Raksha Mantri terms it a shining example of public-private partnership to achieve self-reliance in defence manufacturing

Grenade manufactured by Economic Explosives Limited Co following Transfer of Technology from a DRDO lab
MMHG works in both offensive & defensive modes with high accuracy and reliability
Raksha Mantri calls it an important milestone in defence manufacturing and a big step towards ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’
Defence exports in last two years cross Rs 17,000 crore

Nagpur: The first batch of Multi-Mode Hand Grenades (MMHG), manufactured by Economic Explosives Limited (EEL) following Transfer of Technology from Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory of Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), was handed over to the Indian Army in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in Nagpur, Maharashtra on August 24, 2021.

Chairman of EEL Shri S N Nuwal handed over a scale replica of MMHG to the Raksha Mantri to mark the first delivery of ammunition from the private sector. Chief of the Army Staff General M M Naravane, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy and DG Infantry Lt Gen A K Samantra were among those present on the occasion.

Addressing the gathering, Shri Rajnath Singh termed the handing over of MMHG as a shining example of the increasing collaboration between the public & private sectors and a big step towards self-reliance in defence manufacturing. “Today is a memorable day in the history of Indian defence sector. Our private industry is coming of age when it comes to defence production. It is an important milestone not only in the field of defence manufacturing, but also in achieving ‘AatmaNirbhar Bharat’ as envisioned by our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi,” he said. The Raksha Mantri lauded DRDO & EEL for the speedy delivery of the order amidst COVID-19 restrictions and hoped of a faster delivery of the next lot.

The Raksha Mantri listed out the measures undertaken by the Government to transform the defence sector into a self-reliant industry which can cater to the present and the future needs of the Armed Forces. These include setting up of Defence Industrial Corridors in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu; formulation of draft Defence Production and Export Promotion Policy (DPEPP) 2020; earmarking around 64 per cent of its modernisation funds under capital acquisition budget for 2021-22 for procurement from domestic companies; notifying two Positive Indigenisation Lists of over 200 defence items to promote self-reliance & defence exports; Corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB); increasing FDI limit from 49 to 74 per cent under automatic route and beyond 74 per cent through government route and according top priority to ‘Buy {Indian-IDDM (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured)}’ category for capital procurement.

Shri Rajnath Singh made special mention of another initiative taken by the Government, i.e., Technology Transfer to Industries by DRDO. Describing the measure as the backbone of the defence industry, he lauded DRDO for being an incubator which is undertaking free of cost transfer of technologies as well as providing access to testing facilities and over 450 patents. This has not only enabled the Industry to use ready-to-use technologies, but has also saved time, energy and money, he said.

The Raksha Mantri also underlined the importance of Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) saying that it aims to achieve self-reliance and foster innovation & technology development in defence and aerospace sectors by engaging Industries including MSMEs, start-ups, individual innovators, R&D institutes and academia. Under this initiative, the problems being faced by the Armed Forces, Defence Public Sector Undertakings and OFB are identified and brought before entrepreneurs, MSMEs, start-ups and innovators through Defence India Startup Challenge (DISC) to find solutions.

Shri Rajnath Singh commended the Industry for indigenously developing products like ‘Multi-Mode Grenade’, ‘Arjun-Mark-1’ tank, ‘Unmanned Surface Vehicle’ and ‘See Through Armor’. “Such products are not just being produced but exported on a large scale. The number of online export authorisations during 2016-17 to 2018-19 was 1,210. It has increased to 1,774 in last two years. This has resulted in defence exports of over Rs 17,000 crore in the last two years,” he added. Shri Rajnath Singh exuded confidence that soon India will manufacture defence products not just for domestic use, but for the whole world.

The grenade is not just more lethal, but is safer to use. It has a distinctive design that gives flexibility of employment in both defensive (fragmentation) and offensive (stun) modes. It has a highly accurate delay time, very high reliability in usage and safe for carriage. These new grenades will replace Grenade No 36 of World War I vintage design, which had been continuing in service till date.

