matters, security, cataloguing and standardization as well.

Sample Rooms have

been established at Delhi, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta to display the defense stores
warranting indigenization. The activities of these sample rooms are also cocoordinated by Directorate of Administration. The Adm. Directorate has been reorganized with effect from 01 Dec 94 into the following Directorates :-

Financial Planning, Procurement of Test Equipment and works.

Personnel Services
Policy, Planning and Training

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ROLE OF MES IN ORDNANCE

FACTORIES INTRODUCTION TO MES

Military Engineer Service (M.E.S) is responsible for carrying out capital works
and repair services for the three arms of defence forces and allied department
Ordnance factories & Research and Development Establishments. MES may also be
required to carry out deposit works on behalf of cantonment boards, public bodies or private
persons.
Works services for Ordnance Factories will be carried out in accordance with the
procedure laid down for army works.
1. Provision of Residential and office accommodation will be based on the scales approved by
G of I from time to time.
2. Industrial and Storage accommodation will be on an as required basis and will be
approved by the CFA sanctioning the work.
3. The MES will not normally undertake the supervision of any works services carried
out by the factory authorities under their own arrangements.

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ORGANISATION

AND

INCLUDING THAT

FUNCTIONS

OF

OF

ACCOUNTS

MES

SECTION

ATTACHED TO MES FORMATIONS

ORGANISATION OF MES :-

The Engineer in Chief is the head of the Corps of Engineers and of the Military
Engineer Services. For all engineer services, he is the technical advisor to the Chiefs of
Staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force and to their respective PSOs.

Similarly, he

advises the Ministry of Defence with regard to engineer services relating to Ordnance
Factories and P and I & R and D Establishments. He is responsible to CGS and QMG for
the procurement, holding and distribution of engineer stores of engineer supply.

1. The Military Engineer Services are organised by Army Commands under the

administration of Chief Engineers who act as technical advisors to the GOs C in C,

Administrative officers in charge of Naval Commands, AOC in C / AOs C and DGOF
and are responsible for the execution of all Engineer Services for the Army, Navy, Air
Force and Ordnance Factories within their jurisdiction.

A Chief Engineer may, in

special cases, be appointed for large projects, which cannot conveniently be handled
by the Chief Engineer of a Command. ACEs Command is divided into a number of
MES Districts each under the control of a CWE. Districts are further subdivided into
divisions and Sub-divisions under the control of GEs and SDOs respectively.
boundaries of MES districts and
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The

divisions normally correspond to those of Areas and Sub Areas. Where however such
MES formations are intended primarily for the Navy, Air Force or Ordnance Factories
or for specific projects, their boundaries will be limited to the extent of their responsibilities.

3.

The position of the senior MES officer in any formation in the matter of

rendering technical Advice to the local heads of services and departments under the Ministry
of Defence is analogous to that of the CE at Command HQ. The Divisions may be formed
with the approval of the E in C. Sub-divisions may, if circumstances demand, be placed
directly under a CWE under the orders of a CE and will for all purposes be treated as
Divisions.

4.

Stores and plant of engineer supply earmarked as operational reserves or

other requirements for units and works are held in ESDs. ESDs are under the
control of the E-in-C who may delegate to the CEs such of his functions as he
may deem fit.

MES

ARMY

E-in-C

Army HQrs. Chief of Staff

C.E. Command

GOC-in-C Command

C.E. Zone

Area

C.W.E.

District/Sub Area

G.E.

Divisions/Station

A.G.Es

Sub Division

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GENERAL ADMINISTRATION AND DISCIPLINE :The Accounts Section of an MES Formation will be in charge of Unit
Accountant belonging to the Defence Accounts Department.

He will confirm to the

Organisation of the Garrison Engineers Office in the matter of hours of attendance and
holidays. The UA and his staff will, for the purpose of conduct, discipline, leave and pay
be under the orders of Controller of Defence Accounts under whom they are serving.
Casual leave as admissible may be allowed to the accounts staff by the head of the MES
formation concerned in case of other kind of leave the application of a member of the
accounts staff will be submitted to the CDA through the head of the MES formation and the
RAO (MES) The applicant will not be permitted to proceed on leave (except in cases of
emergency when the permission may be granted by the RAO (MES) or the head of the
MES formation in case the RAO (MES) is not present in the station) until the leave is
granted by the C.D.A. The MES formation will be responsible for making necessary
arrangements for the accounts sections in respect of:-

a. The receipt and dispatch work including charge for service labels and bearing charges on
covers insufficiently stamped.
b.

