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Instructions to Field Staff
Volume-I
Design, Concepts, Definitions and Procedures
SOCIO-ECONOMIC SURVEY
NSS 77th ROUND

(JANUARY 2019 – DECEMBER 2019)
National Sample Survey Office

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
Government of India
October 2018
CONTENTS
Title Page No.
Chapter One : Introduction: Coverage, Concepts, Design and A1 – A33

Definitions
Chapter Two : Schedule: 0.0: List of Households B1 – B40
Chapter Three : Schedule 33.1: Land and Livestock Holdings of C1 – C100

Households and Situation Assessment of Agricultural
Households
Chapter Four : Schedule 18.2: Debt and Investment D1 – D71
Appendix I & II : E1 – E29
Chapter Five :
Chapter One
Introduction: Coverage, Concepts, Design and Definitions
1.0 Introduction
1.0.1 The National Sample Surveys (NSS) are being conducted by the Government of India
since 1950 to collect socio-economic data employing scientific sampling methods. Seventy-
seventh round of NSS will commence from 1st January 2019.
1.0.2 NSS 77th round is earmarked for collection of data on ‘Land and Livestock Holdings of
Households and Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households’ and ‘Debt and Investment’.
The last survey on these subjects was conducted in 70th round of NSS (January 2013 -
December 2013).
1.1 Objectives of the survey
1.1.1 Objective of the Survey on Land and Livestock Holdings of Households and
Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households (Schedule 33.1): The survey on Land and
Livestock holdings of Households and Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households using
an integrated schedule will be conducted in the rural areas of the country. The survey is aimed
at generating different indicators of ownership and operational holdings of rural households,
including their ownership of livestock and various estimates related to the situation of
agricultural households such as indicators of (i) economic well-being as measured by their
consumption expenditure, income, productive assets and indebtedness, (ii) their farming
practices and (iii) awareness and access to various technological developments and welfare
schemes in the field of agriculture. The survey will collect detailed information on receipts
and expenditure of the agricultural households’ farm and non-farm businesses and receipts
from all other economic activities pursued by their members so as to arrive at an estimate of
average monthly income per agricultural household.
By adopting an integrated schedule for collecting information on land and livestock holdings
of households and situation assessment of agricultural households unlike in previous rounds
(NSS 59th round and NSS 70th round), the survey is equipped to generate estimate of
ownership and operational holdings of agricultural households in the country.
These statistical indicators are required for planning, policy formulation and decision making
at various levels within government and outside. The results will be of use to the Department
of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, Department of Animal Husbandry,
Dairying and Fisheries, Commission for Agricultural Cost and Prices (CACP), National
Accounts Division, etc. The results will also be used by various researchers and policy
makers.
1.1.2 Objective of the Survey on Debt and Investment (Schedule 18.2): The All-India
Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS) now conducted by NSSO originated in the All-India
Rural Credit Survey conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during November 1951 to
Chapter One Introduction: Coverage, Design, Concepts and Definitions
August 1952 in 75 selected districts spread all over the country. The survey aimed to study (i)
the demand for credit from rural families and (ii) the supply of credit by credit agencies – both
institutional and non-institutional – in order to formulate banking policies. The design of the
survey was not suitable for providing estimates of indebtedness at the state and national level.
The next survey, on rural “Debt and Investment”, conducted by the RBI in the year 1961-62,
was aimed at obtaining reliable estimates of debt, borrowing, capital formation, etc. The third
comprehensive enquiry in this series of (decennial) surveys was entrusted by the RBI to the
NSS and was conducted during the year 1971-72, as a part of the NSS programme in its 26th
round survey operation. The fourth such survey was taken up in the 37 th round (1982) of
NSSO according to the 10-year programme of NSS surveys charted out by the then Governing
Council of NSSO. The fifth and sixth survey of the series were conducted in the 48 th and 59th
rounds (1992 and 2003) of NSS. The last such survey was carried out in the 70 th round of NSS
(Jan-Dec 2013). At the request of the RBI, the 77th round AIDIS is being carried out only 6
years after the last such survey.
The objectives of the AIDIS remain the same as those of the earlier surveys, namely, to obtain
quantitative information on the stock of assets, incidence of indebtedness, capital formation
and other indicators of the rural/urban economy which will be of value in developing the
credit structure in particular, and will also be required in other areas of planning and
development. Further, since the survey will be a sequel to the NSS 70th round AIDIS, it is
necessary to plan the survey in such a way as to ensure, as far as possible, comparability of its
estimates with those generated from the earlier round.
1.2 Outline of the Survey programme
1.2.1 Geographical coverage: The survey will cover the whole of the Indian Union except
the villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which are difficult to access.
1.2.2 Survey Period and Visits: The survey will commence from 1st January, 2019. The
survey period will be of one year duration.
1.2.3 Schedules of enquiry: During this round, the following schedules of enquiry will be
canvassed:
Schedule 0.0 : list of households

Schedule 33.1 : land and livestock holdings of households and situation
assessment of agricultural households
Schedule 18.2 : debt and investment
Schedule 33.1 will be canvassed in rural areas only.
1.2.4 Visits 1 & 2: Each sample FSU and sample households will be visited twice during this
round. Since the workload of the first visit (i.e. Visit 1) is more, the first visit will continue till
the end of August 2019. Thus, period of the first visit (i.e. Visit 1) will be January – August
2019 (duration of eight months) and that of the second visit (i.e. Visit 2) will be September –
December 2019 (duration of four months).
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The listing schedule (Schedule 0.0) will be canvassed only in Visit 1. Schedules 33.1 and 18.2
will be canvassed in independent sets of sample households. Visit 1 and Visit 2 schedules will
be canvassed in the same set of sample households during first and second visit respectively.
Contents of the schedules for the two visits are not same since the information relate to two
different periods. Visit number is printed in the respective schedules.
1.2.5 Reference Period: The reference period for the survey would be the Agricultural year,
i.e. July, 2018 to June, 2019. Information for the period July 2018 – December 2018 will be
collected in Visit 1 and the information for the second period i.e. January 2019 – June 2019
will be collected during Visit 2.
The reference period would be the same for both the Schedules 33.1 and 18.2.
1.2.6 Sub-rounds: The survey period of the round will be divided into two sub-rounds. Sub-
round one will consist of the first half of the survey period of each visit i.e. January – April
2019 for Visit 1 and September – October 2019 for Visit 2 while sub-round two will consist of
the remaining period of the respective visits. Thus, each sub-round will be of four months for
Visit 1 and two months for Visit 2.
In each of these two sub-rounds equal number of sample FSUs will be allotted for survey with
a view to ensuring uniform spread of sample FSUs over the entire survey period. Attempt
should be made to survey each of the FSUs during the sub-round to which it is allotted.
Because of the arduous field conditions, this restriction will not be strictly enforced in
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Ladakh region (Leh and Kargil districts) of
Jammu & Kashmir and rural areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.
The FSUs visited in the first sub-round of Visit 1 will be revisited during the first sub-round of
the Visit 2. Similarly, FSUs of sub-round 2 of Visit 1 will be revisited in sub-round 2 of Visit
2.
1.2.7 Participation of States: All the States and Union Territories except Andaman &
Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Lakshadweep are participating in
this round. Following is the matching pattern of the participating States/UTs in this round:
State/UT Extent of matching

Nagaland (U) : triple
Manipur, Telangana : double
Delhi, Maharashtra (U) : one and half
Remaining States/ UTs : equal
1.3 Contents of Volume I
1.3.1 The present volume contains four chapters. Chapter One, besides giving an overview of
the whole survey operation, discusses the concepts and definitions of certain important
technical terms to be used in the survey. It also describes in details the sample design and the
procedure for selection of households adopted in this round. Instructions for filling in different
schedules are given in Chapters Two to Four. Further, Appendices I & II – one with the list of
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FOD sub-regions and the other with the list of NSS regions along with their compositions are
provided at the end of this volume.
1.3.2 Along with the instructions, a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) is also
appended at the end of each of the Chapters Two to Four.
1.4 Sample Design
1.4.1 Formation of sub-units (SUs):
1.4.1.1 Rural areas: A rural village will be notionally divided into a number of sub-units
(SU) of more or less equal population during the preparation of frame. Census 2011
population of villages will be projected by applying suitable growth rates and the number of
SUs to be formed in a village will be determined apriori.
1.4.1.2 The above procedure of SU formation will be implemented in the villages with
population more than or equal to 1000 as per Census 2011. In the remaining villages, no SU
will be formed.
1.4.1.3 The number of SUs to be formed in the villages (with Census 2011 population 1000 or
more) of the frame will be decided before selection of the samples following the criteria given
below:
projected population of the village no. of SUs to be formed

less than 1200 1
1200 to 2399 2
2400 to 3599 3
3600 to 4799 4
4800 to 5999 5
.......and so on ....
1.4.1.4 Special case:

1.4.1.4.1 For rural areas of (i) Himachal Pradesh, (ii) Sikkim, (iii) Andaman & Nicobar
Islands, (iv) Uttarakhand (except four districts Dehradun, Nainital, Hardwar and Udham Singh
Nagar), (v) Punch, Rajouri, Udhampur, Reasi, Doda, Kishtwar, Ramban, Ladakh region (Leh
and Kargil districts) of Jammu and Kashmir and (vi) Idukki district of Kerala, numbers of SUs
to be formed in a village will be determined in such a way that each SU contains 600 or less
projected population. Further, SUs will not be formed in the villages in the above mentioned
districts/States with population less than 500 as per Census 2011. In the remaining villages the
number of SUs to be formed for these States/districts will be as follows:

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projected population of the village no. of SUs to be formed

less than 600 1
600 to 1199 2
1200 to 1799 3
1800 to 2399 4
2400 to 2999 5
.......and so on ....
1.4.1.4.2 For rural parts of Kerala, similar procedure as mentioned in para 1.4.1.3 above will
be adopted with the modification that the SUs will be formed within Panchayat Wards instead
of villages.
1.4.1.5 Urban areas: SUs will be formed in urban sector also. The procedure will be similar
to that adopted in rural areas except that SUs will be formed on the basis of households in the
UFS frame instead of population, since UFS frame does not have population. Each UFS block
with number of households more than or equal to 250 will be divided into a number of SUs. In
the remaining UFS blocks, no SU will be formed.
1.4.1.6 The number of SUs to be formed in the UFS blocks of the frame will be decided before
selection of the samples following the criteria given below:
number of households of the UFS block no. of SUs to be formed
less than 250 1
250 to 499 2
500 to 749 3
750 to 999 4
1000 to 1249 5
.......and so on ....
1.4.2 Outline of sample design: A stratified two stage design will be adopted for the 77th
round survey. The first stage units (FSU) will be villages/UFS blocks/sub-units (SUs) as per
the situation. The ultimate stage units (USU) will be households in both the sectors.
1.4.3 Sampling Frame for First Stage Units (FSUs):
1.4.3.1 There will be no SU formation in uninhabited villages and villages (Panchayat wards
for Kerala) with population less than 1000 as per Census 2011 (less than 500 as per Census
2011 for the areas mentioned in para 1.4.1.4.1) and entire village will be considered as one
FSU. All such villages (Panchayat wards for Kerala) will be the First Stage Units (FSUs).
1.4.3.2 In the remaining villages, notional sub-units (SUs) following the procedure as
described in para 1.4.1.1 will be formed. Such SUs will be considered as First Stage Units
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1.4.3.3 For the UFS blocks with less than 250 households, the entire UFS block will be
considered as one FSU. In the remaining UFS blocks, the SUs will be considered as First
Stage Units (FSUs).
1.4.3.4 List of FSUs as described above will be the sampling frame for respective cases.
1.4.4 Stratification of FSUs:
(a) Each district will be a stratum. Within each district of a State/UT, generally speaking,
two basic strata will be formed: (i) rural stratum comprising of all rural areas of the
district and (ii) urban stratum comprising of all the urban areas of the district.
However, within the urban areas of a district, if there are one or more towns with
population one million or more as per Census 2011, each of them will form a separate
basic stratum and the remaining urban areas of the district will be considered as
another basic stratum.
(b) A special stratum, in the rural areas only, will be formed at all-India level before
district level strata are formed in each State/UT. This stratum will comprise all the
uninhabited villages as per Census 2011 belonging to all States/UTs.
1.4.5 Sub-stratification of FSUs:
1.4.5.1 Rural sector: Three groups of villages will be formed within each stratum, except
special rural stratum as mentioned in para 1.4.4(b):
Group 1: all villages (Panchayat wards for Kerala) with Census 2011 population less than 250
Group 2: all villages (Panchayat wards for Kerala) with Census 2011 population more than or
equal to 250 but less than 500
Group 3: remaining villages
The sample size for a rural stratum will be allocated among 3 groups in proportion to
population. Let r1, r2 and r3 be the allocations to Group 1, Group 2 and Group 3 respectively.
The villages within each group will be first arranged in ascending order of number of
cultivators. For all the three groups within each strata, ‘r1/2’>1, ‘r2/2’>1 and ‘r3/2’>1, will
imply formation of 2 or more sub-strata in each group. Sub-strata will be demarcated in Group
1, Group 2 and Group 3 respectively in such a way that each sub-stratum will comprise a
group of villages (all SUs of a village considered together) of the arranged frame and have
more or less equal number of cultivators.
The sub-strata in Group 1 will always be numbered as 11, 12, 13,........ The numbering of sub-
strata in Group 2 will be 21, 22, 23,....... Finally, for Group 3, sub-strata numbers will start
from 31.
If number of FSUs in a particular Group is very small, no sub-stratum may be formed in that
Group. Further, in those strata where allocations are very small, minimum allocation for
Group 1 and Group 2 will be 1 each.
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1.4.5.2 Urban sector: Let ‘u’ be the sample size allocated for an urban stratum. For all strata,
if ‘u/2’ >1, implying formation of 2 or more sub-strata, all the UFS blocks within the stratum
will be first arranged in ascending order of total number of households in the UFS blocks as
per urban frame. Then sub-strata will be demarcated in such a way that each sub-stratum will
comprise a group of UFS blocks (all SUs of a block considered together) having more or less
equal number of households.
1.4.6 Total sample size (FSUs): About 9950 FSUs will be surveyed for the central sample at
all-India level.
1.4.7 Allocation of total sample to State/UTs: The total number of sample FSUs will be
allocated to the State/UTs in proportion to population as per Census 2011 subject to a
minimum sample allocation to each State/UT.
1.4.8 Allocation of State/UT level sample to rural and urban sectors: State/UT level
sample size will be allocated between two sectors in proportion to population as per Census
2011 with 1.5 weightage to urban sector. A minimum of 4 FSUs, each for rural and urban
sector separately, will be allocated to each State/UT. For more urbanised big States like
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu etc., the urban allocation will be limited to rural sample size to
avoid undue weightage to urban sector.
1.4.9 Allocation to strata: Within each sector of a State/ UT, the respective sample size will
be allocated to the different strata in proportion to the population as per Census 2011. Stratum
level allocation will be adjusted to multiples of 2 with a minimum sample size of 2.
For special stratum formed at all-India level as mentioned in para 1.4.4(b), 4 FSUs will be
allocated.
1.4.10 Allocation to sub-strata:
1.4.10.1 Rural: Allocation will be 2 for each sub-stratum in the rural sector (except for sub-
strata formed in Group 1 and Group 2 in some cases where minimum allocation may be 1).
1.4.10.2 Urban: Allocation will be 2 for each sub-stratum in the urban sector.
1.4.11 Selection of FSUs within a stratum/sub-stratum:
1.4.11.1 From all the sub-strata in both rural and urban sector within each stratum, required
number of FSUs will be selected by Simple Random Sampling Without Replacement
(SRSWOR) scheme.
1.4.12 Formation of sub-units and listing of households
1.4.12.1 Proper identification of the FSU boundaries: The first task of the field
investigators is to ascertain the exact boundaries of the village as per its identification
particulars given in the sample list. The village may either itself be a sample FSU or may
contain a sample FSU (i.e. sub-unit). For urban samples, the boundaries of the UFS block may
similarly be identified by referring to the map for that UFS block.
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1.4.12.2 Procedure of formation of SUs: After identification of the boundaries of the

village/ UFS block which contains the sample FSU, the village/ UFS block is to be divided
into the number of SUs (say, D) as given in the sample list by more or less equalising the
present population of the village/UFS block in which the sample FSUs are located. It is to be
ensured that SUs formed are clearly identifiable in terms of physical landmarks. For
villages/blocks where the number of SUs to be formed is 1 as per the sample list, no SU
formation is required.
1.4.12.3 Listing of households: All the households of the sample FSU will be listed.
Temporarily locked households will also be listed after ascertaining the temporariness of
locking of households through local enquiry.
1.4.13 Formation of second stage strata (SSS) of households and allocation among SSS:
1.4.13.1 Schedule 33.1 (Rural only): Land and Livestock Holdings of Households and
Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households: Five SSS will be formed. The
composition of the SSS and number of households to be surveyed from different SSS are as
follows:
Composition SSS number of

