Saying that the Ordnance Factories cannot be treated as Air India, Srikumar asked, “How will the ordnance factories survive, if they are not given contracts?”.“Ordnance Factories cannot be treated as commercial, and the objective should not be profit-making,” said Srikumar.However, there are some who believe that both public and private companies will be roped in through a tender process to manufacture the new uniform.CPI leader and Rajya Sabha MP Binoy Viswam has shot off a letter to Rajnath Singh, supporting the employees of the OFB and their argument.“Despite the Ordinance factories possessing highly skilled and experienced manpower, NABL accredited labs, latest quality control systems and modern machinery, they continuously lose work to private entities that operate through Contract and Subcontract systems, utilising unskilled workers and exploiting them to ensure a lower price,” said Viswam in his letter.Saying that the “unfair competition being created between a PSU and Private entities” Viswam added, “This decision will have a great impact on the OCF Avadi, OCF Shajahanpur and OEF Hazratpur who are struggling for workload post their corporatisation”.
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