Bundelkhand Defence Corridor: UP to organise event for investors in Kanpur

Yogi government to showcase 275 de-licensed defence wares for private manufacturing

To give a fillip to the Bundelkhand defence corridor and encourage private companies to set up shop there, the state government is organising a mega event in Kanpur next month to showcase the de-licensed defence wares for private sector manufacturing.

Earlier, the Centre had de-licensed 275 defence-related wares and encouraged domestic private sector manufacturers to supply them to the forces by competing with public sector undertakings (PSU).

The PSUs had enjoyed monopoly over these products which are to the tune of billions of rupees. These items are dubbed ‘non-core items’ of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB). Now, such procurement does not require