No. households to
be surveyed
non-agricultural households 1 2
agricultural households with land possessed less than 0.250 2 2
hectare (0.618 acre)
agricultural households with land possessed equal to or more 3 2
than 0.250 hectare but less than 1.000 hectare (2.471 acre)
than 1.000 hectare but less than 2.000 hectares (4.942 acre)
than 2.000 hectares
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1.4.13.2 Schedule 18.2: Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS):
A cut-off points ‘A’ (in Rs.) will be determined from household’s usual monthly consumer
expenditure collected in Schedule 21.1: Domestic Tourism Expenditure of NSS 72 nd round
(July 2014 – June 2015) data (with proper adjustments using price indices) for each NSS
region for both rural and urban areas separately, in such a way that top 20% of the population
have MPCE more than ‘A’.
1.4.13.3 Six SSS will be formed both in rural and urban sector considering the MPCE and
indebtedness of households. The composition of the SSS and number of households to be
surveyed from different SSS for both rural and urban sectors are as follows:

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Composition SSS number of

No. households to
be surveyed
households with MPCE > A and indebted either to institutional 1 2
agencies only or to both institutional and non-institutional
agencies
households with MPCE > A and indebted to non-institutional 2 2
agencies only
households with MPCE > A and without any indebtedness 3 2
households with MPCE ≤ A and indebted either to institutional 4 2
agencies only or to both institutional and non-institutional
agencies
households with MPCE ≤ A and indebted to non-institutional 5 2
agencies only
households with MPCE ≤ A and without any indebtedness 6 2
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1.4.14 Selection of households: The sample households from each SSS for each of the
schedules will be selected by SRSWOR.
1.5 Concepts and Definitions:

1.5.0 Important concepts and definitions used in different schedules of this survey are
explained below.
1.5.1 Population coverage: The following rules regarding the population to be covered are to
be remembered in listing of households and persons:
1. Under-trial prisoners in jails and indoor patients of hospitals, nursing homes etc., are to
be excluded, but residential staff therein will be listed while listing is done in such
institutions. The persons of the first category will be considered as members of their
parent households and will be counted there. Convicted prisoners undergoing sentence
will be outside the coverage of the survey.
2. Floating population, i.e., persons without any normal residence will not be listed. But
households residing in open space, roadside shelter, under a bridge, etc., more or less
regularly in the same place, will be listed.
3. Neither the foreign nationals nor their domestic servants will be listed, if by definition
the latter belong to the foreign national's household. If, however, a foreign national
becomes an Indian citizen for all practical purposes, he or she will be covered.
4. Persons residing in barracks of military and paramilitary forces (like police, BSF, etc.)
will be kept outside the survey coverage due to difficulty in conduct of survey therein.
However, civilian population residing in their neighbourhood, including the family
quarters of service personnel, are to be covered. Permission for this may have to be
obtained from the appropriate authorities.
5. Orphanages, rescue homes, ashrams and vagrant houses are outside the survey
coverage. However, the residential staff of these institutions may be listed. People
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1.5.2 House: Every structure, tent, shelter, etc. is a house irrespective of its use. It may be
used for residential or non-residential purpose or both or even may be vacant.
1.5.3 Household: A group of persons normally living together and taking food from a
common kitchen will constitute a household. It will include temporary stay-aways (those
whose total period of absence from the household is expected to be less than 6 months during
the survey period) but exclude temporary visitors and guests (expected total period of stay less
than 6 months during the survey period). Even though the determination of the actual
composition of a household will be left to the judgment of the head of the household, the
following procedures will be adopted as guidelines.
(i) Each inmate (including residential staff) of a hostel, mess, hotel, boarding and lodging
house, etc., will constitute a single-member household. If, however, a group of persons among
them normally pool their income for spending, they will together be treated as forming a
single household. For example, a family living in a hotel will be treated as a single household.
(ii) In deciding the composition of a household, more emphasis is to be placed on 'normally

living together' than on 'ordinarily taking food from a common kitchen'. In case the place of
residence of a person is different from the place of boarding, he or she will be treated as a
member of the household with whom he or she resides.
(iii) A resident employee, or domestic servant, or a paying guest (but not just a tenant in the
household) will be considered as a member of the household with whom he or she resides
even though he or she is not a member of the same family.
(iv) When a person sleeps in one place (say, in a shop or in a room in another house because
of space shortage) but usually takes food with his or her family, he or she should be treated not
as a single member household but as a member of the household in which other members of
his or her family stay.
(v) If a member of a family (say, a son or a daughter of the head of the family) stays elsewhere
(say, in hostel for studies or for any other reason), he/ she will not be considered as a member
of his/ her parent's household. However, he/ she will be listed as a single member household if
the hostel is listed.
1.5.4 Household size: The number of members of a household is its size.
1.5.5 Household’s usual consumer expenditure (Rs.) in a month: This information is used
to classify the households into different MPCE (Monthly Per Capita Consumption
Expenditure) classes. Household consumer expenditure (HCE) is the sum total of monetary
values of all goods and services consumed (out of purchase or procured otherwise) by the
household on domestic account during a reference period. Procedure for deciding
consumption of goods and services by a household is same as that followed in Consumer
Expenditure Survey (Schedule 1.0) of NSSO. Household’s usual monthly consumer
expenditure is the sum total of monetary values of all goods and services consumed by the
household on domestic account with a monthly regularity. Unusual expenditures, such as,
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deriving usual monthly consumer expenditure of the household. However, expenditure on

household durable goods is to be included and monthly expenditure on durable goods is to be
derived by apportioning the total expenditure made by the household on durable goods during
last 365 days.
1.5.5.1 For deriving household’s usual monthly consumer expenditure, information on regular
monthly expenditure of the household for household purposes out of purchase, home grown
and wages in kind, free collection gift etc. is collected along with the information on
expenditure of the household for purchase of durable goods during last 365 days. The usual
monthly consumer expenditure of the household may be collected as:
A: usual consumer expenditure in a month for household purposes out of purchase
B: imputed value of usual consumption in a month from home grown stock
C: imputed value of usual consumption in a month from wages in kind, free collection, gifts
etc.
D: expenditure on purchase of household durables during last 365 days
The sum of A+B+C+(D/12) is to be entered as usual monthly consumer expenditure of the

household in whole number of rupees.
1.5.6 Household type: The household type, based on the means of livelihood of a household,
was decided on the basis of the sources of the household's income during the 365 days
preceding the date of survey. For this purpose, only the household's income (net income and
not gross income) from economic activities was considered; but the incomes of servants and
paying guests were not taken into account.
In rural areas, a household will belong to any one of the following six household
types:
self-employed in agriculture
self-employed in non-agriculture
regular wage/salary earning
casual labour in agriculture
casual labour in non-agriculture
others
a) Self-employed in agriculture/non-agriculture: Persons who operate their own farm or non-

farm enterprises or are engaged independently in a profession or trade on own-account or with
one or a few partners are deemed to be self-employed in household enterprises. The essential
feature of the self-employed is that they have autonomy (i.e., how, where and when to
produce) and economic independence (i.e., market, scale of operation and money) for carrying
out their operation. The remuneration of the self-employed consists of a non-separable
combination of two parts: a reward for their labour and profit of their enterprise. The
combined remuneration is given by the revenue from sale of output produced by self-
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b) Regular wage/salaried household: Persons working in farm or non-farm enterprises not ran
by their own households and, in return, got salary or wages on a regular basis (i.e. not on daily
basis or on periodic renewal of work contract) were treated as regular salaried/wage
employees. An urban household reported that its major source of income during the 365 days
preceding the date of survey was regular wage/salaried employment of members were treated
as a 'regular wage/ salaried' households.
c) Casual labour household in agriculture/non-agriculture: Persons working in farm or non-

farm enterprises not ran by their own households and, in return, got wages under terms of
daily or periodic work contract were treated as casual wage labourers. An urban household
reported that major source of its income during the 365 days preceding the date of survey was
casual wage employment of members was treated as a 'casual labour' household.
d) Others: All households not falling in any of these above were considered as ‘Others’.
Household type of urban households: In urban areas, each household was first categorised
in one of the four groups self-employed, regular wage/ salaried employee, casual labour and
'others' as per the definitions given below :
self-employed
regular wage/salary earning
casual labour
others
(i) Self-employed: Persons engaged in the farm or non-farm enterprises of their households
were called self-employed workers. In urban areas, a household was considered self-
employed, if the major source of its income during the 365 days preceding the date of survey
was self-employment of its members.
(ii) Other urban household: All the remaining urban households were treated as 'other'
households.
1.5.7 Plot: A plot is a distinct patch of land demarcated generally by a strip of raised land,
commonly known as ‘ails’ or ‘bunds’.
1.5.8 Land possessed: Land possessed by a household is defined as land owned (including
land under ‘owner like possession’) + land leased in - land leased out + land otherwise
possessed (i.e. neither owned nor leased in) by that household.
1.5.8.1 For the purpose of this survey, all the lands which are either ‘owned and possessed’ or
‘leased-in’ or ‘otherwise possessed’ or ‘leased-out’ by the households will be considered
irrespective of its use. The land of the household may be homestead land and other lands
which may be used for agricultural purpose or for other purposes. The lands (which includes
ponds/other water bodies, area under forest etc.) of the household may be used for agricultural
purposes like growing of field crops, vegetables, fruits, tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber, production
of livestock, poultry, fish, aquaculture, honey, silk-worm cocoons etc. The lands of the
household may be used for purposes other than agriculture like those lands put to uses for
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buildings, paths, wells, land for running household enterprises and other non-agricultural uses,
areas under forest/water bodies not used for agricultural purposes, culturable waste, used for
miscellaneous tree crops and groves not covered under agricultural activities, permanent
pastures and other grazing land, barren and unculturable waste, etc.
1.5.9 Ownership of land: (i) A plot of land is considered to be owned by the household if
permanent heritable possession, with or without the right to transfer the title, is vested in a
member or members of the household. Land held in owner-like possession under long term
lease or assignment is also considered as land owned. Thus, in determining the ownership of
land two basic concepts are involved, namely,
(a) Land owned by the household, i.e., land on which the household has the right of
permanent heritable possession with or without the right to transfer the title, e.g.,
Pattadars, Bhumidars, Jenmos, Bhumiswamis, Rayat Sithibans, etc. The land may be
leased out to others by the owner without losing the right of permanent heritable
possession.
(b) Land held under special conditions such that the holder does not possess the title of
ownership but the right for long term possession of the land (for example, land
possessed under perpetual lease, hereditary tenure and long term lease for 30 years or
more) will be considered as being held under owner like possession. In the States where
land reform legislations have provided for full proprietorship to erstwhile tenants, they
are to be considered as having owner like possession, even if they have not paid the full
compensation.
(ii) Sometimes a piece of land may be possessed by a tribal in accordance with traditional
tribal rights from local chieftains or village/district council. Again, a piece of land may be
occupied by a tenant for which the right of ownership vests in the community. In both the
cases, the tribal or other individual (tenant) will be taken as owner, for in all such cases, the
holder has the owner like possession of land in question.
1.5.10 Land leased-out and leased-in: (i) Land given to others on rent or free by owner of
the land without surrendering the right of permanent heritable title is defined as land leased-
out. It is defined as land leased-in if it is taken by a household on rent or free without any right
of permanent or heritable possession. The lease contract may be written or oral. If the lease
contract is written then it is considered as ‘recorded lease’ and if the lease contract is oral then
it is considered as ‘non-recorded lease’.
(ii) Sometimes orchards and plantations are given to others for harvesting the produce for
which the owner receives a payment in cash or kind. Such transactions will not be treated as
‘lease’ for the purpose of the survey.
1.5.11 Otherwise possessed land: This is understood to mean all public/institutional land
possessed by the household without title of ownership or occupancy right (i.e. encroached
land). The possession is without the consent of the owner. Private land (i.e. land owned by the
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will not be included in this category. All private land encroached upon by the household will
be treated as leased-in land.
1.5.12 Homestead land: Homestead of a household is defined as the dwelling house of the
household together with the courtyard, compound, garden, out-house, place of worship, family
graveyard, guest house, shop, workshop and offices for running household enterprises, tanks,
wells, latrines, drains and boundary walls annexed to the dwelling house. All land coming
under homestead is defined as homestead land. Sometimes, gardens, orchards or plantations,
though adjacent to the homestead and lying within the boundary walls, may be located on a
clearly distinct piece of land. In such cases, land under garden, orchard or plantation will not
be considered as homestead land.
1.5.13 Agricultural production: Agricultural production includes:
a) Growing of field crops (including fodder crops), fruits, grapes, nuts, seeds, seedlings in the
nurseries, bulbs, vegetables and flowers both in open and under glass, production of fodder
crops etc.
b) Production of plantation crops like tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber etc.
c) Forest production in parcels of land which form part of enumeration holding and
d) Production of livestock and livestock products, poultry and poultry products, fish, honey,
rabbits, furbearing animals and silk-worm cocoons. However, rearing pet animals will not be
considered as agricultural production.
e) Growing of bamboo bushes, thatching grass, casurina trees, plants for fuel, plants used as
reeds for matting.
1.5.14 Shifting/jhum cultivation: Shifting cultivation is a primitive nature of cultivation

which is known as jhum cultivation in north eastern states of India whereas in others states it
is known by different names like Bringa ( Odisha), Valre (Rajasthan), Penda (Andhra
Pradesh), Dahiya (Madhya Pradesh). The preparation of land for shifting/jhum cultivation is
done by cutting and clearing of forest areas and burning of the dried biomass by setting fire.
This land is used for growing crops of agricultural importance such as upland rice, vegetables
or fruits. After a few cycles, the land loses fertility and a new area is chosen.
1.5.15 Forest: This includes all area actually under forest on land classified under any legal
enactment or administered as forest, whether state-owned or private. If any portion of such
land is not actually wooded but put to raising of field crops, it will be treated under net sown
area and not under forest. All area under social and farm forestry will be included in this class.
1.5.16 Net sown area: For this survey, net sown area means an area sown with field crops and
area under orchards and plantations counting only once if the area sown is more than once in
the same reference period. The net sown area covers area under seasonal crops, orchards and
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1.5.17 Orchards: A piece of land put to production of horticulture crops, viz., fruits, nuts,
dates, grapes, etc. (other than those treated as plantation crops), is regarded as an orchard, if it
is at least 0.10 hectare (0.25 acre) in size or is having at least 12 trees planted on it. It may be
noted that in the case of such fruit trees where distance between the trees is quite large, say
more than six metres as in the case of mangoes, the orchard will be defined according to the
minimum number of 12 trees planted in it, while, in cases, where the distance is less than six
metres as in the case of bananas, papayas, grapevines etc., the orchard will be defined on the
basis of the minimum area of 1/10th of an hectare or 1/4th of an acre.
1.5.18 Plantations: Area devoted to production of plantation crops, viz., tea, coffee, cashew
nut, areca nut, oil palm, clove and nutmeg, will be treated as area under plantation. The size
restriction given for orchards will also be applicable for plantations for the purpose of the
survey.
1.5.19 Area under seasonal crop: All the land under net sown area not coming under
orchards or plantations will be taken as area under seasonal crops.
1.5.20 Ponds and other water bodies: Ponds and other water bodies mean lands which are
perennially under water. These lands may be used for undertaking agricultural activities like
crop production/fishing/aquaculture etc. or it may be used for non-agricultural purposes.
If the water body is used for fishing & aquaculture then it will be categorised as water body
for fishing & aquaculture, otherwise it will be treated for non-agricultural use.
‘Aquaculture’ (or aqua farming) is the culturing or farming (including harvesting) of aquatic
organisms (fish, molluscs, crustaceans, plants, crocodiles, alligators and amphibians) using
techniques designed to increase the production of the organisms in question beyond the natural
capacity of the environment (for example regular stocking, feeding and protection from
predators).
1.5.21 Land irrigated: Irrigation is the applications of control amounts of water to plants,
other than rain water, at needed intervals for growing of crops and plants or for better growing
of crops and plants. For this survey, area of land irrigated refers to the net irrigated area i.e. the
area irrigated will be counted only once if the area is irrigated more than once in the same
reference period.
1.5.22 Livestock: Livestock are those animals which are used for food, fibre, labour, etc.
Animals kept as pets, snakes, reptiles, frogs, fishes are excluded from the coverage of
livestock.
1.5.23 Household ownership holding: Household ownership holding constitutes of all lands
owned by any member of the household i.e., lands either ‘owned or possessed’ or ‘leased-out’
by the household.
1.5.24 Household operational holding: Within a household, different household members

may possess different lands. For the purpose of the survey, information will be collected for
household operational holding considering all the lands operated by all the household
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members together as a single operating unit. The following points may be noted for
determination of household operational holding:
(i) Household operational holding constitutes of all lands that are that is used wholly or partly
for agricultural production and is operated (directed/managed) by one household member
alone or with assistance of others, without regard to title, size or location. The land may be
operated by members belonging to a single household or by members belonging to more than
one household operating jointly. However, holdings operated as cooperative farms will not be
considered as operational holding in this survey. The holding may consist of one or more
parcels of land, provided that they are located within the country.
(ii) When a household is found to grow vegetables in kitchen garden only, or flowers in the
courtyard, it will be considered to possess an operational holding. Likewise, a household
engaged exclusively in livestock keeping or poultry raising or pisciculture will be considered
to operate a holding, even if no crop production is undertaken by it during the reference
period. But in all cases an operational holding will relate to some amount of land possessed by
the household.
(iii) It is important to note that the inclusion of the term ‘wholly or partly’ in the definition of
household operational holding implies that once a household is identified to operate some
land, then all lands (irrespective of whether it is used for agricultural production or not)
possessed by the household (i.e.,‘owned and possessed’ or ‘leased-in’ or ‘otherwise
possessed’) during the major part of the reference period will constitute the household
operational holding. Thus, if a household carries out any agricultural production during the
reference period, lands possessed by the household during the major part of the reference
period and put to uses other than agricultural production, such as house-sites, paths, buildings,
etc., will also be included in the household operational holding.
(iv) Only when a household does not undertake any agricultural production on any part of the
land possessed by it during the reference period, it will not be considered to have any
operational holding.
1.5.25 Individual and joint operational holding: If the household operational holding is
managed by one or more members of a single household it will be taken as individual holding.
It will be treated as a joint operational holding only when it is managed by members of more
than one household.
1.5.26 Parcels: A parcel of a household operational holding is a piece of land surrounded

