F. No. 4(21)2019/D(Coord/DDP) Government of Ministry of Defence Depaftment of Defence Production

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Subject: Monthly Summary for the Cabinet for the month of August 2019 (Unclassified) - rgg 'r 'r 'r

The undersigned is directed to circulate herewith the copy of the unclassified portion

of the monthly summary of the Department of Defence Production for the Month of August 2019 for kind information.

Encl : As above Q^.,,tn"kl'*"^" (Gaurav Sharma) Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India Tele: 2301 3705 Fax 2379 2959 To,

1. All Members of Council of Ministers 2. Deputy Chairman, NITI Aayog, Sansad Marg Area, New Delhi-l10001 3. Offg Director (PR), DPR, M/o Defence

Copy to (w.r.t. Cab-Sec OM No. l126lll20l8-Cab. dated 17.08.2018):-

Director, Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan. New Delhi

Copy also fbrwarded for informatiort to:-

l. Secretary to the Govt of India, All Ministries/ Departments 2. The Chairman, UPSC, Shahjanhan Road, New Delhi 3. Secretary to the President of India, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi 4. Secretary to the Vice-President of India, 6, Maulana Azad Road, New Delhi-110001 5. PS to Prime Minister of India, South Block, New Delhi 6. Secretary, Inter-State Council Secretariat. MHA, Vigyan Bhawan Annexe, New Delhi 7. DS(ES), DDP, MoD, {As per Cab-Sec OM dated 30.05.2018, it is requested to upload the major achievements, significant developments and important events of the Department on DDP's u,ebsite on monthly basis regularly.) ANNEXRUE

The fifth and the last ship of the series of five Fast Patrol Vessels (FPV) being built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE) for the Indian Coast Guard was launched on 10tr'August 20l91iorn Dry Dock No.2 of GRSE's Raja Bagan Dockyard (RBD) Unit. Kolkata.

2. On l3tl'August 2079, Hon'ble Raksha Rajya Mantri inaugurated the new State-of-the- art manufacturing facility for Composite Materials, Environmental Testing & Finishing, established at Limited, (BEL) Navi Mumbai Unit.

3' The Medium Range Surface-to-Air-Missile (MR SAM) was handed over by Hon'ble Raksha Mantri to the on 3'd August 2019 at (BDL). .

4. Ltd. (MIDHANI) signed a Joint Venture Agreement with National Aluminum Company Ltd (NALCO) on 7tl' August 2019 to incorporate a Joint Venture Company (JVC) to set up a High End Aluminium Alloys Plant for manufacturing of Plates, Sheets etc. The Joint Venture Company with the name "UTKARSHA Aluminium Dhatu Nigam Limited" was incorporated on 2l't August 2}lg.

5' Small Arms Factory (SAF), Kanpur handed over 5.56 x 30 mm Joint Venture Protective Carbine (JVPC), a state-of-the-art light weight compact weapon, to Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) on 17d'August 2019. The JVpC has been jointly developed by SAF & Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE).

6. Ordnance Clothing Factory, Avadi (OCFAV) has developed the Bullet Resistant .lacket (Threat Level-III+) and Bullet Resistant Vest for use by the Armed Forces, para- Military Forces, State Police Forces etc. and validated the same from third party Laboratory i.e. Gujarat Forensic Science University (GFSU).

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