Yantra India Limited is an Indian major state-owned defence production
PSU, 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
Arms or ARMS may refer to:
*Arm or arms, the upper limbs of the body
Arm, Arms, or ARMS may also refer to:
People
* Ida A. T. Arms (1856–1931), American missionary-educator, temperance leader
Coat of arms or weapons
*Armaments or weapons
**Fi ...
,
explosives,
artillery
Artillery is a class of heavy military ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Early artillery development focused on the ability to breach defensive walls and fortifications during sieg ...
and
munition
Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weapo ...
for the
Indian Armed Forces.
Yantra India consists of the following seven factories of the erstwhile Ordnance Factory Board:
Product
*
Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher
Pinaka (from Sanskrit: पिनाक, see Pinaka) is a multiple rocket launcher produced in India and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Army. The system has a maximum range of 40 km f ...
.
See also
*Other PSUs formed from Ordnance Factory Board:-
**
Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited (AWE), Kanpur
**
Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited (AVANI), Chennai
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Gliders India Limited (GIL), Kanpur
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India Optel Limited (IOL), Dehradun
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Munitions India Limited
Munitions India Limited (MIL) is an Indian state-owned defence company, headquartered in Pune, India established in 2021 as part of the restructuring and corporatisation of the Ordnance Factory Board into seven different Public Sector Underta ...
(MIL), Pune
**
Troop Comforts Limited (TCL), Kanpur
References
Defence companies of India
Government-owned companies of India
Indian companies established in 2021
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