entirely by lands not forming part of the household operational holding. It may consist of more
than one plot.
1.5.27 Agricultural household: An agricultural household is defined as a household having

some production from agriculture activities (refer to para. 1.5.13 for details of agricultural
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1.5.27.1 It is important to note that households with only agricultural labourers, households
receiving income entirely from coastal fishing, will not be considered as agricultural
households. Also, activities of rural artisans and agricultural services, activities of free
collection/gathering will not be treated as self employment activities in agricultural production
for identification of agricultural household.
1.5.27.2 Further, to eliminate households pursuing agricultural activities of insignificant

nature, households with at least one member self-employed in agriculture either in the
principal status or in subsidiary status and having total value of agricultural produce more than
Rs. 4000/- during the last 365 days will only be considered for being covered as ‘agricultural
households’.
1.5.28 Kitchen Garden: A kitchen garden is defined as Fore-yard and/or Back-yard garden
which is close to front door and/or back door of the house; where the households grow
vegetables (radish, beans, pumpkins, varieties of guards etc.), herbs (kasoori methi, mint,
basil, oregano etc.), spices (green chilies, onion, garlic, broad leaf mustard etc.) and fruits
(banana, papaya, coconut etc.) for own (household) use only. A kitchen garden is area around
the house; within the boundary wall of homestead land but without any distinct demarcation.
1.5.28.1 The vegetables, herbs, spices and fruits in the kitchen garden are normally irrigated
by collecting and using waste from the kitchen/dirty water released from the households. It is
fertilized by waste resources such as sweepings and kitchen scraps.
1.5.29 Assets: Assets represent all the things owned by the household which have money
value, e.g. land, buildings, livestock, agricultural machinery and implements, non-farm
business equipments, all transport equipments, dues receivable on loans advanced in cash and
in kind, shares in companies, cooperative societies, banks etc., national plan saving certificates
and the like, deposits in companies, banks, post offices and with individuals. However, crops
standing in the fields and stock of commodities held by the household will not be considered
as assets for the purpose of the survey. Pet animals owned by the households are not
considered as livestock for the purpose of this survey. Currency notes and coins in hand will
also be considered as assets and efforts will be made to collect data on these with reference to
the date of survey.
1.5.30 Capital expenditure: Fixed capital formation takes place by way of new purchase,
construction for own use and improvement of physical assets which help in further production.
Thus, expenditure on land development work, on fixed assets used in farm and non-farm
business and on residential buildings will be considered as capital expenditure. Besides these
items of expenditure, expenditure incurred by the household for purchase of land, land rights
and livestock have also to be taken into account.
1.5.31 Farm business: Farm business comprises household economic activities like
cultivation, including cultivation of plantation and orchard crops, and processing of produce
on the farm, e.g. paddy hulling and gur making. Although gur making is a manufacturing
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such activity is carried out in the farm by indigenous method. Such activities when they are
carried out in non-household enterprises are to be excluded from the purview of the farm
business. Farm business will also include activities ancillary to agriculture, like livestock
raising, poultry, fishing, dairy farm activities, bee keeping and other allied activities coming
under Section A (Division 01 to Division 03) of the National Industrial Classification 2008.
1.5.32 Non-farm business: Non-farm business is defined as all household economic activities
other than those covered in the farm business. This will cover manufacturing, mining &
quarrying, trade, hotel & restaurant, transport, construction, repairing and other services. For
the purpose of this survey, non-farm business shall exclude such activities when they are
carried out in non-household enterprises. It may be noted that all non-farm business
enterprises, which are registered under section 2m(i) or 2m(ii) and section 85 of the Factories
Act, 1948 will be excluded from the scope of this survey. Further, Bidi and cigar
manufacturing establishments registered under the Bidi and Cigar Workers (condition of
employment) Act, 1966 will also be kept outside the coverage of this survey.
It may be noted that the ultimate sampling unit in this survey is the household. Information is
collected on various characteristics of members of the household, of which some are related to
their ownership, expenditure, receipts, sales etc. on items related to farm business or non-farm
business in such enterprises.
1.5.33 Addition / major repairs & alterations / improvement: These include outlays on
major alterations in machinery, equipment, structure, or other fixed assets which significantly
extend their expected lifetime of use, productivity or the character or the volume of the service
they render. Replacements of parts or attachments which have an expected lifetime of use of
more than a year and involve substantial outlays is to be covered under ‘major repairs etc.’.
The repairs which are not expected to be completed within a short span of time and involve
substantial outlays are to be classified as major repairs.
Example: Works like re-plastering of the walls or roof of a room, conversion of ‘katcha’ floor
into a ‘pucca’ floor, replacement of a ‘mud’ wall by a ‘stone’ wall, replacement of a ‘katcha’
roof by ‘tiles’ which are of a durable nature and which increase the life of the assets are to be
classified as major repairs etc. Replacements of parts of machinery, transport equipments etc.
or renovation of plants and machinery, buildings etc. which are of durable nature and involve
substantial outlays are to be included in major repairs etc. Bunding of land, normal annual
replanting in case of orchard & plantation, deepening of wells, widening of field distribution
network etc. are the examples of improvement.
Note: In case of building and other constructions, whether in use for residential purpose
or for farm business or for non-farm business, addition and major repairs & alterations
also indicates improvement. Therefore, to avoid confusion, the column for expenditure in
‘improvement’ has been shaded for these items.
1.5.34 Liability: All claims against the household held by others will be considered as the
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whether they are cash loans or kind loans will be deemed as the liability of the household.
Unpaid bills of grocers, doctors, lawyers etc. will also constitute the liability of the household.
Different kinds of liabilities are defined below:
(i) Cash loan: All loans taken in cash will be considered as cash loans payable,
irrespective of whether those loans are repaid or proposed to be repaid in cash or in kind.
Cash loans, generally, cover borrowings at specific rate of interest for a specific period of
time. However, if a loan is taken even at ‘nil’ rate of interest from relatives and friends, it
will be considered as cash loan. The loans may be taken against a security or without any
security. Dues payable by the household owing to the purchase of goods under hire-
purchase scheme will be treated as cash loans.
(ii) Kind loan: All loans taken in kind (except the case of hire-purchase) irrespective of
whether those are already repaid or yet to be repaid in cash or in kind will be considered as
kind loans payable.
1.5.35 Kisan Credit Card: Kisan Credit Cards are issued by the Banks to farmers on the
basis of their land holdings so that the farmers may use them to readily purchase agricultural
inputs such as seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, etc. and draw cash for their production needs.
Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme aims at adequate and timely support from the banking
system to the farmers for their cultivation needs including purchase of inputs in a flexible and
cost effective manner. The Model scheme, prepared by NABARD, is being implemented by
commercial banks, RRBs and cooperative banks. The scheme provides broad guidelines to
the banks for operationalising the KCC scheme, implementing banks have the discretion to
adopt the same to suit location specific requirements. The scheme primarily caters to the short
term credit requirements of the farmers. Under the scheme, banks provide the Kisan Credit
Cards to farmers who are eligible for sanction of production credit of Rs.5000/- and above. A
credit card and a passbook or a credit card-cum-passbook incorporating the name, address,
particulars of land holding, borrowing limit, validity period, etc. are issued to the beneficiaries
under the scheme. This serves both as an identity card as well as facilitates recording of the
transactions on an ongoing basis. The card, among others, provides for a passport size
photograph of the holder. The borrower is required to produce the card cum pass book
whenever he operates the account.
1.5.36 Financial Company: A financial company is an institution which has to be (i) a

company under companies act; (ii) engaged in financial activity; and (iii) principal business
should not be agricultural, industrial or trading activity or real estate business.
Types of financial companies:
Financial companies are classified into the following 8 categories based on their principal
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(i) Equipment Leasing Company (ELC)

(ii) Hire Purchase Financing Company (HPFC)
(iii) Loan Company (LC)
(iv) Investment Company (IC)
(v) Mutual Benefit Fund Company (Nidhi)
(vi) Miscellaneous Non-Banking Company (Chit Fund Company)
(vii) Residuary Non-Banking Company (RNBC)
(viii) Housing Finance Company (HFC)
Equipment Leasing Companies and Hire Purchase Financing Companies are those whose
principal business is leasing or hire purchase finance. Loan Companies are those which are
primarily engaged in lending by way of loans and advances. Investment companies are those
whose principal business is acquisition of shares/ securities. Mutual Benefit Fund Companies
(Nidhis) are companies which are notified under Section 620A of the companies Act, 1956.
Since Nidhi companies are required to confine their business to their own members, these
companies are exempted from several core provisions of RBI directions. Miscellaneous Non-
Banking Companies are principally engaged in the Chit Fund business. RBI controls only the
deposit acceptance of the Chit Fund Companies. Residuary Non-Banking Companies operate
various saving schemes which are akin to recurring deposit schemes operated by commercial
banks. The deposit acceptance activities of Housing Finance Companies are being regulated
by National Housing Bank (NHB) since 1989.
1.5.37 Financial Institution: Financial Institution (FI’s) play an important role in the
financial system of the economy. They cater to the needs of medium and long-term financing
as well as requirement of working capital by different sectors of the economy. FI’s are broadly
categorised into All-India Financial Institutions (AIFI), State level institutions and Other
institutions.
1.5.37.1 All-India Financial Institutions: These include Industrial Development Bank of India
(IDBI), IFCI Ltd., ICICI Ltd., Industrial Investment Bank of India Ltd. (IIBI), Small
Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), National Housing Bank (NHB), National
Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), Export Import Bank of India
(EXIM), Tourism Finance Corporation of India Ltd., (TFCI) and Infrastructure Development
Finance Company Ltd. (IDFC), Unit Trust of India (UTI), Life Insurance Corporation of India
(LIC) and General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC) and its erstwhile four subsidiaries,
etc.
1.5.37.2 State level institutions: These include State Financial Corporations (SFCs), State
Industrial Development Corporations (SIDCs), etc.
1.5.37.3 Other institutions: These include agencies like Export Credit Guarantee Corporation
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1.5.38 Scheduled Commercial Bank: The scheduled commercial banks are

those banks which are included in the second schedule of RBI Act 1934 and which carry out
the normal business of banking such as accepting deposits, giving out loans and other banking
services. All loans taken from commercial banks, including nationalized banks, State Bank of
India and its associates like State Bank of Rajasthan and State Bank of Mysore, and foreign
commercial banks operating in India will be considered as loans taken from ‘scheduled
commercial banks’.
1.5.39 Regional Rural Bank: Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) were setup with a view to
developing the rural economy by providing credit and other facilities, particularly to the small
and marginal farmers, agricultural labourers, artisans and small entrepreneurs. Being local
level institutions, RRBs together with commercial and co-operative banks, were assigned a
critical role to play in the delivery of agriculture and rural credit. The equity of the RRBs was
contributed by the Central Government, concerned State Government and the sponsor bank.
The function of financial regulation over RRBs is exercised by Reserve Bank and the
supervisory powers have been vested with NABARD.
1.5.40 Cooperative bank: When a cooperative society gets banking license, they can have
deposit (savings and/or term) from members. Loan may be obtained from district or central
cooperative banks, primary or central land development banks, or other types of cooperative
banks. Loans from such banks will be treated as from ‘cooperative bank’.
1.5.41 Non-financial Company: It is an industrial concern as defined in Industrial

Development Bank of India Act or a company whose principal activity is agricultural
operations or trading in goods and services or real estate and which is not classified as
financial or miscellaneous or residuary non-banking company.
1.5.42 Microfinance: Over the years, ‘microfinance’ has emerged as one of the important
sources of institutional credit to the poor households and microenterprises. Microfinance and
microcredit are often used interchangeably. Microfinance is made available through two types
of institutions. One is the credit provided through self-help groups (SHGs) promoted by
Government, banks or ‘not-for-profit’ NGOS. These SHGs are generally known as bank-
linked (SHG-BL). SHG-bank linkage programme was initially promoted by the NABARD.
SHG-BL, besides promoting thrift and lending to the poor, is also used for providing
subsidised credit to the poor households.
1.5.43 Chit Fund: A chit fund is a type of rotating savings and credit association system
practiced in India. Chit fund schemes may be organized by financial institutions, or informally
among friends, relatives, or neighbours. In some variations of chit funds, the savings are for a
specific purpose.
A chit fund company is a company that manages, conducts, or supervises a chit scheme. It is
regulated by provisions of Chit Fund Act, 1982.Under this Act, the chit fund businesses can be
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the Registrar of Chits appointed by respective state governments under Section 61 of Chit
Funds Act.
Chit funds are the only intermediaries which have both savings and borrowing features.
Personalised service, especially in rural areas, and absence of stringent formalities enable such
companies participate in the national financial inclusion programme.
1.5.44.1 Self Help Group – Bank Linked: The provision of credit through self-help groups
may be promoted by Government, banks or ‘not-for-profit’ NGOs. These SHGs are generally
known as bank-linked (SHG-BL). SHG-bank linkage programme was initially promoted by
the NABARD. SHG-BL, besides promoting thrift and lending to the poor, is also used for
providing subsidised credit to the poor households under programmes.
1.5.44.2 Self Help Group – Non Banking Financial Companies: Provision of credit through
self-help groups may alternatively be promoted by agencies which are private for-profit non-
banking financial company (NBFC). NBFCs also lend to the poor households through SHGs
which are specifically organised as joint liability groups (JLGs) for lending and recovering
loans on behalf of the NBFCs.
1.5.45 Co-operative Credit Society: It is an organisation created under the cooperative

movement whose main objective is to provide financial help to its members.
1.5.46 Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC): A NBFC is a company registered under

the Companies Act, 1956 engaged in the business of loans and advances, acquisition of
shares/stocks/bonds/debentures/securities issued by Government or local authority or other
marketable securities of a like nature, leasing, hire-purchase, insurance business, chit business
but does not include any institution whose principal business is that of agriculture activity,
industrial activity, purchase or sale of any goods (other than securities) or providing any
services and sale/purchase/construction of immovable property.
1.5.46.1 For a company to be registered with the bank, it has to satisfy the twin criteria i.e., it
should have Net Owned Fund of Rs. 2 crore and it shall satisfy the Principal Business Criteria.
Principal Business Criteria is met when a company holds financial assets which are more than
50 per cent of its total assets (netted off by intangible assets) and income from such financial
assets is more than 50 per cent of the gross income. Both these tests are required to be satisfied
as the determinant factor for principal business of a company.
1.5.46.2 At present there are twelve categories of NBFCs registered with the RBI, these are;
Asset Finance Companies (NBFC-AFC), Investment Companies (NBFC-LC), Loan
Companies (NBFC-LC), Infrastructure Finance Company (IFC), Systemically Important Core
Investment Company (CIC-ND-SI), Infrastructure Debt Fund: Non-Banking Financial
Company (IDF-NBFC), Micro Finance Institution (NBFC-MFI), Factors (NBFC-Factors),
NBFC- Account Aggregator (NBFC-AA), NBFC- Peer to Peer Lending Platform (NBFC-
P2P), Mortgage Guarantee Companies (MGC) and NBFC- Non-Operative Financial Holding
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1.5.47 e-Wallet: An e-wallet, for this survey, refers to an online service through cell phone
that allows an individual to make electronic transactions through some ‘Mobile Application
(mobile app)’. This may include purchasing items on-line as well as transferring money to
others. Individual bank mobile apps (of PNB, SBI, ICICI etc.) are not included for this
purpose but Payments bank like Fino Payments Bank Ltd., Airtel Payments Bank Ltd, India
Post Payments Bank Ltd. and Paytm Payments Bank Ltd., Aditya Birla Idea Payment Bank,
Jio Payment Bank are included. BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) which is a mobile app
developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), based on the Unified Payment
Interface (UPI) is also included in the list. The app supports all Indian banks which use that
platform (which is built over the Immediate Payment Service infrastructure and allows the
user to instantly transfer money between bank accounts of any two parties). It can be used on
all mobile devices.
1.5.48 Non-life insurance: Non-life insurance or general insurance refers to the insurance of
goods and property. It is a means of providing financial protection for building, machinery,
equipment, furniture, and vehicle and merchandise items against the risk of fire, earthquake,
accident and theft. Non-life insurance includes fire insurance, marine insurance, and
miscellaneous insurance.
1.5.49 Economic activity: The entire spectrum of human activity falls into two categories:
economic activity and non-economic activity. Any activity that results in production of goods
and services that adds value to national product is considered as an economic activity. The
economic activities have two parts - market activities and non-market activities. Market
activities are those that involve remuneration to those who perform it, i.e., activity performed
for pay or profit. Such activities include production of all goods and services for market
including those of government services, etc. Non-market activities are those involving the
production of primary commodities for own consumption and own account production of
fixed assets.
1.5.49.1 The full spectrum of economic activities as defined in the UN System of National
Accounts (SNA 2008) is not covered in the definition adopted for collection of information on
employment and unemployment of the household members. Production of any good for own
consumption is considered as economic activity by UN System of National Accounts but
production of only primary goods for own consumption is considered as economic activity by
NSSO. While the former includes activities like own account processing of primary products
among other things, in the NSS surveys, processing of primary products for own consumption
is not considered as economic activity. However, it may be noted that ‘production of
agricultural goods for own consumption’ covering all activities up to and including stages of
threshing and storing of produce for own consumption, comes under the coverage of the
economic activities of NSSO.
1.5.49.2 The term ‘economic activity’ will include:

