Public sector ordnance factories: Fighting for survival
(WorldNews India)

The government is keen on corporatising the ordnance factories, but unions are against the proposal, which they believe defeats the very purpose of this crucial arm of Indian defence. The importance of the Indian Ordnance Factories, under the state-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB), to the country´s war preparedness cannot be overstated. However, when talks of hostilities ebb away, the functioning and very existence of these factories get seriously questioned. Reservations about the quality of what the ordnance factories produce-from tanks, armoured vehicles and assault rifles to howitzers, ammunition and even socks-to searing questions over the extended delays in delivery schedules have...