The services of class IV servants including a Daftry for sorting out and proper

maintenance of records of accounts section.

c. Fuel during winter and hot weather establishment during summer for the use of staff.

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d.

Indenting all forms bearing W Series, blank measurement books, receipt books,

books of USRs etc., on receipt of periodical demands.

e.

Supply of books of regulations other then DAD Codes and manuals.

Articles of stationery required for Accounts Section will be obtained from
stationery depot through the C.D.A.

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PLANNING OF CIVIL CAPITAL WORKS UNDER

CAPITAL GRANT

Each production / non-productive section puts up the proposal to GM and obtains the
approval in principle from necessity angle and forwards the same to engg. office - Civil
Group.

Engineering Office consolidates the requirements and sends the same to

G.E. / MES for furnishing the rough indication of cost against each proposal.

On receipt of rough indication of cost for each work after financial

concurrence the proposals with full justification including rough cost will be submitted to
CFS for Acceptance of necessity and accord approval.

After obtaining in principle approval of the civil works plan from OFB.

The Recce-costing-cum-siting board is convened to be held on a particular date and time

The Recce-cum-costing-cum-sitting board consists of

1. CFA or his authorised Rep. in general GM/FY as presiding officer.

2. REP of CFA
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3. Rep of finance

4. Rep of MES (Depending upon F. Powers)

5. Architect (Depending upon work)
6. User section Rep
7. E.O. Rep
8. Any other member if necessary as decided by P.O.

The Board gives the approval for the work and recommend the detailed

scope/specifications involved in the work with time frame.

Based on the finalised board proceedings the approximate estimates part I & II prepared
as per standard schedule of rates will be prepared by AGE/B/R, AGE E/M will be submitted
to E-2 Section of MES. The estimates preferred by age formation are scrutinized and sent
to the factory for issue of A/A or sanction.

On the approximate estimates which also specifies the period required for completion
of work the user factory or its higher formation (depending upon the financial powers)
issues the administrative approval/sanction with the concurrence of C of A.

On receipt of A/A the contract planning actions are initiated by E-8 section of MES.
Competitive tenders with reasonable rates and lowest offer is accepted by MES authorities
depending on financial powers and physical execution of work commences.

The User engineering group obtains the date of commencement of work and probable
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dates of completion of each work from MES.

After completion of the work satisfactorily, handling and taking over process will be
done by FY/MES through Joint inspection to completed works. After taking over of assets
same will be regularised through B series vouchers by factory and will be taken into block
register. MES will submit PSMB, RPMB and completion cost and drawings of particular
works.

MES then will initiate CR Part A - Closing report physically CR Part - B -Closing

Report financially.

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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

MEANING

Research is totally based on the primary data. Secondary is only used only for the reference.
Research has done by the primary data collection and data has been collected by the interacting by
the various employees. The secondary data has been collected through various journals and
websites and some publications.

DATA TYPES

Primary data

Primary data are the data gathered for the specific research project and directly taken from the very
source of information. Primary data source for this research project is structured interview of
employees sent for deputation program.

Secondary data

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Secondary data are the data, which already exists and were collected for some other purpose or for
similar previous studies. Secondary data were proved to be instrumental in structuring the
questions to be asked for collecting primary data.

Ex. Different websites

For this research both type of data (Primary and Secondary data) were used, the secondary data
used here were taken from different websites and this was the information on which the final
report is based on.

SOURCES OF DATA

Primary data can be collected in several different ways these methods of collecting data are called
research approach. Research approaches are of following types Observational research
Focus group research
Survey research
Experimental research
Behavioral data research
For this project the Survey Research Method was adopted, and the survey was done by
Structured Interview Method.

SAMPLING PLAN
After deciding on research and research instrument the researcher must design a sampling plan.
This plan calls for three decision.
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Sampling Unit
The sampling unit consists of Industrial Employees (IEs) and Non-Industrial Employees (NIEs)
from Ordnance Factory Kanpur.