(i) all the market activities, i.e., the activities performed for pay or profit which result in
production of goods and services for exchange,
(ii) of the non-market activities,
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(a) all the activities relating to the primary sector (i.e., industry Divisions 01 to 09 of
NIC-2008) which result in production (including free collection of uncultivated
crops, forestry, firewood, hunting, fishing, mining, quarrying, etc.) of primary goods,
including threshing and storing of grains for own consumption.
and
(b) the activities relating to the own-account production of fixed assets. Own account
production of fixed assets include construction of own houses, roads, wells, etc., and
of machinery, tools, etc., for household enterprise and also construction of any
private or community facilities free of charge. A person may be engaged in own
account construction in the capacity of either a labourer or a supervisor.
1.5.49.3 The activities like prostitution, begging, etc., which may result in earning, will not be
considered as economic activities for the survey.
1.5.50 Activity status: It is the activity situation relating to participation in economic and / or
non-economic activities in which a person is found engaged during a reference period.
According to this, a person will be in one or a combination of the following three broad
activity statuses during a reference period:
(i) Working or being engaged in economic activity (work),
(ii) Being not engaged in economic activity (work) and either making tangible efforts
to seek 'work' or being available for 'work' if the 'work' is available and
(iii) Being not engaged in any economic activity (work) and also not available for
'work'.
Activity statuses, as mentioned in (i) & (ii) above, are associated with 'being in labour force'
and the last with 'not being in the labour force'. Within the labour force, activity status (i)
above is associated with 'employment' and activity status (ii) with ‘unemployment’. During a
specified reference period by adopting the procedure to determine the broad activity statuses,
each person is classified in one of the three broad activity statuses. Persons found with the
broad activity statuses (i), (ii) and (iii), during the reference period, are employed (worker),
unemployed and ‘not in labour force’, respectively.
1.5.50.1 The three broad activity statuses have been further sub-divided into several detailed
activity categories. These are stated below:
(i) working or being engaged in economic activity (employed):
(a) worked in household enterprise (self-employed) as an own-account worker
(b) worked in household enterprise (self-employed) as an employer
(c) worked in household enterprise (self-employed) as 'helper'
(d) worked as regular salaried/wage employee
(e) worked as casual wage labour in public works
(f) worked as casual wage labour in other types of works (other than public works)
(ii) not working but seeking and/ or available for work (unemployed) :
(a) sought work/ did not seek but was available for work
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(iii) not working and also not seeking and/or not available for work (not in labour force) :
(a) attended educational institution
(b) attended domestic duties only
(c) attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods
(vegetables, roots, firewoods, cattle feed, etc), sewing, tailoring, weaving, etc., for
household use
(d) recipients of rent, pension, remittance, etc.
(e) not able to work due to disability
(f) others
1.5.51 Constituents of ‘employed, ‘unemployed’, ‘labour force’, ‘out of labour force’:

The various constituents of ‘employed, ‘unemployed’, ‘labour force’, ‘out of labour force’ are
as explained below:
(a) Workers (or employed): Persons who, during the reference period, are engaged in any
economic activity or who, despite their attachment to economic activity, have temporarily
abstained from work for reasons of illness, injury or other physical disability, bad weather,
festivals, social or religious functions or other contingencies constitute workers. Unpaid
helpers who assist in the operation of an economic activity in the household farm or non-farm
activities are also considered as workers. All the workers are assigned one of the detailed
activity statuses under the broad activity category 'working or being engaged in economic
activity'.
(b) Seeking or available for work (or unemployed): Persons, who, during the reference
period, owing to lack of work, had not worked but either sought work through employment
exchanges, intermediaries, friends or relatives or by making applications to prospective
employers or expressed their willingness or availability for work under the prevailing
condition of work and remuneration are considered as those who are ‘seeking or available for
work’ (or unemployed).
(c) Labour force: Persons who are either 'working' (or employed) or 'seeking or available for
work' (or unemployed) during the reference period together constitute the labour force.
(d) Out of labour force: Persons who are neither 'working' and at the same time nor 'seeking
or available for work' for various reasons during the reference period are considered to be 'out
of labour force'. The persons under this category are students, those engaged in domestic
duties, rentiers, pensioners, recipients of remittances, those living on alms, infirm or disabled
persons, too young or too old persons, prostitutes, etc. and casual labourers not working due to
sickness.
1.5.52 Different types of status in employment: It may be noted that workers have been
further categorized as three broad status in employment, viz., self-employed, regular wage/
salaried employee and casual wage labourer. These categories are defined in the following
paragraphs.

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1.5.52.1 Self-employed: Persons who operate their own farm or non-farm enterprises or are
engaged independently in a profession or trade on own-account or with one or a few partners
are deemed to be self-employed in household enterprises. The essential feature of the self-
employed is that they have autonomy (i.e., how, where and when to produce) and economic
independence (i.e., market, scale of operation and money) for carrying out their operation. The
remuneration of the self-employed consists of a non-separable combination of two parts: a
reward for their labour and profit of their enterprise. The combined remuneration is given by
the revenue from sale of output produced by self-employed persons minus the cost of
purchased inputs in production.
The self-employed persons may again be categorised into the following three groups:
(i) own-account workers: They are the self-employed who operate their enterprises on their
own account or with one or a few partners and who during the reference period by and large,
run their enterprise without hiring any labour. They may, however, have unpaid helpers to
assist them in the activity of the enterprise.
(ii) employers: The self-employed persons who work on their own account or with one or a
few partners and by and large run their enterprise by hiring labour are the employers, and
(iii) helpers in household enterprise: The helpers are a category of self-employed persons
mostly family members who keep themselves engaged in their household enterprises, working
full or part time and do not receive any regular salary or wages in return for the work
performed. They do not run the household enterprise on their own but assist the related person
living in the same household in running the household enterprise.
1.5.52.1.1 There is a category of workers who work at a place of their choice which is outside
the establishment that employs them or buys their product. Different expressions like ‘home
workers’, ‘home based workers’ and ‘out workers’ are generally used synonymously for such
workers. For the purpose of this survey, all such workers will be categorised as ‘self-
employed’. The ‘home workers’ have some degree of autonomy and economic independence
in carrying out the work, and their work is not directly supervised, as is the case for the
employees. Like the other self-employed, these workers have to meet certain costs, like actual
or imputed rent on the buildings in which they work, costs incurred for heating, lighting and
power, storage or transportation, etc., thereby indicating that they have some tangible or
intangible means of production. It may be noted that employees are not required to provide
such inputs for production.
1.5.52.1.2 It may further be elaborated that the ‘putting out’ system prevalent in the
production process in which a part of production which is ‘put out’ is performed in different
household enterprises (and not at the employer’s establishment). For example, bidi rollers
obtaining orders from a bidi manufacturer will be considered as home workers irrespective of
whether or not they were supplied raw material (leaves, masala, etc.), equipment (scissors)
and other means of production. The fee or remuneration they receive consists of two parts -
the share of their labour and profit of the enterprise. In some cases, the payment may be based
on piece rate. Similarly, a woman engaged in tailoring or embroidery work on order from a
wholesaler, or making pappad at home on order from some particular unit/ contractor/ trader
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will be treated as ‘home worker’. On the other hand, if she does the work in the employers’
premises, she will be treated as an employee. Again, if she is not undertaking these activities
on orders from outside, but markets the products by herself/ other household members for
profit, she will be considered as an own account worker, if of course, she does not employ any
hired help more or less on a regular basis.
1.5.52.2 Regular wage/ salaried employee: Persons working in other’s farm or non-farm
enterprises (both household and non-household) and getting in return salary or wages on a
regular basis (and not on the basis of daily or periodic renewal of work contract) are the
regular wage/ salaried employees. This category not only includes persons getting time wage
but also persons receiving piece wage or salary and paid apprentices, both full time and part-
time.
1.5.52.3 Casual wage labour: A person casually engaged in other’s farm or non-farm
enterprises (both household and non-household) and getting in return wage according to the
terms of the daily or periodic work contract is a casual wage labour. Usually, in the rural
areas, one category of casual labourers can be seen who normally engage themselves in 'public
works' activities. The concepts related to ‘public works’ are discussed later in this chapter.
1.5.53 Approach to be followed to determine activity status: The persons surveyed will be
classified into various activity categories on the basis of activities (economic/non-economic)
pursued by them in the usual status approach on the basis of the reference period of one year.
Identification of each individual into a unique situation poses a problem when more than one
of three types of broad activity status, viz. ‘employed’, ‘unemployed’ and ‘not in labour force’
is concurrently obtained for a person. In such an eventuality, unique identification under any
one of the three broad activity statuses is done by adopting the major time criterion. If a
person categorised as engaged in economic activity is found to be pursuing more than one
economic activity during the reference period, the appropriate detailed activity status category
will relate to the activity in which relatively more time has been spent. Similar approach is
adopted for non-economic activities also.
The procedures to be adopted to classify the persons into various activity categories according
to the usual status approach are elucidated below.
1.5.53.1 Principal activity and subsidiary economic activity status during the reference
period of six months: In Schedule 33.1, the principal activity status relates to the activity
status of a person during the fixed reference period of 6 months. The activity status on which a
person spent relatively long time (major time criterion) during the six months (July to
December 2018 for visit 1 and January to June 2019 for visit 2) is considered the principal
activity status of the person for the purpose of this round. To decide the principal activity of a
person, he/ she is first categorised as belonging to the labour force or not, during the reference
period on the basis of major time criterion. Persons, thus adjudged as not belonging to the
labour force are assigned the broad activity status ‘neither working nor available for work’.
For the persons belonging to the labour force, the broad activity status of either ‘working’ or
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the relatively long time spent in the labour force during the 6 months reference period. Within
the broad activity status so determined, the detailed activity status category of a person
pursuing more than one such activity will be determined again on the basis of the ‘relatively
long time spent’ criterion.
A person whose principal status is determined on the basis of the major time criterion
during the fixed reference period of six months may have pursued some economic activity for
30 days or more during the reference period. The status in which such economic activity is
pursued during the reference period July to December 2018/ January to June 2019 is the
subsidiary economic activity status of the person. In case of multiple subsidiary economic
activities, the major activity and status based on the relatively longer time spent criterion will
be considered. It may be noted that engagement in work in subsidiary capacity may arise out
of the two following situations:
(i) a person may be engaged in a relatively longer period during the reference period in
economic (non-economic activity) and for a relatively minor period, which is not less
than 30 days, in another economic activity (any economic activity).
(ii) a person may be pursuing an economic activity (non-economic activity) almost
throughout the reference period in the principal status and also simultaneously
pursuing another economic activity (any economic activity) for relatively shorter time
in a subsidiary capacity. In such cases, since both the activities are being pursued
throughout the reference period and hence the duration of both the activities are more
than 30 days, the activity which is being pursued for a relatively shorter time will be
considered as his/ her subsidiary activity.
1.5.53.2 Public works: ‘Public works’ are those activities which are sponsored by
Government or Local Bodies, and which cover local area development works like construction
of roads, dams, bunds, digging of ponds, etc., as relief measures, or as an outcome of
employment generation schemes under the poverty alleviation programme such as National
Rural Employment Guarantee (NREG) works, Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana (SGRY),
National Food for Work Programme (NFFWP), etc.
The coverage of schemes under ‘public works’ is restricted to those schemes under poverty
alleviation programme, or relief measures through which the Government generates wage
employment. It may be noted that the names of these schemes signify the Budget Heads under
Plan from which funds are released for carrying out various ‘types of works’. The types of
works that are generally undertaken through these schemes, are watershed development,
drought proofing, land levelling, flood control, laying pipes or cables, sanitation, water
harvesting, irrigation canal, development of orchard, road construction, building construction /
repair, running crèche, etc.
There may be some schemes sponsored by the Government and in operation, which are
conceived as self-employment generation schemes. Some such schemes of the Government
are Swarnjayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana (schemes under erstwhile IRDP merged with this),
Rural Employment Generation Programme (REGP), Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana
(PMRY), Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY), etc. Employment generated through
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Sometimes, the Government may undertake various programmes, viz., Accelerated Rural
Water Supply Programme (ARWSP), Rural Sanitation Programme (RSP), Drought Prone
Areas Programme (DPAP), Desert Development Programme (DDP), Integrated Wastelands
Development Programme (IWDP), Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), etc. The
main objective of such programmes is on infrastructure development rather than poverty
alleviation and generation of employment. Moreover, these programmes are executed as
projects through contractors. Employment generated through these programmes, which are
executed through contractors, is also kept outside the domain of ‘public works’. However, if
similar activities relating to rural water supply, rural sanitation, desert development,
wastelands development, etc. are undertaken by the State Governments or Local Bodies to
provide wage employment and without employing any contractor for its execution, those are
to be considered under ‘public works’.
1.5.54 Industry and occupation of the economic activity: For every household member
who is engaged in economic activity in the usual status approach, information on industry and
occupation of the economic activity will be recorded in. The sector of the economic activity in
which a person is found engaged is his/her industry of work and the corresponding occupation
is the occupation of the person. For collection of information on industry, National Industrial
Classification-2008 (NIC-2008) will be used and for collection of information on occupation,
National Classification of Occupation-2004 (NCO-2004) will be used.
1.5.55 Enterprise: An enterprise is an undertaking which is engaged in the production and/ or

distribution of some goods and/ or services meant mainly for the purpose of sale, whether
fully or partly. An enterprise may be owned and operated by a single household, or by several
households jointly, or by an institutional body.
1.5.56 Household Enterprise: A household enterprise is one which is run by one or more
members of a household or run jointly by two or more households on partnership basis
irrespective of whether the enterprise is located in the premises of the household(s) or not. In
other words, all proprietary and partnership enterprises are household enterprises.
1.5.57 Definitions of various types of enterprises:
(i) Proprietary: When an individual is the sole owner of an enterprise it is a proprietary

enterprise. Own account production of fixed assets for own use, when produced by a single
member, will be classified as proprietary enterprise.
(ii) Partnership: Partnership is defined as the ‘relation between persons who have agreed to
share the profits of a business carried on by all or any one of them acting for all’. There may
be two or more owners, belonging to the same or different households, on a partnership basis,
with or without formal registration (where there is a tacit understanding about the distribution
of profit among the so-called partners). Own account production of fixed assets, when
produced by two or more members belonging to the same or different households will be
classified as partnership enterprises. Thus, own account production of fixed assets by a group
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(iii) Government/Local Body: Government/local body will include Government

administrative departments of both the Central and State Governments, local bodies of rural
and urban areas and Departmental Enterprises like Indian Railways, Department of Post, etc.
(iv) Autonomous Bodies: Autonomous Bodies are mostly set up by an Act of