The EEL had signed a contract with Ministry of Defence on October 01, 2020 to supply 10 lakh modern hand grenades for Indian Army and Indian Air Force. The deliveries would be spread over two years from the bulk production clearance, which was accorded to EEL in March 2021. The first order has been delivered within five months.

The EEL had taken the technology from DRDO in 2016, absorbed it successfully while maintaining very high quality in detonics. Extensive trials were successfully undertaken by the Indian Army and Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) in 2017-18 in plains, deserts and high altitude over summer & winter.

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Nagpur: Futala feeder 500 mm Dia( 20 mtr. Pipe collapsed )damage on dated 23.08.2021 night 7.30 pm, Opposite Futala Lake, hence water supply based on Futala line will remain affected on August 25 .

It may be mentioned here water supply was affected in these areas on August 24 also following 24-hours Pench-II & Pench-III shutdown

Now after the 500 mm dia Futala line damaged by contracter working at futala lake these areas will face no water on Aug 25 also.

Affected areas are : Old Futala, new futala ,Sanjay nagar slum, sudam nagari slum, pankaj nagar, hindusthan colney, dhobhi ghat, telangkhedi hanuman mandir,himalyan valley,upper portion of ambhazari road and trust layout.

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Nagpur: Economic Explosives Ltd (EEL), a Nagpur-based private company, on Tuesday handed over the first batch of one lakh privately ‘made-in-India’ modern hand grenades to the Indian Army in the presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.

The consignment of multi-mode hand grenades (MMHG) was handed over to the Army at a function in Nagpur, a defence release said.

This is the first instance of ammunition being manufactured by the private industry in India, the release said.

EEL, a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Solar Industries India Ltd, commenced deliveries of modern hand grenades to the armed forces last month.

The first consignment of 1 lakh MMHG had been tested satisfactorily for quality by users and delivered, the release said.

Rajnath Singh was handed over a scale replica of MMHG by chairman of EEL SN Nuwal to mark the first delivery of ammunition from the private sector to the armed forces, it said.

Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane, Chairman of DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy and Infantry DG Lt Gen AK Samantra were present on the occasion.

EEL had signed a contract with the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on October 1, 2020, to supply 10 lakh modern hand grenades for use by the Army and the Indian Air Force (IAF), the release said.

The deliveries would be spread over two years from the bulk production clearance (BPC) which was accorded to EEL in March 2021, it said.

“These new grenades will replace Grenade No 36 of World War I vintage design, which had been continuing in service till date. The MMHGs have a distinctive design giving flexibility of employment in both defensive (fragmentation) and offensive (stun) modes.”

“They have highly accurate delay time, very high reliability in usage and are safe for carriage. These modern grenades were designed by Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory of DRDO,” the release said.

EEL had taken the technology from DRDO in 2016.

Extensive trials of the grenades were successfully undertaken by the Indian Army and DGQA (Directorate General Of Quality Assurance) in 2017-18 in plains, deserts and high altitude over summer and winter, the release said.

Against a General Staff Qualitative Requirement (GSQR) of 95 per cent reliability, the grenades manufactured by EEL had highly superior reliability of 99.8 per cent, it added.

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Nagpur: A 28-YEAR-OLD man was killed when a speeding truck hit a motorcycle on which he was travelling near Seloo village in Kalmeshwar police station area. The deceased was identified as Nilkanth Santosh Chamlate (68), a resident of Seloo.

According to police, the accident occurred on Monday at 3.15 pm when Chamlate and Prafulla Dashrath Rangari (28), a resident of Seloo, were heading towards Nagpur on a motorcycle. A speeding truck came behind and hit the motorcycle.

Chamlate and Rangari fell on the road and sustained grievous injuries. Chamlate received serious head injuries in the mishap, police said. He was admitted to hospital at Kalmeshwar where she succumbed to the injuries.