Sampling Size
Large sample gives more reliable results than small samples. However it is not necessary to sample
the entire population or even a substantial portion to achieve reliable result. After considering time
constraint and effectiveness for the project total 160 people were surveyed.
Where 120 people were selected randomly from employees and another 40 people were selected
randomly from employer in which both IEs and NIEs are included.

SAMPLING PROCDURE

There are mainly two sampling methods Probability Sampling

Non-probability Sampling
Probability Sampling
In probability sampling method each of the population has the equal chance of being selected in the
sample. This method is sub-divided into following

Simple Random Sampling

Stratified Random sampling

Cluster(area) sampling
Non-probability Sampling

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In non-probability sampling researcher decide the basis of sample selection, unlike the probability
sampling in this method every unit of population dose not have the equal chance of being selection.
This method is sub-divided in following

Convenience Sampling

Judgment Sampling

Quota Sampling

Stratified Random Sampling

If the population from which a sample is to be drawn does not constitute a representative sample.
In this technique, the population is stratified into a number of non-overlapping sub-population or
strata and sample items are selected from each stratum. If the items selected from each stratum is
based on simple random sampling the entire procedure, first and then simple random sampling, is
known as Stratified Random Sampling.
In this research project Stratified Random Sampling was used because the population does not
constitute homogeneous sample. The population was distributed among different training
programs.
Sampling Population
It is segment of recruited employees of ORDNANCE FACTORY.

RESEARCH INSTRUMENT
The two main research instruments in collecting primary data area - Personal Interview.

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b - Questionnaire.

For this research both type of research instrument (Personal Interview and Questionnaire) were
used, the Personal Interview was used here for the employers and the Questionnaire was used for
the employees.
Personal Interview
It is one of the important sources to collect primary data. Through personnel interview interviewer
can ask question according to research requirement. Data which is collect by personnel interview is
more reliable than other sources.
Questionnaire
Questionnaire consists of a set of question presented to the respondent for their answer. Because of
its flexibility the questionnaire is by far the most common instrument used to gather primary data.
Questionnaire needs to be carefully developed and tested before they are actually used on a large
scale.
Questionnaires are of two types
Open ended questionnaire
It consists of open ended questions that allow the respondent to answer in their own words. Such
questionnaires revel more because they do not constraint respondents ans.

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Closed ended questionnaire

This questionnaire consist of questions that pre-specified all the possible answer , tabulation and
interpretation of such questionnaire are easier as compare to open ended questionnaire.
For this research I have used only Closed Ended Questionnaire because it is very time
consumable and easy to give answer for the respondents.

Location for Study

Ordnance Factory, Kalpi Road, Kanpur

Relationship between Hypothesis & Objective of Study

As far from the research study following points can be concluded:

Employees are not that much skilled but they do the job very well.

The performance of the organization are totally depends on industrial employees.

Non industrial employees support the industrial employee to do the job in the factory.

Almost all time employee of the organization can achieve their business goals.

The skilled employer plays an important role in organization.

The government takes necessary step to give training to employees by providing different types of
programs.

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DATA ANALYSIS & INTERPRETATION

Data Based on employees status
Gender
a. Male.

b. Female.

Alternative

Response of
employees

Male

110

92%

Female

10

8%

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INTERPRETATION:

From the above diagram I calculate that 92% respondents are male and 8% respondents are female
in the organization. This means that the ratio of the female respondents is less as compare to male
respondents.

Nativity
a. Rural.

b. Urban

Alternative

Response of
employees

Rural

30

25%

Urban

90

75%

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INTERPRETATION:

The above pie diagram shows that 75% respondents are belong to urban area and
only 25% respondents are belong to rural area. This means most of the respondents
are belong to the urban area.

Experience
a. 0-1 yr

b. 1-3 yr

c. 3-5 yr

d. More than 5-7 yr

Alternative

Response of
employees

0-1yr

6%

1-3 yr

15

13%

3-5 yr

30

25%

More than 5yr

68

56%

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INTERPRETATION:

The above diagram shows the experience of the employees in organization. It shows that 56%
respondents have more than 5 years experience in the organization. It means that they know very
well how to work is done in the organization.

