On October 1, 2021, the Indian authorities lastly bit the bullet and dissolved Ordnance Factory Board or OFB which was working for greater than 220 years, manufacturing defence items for the Indian armed forces. The administration, management, operations and upkeep of 41 manufacturing items of the OFB and recognized non-production items (coordination & companies) have been transferred to seven wholly government-owned firms with INR91,200 crore as