An offence under Sections 279, 304 (a) of Indian Penal Code read with Sections 184, 134/177 of Motor Vehicle Act was registered by Kalmeshwar police against the truck driver who escaped from the spot after the accident. Further investigation is on.

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Nagpur: Sadar Police on Tuesday booked directors of Nanak Construction for allegedly defrauding Zilla Parishad (ZP) Nagpur to the tune of Rs 13,40,500. Cops registered an offence of cheating against directors of the firm Panjabrao Patil (35), Kanchan Panjabrao Patil (30) and Panjabrao Jangluji Patil (65), all residents of 57 Fiskey Layout, Katol, following a complaint lodged by Sanjiv Hemke, Executive Engineer, Rural Water Supply Department, ZP Nagpur.

Hemke (55) told police that Nanak Construction, a partership firm, had bagged nine e-tenders for different works. Between December 12, 2017 and May 25, 2021, the accused fradulently withdrew the security deposit and additional security deposit of Rs 13,40,500 without completion of the works and before the expiry of the defect liability period, he added.

On the basis of the complaint lodged by Hemke (55), a resident of Flat No 504, Pyramid City, Pipla Road, Besa, police registered a case under Sections 420 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code against the accused partners.

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Nagpur: A youth was brutally murdered at Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) quarters here, on Tuesday night. The deceased, identified as Amandeep Singh Kuldeep Singh (23), was a resident of Guru Teg Bahadur Singh Nagar. Singh used to work as a cleaner on the bus.

According to sources, the deceased used to often visit his friend at MHADA quarters. On Tuesday night, as usual he turned up to meet his friend at around 10 pm. However, he reportedly picked up a quarrel with another youth on the way, who attacked him with a knife several times and killed him on the spot.

The team of Kapil Nagar Police led by PI Amol Deshmukh rushed to the spot. DCP Zone V Neelotpal also reached the crime spot and shifted the body of the deceased to a hospital.

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Nagpur: There were speculations about whether the Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh will visit the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Headquarters during his visit to Second Capital of the State, or not! However, he avoided visiting the RSS Headquarters while following protocols. But RSS office-bearers met him during his busy schedule.

Whenever Rajnath Singh comes to Nagpur, he makes it a point to visit RSS HQ.

This happened most of the time in the last several years. But he avoided visiting the place this time on Tuesday. The office-bearers were also aware about the protocols of his visit.

The office-bearers of RSS called on Rajnath Singh who held discussions with them. The details of discussion were not known.

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Nagpur: The Nagpur Municipal Corporation elections for 2022 will be of one-member ward system as State Election Commission (SEC) has reverted to one-member ward system in Municipal Council and Nagar Panchayats that would go to polls between December 2021 and February 2022.

At present, one ward comprises of four corporators. State election commission announced process of delimitation.

It is pertinent to mention that the last elections about five years back were held on multi-members ward system as per decision by the then Government. However, Mahavikas Aghadi Government (MVA) had introduced an amendment dated March 12, 2020, Municipal Council/Nagar Panchayati and Industrial Cities (Amendment) Rules, 2020, through which all multi-member ward system would make way for single member Prabhag.

SECR said with short time at disposal and vast work ahead for completion of reshuffling of wards, draw of reservations and other related election work, the field machinery is advised to start ground regarding demarcation, drawing of boundaries, preparation of Prabhag maps, updation of rolls by August 23 onwards.

This would ensure that there is no delay in completion of the election related work. The SEC note mentioned that as per Article 243 of Indian Constitution and Sec. 41 (1) of Maharashtra Municipal Councils, Nagar Panchayati va Industrial Cities Rules, 1965, mandates holding of elections to Municipal Councils before expiry of their term. Since Census of 2021 could not be held due to COVID-19 pandemic, the electoral rolls would be updated as per 2011 Census figures and hence number of wards are unlikely to undergo any change.

