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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian parachute manufacturer}}<br />
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{{Infobox company<br />
| name = Gliders India Limited<br />
| native_name = <br />
| logo = Gliders_India_Limited's_logo.jpg<br />
| logo_size = 200px<br />
| image_size = <br />
| type = [[Public sector undertakings in India|Public Sector Undertaking]]<br />
| foundation = {{Start date|2021|10|01}}<br />
| defunct = <br />
| fate = <br />
| successors = <br />
| predecessor = [[Ordnance Factory Board]]<br />
| hq_location = <br />
| hq_location_city = [[Kanpur]]<br />
| hq_location_country = [[India]]<br />
| area_served = <br />
| key_people = VK Tiwari, [[IOFS]] <br/> (Chairman & Managing Director)<br />
| num_employees = <br />
| revenue = <br />
| owner = [[Government of India]]<br />
| divisions = Ordnance Parachute Factory<br />
| industry = Defence Production<br />
| products = Military, cargo, aero-sport and special purpose [[parachute]]s and rubber products<br />
| website = [https://www.glidersindia.in/ glidersindia.in]<br />
}}<br />
'''Gliders India Limited''' (GIL) is an Indian state-owned defence company, headquartered at Ordnance Parachute Factory in [[Kanpur]], India established in 2021 as part of the restructuring and corporatisation of the [[Ordnance Factory Board]] into seven different [[Public sector undertakings in India|Public Sector Undertakings]].<ref name="mint2021">{{cite news |last1=Roche |first1=Elizabeth |title=New defence PSUs will help India become self-reliant: PM |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/pm-urges-restructured-defence-units-to-help-india-become-military-industry-power-11634288891758.html |access-date=16 October 2021 |work=mint |date=15 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Seven new defence companies, carved out of OFB, dedicated to the Nation on the occasion of Vijayadashami |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1764148 |access-date=16 October 2021 |work=[[Ministry of Defence (India)]] |publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] |date=5 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Pubby |first1=Manu |title=Modi to launch seven new PSUs this week, Defence Ministry approves Rs 65,000-crore orders |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/seven-new-psus-this-week-defence-ministry-approves-rs-65000-cr-orders/articleshow/86946027.cms |access-date=16 October 2021 |work=The Economic Times |date=12 October 2021}}</ref> GIL primarily manufactures military [[parachute]]s for the use of the [[Indian Armed Forces]] and foreign militaries and parachutes for aero-sport and emergency services.<br />
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GIL's main manufacturing facility is the Ordnance Parachute Factory in Kanpur.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*Other PSUs formed from Ordnance Factory Board:-<br />
**[[Advanced Weapons and Equipment India Limited]] (AWE), Kanpur<br />
**[[Armoured Vehicles Nigam Limited]] (AVANI), Chennai<br />
**[[India Optel Limited]] (IOL), Dehradun<br />
**[[Munitions India Limited]] (MIL), Pune<br />
**[[Troop Comforts Limited]] (TCL), Kanpur<br />
**[[Yantra India Limited]] (YIL), Nagpur<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Defence companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Government-owned companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 2021]]<br />
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