IOFS
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| Abbreviation | I.O.F.S. | ||||||||||
| Formed | 1935 | ||||||||||
| Country |
 India
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| Training Ground | National Academy of Defence Production, Nagpur | ||||||||||
| Controlling Authority |
Ministry of Defence Department of Defence Production |
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| Legal personality |
Governmental Civil Service |
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| General nature | Research & Development General Management Public Administration |
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| Cadre Size | 1760 members | ||||||||||
| Association | IOFS officers Association (IOFSA) | ||||||||||
| Service colour | Red, Navy Blue and Sky Blue |
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| DGOF & Chairman, OFB Current: S. C. Bajpai |
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| Head of the Civil Services | |||||||||||
| Cabinet Secretary Current: Pradeep Kumar Sinha |
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The Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS) (Hindi: भारतीय आयुध निर्माणी सेवा) is a civil service of the Government of India. IOFS officers are Gazetted (Group A) defence-civilian officers under the Ministry of Defence. They are responsible for the management of the Indian Ordnance Factories, which provide the sinews of self-reliant, indigenous, defence production capabilities of India.
During the colonial times, the administrative service of Ordnance was known as the Indian Ordnance Service. It was constituted in the year 1935. It had only European officers in the years that followed. They were engineering graduates or military officers who had to undergo specialised training prior joining the service. In 1939, there was only one Indian officer and the remaining forty-four officers were of European origin.
IOFS was reconstituted in its present form in 1954 with the cadre controlling authority of Ministry of Defence – Department of Defence Production with a cadre size of 1760 posts. The source of recruitment was through direct recruitment 60%; by promotion 40% and no lateral entries.
IOFS is a multi-disciplinary composite cadre consisting of technical - engineers (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical, Electronics), technologists (Chemical, Metallurgical, Textile, Leather) and non-technical/administrative (Science, Law, Commerce, Management and Arts graduates). Technical posts comprise about 87% of the total cadre. The doctors (Surgeons and Physicians) serving in OFB belong to a separate service known as the Indian Ordnance Factories Health Service (IOFHS). IOFHS officers are responsible for the maintenance of health of the employees, and the hospitals of OFB. They report directly to the IOFS officers. IOFS and IOFHS are the only two civil services under the Department of Defence Production.
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