Nagpur Division has 14 Municipal Councils and 6 Nagar Parishads while Amravati Division has 10 Councils and 4 Panchayats.

The notification from SEC is timely as it ends suspense about the ward system as it would help administration put the ball rolling on updation of rolls and other associated work. As political circles were debating whether the polls would be held on two members per ward or switch back to then prevailing one member ward system, all eyes were fixed towards Commission.

The updation of rolls and preparing preliminary ward system is a time consuming process and thus clarity on single member would help in finalising the programme. Post drawing-up of wards and its notification, political parties can file objections based on which the process can be rectified if necessary depending upon upholding of objections by the SEC.

One more angle to formation of ward is earmarking of reservations and SEC referred to directives of Supreme Court in writ petition that was decided on March 4, 2021, regarding OBC reservation. In that light, after carefully going through the operative part of order, the Commission said it will issue separate directions on earmarking of seats and drawing of reservations. SEC itself holds draw of lots to determine process of reservation of seats in local bodies.

SEC in its communication to Collectors asked them to take into account changes in existing wards (by addition or deletion) from last election notification, due to various development works that may have altered geographical boundaries due to construction of a bridge, new roads, buildings while finalising the wards and then publish the draft. At the same time, SEC has desired total confidentiality while communication the draft of wards to minimise litigations that results in unnecessary delay. Avinash Sanas, Deputy Commissioner, SEC, said in past due to leaking of information about new Prabhag, the Commission had to deal with legal battles that was quite time consuming.

While SEC will provide approval to draft plan after draw of reservations in A grade Municipal Councils; District Collectors are empowered to grant sanction to drafts of B grade Councils and to B and C grade Nagar Pancahayats Collector’s approval would be final sanction.

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Seoni/Nagpur: A forest department team has arrested a man hailing from Nagpur and seized tiger bones and deer horns from him in Madhya Pradesh’s Seoni district, an official said on Wednesday.

Following a tip-off, a joint team of the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and the forest department’s Special Task Force (STF) arrested the alleged poacher from Khawasa village located on the borders of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra on late Tuesday night, Forest Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) SK Jauhri told PTI.

The team seized 8.9 kg of tiger bones and deer horns from the possession of the poacher, Balchand Barkade, a resident of Nagpur , he said.

Jauhri said during interrogation, the 40-year-old man admitted he had earlier killed 3 to 4 tigers and sold their body parts.

It is suspected that Barkade may be part of a gang of wildlife smugglers and poachers active in Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, and a forest team is working on tracing his associates, he said.

The forest officer said Barkade is a habitual offender and cases of wildlife smuggling had been registered against him earlier too.

Khawasa is located on the MP-Maharashtra border and a large part of the Pench National Park is spread around the village. It also falls under tiger movement area, forest department officials said.

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Nagpur: The Nagpur district on Wednesday reported four fresh cases and zero deaths attributed to novel Coronavirus (Covid-19). In the last 24-hours, one person recovered from the virus borne disease.

While three cases were reported from Nagpur Municipal boundaries, one case was reported from outside the district, no cases were reported from Nagpur rural.

With the latest update, the cumulative positive cases reached 4,93,000 and the number of deaths stand still at 10,118. The sum of 4,82,807 people have been successfully recovered from the virus borne disease.

The Covid recovery rate of Nagpur district stood at 97.93% while active cases stand at 75.

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Nagpur: Ganeshpeth Police on Wednesday booked Sanjay Agrawal, owner of Sheetal Carrying Corporation; Jyoti Babusaheb Jadhav, Director of Pratik Road Lines and truck driver Dnyaneshwar Kapse (Ahmed Nagar) for alleged misappropriation of medicine boxes worth Rs 12,93,950 lakh of Baidyanath Ayurved Bhavan Pvt Ltd.

Sanjay Dattatraya Agnihotri (52) Manager, Baidyanath Ayurved Bhavan Pvt Ltd, lodged a complaint that the company had dispatched 1,143 medicine boxes to Pune-based godown in a truck (MH-12/QW-1551) for distribution.