Parliament/Assembly or registered under Societies Registration Act. However, they are
separate from Government Administrative Departments as they enjoy certain degree of
autonomy in their day to day functioning. They receive grants from Government in addition to
their own resources. Further, these are engaged in non-market production. Some of the
autonomous bodies are: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Indian Institute of
Technology, Indian Statistical Institute, Housing Boards, Development Boards, Pollution
Control Boards etc.
(v) Public Limited Company: A public limited company is defined as a company that is not a
private company. As such public companies can have an unlimited number of members and
can invite the public to subscribe to its shares and debentures. The minimum number of
members required to form a public limited company is seven.
(vi) Private Limited Company: Private limited company means a company which by its
articles:
(a) restricts the right to transfer its shares, if any,
(b) limits the number of its members to two hundred not including-
(i) persons who are in the employment of the company, and
(ii) persons who, having been formerly in the employment of the
company, were members of the company while in that employment and
have continued to be members after the employment ceased; and
(c) prohibits any invitation to the public to subscribe for any share in, or
debentures of, the company.
[Where two or more persons hold jointly one or more shares in a company, they shall, for the
purpose of this definition, be treated as a single member.]
(vii) Co-operative Societies: Co-operative society is one that is formed through the co-
operation of a number of persons, recognised as members of the society, to benefit themselves.
In the process, the funds are raised by member’s contributions/investments and the profits
generated out of the society’s activities are shared by the members. The government itself in a
government agency can also be a member or shareholder of a registered co-operative society
but this fact cannot render the society into a public sector enterprise for the purpose of this
survey.
(viii) Trust: An arrangement through which one set of people, the trustees, are the legal
owners of property which is administered in the interest of another set, the beneficiaries.
Trusts may be set up to provide support for individuals or families, to provide pensions, to run
charities, to liquidate the property of the bankrupts for the benefit of their creditors, or for the
safe keeping of securities bought by trusts with their investor’s money. The assets, which
trusts hold are regulated by law, must be administered in the interests of the beneficiaries, and
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(ix) Non-Profit Institutions (NPI): NPIs are legal or social entities created for the purpose of
producing goods and services whose status does not permit them to be a source of income,
profit or other financial gain for the units that establish, control or finance them. In practice,
their productive activities are bound to generate either surpluses or deficits but any surpluses
they happen to make cannot be appropriated by other institutional units. The articles of
association by which they are established are drawn up in such a way that the institutional
units which control or manage them are not entitled to a share in any profits or other income
which they receive.
(x) Employer Households (i.e., private households employing maid servant, watchman,
cook, etc.): The households which are employing maid servant, watchmen, cook, private tutor,
etc. will be considered notionally as enterprise for the purpose of this survey and will be
classified as ‘Employer households’.
1.5.58 Remittance: These are the transfers, in either cash or kind, to the households generally
by former household members. However, remittances received from persons other than former
household members and institutions will also be included. If such transfers are in the form of
loans, these will not be considered. The valuation of the remittances received in kind will be
done by considering the market value of the kind received by the household. If the cash
remittances are in any foreign currency, exchange value of the cash remittances in Indian
Rupee may be arrived at to determine the amount of remittances.
1.5.59 ‘AYUSH Unit’: AYUSH Unit will mean any Health Care Centre/ Unit providing
treatment facility for any discipline under AYUSH (Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani,
Siddha, Homoeopathy), such as:
(1) ‘Hospital’: Medical institutions having provision of admission of sick persons as in-
door patients (in-patients) for treatment are called hospitals. Hospital run by the
central/ state government or local bodies like municipalities are considered
Government Hospital. It is pertinent to mention here that any allopathic hospital
having treatment facility for any discipline under AYUSH ( for examples if an
allopathic hospital has a wing of Ayurveda/ Unani/ Siddha/
Homoeopathy/Yoga/Naturopathy) will be covered under this item.
(2) ‘Dispensary’ is the consulting place/ chamber, which does not generally have
facilities for treatment of in-patients. A dispensary is a public institution that
dispenses medicine or medical aids in a hospital from which medical supplies,
preparations and treatments are dispensed. Hospitals without bed may be treated as
Dispensaries. Dispensary having treatment facility for any discipline under AYUSH
(for example if an allopathic Hospital/ Dispensary has out-patient facility for
Ayurveda/ Unani/ Siddha/ Homoeopathy/Yoga/Naturopathy) will be covered under
this item.
(3) ‘Primary Health Centre (PHC)’ is the first contact point between a village
community and the medical officer. It has a medical officer and other paramedical
staff. It is run by the Government and usually has in-patient and out–patient facilities.
A PHC has jurisdiction over 6 sub-centres and serves about 30,000 population in plain
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area and 20,000 population in hilly/ tribal area. PHC having treatment facility for any
discipline under AYUSH (for examples if any PHC has treatment facility for
Ayurveda/ Unani/ Siddha/ Homoeopathy/Yoga/Naturopathy) will be covered under
this item.
(4) ‘Community Health Centre’ (CHC) serves about 1.2 lakh populations in plain area
and 80,000 in the hilly/ tribal area. The CHC functions as referral centre for the PHC.
It is manned by medical specialists and paramedical staff and has in-patient and out-
patient facilities. CHC having treatment facility for any discipline under AYUSH (for
examples if a CHC has treatment facility of Ayurveda/ Unani/ Siddha/
Homoeopathy/Yoga/Naturopathy) will be covered under this item.
(5) AYUSH Health Centre (AHC): In some of the State Govt. Institutions, Ayurveda,
Unani, Siddha dispensaries are also called as AYUSH Health Centres. Generally these
centres are managed by one doctor, one pharmacist and one other staff and provide
only out-door patient care.
(6) Panchkarma Centres / Kendra: These are small hospitals where Panchkarma
Procedures / Ayurveda massage etc. is carried out. Panchkarma Centre provides the
facilities for ladies and gents both types of patients.
(7) Ayurveda / Panchkarma Hospitals: There are many hospitals providing indoor
patient care through Panchkarma / Massage therapy. Kerala State is well known to
have Panchkarma Hospitals of very high quality. Various procedures of massage,
fomentation, putting oil on forehead (called as Shirodhara) and applying medicated
oils all over the body.
Note: In case, if an AYUSH doctor visits an allopathic health care centre
(Hospital/Dispensaries/PHCs/CHCs) once or twice in a week or so (but not on all working
days) such Allopathic centre may not be treated as ‘AYUSH Unit’ for this survey purpose.
1.5.60 Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA): The
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA) is an
important step towards the realization of the right to work and to enhance the livelihood
security of the households in the rural areas of the country. According to this Act, Rural
Employment Guarantee Schemes (REGS) are formed by the State Governments. The Scheme
provides at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every
household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. Adult means a
person who has completed his/ her eighteen years of age. Unskilled manual work means any
physical work which any adult person is capable of doing without any special skill/ training.
The implementing agency of the scheme may be any Department of the Central Government
or a State Government, a Zila Parishad, Panchayat/ Gram Panchayat or any local authority or
Government undertaking or non-governmental organization authorized by the Central
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Table 1: allocation of sample FSUs in NSS 77 th round

number of sample FSUs
State/UT central sample state sample
total rural urban total rural urban
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
ANDHRA PRADESH 398 244 154 398 244 154
ARUNACHAL PRADESH 104 72 32 104 72 32
ASSAM 304 232 72 304 232 72
BIHAR 650 518 132 650 518 132
CHHATTISGARH 192 122 70 192 122 70
GOA 20 10 10 20 10 10
GUJARAT 436 218 218 436 218 218
HARYANA 188 104 84 188 104 84
HIMACHAL PRADESH 92 66 26 92 66 26
JAMMU & KASHMIR 146 88 58 146 88 58
JHARKHAND 242 152 90 242 152 90

KARNATAKA 490 254 236 490 254 236
KERALA 304 152 152 304 152 152
MADHYA PRADESH 536 334 202 536 334 202
MAHARASHTRA 884 442 442 1106 442 664
MANIPUR 192 112 80 384 224 160

MEGHALAYA 114 78 36 114 82 32
MIZORAM 104 52 52 104 52 52
NAGALAND 80 48 32 144 48 96
ODISHA 348 258 90 348 258 90
PUNJAB 230 122 108 230 122 108

RAJASTHAN 518 336 182 518 336 182
SIKKIM 72 48 24 72 48 24
TAMIL NADU 596 298 298 596 298 298
TELANGANA 254 130 124 508 260 248
TRIPURA 192 118 74 192 118 74

UTTAR PRADESH 1180 786 394 1180 786 394
UTTARAKHAND 98 68 30 98 68 30
WEST BENGAL 724 424 300 724 424 300
A & N ISLANDS 24 14 10 24 14 10
CHANDIGARH 16 4 12 16 4 12
D & N HAVELI 16 8 8 16 8 8
DAMAN & DIU 16 8 8 16 8 8
DELHI 144 8 136 216 12 204
LAKSHADWEEP 16 8 8 16 8 8
PUDUCHERRY 30 10 20 30 10 20
ALL - INDIA 9950 5946 4004 10754 6196 4558
Note: Minor changes in allocations may be necessary at the time of actual sample selection work.
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Chapter Two Schedule 0.0: List of Households
Chapter Two
Schedule 0.0: List of Households
2.0.0 Introduction: Schedule 0.0 is meant for listing of all the houses and households
residing in the sample first stage unit (FSU). Some household information like household
size, usual monthly consumer expenditure of a household, land possessed and value of
agricultural production of a household, state of indebtedness of a household to institutional or
non-institutional agencies, etc. will also be collected in this schedule. These auxiliary
information will be used for grouping the households into different second-stage-strata (SSS).
The sampling frames for selection of households will be prepared and details of the selection
of sample households will be recorded in this schedule. Whenever sub-units (SU) are required
to be formed, particulars relating to the formation of SUs and identification of the selected SU
are also to be recorded in this schedule. Concepts and definitions of various items have been
given in Chapter One.
2.0.1 Structure of the schedule: Schedule 0.0 contains the following blocks:
Block 0: descriptive identification of sample FSU

Block 1: identification of sample FSU
Block 2: particulars of field operations
Block 3: sketch map for sub-units (SU) formation
Block 4.1: list of hamlets (only for villages with SU formation)
Block 4.2: list of sub-units (SU) and identification of selected SU
Block 5A: list of all households and record of selection of households for Schedule 33.1
Block 5B: record of selection of households for Schedule 18.2
Block 6: particulars of sampling of households
Block 7: distance of the village (in which the SU is located) to the nearest facility,
availability of some amenities and participation in MGNREG work (for
inhabited villages only)
Block 8: remarks by investigators (JSO/FI)
Block 9: comments by supervisory officer(s)
2.0.2 Unit of survey: The first stage unit (FSU) is the village/UFS block/SU depending on the
sampling frame. The Junior Statistical Officer (JSO)/Field Investigator (FI), on arrival at a
sample FSU, will ascertain the exact boundaries of the village/UFS block which contains the
SU. This may be done with the help of the village officials like patwari, panchayat authorities
etc. for rural areas and with the help of UFS maps/ ward maps/ town maps in the urban areas.
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2.0.3 Formation of sub-units in rural areas: Sub-unit formation will be resorted to in the
villages with census population more than or equal to 1000. A village will be divided into a
certain number (D) of sub-units (SUs). The number of SUs to be formed (i.e. the value of D)
will be mentioned in the sample list. The criterion for deciding the number of SUs to be
formed in a village has been discussed in details in Chapter One.
The procedure for listing hamlets and forming sub-units is outlined below.
2.0.3.1 Procedure: In a large village, there exist usually a few localities or pockets where the
houses of the village tend to cluster together. These are called 'hamlets'. In case there are no
such recognised hamlets in the village, the census sub-divisions of the village (e.g.
enumeration blocks or groups of census house numbers or geographically distinct blocks of
houses) may be treated as 'hamlets'. Large hamlets may be divided artificially to achieve more
or less equal population content for the purpose of SU formation. The procedure for formation
of SU is best described, perhaps, by listing sequentially the steps involved:
(i) Identify the hamlets as described above.

(ii) Ascertain approximate present population of each hamlet.
(iii) Draw a notional map in Block 3 showing the approximate location of the hamlets
and number them in a serpentine order starting from the northwest corner and proceeding
southwards. While drawing this map, uninhabited area (non-abadi area) of the village will
be included as part of nearby hamlet, so that no area of the village is left out. The
boundaries of the hamlets may be defined with the help of some landmarks like canals,
footpaths, railway lines, roads, cadastral survey plot numbers etc., so that it would be
possible to identify and locate the geographical boundaries of the SUs to be formed in the
village.
(iv) List the hamlets in Block 4.1 in the order of their numbering. Indicate the present
population content in terms of percentages.
(v) Group the hamlets into D number of SUs. The criteria to be adopted for SU
formation are equality of population content and geographical contiguity (numbering of
hamlets is not to be adopted as a guideline for grouping). In case there is a conflict
between the two aspects, geographical contiguity is to be given priority. However,
difference between the population of the smallest and the largest SU formed may be kept
at minimum to the extent possible. Indicate the grouping in the map.
(vi) Number the SUs serially in column (1) of Block 4.2. The SU containing hamlet
number 1 will be numbered as 1, the SU with next higher hamlet number not included in
SU 1 will be numbered as 2 and so on. Indicate the numbers also in the notional map. It is
quite possible that an SU may not be constituted of hamlets with consecutive serial
numbers.
2.0.4 Formation of SUs in urban areas: If an UFS block has 250 or more households, it will
be necessary to form SUs. Procedure for formation of SU is the same as that for the formation
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of SUs in the case of villages. Here the SUs are to be formed artificially by dividing the block
into a certain number (say, D) of sub-divisions by more or less equalizing the population
giving priority to geographical compactness within each SU as per the criterion specified in
Chapter One. The number of SUs to be formed (i.e. the value of D) will be provided in the
sample list. SUs will be numbered serially in column (1) of Block 4.2.
2.0.5 Starting point for listing: Having determined the area unit to be surveyed, the JSO/FI
will proceed to list the houses and households in this area unit. The listing may be done in the
same order as that of the 2011 Census order of house listing. If the census order of house
listing is not available, the listing may be started from the northwest corner of the FSU and
proceeding southwards in serpentine order. While listing the households, some essential
minimum particulars about the households will be collected for the purpose of formation of
second stage strata.
2.0.6 Use of additional sheets of Blocks 4.1, 4.2, 5A, 5B: Whenever one schedule booklet is
not adequate to list all the hamlets and SUs (Blocks 4.1, 4.2) or all the households (Blocks 5A
and 5B) of the sample FSU, additional sheets containing the relevant block(s) shall be used
and tagged firmly to the main schedule.
2.0.7 The procedures to be followed for filling up the various blocks of the Schedule 0.0 are
described in the following paragraphs. Before filling in blocks, it is necessary to put tick-
marks in the appropriate boxes at left hand and right hand top corners of the first page of the
schedule.
Block 0: Descriptive identification of sample FSU
2.0.8 General: This block is meant for recording descriptive identification particulars of the
sample FSU. State/UT, district, sub-district/ tehsil/ town name (to be tick-marked
appropriately), village name, investigator unit no., block no., sample SU no. are to be copied
properly from the sample list in the appropriate places. A dash (-) may be recorded against not
applicable items (e.g., item 4 i.e. village name is not applicable for urban sample and items 5
and 6 i.e. investigator unit and block are not applicable for rural sample).
2.1 Block 1: Identification of sample FSU
2.1.0 General: This block is meant for recording the identification particulars of the sample
FSU in terms of codes or numbers. The particulars relating to all the items will be recorded in
box spaces provided in the block against each item (except for items 2 & 3, the codes of
which are already printed). For multiple cells, the rightmost cell shall be used for recording
the digit of the unit place, the next left cell for the tenth place digit and so on. Items 1, 4 to 10,
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2.1.1 Item 11: FOD sub-region: The four-digit code corresponding to the FOD sub-region to
which the sample FSU belongs will be recorded against item 11. A ‘–’ will be put against this
item for the state samples and also for the central samples in respect of the states of
Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura for which field work is carried out by the
respective States.
2.1.2 Item 12: frame code: The different types of frames used for selection of FSUs are
indicated by 'frame code' available in the sample list. Entry against item 12 shall be copied
from the sample list. The frame codes to be used are:
Rural: 2011 census – 16

Urban: 2007-12 UFS – 15, 2012-17 UFS – 17
2.1.3 Item 13: population of village/ number of households of UFS block: Census 2011
population of the village (in which the sample SU is located) or the number of households of
the UFS block (in which the sample SU is located) as given in the sample list will be copied
here.
2.1.4 Item 14: approximate present population: The JSO/FI will first ascertain the
approximate present population of the entire village/UFS block containing the sample SU
taking into consideration the normal growth of population along with any abnormal influx of
population into or exodus of population from the village/UFS block. This may be ascertained
mainly from the knowledgeable persons by putting certain probing questions. The starting
point can be 2011 Census population. In the case of large difference with census population,
it may be asked whether there has been any abnormal influx into or exodus from the village
after the census or the village has been split or partly merged with other village/ urban area. If
so, the approximate increase or decrease of population due to such events or any new
settlements that have come up in the rural/urban area after the census is to be ascertained. In
the case of large difference between frame population and approximate present
population, adequate remarks for such differences should be recorded in Block 8/ 9.
2.1.5 Item 15: total number of sub-units (SUs) to be formed (D): The total number of sub-
units to be formed in the village/UFS block will be given in the sample list and copied as the
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2.1.6 Item 16: Survey code: The survey codes are:

