the IOFS officers in areas of technology, management, public administration as induction and re-orientation courses. There were Ordnance Factories Institutes of Learning (OFILs) in Ambajhari, Ambernath, Avadi, Dehradun, Ishapore, Khamaria, Kanpur and Medak. Each OFIL was headed by a principal director, and NADP by
1519-435: The Government of India because of lack of empanelment in the rank/post of secretary on numerous occasions. From 1998 to 1999, Vijay Kelkar served as Finance Secretary as a lateral entry. During the term of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh as Prime Minister of India , Ram Vinay Shahi served as Secretary (GOI) in the Ministry of Power from 2002 to 2007 as a lateral entry. The Indian government in 2024 asked
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1568-583: The Indian Ordnance Factories Board are available for civilians: These products are exclusively manufactured for use by the armed forces and are not sold to civilians. The prime customers of Indian Ordnance Factories were the Indian Armed Forces viz. Indian Army, Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force. Apart from supplying armaments to the Armed Forces, Ordnance Factories also meet the requirements of other customers viz.
1617-461: The MOD including Ministry of Finance personnel attached to MOD. In 2015–16 Defence pension bill was ₹ 54,500 crore (equivalent to ₹ 780 billion or US$ 9.4 billion in 2023) of which about 36 per cent was on account of defence civilians. The ministers are supported by several civilian, scientific and military advisers. The Defence Secretary as head of the Department of Defence,
1666-518: The Ministry of Defence are primarily responsible for ensuring the territorial integrity of India . As per Statista , MoD is the largest employer in the world with 29.2 lakh (2.92 million) employees. At present, the new creation of National Defence University , for the training of military officials and concerned civilian officials, will be administered and overseen by the Ministry. The Ministry organises and runs Republic Day celebrations and parade every year in January at Rajpath , hosting
1715-621: The Ministry of Defence is headed by the Financial Adviser (Defence Services). The financial advisor exercises financial control over proposals involving expenditure from the Defence Budget and is responsible for the internal audit and accounting of defence expenditure. In the latter tasks, the financial advisor is assisted by the Controller General of Defence Accounts . To ensure a high degree of synergy between
1764-468: The Ministry of Defence. IOFS is a multi-disciplinary composite cadre consisting of technical – engineers ( civil , electrical , mechanical , electronics ), technologists ( aerospace , automotive , marine , industrial/product design , computer , nuclear , optical , chemical , metallurgical , textile , leather ) and non-technical/administrative ( science , law , commerce , management and arts graduates). Technical posts account for about 87% of
1813-533: The Railway Board and Telecom Commission . According to the report of the Seventh Central Pay Commission of India, seventy-one out of ninety-one secretaries to the Government of India are from the Indian Administrative Service . All secretaries to the Government of India are eligible for a Diplomatic passport or Official passport. Secretaries are allotted either type-VII or type-VIII bungalows in areas like New Moti Bagh and Lutyens' across Delhi by
1862-414: The above group of factories was headed by a Member/Additional DGOF who was in the rank of Special Secretary to Government of India. The four remaining members were responsible for staff functions, viz personnel, finance, planning and material management, and technical services, and they operated from Kolkata. Each ordnance factory was headed by a General Manager who is in the rank of Additional Secretary to
1911-644: The control of the Crown , which was exercised by the Secretary of State for India . Two members of the council were responsible for military affairs. One was the Military Member, who supervised all administrative and financial matters. The other was the commander-in-chief who was responsible for all operational matters. The Military Department was abolished in March 1906 and replaced by two separate departments;
1960-547: The first engineering colleges of India, as its training schools, sparked India's first war of independence in 1857 with its rifles and bullets, and also played key role in the founding of research and industrial organisations like ISRO , DRDO , BDL , BEL , BEML , SAIL , etc. On 17 June 2021, the Defence Ministry announced its plans to split the existing five operating divisions of OFB, in addition to parachutes and opto-electronics, into seven PSUs, wholly owned by
2009-412: The government. It was mentioned that all existing factories and employees will become a part of these seven PSUs. From 1 October 2021, OFB has been dissolved and all the management, control, operations and maintenance has been transferred to 7 newly formed Defence PSUs, namely: The new companies were launched and dedicated to the nation on 15 October 2021. The Government is merging them again in 2024, as
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2058-529: The output of one factory serves as the input of the other. The Apex Board was headed by the Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF), who acts as the chairman of the board (ex officio Secretary to Government of India ) and consisted of nine other members, who each held the rank of Additional DGOF. Ordnance factories were divided into five operating divisions, depending upon the type of the main products/technologies employed. These were: Each of
2107-644: The respective presidency armies until April 1895, when the presidency armies were unified into a single Indian Army. For administrative convenience, it was divided into four commands: Punjab (including the North West Frontier ), Bengal (including Burma ), Madras and Bombay (including Sindh , Quetta and Aden ). The supreme authority over the Indian Army was vested in the Governor General-in-Council , subject to
2156-425: The role of secretary, primarily as one of a "coordinator, policy guide, reviewer, and evaluator." A secretary to the Government of India is the administrative head of a ministry or department and is the principal adviser to the minister-in charge on all matters of policy and administration within the ministry or department. The role of a secretary is as follows: The prime minister -led Appointments Committee of
2205-660: The three service chiefs were designated as the Chief of the Army Staff , the Chief of the Naval Staff and the Chief of the Air Staff . The heads of the three services of Indian Armed Forces are: The SRIJAN is a portal launched by MoD to take up the products imported for indigenisation. According to Ministry; it displays defence products that have been imported recently and will tag with the Defence Public sector undertakings , Ordinance Factory Board and others to push for its domestic manufacturing for exports in future. Secretary to Government of India Secretary to
2254-596: The total cadre. The doctors ( surgeons and physicians ) serving in OFB belong to a separate service known as the Indian Ordnance Factories Health Service ( IOFHS ). IOFHS officers are responsible for the maintenance of health of the employees, and the hospitals of OFB. They report directly to the IOFS officers. IOFS and IOFHS are the only two civil services under the Department of Defence Production. The type of ordnance material produced
2303-481: Was also tasked with identifying their products and patents, with the scope of commercial production A joint venture between Ordnance Factory Board (50.5%), Kalashnikov Concern (42%) and Rosonboronexport (7.5%) established to produce AK-203 (7.62×39mm) assault rifles intended for Indian Security Forces. The Indian Ordnance Factories Service ( IOFS ) is a civil service of the Government of India. IOFS officers are Gazetted (Group A) defence-civilian officers under
2352-613: Was established at Cossipore , Calcutta, and production began on 18 March 1802. This is the oldest ordnance factory in India still in existence. The Indian Ordnance Factories have not only supported India through the wars, but also played an important role in building India, with the advancement of technology, and have ushered the Industrial Revolution in India, starting with the first modern steel, aluminium, copper plants of India , first modern electric textile mill of India , first chemical industries of India , established
2401-421: Was the world's largest government-operated production organisation, and the oldest organisation in India. It had a total workforce of about 80,000. It was often called the "Fourth Arm of Defence", and the "Force Behind the Armed Forces" of India. Its total sales were at US$ 3 billion ( ₹22,389.22 crores ) in the year 2020–'21. It was engaged in research, development, production, testing, marketing and logistics of
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