Though the entry of private sector was opened up in 2001, the growth of private sector participation in defence manufacturing was insignificant till about 3-4 years back and it was largely
limited to production of parts and components to be supplied to Ordnance Factories and Dpsus.
At present, India's defence industrial base comprises 41 Ordnance Factories geographically spread across the country,
9 Defence Public Sector Undertakings(Dpsus), more than 200 private sector
license holder companies and a few thousand Small, Medium and Micro enterprises feeding to the large manufacturers and Defence Public Sector Undertakings(Dpsus).