This development comes just days after Defence Ministry announced much-awaited reforms in the Army. One of the major reforms include redeployment and restructuring of approximately 57,000 posts of officers, junior commissioned officers (JCOs), and officers of other ranks (ORs) who will be used for improving operational preparedness. Civilian posts will also be restructured and they will be redeployed in different wings of the Armed Forces for improving efficiency.

There are 39 Ordnance Factories already functioning and another twofactories are in the process of being set-up. Despite the infrastructure, the factories have largely failed to deliver quality products to the armed forces.