selected FSU surveyed:
inhabited …………………………. 1
uninhabited ………………………. 2
zero case …………………………. 3
originally selected FSU not surveyed but substitute FSU surveyed:
inhabited ………………………… 4
uninhabited ………………………. 5
zero case …………………………. 6
selected FSU casualty ......................... 7
Some examples of zero cases are: FSUs comprising wholly the barracks of military and
paramilitary forces (like CRPF, BSF etc.), rural areas declared as urban areas and now
forming part of UFS frame used for urban sampling, FSUs wholly submerged under water in
a dam or FSUs with the whole population evicted because of acquisition of land to construct a
new factory or other project work etc. with no chance of habitation in future. As against this,
the FSU whose entire population has shifted elsewhere due to some natural calamities like
fire, cyclone etc., but is likely to return in the future, will be considered as uninhabited FSU
and will be given code 2 or 5 as the case might be. If the substitute FSU cannot be surveyed,
survey code will be 7. If a substitute FSU is surveyed (i.e. survey codes 4 – 6), the name of
the village, its frame population must be mentioned in Block 8.
2.1.7 Item 17: Reason for substitution of original sample (for codes 4 – 7 in item 16): In
all the cases where the originally selected sample FSU is a casualty irrespective of whether it
has been substituted and subsequently surveyed or not surveyed (i.e. for codes 4 to 7 against
item 16), the reason for its becoming a casualty will be recorded in terms of code against item
17. The codes are:
Original sample FSU:
not identifiable/ traceable…………………….………………....….......... 1
not accessible......................................................………………................ 2
restricted area (not permitted to survey) ………….….............................. 3
others (specify).................................................…..……………................ 9
A ‘–’ may be put against this item if the entry against item 16 is 1 or 2 or 3. Cases of FSUs
comprising wholly the barracks of military and paramilitary forces will not be considered as
restricted area for providing code 3 against item 17. As stated earlier, such cases will be
considered as surveyed and will be treated as zero cases.
2.2 Block 2: Particulars of field operations: The details of field operations will be recorded
in this block. In the serial number 1(a) and 1(b), names of the Junior Statistical Officer (JSO)/
Field Investigator (FI)/ Senior Statistical Officer (SSO)/ Field Officer (FO), codes (permanent
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employee code in case of regular employees and temporary codes, if available, for other staff)
and signatures will be recorded. All other items are self-explanatory.
For recording the entry in column (3) and (4) corresponding to serial number 2 (i) and (ii),
following procedure may be adopted. For entering date of commencement of survey/
inspection the date when commencement of identification of FSU was started will be
recorded. But while entering date of completion of survey/ inspection, the date when
completion of listing and selection of households was done will be recorded. However, the
minor part relating to columns (7) to (10) of Block 6 may be ignored.
2.3 Block 3: Sketch map for sub-units (SU) formation
2.3.0 For villages/UFS blocks requiring SU formation, the space provided in the block shall
be used to draw a free hand sketch-map of the village/UFS block showing the boundaries of
the hamlets and SUs formed so that they may be identifiable in the field afterwards with the
help of this map. It need not be drawn to scale. For villages, the serial numbers of the hamlets
as given in column (1) of Block 4.1 will be written down on the map against each hamlet. The
SU number given in column (1) of Block 4.2 to which the hamlet belongs will also be shown
against each hamlet within brackets on the right side of the hamlet number. For urban areas
also, the SUs will be numbered in the map. The area for the selected SU shall be shaded in the
map.
2.4 Block 4.1: List of hamlets (only for villages with SU formation)
2.4.0 This block is to be filled in only for the villages requiring formation of SU (i.e. for
D>1). All the hamlets located in the village will be listed in the specified order.
2.4.1 Columns (1) to (3): A running serial number for the hamlets will be given in column
(1). Name of the hamlets will be written in column (2). Present population of each hamlet
expressed as percentage of the total village population will be given in column (3) in whole
numbers. Entries in column (3) should add up to 100.
2.5 Block 4.2: List of sub-units (SU) and identification of selected SU
2.5.0 General: This block is meant for recording the details of formation of sub-units and
their selection (i.e. with D>1). Reference may be made to paragraphs 2.0.3, 2.0.3.1 and 2.0.4
for the procedures of formation and numbering of SUs.
2.5.1 Column (1): serial no. of SU: The SUs formed will be given a running serial number
(starting from 1) in column (1) as per the guidelines given in paragraphs 2.0.3, 2.0.3.1 and
2.0.4. The last serial number in this column will be the value of ‘D’ which is mentioned in the
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2.5.2 Column (2): serial no. of hamlet(s) in the SU (rural only): This column is to be filled
up only for rural FSUs. The serial numbers of the hamlets recorded in column (1) of Block
4.1 constituting each SU are to be recorded in column (2) separated by commas.
2.5.3 Column (3): percentage (%) of population in the SU: Approximate present population
of the SU in terms of percentage to total village/UFS block population will be recorded in
column (3) in whole number. Entries in this column should always add up to 100.
2.5.4 Column (4): selected SU: ‘1’ will be recorded against the selected SU (as given in item
7 of Block 0) in this column. The selected SU number corresponding to entry ‘1’ in column
(4) needs to be encircled in column (1).
2.6 Block 5A: List of all households and record of selection of households for Schedule
33.1
2.6.0.1 In this block, various information are to be recorded for selected FSU.
2.6.0.2 Listing of all the houses and households along with collection of a few particulars for
identification, preparation of sampling frame, formation of second stage strata and details of
the selection of sample households for Schedule 33.1 are to be carried out in this block.
2.6.0.3 It is essential to ensure that there is no omission or duplication of any house or

household. A house to house enquiry will be made to list all the houses and households.
Households, which are found to be locked at the time of listing (including such households
which are absent in the present place for a period of less than six months during last one
year) are also to be listed and included in the frame of households before sample selection.
After obtaining from the neighbours as much details as possible about the absentee
households, attempt should be made to contact the households at the appropriate hours (even
outside the normal working hours of the JSO/FI) and if required, by revisiting the households
during the survey period in the sample FSU. While listing a house the JSO/FI shall find out
how many households (including locked households) reside there and list all of them. After
this, the JSO/FI will proceed to list the next house. In order to ensure complete listing of
houses/ households, it is better to follow some definite order for listing. The order followed in
2011 Population Census may be adopted, wherever possible, taking care that any house that
has come up later is not omitted; otherwise, listing may be done in serpentine manner starting
from the north-west corner and moving southwards. The names of any natural grouping of the
houses like hamlet, street, mohalla, etc. and date of listing may be written at the top before the
listing of houses starts. This will help in checking completeness.
Various columns of Block 5A are described below:
2.6.1 Column (0): serial number of rows: The serial numbers of rows are already printed in
column (0) of Block 5A.

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2.6.2 Column (1): house number: All houses including vacant ones shall be listed by giving
a house number. The 2011 Population Census house number or the number given by the local
panchayat, municipality or other local bodies, may be used if available. The houses without
such numbers will be given a separate running serial number starting from 1 within brackets.
Wherever house numbers are available, even if not for all the houses, the actual house
numbers shall be recorded without any bracket. After listing all the households associated
with a house, the next house shall be listed. If the house is used solely for non-residential
purposes or is vacant, the purpose to which it is put will be written across the line, e.g. temple,
vacant structure, etc. For family living under a tree or bridge etc. (i.e. without any house), a
‘–’ may be put in this column.
2.6.3 Column (2): household serial number: The household(s) normally residing in the
house or in a fixed location (e.g. under a tree/ bridge/ open space etc.) listed in column (1)
will be numbered in column (2). All households (including those found temporarily absent)
will be given a running serial number in this column starting from 1. In case of persons stay-
ing in, say, hostels and forming single member households, each of them will be listed in
separate lines giving a household serial number. Continuous serial number starting from 1
will be given in column (2) for the households in the FSU. This column will be left blank for
the lines meant for vacant houses, non-residential buildings, etc.
2.6.4 Column (3): name of head of the household: For a household having serial number in
column (2), the name of head of the household shall be recorded here.
2.6.5 Column (4): household size: The size of each household will be recorded in this
column. Two small box spaces are provided against this column at the end of each page to
record the current page total for this column and the cumulative total for the pages.
2.6.6 Columns (5) – (6): These columns are relevant for rural samples only and will be kept
blank for urban samples. Information collected in these two columns will be used for
preparation of sampling frame of households for Schedule 33.1 – Survey on land and
livestock holdings of households and situation assessment of agricultural households.
2.6.6.1 Column (5): rural only: land possessed (codes 1 – 4): The land possessed code for
each household in the rural area will be entered in code in this column. The codes are:
land possession as on the date of survey code
less than 0.250 hectare (0.618 acre) 1

equal to or more than 0.250 hectare but less than 1.000 hectare (2.471 acre) 2
equal to or more than 1.000 hectare but less than 2.000 hectares (4.942 acre) 3
equal to or more than 2.000 hectares 4
The amount of land possessed may be collected in terms of acre, if convenient, and converted
to hectare for recording these codes. The conversion factors are:

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1 acre = 0.405 hectare

0.250 hectare = 0.618 acre
1 hectare = 2.471 acre
2 hectares = 4.942 acre
2.6.6.2 For locked households, efforts must be made to get the information from the
neighbours. If no information is available even from the neighbours, code 1 will be entered in
this column.
2.6.6.3 Column (6): rural only: value of agricultural production (codes 1 - 2): The code
for value of agricultural production (1 - 2) for each household in the rural area will be
determined on the basis of value of agricultural production during the last 365 days from self
employment activities (refer to para 1.5.13 and para 1.5.27 of Chapter one for details). The
codes will be as follows:
value of agricultural production code

value of household agricultural production from self employment activities
during last 365 days:
less than or equal to Rs. 4000/- 1
more than Rs. 4000/- 2
The activity status will be determined considering both principal and subsidiary status
during last 365 days
Some examples:
1. A household engaged in agricultural production for self consumption/sale will be assigned

code 2, if value of agricultural production from self employment is more than Rs. 4000/- during
last 365 days.
2. A household having incomes from self employment in non-agriculture as well as having self-
employment in agricultural activities will be given code 2 if value from agricultural production
from self employment is more than Rs. 4000/- during last 365 days.
3. A household having incomes from agricultural labour as well as production from self-
employment in agriculture will be given code 2 if the value of agricultural production from self
employment is more than Rs. 4000/- during last 365 days.
4. A household having income from agricultural labour as well as income from self-employment
in non-agricultural activities but no production from self-employment in agriculture will be
given code 1.
5. A household having income from non-economic activities like pension/remittance, etc will be
given code 1.
6. A household having income only from self-employment in non-agricultural will be given
code 1.
7. A household having income only from agricultural/ non-agricultural labour will be given
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2.6.6.4 The value of agricultural production will be the value reported by the respondent. In
case any imputation is required either (i) sale price if there were any sales undertaken during
the reference period or (ii) prices at the local market may be made use of.
2.6.6.5 For locked households, code 1 will be entered in this column. The households with
code 2 will be termed as ‘agricultural households’. It may be remembered that an ‘agricultural
household’ may have income from both agriculture as well as non-agriculture. It may also be
possible that such a household has some income from agriculture, but the major income is
from non-agricultural activities.
2.6.7 Columns (7) – (11): These columns are relevant for both rural and urban samples.
Information collected in these two columns will be used for preparation of sampling frame of
households for Schedule 18.2 – Survey on debt and investment.
2.6.7.1 Columns (7) – (8): indebted to: Whether a household is indebted or not on the date
of survey and if indebted, whether it is indebted to an institutional agency or to a non-
institutional agency will be ascertained and recorded in terms of codes in these two columns.
2.6.7.2 In deciding the indebtedness status of a household, only cash loans will be considered.
The loan may or may not bear interest. A household will be considered to be an indebted
household if some amount of cash loan remains outstanding (unpaid) on the date of survey.
However, while deciding the indebtedness status code of a household for entry in columns (7)
and (8) of Block 5A of listing schedule, all small loans for which the individual outstanding
amount is less than Rs. 500/- on the date of survey will not be considered as loans. The
institutional agencies are govt., co-operative society, co-operative bank, commercial bank
including regional rural bank, insurance company, provident fund authority and other
institutional agencies including private institutional agencies. All other lending agencies
including relatives & friends will be considered as non-institutional agencies.
2.6.7.3 Column (7): indebted to institutional agencies: If indebted to institutional agencies,

code 1 will be entered. Otherwise code 2 will be recorded.
2.6.7.4 Column (8): indebted to non-institutional agencies: If indebted to non-institutional
agencies, code 1 may be recorded. Otherwise code 2 may be entered.
In case of locked households, code 2 will be given in both columns (7) and (8).
2.6.7.5 Column (9): household’s usual monthly consumer expenditure (Rs.): Household’s
usual monthly consumer expenditure has been explained in para 1.5.5 of Chapter One. The
usual monthly consumer expenditure of the household may be recorded in this column in
whole number of rupees.
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2.6.7.6 Column (10): MPCE (Rs.): Usual monthly per capita consumer expenditure of the
household will be recorded in this column in rupees in whole numbers. The figure will be
derived by dividing household’s usual monthly consumer expenditure (column 9) by the
household size (column 4) and rounding it off to the nearest whole number.
For locked household, a ‘ – ’ may be recorded in this column.
2.6.7.7 Column (11): MPCE code: Cut-off point ‘A’ (in Rs.) has been determined from
Domestic Tourism (Schedule 21.1) data of NSS 72nd round (with proper adjustments using
price indices) for each NSS region for both rural and urban areas in such a way that top 20%
of the population have monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) more than ‘A’. The values of
‘A’ are given as follows:
Table 1: The values of cut-off point A ( MPCE in Rs.) for each NSS region
cut-off values
NSS
State/UT description
Region rural urban
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Andhra Pradesh 281 Coastal Northern 2530 4670
282 Coastal Southern 2590 4080
283 Inland Southern 1930 3220
Arunachal Pradesh 121 Arunachal Pradesh 2360 3500
Assam 181 Plains Eastern 2070 2920
182 Plains Western 2070 5250
183 Cachar Plain 1770 2330
184 Central Brahmaputra Plains 1970 2330
Bihar 101 Northern 1650 2330

102 Central 1690 2620
Chhattisgarh 221 Northern Chhattisgarh 1420 2920
222 Mahanadi Basin 1420 2800
223 Southern Chhattisgarh 1030 4370
Goa 301 Goa 3690 4370
Gujarat 241 South Eastern 2860 4670
242 Plains Northern 2560 4670
243 Dry areas 1890 2620
244 Kachchh 2070 4080
245 Saurashtra 2840 4020
Haryana 061 Eastern 2960 4670
062 Western 2840 3890
Himachal Pradesh 021 Central 2960 4670
022 Trans Himalayan & Southern 2630 4860

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cut-off values
NSS
Region rural urban
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Jammu & Kashmir 011 Mountainous 3040 4670
012 Outer Hills 2510 2920
013 Jhelam Valley 2360 3110
014 Ladakh 2960 3890
Jharkhand 201 Ranchi Plateau 1650 3500

202 Hazaribagh Plateau 1770 2720
Karnataka 291 Coastal & Ghats 2220 3890

292 Inland Eastern 1970 2620
293 Inland Southern 2360 5830
294 Inland Northern 1860 2500
Kerala 321 Northern 3000 3160

322 Southern 4260 4740
Madhya Pradesh 231 Vindhya 1770 2330

232 Central 1770 3060
233 Malwa 1890 3030
234 South 1480 3000
235 South Western 1630 2920
236 Northern 1920 3500
Maharashtra 271 Coastal 2250 5830

272 Inland Western 2560 4080
273 Inland Northern 2360 3500
274 Inland Central 2220 4370
275 Inland Eastern 1770 3330
276 Eastern 1480 3500
Manipur 141 Plains 2250 2330

142 Hills 1500 1640
Meghalaya 171 Meghalaya 2530 4080
Mizoram 151 Mizoram 3070 4670
Nagaland 131 Nagaland 2960 3890
Odisha 211 Coastal 1770 3500

212 Southern 1420 2720
213 Northern 1420 3030
Punjab 031 Northern 3550 4670

032 Southern 3550 4670

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cut-off values
NSS
Region rural urban
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
Rajasthan 081 Western 2220 3500
082 North-Eastern 2360 4370
083 Southern 1610 3890
084 South Eastern 2030 3500
085 Northern 2360 3110
Sikkim 111 Sikkim 2760 4670
Tamil Nadu 331 Coastal Northern 2360 4670

332 Coastal 2070 3620
333 Southern 2840 3940
334 Inland 2900 3940
Telangana 361 Inland North Western 2480 5450

362 Inland North Eastern 2400 3620
Tripura 161 Tripura 2360 3500
Uttar Pradesh 091 Northern Upper Ganga Plains 2070 3500

092 Central 1630 2720
093 Eastern 1770 2920
094 Southern 1650 2330
095 Southern Upper Ganga Plains 1890 2530
Uttarakhand 051 Uttarakhand 2360 3300
West Bengal 191 Himalayan 1690 4960

192 Eastern Plains 1770 2920
193 Southern Plains 2360 4370
194 Central Plains 1970 3110
195 Western Plains 1990 2920
A & N Islands 351 A & N Islands 3940 5830
Chandigarh 041 Chandigarh 4330 7000
Delhi 071 Delhi 4260 5830
Dadra & N. Haveli 261 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 2230 4780
Daman & Diu 251 Daman & Diu 2960 5830
Lakshadweep 311 Lakshadweep 3150 3500
Puducherry 341 Puducherry 4430 4570