During transportation between August 3, 2021 and August 6, 2021, the accused allegedly removed four medicine boxes worth Rs 12, 93,950 from the consignment.

On the basis of the complaint, police registered a case under Sections 407 (Criminal breach of trust by carrier, etc) and 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code and started investigation.

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Nagpur: A 35-year old man ended his life by hanging in Tehsil area on Tuesday.

A resident of Hansapuri, Mayur Rajendra Kalambe was found hanging in his house around 4 pm. His family members rushed him to Mayo Hospital where the doctors declared him ‘brought dead.’

Tehsil Police started the probe after registering a case under Section 174 of Code of Criminal Procedure.

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Nagpur: Hingna Police on Tuesday booked a man and his son for assaulting their close relative with sticks over a land dispute. Identified as Sandeep Chandrabhan Pawar (29) and his father Chandrabhan Tajnul Pawar (66), the accused are the residents of Shesh Nagar, Ward No 1, Hingna.

Chandrabhan had a dispute over measurement and demarcation of a portion of agricultural land with his younger brother Shankar Tajnul Pawar. Around 8.20 pm, Chandrabhan and his son Sandeep picked up a quarrel with Shankar Pawar (65) at the latter’s house over the same issue. Chandrabhan and Sandeep then attacked Shankar with sticks injuring him seriously.

Following injured Shankar’s complaint, police registered a case under Sections 324 (Voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the IPC against the fatherson duo. Further probe is on.

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Nagpur: Pardi Police on Wednesday booked an agent of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) for allegedly duping his relative of over Rs 23.60 lakh. The accused, Vinod Ramchandra Hiwarkar (50) is a resident of Hasanbag, Nandanvan.

A resident of Plot No 152, Lane No 2, Bhavani Nagar, Kishor Jeetram Thawle (50) lodged a complaint that Hiwarkar, who is his relative, gained his confidence and took Rs 60,000 from him towards LIC policies, Rs 6, 14,240 of his ‘Bhisi,’ and availed Rs 15 lakh housing loan on his plot between December 14, 2014 and April 5, 2021. He also borrowed Rs 1.86 lakh from different persons by misusing his name. Likewise, he defrauded him to the tune of Rs 23,60, 240.

On the basis of the complaint, police registered a case under Sections 420 and 406 of the Indian Penal Code against Vinod Hiwarkar.

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Nagpur: Three tiger poachers of an inter-state gang were nabbed in a joint operation conducted by Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra Forest-men. The team seized tiger bones, antlers of deer, country-made rifles and other materials from them in MP and Maharashtra on Tuesday and Wednesday.

It is reliably learnt that on a tip-off by Wildlife Crime Control Board, MP Forestmen and STF from Jabalpur , arrested one Bhalchandra Barkade, a resident of Sitapur, Ramtek tehsil, near Khawasa and seized eight kg of tiger bones from him. During interrogation he confessed to have killed three tigers along with gang members and used to smuggle body parts of tigers. Barkade also disclosed two names of other accused – Roshan Uikey and Narpat Kodwate – both from Pindkapar.

The Forestmen laid a trap today and arrested both of them. They seized antlers of deer, rifles, bones of wild boars and materials used during poaching.
The Forestmen are searching for more persons in the case and making thorough investigation in this serious matter, reliable sources informed.

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Nagpur: Forest-men from Nagpur Forest Division arrested two accused involved in smuggling of pangolin body parts on Fulzari road, near Hiwra village in Paoni Forest range on Tuesday night.

A press note issued by Dr Bharat Singh Hada, Deputy Conservator of Forest, Nagpur, informed that a team laid a trap on thevtip-off and nabbed Prashant GaneshvChachere (27) and Dilip Mayaram Admane (38), both residents of Khanora village and seized about 25 pieces of scales from their possession. Forestmen also seized Honda bike (MH 40 R 3531).

