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Restructuring of OFB into 7 Defence PSUs

June 18, 2021

Government has approved its decision to dissolve Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and replaced it by seven new Defence Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). which will oversee 41 ordnance factories in India. These seven entities will be 100 per cent owned by ..

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Republic Day Parade 2021 Awards

January 30, 2021

The Union Sports Minister, Kiren Rijiju, has presented the Republic Day Awards for 2021 Parade Tableaux. Key Facts In the parade of 72nd Republic Day, 32 tableaux participated. Those Tableaux were selected from the 17 States and Union Territories (UTs). ..

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Defence Minister launches Naval Innovation and Indigenisation Organisation (NIIO)

August 14, 2020

The Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has launched the Naval Innovation and Indigenization Organization (NIIO) through an online webinar in order to inculcate the virtues of research and development in defence manufacturing in the Indian Navy. What is NIIO? It is ..

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Defence Ministry signs MoU with IIT Kanpur and DARPG for analysis of public grievances

August 4, 2020

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, Ministry of Defence and Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Government of India, has signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to conduct and develop the explanatory analysis of the grievances received in ..

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Second draft of Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020 placed in public domain for suggestions

July 31, 2020

The second draft of the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP), titled as ‘Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020’ has been uploaded by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India, for inviting suggestions and comments from the various stakeholders and general public. Background The ..

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Invalid Pension to Armed Forces Personnel even with Service of Less than 10 years Approved by Govt.

July 15, 2020

The government has taken the decision that invalid pension for the armed forces will now be extended to the army personnel with less than 10 years of service also. Earlier, any army personnel would be eligible for this only after ..

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