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For entry in column (11), MPCE of the households in column (10) may be compared with the
values of ‘A’. The households with MPCE > ‘A’ will be given code 1 in column (11).
Otherwise, code ‘2’ will be recorded in column (11).
For locked households, code 2 may be given in column (11).
2.6.8 Columns (12) – (22): These columns are relevant to Schedule 33.1 – Survey on land
and livestock holdings of households and situation assessment of agricultural
households. This will be filled in only for rural samples.
2.6.8.1 Column (12): SSS no. for Schedule 33.1 – The SSS formation for Schedule 33.1 will
be based on the entries in columns (5) and (6) for rural samples only. The following table
needs to be followed while allotting SSS no. to a particular household.
Entry in Entry in SSS no. in

col. (5) col. (6) col. (12)
1/ 2/ 3/ 4 1 1
1 2 2
2 2 3
3 2 4
4 2 5
2.6.8.2 Columns (13) – (17): Schedule 33.1 – sampling serial number for SSS 1/ SSS 2/
SSS 3/ SSS 4/ SSS 5: For Schedule 33.1, there will be five Second Stage Strata (SSS).
Columns (13) to (17) will provide the sampling frame of households for SSS 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
respectively. Each household will be tick-marked (√) in one and only one of these columns.
The households with code 1 in column (12) will be tick-marked in column (13). The
households with codes 2, 3, 4 and 5 in column (12) will be tick-marked in columns (14), (15),
(16) and (17) respectively.
Then all the tick-marks will be given a running serial number from the top starting with 1 in
each column independently. Columns (13), (14), (15), (16) and (17) will provide the sampling
serial numbers for SSS1, SSS2, SSS3, SSS4 and SSS5 respectively.
The highest serial numbers in each of these columns will be the value of ‘H’ for the respective
SSS for the schedule. This value will be recorded against ‘H’ in the space provided in the
column headings.
2.6.8.3 Columns (18) – (22): Schedule 33.1 – sample household number for SSS 1/ SSS 2/
SSS 3/ SSS 4/ SSS 5: The number of households to be selected from each SSS is discussed in
Chapter One. However, it may be necessary to modify this number if there is a shortfall in
any of the SSS. The final number of sample households, after compensation, will be the value
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of ‘h’ for respective SSS. These values will be recorded against ‘h’ in the space provided in
respective column headings.
Sample households are to be selected by SRSWOR for each SSS. For selecting the sample
households of any particular SSS by SRSWOR, the following procedure will be followed:
Suppose ‘H’ denotes the total number of households in the frame of SSS 1 [i.e. the highest
entry in column (13) of Block 5A] and ‘h’ the number of households to be selected. If H = h,
all the households will be selected and no random number needs to be drawn. If H > h, first
draw a random number, say R1, between 1 and H. Next, draw another random number, say,
R2, also between 1 and H. If R2 = R1, then reject R2 and draw a fresh R2. Continue this way
till requisite number of distinct R’s [i.e. R1, R2, .… , Rh] have been drawn. Then the
households with sampling serial numbers R1, R2, ..… , Rh in column (13) will be the selected
households and be given sample household numbers as 1, 2, .…... , h in column (18).
Similarly, households will be selected for SSS 2, 3, 4 and 5 by using sampling serial numbers
of columns (14), (15), (16) and (17) and sample household numbers will be given in columns
(19), (20), (21) and (22) respectively. Encircle the sampling serial numbers in columns (13)/
(14)/ (15)/ (16)/ (17) for the selected households.
2.7 Block 5B: Record of selection of households for Schedule 18.2
2.7.0 In this block, some information will be copied from Block 5A. Formation of SSS and
record of selection of households will be done for Schedule 18.2.
Various columns of Block 5B are described below:
2.7.1 Column (0): The serial numbers of rows are already printed in the schedule.
2.7.2 Columns (2), (7), (8) and (11): Entries for these columns will be copied from the
columns (2), (7), (8) and (11) of Block 5A against the corresponding row number of Block
5B. Care must be taken to copy the entries correctly. For the columns of Block 5B entries
may be copied only for those households which have running serial numbers in column (2) of
Block 5A. For those houses which do not have any household serial number against them, a
dash (-) may be put across the columns (2), (7), (8) and (11) and remaining columns of Block
5B will be left blank.
2.7.3 Columns (23) – (35): These columns are relevant to Schedule 18.2 – Survey on debt
and investment.
2.7.3.1 Column (23): SSS no. for Schedule 18.2 – The SSS formation for Schedule 18.2 will
be based on the entries in columns (7), (8) and (11) for both rural and urban samples. The
following table needs to be followed while allotting SSS no. to a particular household.

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Entry in Entry in Entry in SSS no. in

col. (7) col. (8) col. (11) col. (23)
1 1/ 2 1 1
2 1 1 2
2 2 1 3
1 1/ 2 2 4
2 1 2 5
2 2 2 6
2.7.3.2 Columns (24) – (29): Schedule 18.2 – sampling serial number for SSS 1/ SSS 2/
SSS 3/ SSS 4/ SSS 5/ SSS 6: For Schedule 18.2, there will be six Second Stage Strata (SSS).
Columns (24) to (29) will provide the sampling frame of households for SSS 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and
6 respectively. Each household will be tick-marked (√) in one and only one of these columns.
The households with code 1 in column (23) will be tick-marked in column (24). The
households with codes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in column (23) will be tick-marked in columns (25),
(26), (27), (28) and (29) respectively.
Then all the tick-marks will be given a running serial number from the top starting with 1 in
each column independently. Columns (24), (25), (26), (27), (28) and (29) will provide the
sampling serial numbers for SSS1, SSS2, SSS3, SSS4, SSS5 and SSS6 respectively.
The highest serial numbers in each of these columns will be the value of ‘H’ for the respective
SSS for the schedule. This value will be recorded against ‘H’ in the space provided in the
column headings.
2.7.3.3 Columns (30) – (35): Schedule 18.2 – sample household number for SSS 1/ SSS 2/
SSS 3/ SSS 4/ SSS 5/ SSS 6: The number of households to be selected from each SSS is
given under sample design in Chapter One. However, it may be necessary to modify this
number if there is a shortfall in any of the SSS. The final number of sample households, after
compensation, will be the value of ‘h’ for respective SSS. These values will be recorded
against ‘h’ in the space provided in the column headings. The sample households may be
selected thereafter from each SSS by SRSWOR following the similar procedure described in
para 2.6.8.3. If the sample household is found to have been already selected for Schedule
33.1, it will be replaced by the next non-selected household in the frame. The household
selected after replacement will be treated as an originally selected household. The sampling
serial number of this household will be encircled twice. However, if the number of
households in any SSS is inadequate and replacement is not possible, one or more sample
households may be selected for both the schedules in that SSS. In such cases both schedules
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2.8 Shortfall and compensation for Schedules 33.1 and 18.2: Allocation of sample
households for each SSS has been discussed in Chapter One. However, there may be situation
where number of households in the frame of an SSS is less than the required allocation
leading to a shortfall.
For Schedules 33.1 and 18.2, procedure of compensation may be implemented by following
the steps described below.
step 1: Allocate the required number of households to each SSS wherever possible and
identify the SSS having shortfall.
step 2: Find the SSS where additional households are available following the priority order
given as follows and compensate.
SSS having shortfall priority order of SSS for compensation
Schedule 33.1
1 2, 3, 4, 5
2 3, 4, 5, 1
3 4, 5, 2, 1
4 5, 3, 2, 1
5 4, 3, 2, 1
Schedule 18.2
1 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
2 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
3 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
4 5, 6, 1, 2, 3
5 4, 6, 1, 2, 3
6 4, 5, 1, 2, 3
Find the SSS where additional households are available as per the above priority order of SSS
and compensate. The step may be repeated for all SSS having shortfall after step 1.
The resulting number of households (h) for each SSS will be entered at the top of relevant
column(s) of Blocks 5A, 5B and also in column (5) against the relevant SSS number of Block
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Example 1: Compensation of shortfall for Schedule 33.1
no. of households to
SSS H Step 1 Step 2 h
be surveyed
1 2 12 2 2
2 2 32 2 1 3
3 2 4 2 1+1 4
4 2 1 1*(1) C (SSS 3) 1
5 2 0 0*(2) C (SSS 3, SSS 2)
total 10 49 7 3 10
shortfall 3 0 ×
* indicates the SSS having shortfall (the number of shortfall);
C – indicates compensation made (SSS from which compensation is made)
Example 2: Compensation of shortfall for Schedule 18.2
no. of households to
SSS H Step 1 Step 2 h
be surveyed
1 2 10 2 2 4
2 2 0 0*(2) C (SSS 1) 0
3 2 34 2 2
4 2 0 0*(2) C (SSS 5) 0
5 2 20 2 2 4
6 2 12 2 2
total 12 76 8 4 12
shortfall 4 0 ×
* indicates the SSS having shortfall (the number of shortfall);
C – indicates compensation made (SSS from which compensation is made)
2.9 Block 6: particulars of sampling of households:
2.9.0 Particulars of sampling of households will be recorded in this block for selected FSU for
different schedules.
2.9.1 Column (2): population: Population as obtained by summing up the page totals of
household sizes in column (4) of Block 5A over all the listed households may be recorded in
this column against Schedule 18.2 for both rural and urban samples.
2.9.2 Columns (4) – (10): number of households: Total number of households listed in the
frame of each SSS for both the schedules will be recorded in the corresponding cells of
column (4). Number of selected households will be copied in column (5) for Schedules 33.1
and 18.2 from the relevant columns of Blocks 5A and 5B.
Columns (6), (7) and (9) of Block 6 may be filled up on the basis of survey codes given in
item 9, Block 1 of both Schedules 18.2 and 33.1. The entries in columns (6), (7) & (9) will be
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the number of filled-in schedules with the survey codes 1, 2 & 3 for respective schedule and
SSS. Total number households surveyed will be entered in column (8). It may be seen that -
(i) column (8) = column (6) + column (7) and (ii) column (9) = column (5) - column (8).
Entry against ‘all (9)’ will be sum of entries in SSS 1 – 5 for Schedule 33.1 and sum of entries
in SSS 1 – 6 for Schedule 18.2.
2.9.3 Column (10): number of households replaced: Total number of households replaced
for Schedule 18.2 (being already selected for Schedule 33.1) will be reported for all SSS
against the rows for Schedule 18.2. Entries will be the number of double circles in columns
(24) to (29) of Block 5B. Entry against ‘all (9)’ will be sum of entries of all SSS of Schedule
18.2.
2.10 Block 7: distance of the village (in which the SU is located) to the nearest facility,
availability of some amenities and participation in MGNREG work (for inhabited
villages only):
2.10.0.1 In this block, it is aimed to collect information on the availability of some specific
facilities like communication, educational institutions, health institutions, banks, credit
societies, participation in MGNREG works, availability of community toilets, drainage
arrangement etc. The information is to be collected in respect of the entire village in which the
sample SU is located.
2.10.0.2 If a facility is available in general to the residents of the villages, it will be

considered as a facility. The required information has to be obtained by contacting the village
officials and/ or other knowledgeable person(s). In case they are not aware of the existence of
a particular facility, the nearest Block Development Office or other related agencies may be
contacted for collection of the relevant information.
2.10.0.3 The block will be filled-in for rural inhabited villages and will be kept blank for
villages that are uninhabited or are zero cases.
This block may be filled in after completion of listing of households.
2.10.1 Items 1- 22 and 26(b): distance (in code):
Distance in terms of code will be entered in column (3) against items 1 to 22 and also for item
26 (b). Distance from the nearest facility available to the villagers will be considered. The
distance will be measured from the geographical centre of the village and not from SU.
However, if a particular facility is available within the village, the distance code will always
be 1 irrespective of its distance from the centre of the village. One of the codes 2 or 3 will be
applicable when the facility is available at a place outside the village. If a facility is available
at two different places, the distance of the nearest place will be considered for recording the
distance code. In this connection, it may be noted that if, at a particular location, more than
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one facility is available in a combined form and if that location is the nearest one to the
village in respect of all the facilities under consideration, then the distance code of that
location is to be recorded against all such facilities. For example, if the nearest secondary
school also provides primary education and the nearest primary school is farther away than
this secondary school then the distance code of the secondary school is to be recorded for the
primary school also. The codes for distances are:
within village…………………........... 1
outside village:
less than 5 kms.......... 2
5 kms or more........... 3
2.10.1.0 Most of the items listed in the block are self-explanatory. However, some of the
terms are explained below.
2.10.1.1 Items 1- 3: These items are self – explanatory.
2.10.1.2 Item 4: metalled road: This will include roads made of pucca materials like asphalt,
cement, concrete, bricks, stones, etc.
2.10.1.3 Item 5: school having primary level classes: For this survey, up to the standard of
class V has been considered as primary education. However, the practices differ in some
states where education up to class IV is considered as primary education. For making entry
against this item, education up to class IV or V, as the local practice may be, will be
considered as primary education. A school providing primary level education, as per local
practice, will be considered here.
2.10.1.4 Item 6: school having secondary level classes: Secondary level means education up
to class X. A school providing secondary level education will be considered for entry against
this item.
2.10.1.5 Item 7: higher secondary school/ junior college: Higher secondary school provides
education up to 10+2 standard. In some places it is also known as junior college. Institutions
providing education up to 10+2 standard will be covered under this item.
2.10.1.6 Item 8: health sub-centre/ dispensary: This is the most peripheral facility in the
primary health care system. There is one sub-centre for every 3000 population in
hilly/tribal/difficult areas and 5000 population in plains. Each Sub-Centre is staffed by one or
two Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANM1) (female health worker) and may have a male health
worker. No doctor is posted in such Sub centre. The main task of these ANM (as perceived) is
to provide immunization to children and antenatal care. Some sub-centres also conduct
normal delivery but they have no beds and the sub-centre is not considered as an institution
1
An ANM is a nurse, usually with 18 months training, who is expected to provide a range of services as required
in a health sub-centre. In some States the post is called village health nurse, or junior public health nurse.
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with in-patients. They perform some outpatient care largely in the form of treatment for basic
illnesses. Any treatment taken from ANM during her visit to the village can be considered as
treatment taken at sub-centre.
This is a public institution from which medical supplies, preparations, and treatments are
dispensed, but which does not have facilities for treatment of in-patients. Dispensaries are
staffed by one or more doctors.
2.10.1.7 Item 9: primary health centre: Primary health centre (PHC) is staffed by a Medical
Officer (MBBS or AYUSH) and Para medical staff. They provide curative OPD services and
ante natal checkups and deliveries. They usually have 4-6 beds to conduct delivery. They may
or may not have facilities for in-patient treatment. There is one PHC for every 30000
population in the plains and for every 20,000 populations in hilly/tribal/difficult areas. The
terms ‘additional PHC’, ‘mini-PHC’ and ‘new PHC’ are considered synonymous to ‘PHC’.
2.10.1.8 Item 10: community health centre: Community Health Centre (CHC) is usually
located at block/division or taluk level and serves as a referral centre for PHCs. It is to be
staffed by medical specialists and medical officers and AYUSH doctors – but in practice there
are usually only medical officers. It always has provision for in-patients and 10 to 30 beds. It
usually has an OT, X-Ray, Labour Room and laboratory facilities.
2.10.1.9 Item 11: government hospital: All other government hospitals, including district
hospitals in the district headquarters town (which acts as referral site for all the CHCs and
PHCs and sub-centres), government medical college hospitals, ESI hospitals, other
government hospitals like maternity hospitals, cancer hospitals, TB or leprosy hospitals,
railway hospitals, etc. run by the government will come under the category ‘govt. /public
hospital’ for the purposes of this survey.
2.10.1.10 Item 12: AYUSH Unit: AYUSH Unit will mean any Health Care Centre/ unit
providing treatment facility for any discipline under AYUSH as detailed in para 1.5.58 in
Chapter one.
2.10.1.11 Item 13: private clinic/ doctor: Private clinic has facilities for consultation with
private doctors, but no in-patient facility. Doctors are those having degrees/ diploma in
medicine and also registration from recognised universities/ institutions deemed to be
universities. These doctors may follow any of the systems – allopathic, homeopathy,
ayurvedic, unani.
2.10.1.12 Item 14: medicine shop: A shop which is registered to sell drugs and medicines of
any system of medicine viz. allopathic, homeopathic, ayurvedic or unani medicines, will be
considered as a medicine shop.
2.10.1.13 Item 15: anganwadi centre (ICDS): The Integrated Child Development Services
(ICDS) scheme is the primary government programme providing health and nutrition services
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for children under age 6, pregnant women, and nursing mothers. These services are provided
through community based anganwadi centres.
2.10.1.14 Items 16: post office: The item is self-explanatory.
2.10.1.15 Item 17: fair price shop: Fair price shop is the shop, which sells some essential
commodities at subsidised rate. This may be owned by the government, local self-
government, a Government undertaking, the proprietor of a firm, co-operative(s) or private
persons (individually or jointly) or other bodies like club, trust, etc.
2.10.1.16 Item 18: cooperative credit society: Co-operative credit society is a society that is
formed through the co-operation of a number of persons (members of the society) for the
benefit of the members. The funds are raised through contributions/ investments by the
members and the profits are shared by the members. Cooperative banks will also be
considered here.
2.10.1.17 Item 19: commercial bank: This includes all nationalised banks including the
State Bank of India and its subsidiaries. All other scheduled and non-scheduled banks, other
than co-operative banks, should also be considered here.
2.10.1.18 Item 20: veterinary hospital/ dispensary: A veterinary hospital/ dispensary has
provision for the treatment of animals.
2.10.1.19 Item 21: fertilizer/ pesticide shop: Fertilizer/ pesticide shop is one which sells
fertilizer and / or pesticide.
2.10.1.20 Item 22: agricultural produce market/rural primary market: This category
would include periodical markets regulated/linked to regulated markets and markets owned
by local bodies i.e. panchayats in the rural areas popularly called haats, painths, and shandies
etc.
2.10.1.21 Item 23: availability of community toilet for defecation or washing (yes – 1, no
– 2): It may be enquired if the community toilet for defecation or washing purpose is
available in the village. If the answer is yes then code 1 may be recorded in column (3),
otherwise code 2 may be entered.
2.10.1.22 Item 24: percentage of households with exclusive access to latrine: Household
members may be using latrine for themselves only or may be sharing a common latrine with
other households. Percentage of households having exclusive access to latrine (P) will be
ascertained and that information will be recorded in terms of codes. The codes are:

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households with exclusive access to latrine code