An offence has been registerd against them under sections 9, 11, 38(J), 39, 48, 50 and 51 of Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

Durong interrogation, they disclosed name of one Mitalram Chamru Bhalavi, resident of Ramjan Ghoti involving in the poaching. Forestmen raided his house on Thursday and seized 15 kg pangolin scales, three eggs of pea-hens, peacock feathers in nylon bag, wire traps, nets, four axes etc. The accused was not present in his house atvthe time of raid. He is missing.

Forest-men produced both the accused before JMFC, Ramtek, who granted them Forest Custody Remand till August 27.

P G Kodape, DFO (Vigilance), S B Giri, ACF, R N Bhongade, R D Shende, both RFOs and others extended active cooperation. Further inestigation is underway.

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Nagpur: A middle-aged man was killed in a tiger attack in Gadchiroli district here on Thursday.

The deceased has been identified as Ramaji Chudhari, a resident of Gogaon.

According to sources, Ramaji was walking home when he was mauled to death by a tiger. His body was found on Thursday morning.

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Nagpur: Lauding the police efforts in curbing child trafficking and sexual exploitation of

children in the city, 30 volunteers held a placard campaign in Sadar chowk, outside the

Police Commissioner’s office, supporting the police actions taken for the welfare of Nagpur.

They also submitted a gratitude letter to the Commissioner thanking the cops for taking

action to keep a check on heinous crimes like trafficking in the city.

Associated with Matrix Warriors, a youth NGO working on social welfare and environment,

the volunteers marched with the placards showcasing slogans and inspiring messages such

as ‘Thank you [Nagpur Police] for working for a cause, not applause’, ‘Save Nagpur from sex

slavery’, ‘One Step By Nagpur Police, A Giant Leap for Women and Children Across The

Country’ and many more. They also tied rakhis to the cops as a gesture of gratitude for

protecting the citizens. Later, the youth dispersed to RBI chowk, Savidhan chowk and

Gandhi Nagar Square holding the placards, spreading awareness about the efforts taken by

the police in battling child sex trafficking.

“Most of the work done by the police goes unnoticed. They toil day and night fighting grave

crimes for our safety. We are quick to criticise the police when they don’t take action, but

when they do, it is important that we come out and show our full support for them. It is crucial

for the residents of Nagpur to know and appreciate their efforts,” says Abhishek Urkude, co-

founder of Matrix Warriors.

Echoing the sentiments, Rohan Araspure, founder of Dream for Life Foundation said, “Many

young college girls get lured into sex trafficking as college boys tend to become a large

customer base for such sex trafficking dens. This necessitates that the youth lead a

movement to combat both demand and supply of sex trafficking. We appreciate the police

for taking actions to curb sex trafficking and crimes against woman in the City”

The Nagpur Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar took over as Commissioner in September

2020. Since then, he has been in the news for taking actions against criminal networks in the

City.

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Nagpur: A young women met a tragic end after a truck carrying illegally mined sand crushed her under its wheel here on Thursday afternoon. The incident reported under Ajni Police jurisdiction.

According to sources, a women was trying through Suyog Nagar Ring Road when a recklessly driven truck knocked her from behind. The impact was so severe that the women fell on the concrete road and the truck crushed her to death.

In the meantime, squad of Ajni Police have rushed to the spot and started the probe.

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Nagpur: The Nagpur district on Thursday reported six fresh cases and zero deaths attributed to novel Coronavirus (Covid-19). In the last 24-hours, six persons recovered from the virus borne disease.

While all six cases were reported from Nagpur Municipal boundaries, no cases were reported from Nagpur rural or from outside the district.

With the latest update, the cumulative positive cases reached 4,93,006 and the number of deaths stand still at 10,118. The sum of 4,82,813 people have been successfully recovered from the virus borne disease.

The Covid recovery rate of Nagpur district stood at 97.93% while active cases stand at 75.

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