Nature of the job

a. Highly skilled

b. Skilled

c. Semi-skilled

d. Unskilled

Alternative

Response of
employees

Highly Skilled

35

29%

Skilled

20

17%

Semi-skilled

40

33%

Unskilled

25

21%

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INTERPRETATION:
The above diagram shows the nature of the job on the basis of skills and knowledge. 33% which is
highest percentage in the graps shows that the highly educated people are not required for the job.
Those who have work knowledge they get the job.

Negative effect of being untrained

a. Unable to take right decision.
b. Improper development in organization.
c. Unable to perform duty.
d. Lack of accuracy in work.

Alternative

Response of
employees

Unable to take
right decisions

16

40%

Improper
development in
organization

12

30%

Unable to perform
duty

10

25%

Lack of accuracy
in work

5%

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INTERPRETATION:
This diagram shows that 40% respondents believe that illiterate employee not able to take right
decision, 30% respondents believe fully development are not possible,25% respondents believe
unable to perform duty,5% respondents believe lack of accuracy is possible in work.

FINDINGS OF THE STUDY

The nature of job is simple and semi skilled people are required to perform the job.

Industrial and non industrial employees play an important role in the organization.
Most of the employees participated different types of program which is organized by the
organization and they take advantage for their job purpose.
Most of the employee says that lack of training is barriers for performing the task as required by
superiors
Employees also believe that if they get good training they can improve their efficiency.
Most of the employer thinks that lack of training is causes for the organization.

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 Employers also believe that due to untrained employees is unable to take right decision so that
proper development is not possible in the organization.

RECOMMENDATIONS & SUGGESTIONS

Those who know the technical work and they have good education they get the job.
The training should be made more interactive and personal attention to can trainee is also required.
Should be thought what is practically required in his/her work
Partiality should be avoided in the organization.
Improve the process of time management.
The feelings of satisfaction can be made better by making more employees friendly especially for
the non-executive population.
The interaction between the employees and employer should be strong and employees follow their
decision and do the job accordingly, this will be happens only when employee are literate.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Website Used
www.ofbindia.gob.in
www.ofc.ofb@nic.in
www.wikipedia.com

Books

A) Government Journal.
B) Managing human recourse by Aswathapa.
C) Research Methodology by Kothary.

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QUESTIONAIRE
Based on Recruiment
Candidate Name :
Designation

Department

Q. (1) Age of the candidate?

a. 18-25 ( )
b.

25-35 ( )

c. 35-45

( )

d. 45-55

( )

Q. (2) Gendera. Male ( )

b. Female ( )

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Q. (3) Are you Married?

a. Yes ( )

b. No ( )

Q. (4) Nativity-

a. Rural. ( )

b. Urban ( )

c. Semi Rural. ( )

d. Semi urban ( )

Q. (5) Experience
a. 0-1 yr ( )

b. 1-3 yr ( )

c. 3-5 yr ( )

d. More than 5 yr ( )

Q. (6) Nature of the joba. Highly skilled ( )

c. Semi-skilled

( )

b. Skilled ( )
d. Unskilled ( )

Q. (7) Categorya. Industrial employees (IEs) ( )

b. Non-Industrial employees (NIEs) ( )
Q. (8) Apart from formal school or college education, have you attended
or participated as a learner in any of the following:
a. Literacy campaign
b. Language Studies

( )
( )

c. Correspondence Courses/ Distance learning.

( )

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d. Apprenticeship / Craft Training.

( )

e. Vocational / Professional Training.

( )

Q. (9) Due to Lack of Training - Do you face any problem?

a. Yes. ( )

b. No. ( )

Q. (10) Do you feel any partiality in organization?

a. Yes. ( )

b. No. ( )

Q. (11) Do you think these trainings are beneficial?

a. Yes. ( )

b. No. ( )

Q. (12) Do you require training before joining?

a. Yes. ( )

b. No. ( )

Q. (13) What is the most negative effect of being untrained?

a) Unable to take right decision. ( )
b) Improper development in organization. ( )
c) Unable to perform duty.

( )

d) Lack of accuracy in work. ( )

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