P < 25% ……………………………….... 1
25%  P < 50% ……………………….... 2
50%  P < 75% ………………………… 3
P  75% ...……………………………….. 4
2.10.1.23 Item 25: type of drainage arrangement (code): The information on type of
drainage arrangement will be recorded in terms of the following codes:
type of drainage code
underground…………………….... 1
covered pucca…………………….. 2
open pucca………………………... 3
open katcha……………………….. 4
no drainage……………………….. 5
2.10.2 Items 26 - 27: availability of amenities (code): Relevant entries regarding availability
of some amenities viz. major source of drinking water, electricity connection, will be
recorded in terms of codes in column (3) of these items.
2.10.2.1 Item 26(a): drinking water: major source (code): Major source of water used for
drinking by the residents of the village may be identified and recorded in codes here. ‘Bottled
water’ means packaged drinking water obtained through sealed bottles, jars or pouches. These
are the items supplied through market. The codes for major sources of drinking water are:
major source code major source code
bottled water ……………. 01 tank/ pond (reserved for drinking) …… 06
tap ………………………. 02 other tank/ pond ……………………… 07
tube well/ hand pump ...… 03 river/ canal/ lake ……………………... 08
well: spring ……………………………….... 10
protected ………………... 04 harvested rainwater …………………... 11
unprotected ……………... 05 others ………………………………..... 19
2.10.2.2 Item 26(b): drinking water: distance (code): Major source of drinking water may
be situated within or outside the village. If it is within the village, code 1 may be entered.
Otherwise, code 2 or 3 may be recorded depending on the distance of the major source.
2.10.2.3 Item 27: electricity connection (code): Percentage of households having electricity
connection (P) will be ascertained and that information will be recorded in terms of codes.
The codes are:
availability of electricity connection code

yes:
P < 25% ……………………………….... 1
25%  P < 50% ……………………….... 2
P  50% ………………………………..... 3
no: ………………………………………….. 4

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If no household is using electricity, code will be 4. When the villagers use non conventional
energy (e.g. solar energy, wind energy etc.) same will also be considered. The instances of
unauthorised/ illegal electricity connections used by the villagers will also be taken into
consideration, since the facility is being availed by them.
2.10.3 Item 28: whether the villagers participated in MGNREG programme during last
365 days (yes – 1, no – 2): It may be enquired if the villagers participated in MGNREG
programme during last 365 days. Participation need not be within the village, it may be in any
neighbouring villages also. If the answer is yes then code 1 may be recorded in column (3),
otherwise code 2 may be entered.
2.10.4 Item 29: informant code: The information in Block 7 is to be collected from one or
more knowledgeable person(s) of the village. The source of such information collected is to
be reported in this item. In case there is more than one source then the code will relate to the
informant from whom maximum information has been collected. The codes are:
sarpanch (male)…………………………….. 1
sarpanch (female)…………………………... 2
sarpanch (transgender)…………………….. 3
other panchayat member ………………….. 4
patwari/gram sevak ………………….……... 5
teacher………………………………….…... 6
health personnel……………………………. 7
others……………………………………….. 9
2.11 Block 8: remarks by investigators (JSO/FI): The Junior Statistical Officer (JSO)/ Field
Investigator (FI) may give remarks here on any abnormal situation or entry in the schedule.
2.12 Block 9: comments by supervisory officer(s): The supervising officer inspecting the
work relating to this schedule may give comments here.
2.13 Substitution of sample households: If a sample household of a particular schedule

cannot be surveyed due to some reason or the other, it will be substituted by the next non-
selected household, i.e. the one which has not already been selected for any other schedule,
having higher sampling serial number of the same SSS. The substitute for the one having last
sampling serial number of an SSS will be the one having smallest sampling serial number
within the same SSS. If the substituted household becomes a casualty, it will be substituted by
another in the same manner. If this household also turns out to be a casualty, further
substitute need not be taken. Substitution may be attempted more than twice in a few cases to
prevent occurrence of void SSS. In such cases, the fact has to be recorded in the remarks
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It is to be noted that in the case of a substitution of a household, the word “SUBSTITUTED”

should be written at the top of the front page of schedule.
2.14 Random numbers: A table of random numbers is supplied to each field officials. The
nth column of the table will be consulted in the case of the central sample and (n + 1) th column
in the case of the state sample, where n is the last two digits of the serial number of the
sample FSU. When n = 00, it will be taken as 100. The number of digits to be used will be
the same as that of the highest number of the range within which the random number is to be
selected. However, if random number is required to be drawn between 1 and 10 or between 1
and 100, only one or two digit random numbers may be used, as the cases may be, where
random number ‘0’ will stand for ‘10’ and random number ‘00’ for ‘100’.
The random numbers may be used for selection of households in the order: – (i) households
for five SSS for Schedule 33.1 and (ii) households for six SSS for Schedule 18.2. If the
particular column of random numbers is exhausted in the process, next column may be used.
Similarly, if all the columns of the random number table are exhausted, then the first column
will be used.
2.15 Substitution of sample FSU:

(a) If a sample FSU cannot be surveyed due to say, it being not uniquely identifiable or
traceable, not accessible or for any other reason, it will be substituted. All such cases will be
referred to:
The Deputy Director General (TC), DPD, NSSO

Mahalanobis Bhawan,
164, Gopal Lal Tagore Road, Kolkata- 700108.
e-mail address: dpd_tc@yahoo.co.uk
fax: 033-25771025
A copy of the letter may be given to:

The Deputy Director General (Co-ordination), SDRD, NSSO
Mahalanobis Bhawan,
164, Gopal Lal Tagore Road, Kolkata- 700108.
e-mail address: tc.sdrd-mospi@gov.in
fax: 033-25776439
If the substituted FSU has same problem as the original, correspondences may be made
immediately so that another substitute can be provided to prevent stratum/sub-stratum from
being void. In case no substitute FSU could be surveyed even with best efforts [i.e. code 7 in
item 16, Block 1], a blank Schedule 0.0 will be submitted with only Blocks 0, 1, 2, 8 and 9
filled in. The word ‘CASUALTY’ is to be written at the top of the front page of the schedule
in such cases.
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All efforts must be made to ensure that at least one FSU is always surveyed from each
stratum/ sub-stratum so as to prevent occurrences of void strata.
(b) If a sample FSU is found to be depopulated at the time of survey, or its population has
shifted elsewhere due to some natural calamity, or it is treated as a “zero-case”, it will not be
substituted. It will be treated as a valid sample and blank Schedule 0.0 with only Blocks 0, 1,
2, 8 and 9 filled in will be submitted in such cases. The word ‘UNINHABITED’ or ‘ZERO
CASE’, as appropriate will be written on the top of the front page of the schedule in such
cases. However, in Arunachal Pradesh and possibly elsewhere also in the hill tracts of North
Eastern States where, for example, jhum cultivation is prevalent, whole village may shift from
place to place. In such cases the sample village will be surveyed in the place where it is
currently located and not treated as uninhabited if found absent in its original location.
(c) If a village in which the sample FSU is situated is found to have been declared as urban
(as a town by itself or as merged in another town) either by State Govt. notification or by
census authorities after Census 2011 and if it is covered in the urban frame used for selection
of FSUs, it will be treated as a zero case and the procedure given in the previous para will be
followed in this case. However, if it is not included in the urban frame, it is to be surveyed as
per the rural programme. If the boundaries of the original village are not identifiable, it may
be substituted. If only a part of the village has been merged in the town, the remaining part
will be surveyed as per rural programme even in this situation. It is suggested to write to
SDRD before treating any sample as a zero case.
(d) It is important to note that a listing schedule has to be submitted for every sample FSU
irrespective of whether it is surveyed/ substituted (including uninhabited and zero cases) or a
casualty.
2.16 Selection of more than one SU from same village/UFS block: If more than one SU
belonging to a particular village/UFS block is selected as sample, each of them will be treated
as an independent sample.
2.16.1 If more than one SU is selected from same village/UFS block in same sub-round,
formation of SUs and filling-in of Block 7 may be done when listing schedule for the first of
the sample FSUs of the village/UFS block is filled-in. That is, Blocks 3, 4.1, 4.2 and 7 may be
filled-in for the first instance and when any other SU is selected from the same village/UFS
block, information may be copied from Blocks 3, 4.1, 4.2 and 7 of the previously filled-in
listing schedule.
2.16.2 If, however, the SUs are canvassed in different sub-rounds, they are to be surveyed just
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Illustration for filling up Blocks 5A and 5B

[5A] list of all households and record of selection of households for Schedule 33.1
rural schedule 33.1
indebted to
only (rural only)
household's usual monthly consumer

sampling serial number
1 in 2 in 3 in 4 in 5 in sample household number
value of agricultural production

col. col. col. col. col.
land possessed (codes: 1 – 4)

(12) (12) (12) (12) (12)
non-institutional agencies
household serial number
name of head of the SSS formation for Sch. 33.1
MPCE (col. 9 ÷ col. 4)

serial number of rows
SSS SSS
institutional agencies
household SSS
MPCE code (1 – 2)
no.
expenditure (Rs.)
(yes – 1, no – 2)
(yes – 1, no – 2)
entry in col. 5 SSS no.
household size
house number
(codes: 1 – 2)
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 and col.6 (col. 12)
H H H H H h h h h h col.6=1 1
= 10 = 7 =4 =3 =4 =2 =2 =2 =2 =2
(0) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22) col. 5=1
2
1 51 1 5 2 2 1 2 1 3 (√1) 1 col.6=2
2 52 2 6 1 2 2 1 2 2 1
col. 5=2
3
col.6=2
3 53/1 3 4 4 2 2 2 1 5 1
4 - col. 5=3
4
5 54 4 3 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 col.6=2
6 54 5 2 3 2 2 1 1 4 (√1) 2
col. 5=4
5
col.6=2
7 54 6 3 3 1 1 2 2 1 2
8 (1) 7 2 4 2 2 2 1 5 (√2) 2
9 55/1 8 5 1 2 2 2 2 2 (√2) 2
10 55/2 9 5 2 1 1 1 2 1 3
page total 35 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
cumulative page total 35 5 6 1 2 4
7 2 3 1 2

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[5B] record of selection of households for Schedule 18.2

indebted to schedule 18.2
1 in 2 in 3 in 4 in 5 in 6 in
(to be copied from col. (11) of Block 5A)

sample household number

col. col. col. col. col. col.
(23) (23) (23) (23) (23) (23)
SSS formation for Sch. 18.2
SSS SSS entry in col. 11 SSS no.

SSS and col.7 and (col. 23)

no.
col.8
col.7=1
(yes – 1, no – 2)
(yes – 1, no – 2)
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1
col.11=1
MPCE code
col.7=2
H H H H H H h h h h h h
col.8=1
=4 =3 =3 = 10 =5 =3 =2 =2 =2 =2 =2 =2 col.11=1
2
(0) (2) (7) (8) (11) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35)
col.7=2
1 1 1 2 1 1 1
col.8=2
3
col.11=1
2 2 2 1 2 5 (√1) 1
3 3 2 2 1 3 ((√1)) 1 col.7=1
4
col.11=2
4 -
col.7=2
5 4 1 1 2 4 1
col.8=1
5
col.11=2
6 5 2 1 1 2 1
7 6 1 2 2 4 2 col.7=2
col.8=2 6
8 7 2 2 1 3 2 col.11=2
9 8 2 2 2 6 √1
10 9 1 1 2 4 3
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6
2 1 2 8 1 2
3 2 3 5 4 1

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rural schedule 33.1
indebted to
only (rural only)



(12) (12) (12) (12) (12)

SSS SSS
household SSS
MPCE code (1 – 2)
no.
expenditure (Rs.)
(yes – 1, no – 2)
(yes – 1, no – 2)
household size
house number
(codes: 1 – 2)
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 and col.6 (col. 12)
H H H H H h h h h h
col.6=1 1
= = = = = = = = = =
(0) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22)
col. 5=1
2
1 55/3 10 4 3 1 2 1 2 1 4 col.6=2
2 - col. 5=2
3
col.6=2
3 56 11 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 (√5) 1
4 57 12 1 4 2 2 1 1 5 3
col. 5=3
4
col.6=2
5 58 13 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 3
6 59/1 14 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2
col. 5=4
5
col.6=2
7 59/2 15 2 3 2 2 2 1 4 (√2) 1
8 59/3 16 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 6
9 (2) 17 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 4
10 (3) 18 5 4 1 1 1 2 1 (√7) 2
page total 22
cumulative page total 57

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(23) (23) (23) (23) (23) (23)


no.
col.8
(yes – 1, no – 2)
(yes – 1, no – 2)
col.7=1
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1
col.11=1
MPCE code
H H H H H H h h h h h h
= = = = = = = = = = = = col.7=2
col.8=1 2
col.11=1
(0) (2) (7) (8) (11) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35)
col.7=2
1 10 2 1 2 5 2
col.8=2
3
col.11=1
2 -
3 11 1 2 2 4 4
col.7=1 4
4 12 2 1 1 2 ((√2)) 1 col.11=2
col.7=2
5 13 1 1 2 4 (√5) 2
col.8=1
5
col.11=2
6 14 1 1 1 1 (√2) 1
col.7=2
7 15 2 2 1 3 (√3) 2 col.8=2
6
col.11=2
8 16 1 2 2 4 6
9 17 2 2 2 6 (√2) 1
10 18 1 1 2 4 7

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rural schedule 33.1
indebted to
only (rural only)



(12) (12) (12) (12) (12)

SSS SSS
household SSS
MPCE code (1 – 2)
no.
expenditure (Rs.)
(yes – 1, no – 2)
(yes – 1, no – 2)
household size
house number
(codes: 1 – 2)
1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 and col.6 (col. 12)
H H H H H h h h h h
col.6=1 1
= = = = = = = = = =
(0) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) (13) (14) (15) (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) (21) (22)
col. 5=1
2
1 60 19 5 3 1 2 1 2 1 8 col.6=2
2 60 20 3 2 2 1 2 2 3 (√3) 2
col. 5=2
3
col.6=2
3 60 21 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 5
4 61/1 22 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 9
col. 5=3
4
col.6=2
5 61/1 23 5 2 1 2 2 2 1 10
6 61/1 24 2 3 2 1 1 1 4 3
col. 5=4
5
col.6=2
7 61/1 25 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 (√6) 1
8 61/1 26 6 1 2 1 2 2 2 7
9 62 27 8 4 2 1 2 1 5 (√4) 1
10 (4) 28 1 2 2 2 1 1 3 4
page total 38
cumulative page total 95

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(23) (23) (23) (23) (23) (23)


no.
col.8
(yes – 1, no – 2)
(yes – 1, no – 2)
col.7=1
1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 1
col.11=1
MPCE code
H H H H H H h h h h h h col.7=2 2
= = = = = = = = = = = = col.8=1
col.11=1
(0) (2) (7) (8) (11) (23) (24) (25) (26) (27) (28) (29) (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35)
col.7=2 3
1 19 2 1 2 5 3 col.8=2
col.11=1
2 20 1 2 2 4 √8
4
3 21 2 1 2 5 (√4) 2 col.7=1
col.11=2
4 22 1 1 2 4 ((√9)) 1
col.7=2 5
5 23 2 2 2 6 ((√3)) 2 col.8=1
col.11=2
6 24 1 1 1 1 (√3) 2
col.7=2 6
7 25 2 1 2 5 5 col.8=2
col.11=2
8 26 1 2 2 4 10
9 27 1 2 1 1 4
10 28 2 1 1 2 ((√3)) 2

B-32
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND THEIR REPLIES
Schedule 0.0: List of Households
sl.
block item col. query SDRD reply
no.
Can fish grown in leased-in area Yes. However, coastal fishing is
1. Concepts, Definitions of backwaters be considered as excluded from the survey.
agricultural production?
A household is growing only one The household will be considered
flower plant in the courtyard of as agricultural household if the
2. Concepts, Definitions the house. Whether it can be value of production is more than
treated as agricultural household? Rs.4000 during last 365 days.
In the selected FSU, no human The FSU will be treated as
population is found. But, within ‘uninhabited’ and survey code will
boundaries of that FSU there are be ‘2’.
some cattle sheds with cattle.
Please clarify whether the FSU,
just because of the presence of
3. Concepts, Definitions
cattle, will be treated as zero case.
Even if it is treated as zero case,
whether in this particular case,
Block 5A needs to be filled for
listing the structures of cattle
sheds?
Why payment of electric bill, Please note:
telephone bill, hotel bill etc., (a) Fixed assets or consumer
through credit card is not durables purchased using credit
considered as indebtedness while card is considered as cash loan if
assets or consumer durables the amount due is not paid within
purchased using credit cards is due date.
treated as indebtedness? (b) Goods/services (except fixed
assets or consumer durables)
purchased using credit card will be
4. Concepts, Definitions considered as kind loan if the
amount due is not paid within the
due date. If the amount due is paid
within due date, it will not be
considered as a kind loan.
Hence, payment of electricity bill,

telephone bill, etc using credit
cards are not considered for
treating a household as indebted.

B-33
sl.
no.
Three households are residing in Yes.
a single structure, whether house
5. 5A - 1
no. is to be repeated for all
households?
Whether land possessed by No, land possessed by paying
paying guests and servants who guests and servants will not be
6. 5A - 5 are normal members of the included.
household will be included while
recording the code?
What will be the land possessed It will be apportioned and relevant
code for a single member code may be recorded.
household, sharing a single room
7. 5A - 5
with others on the first floor of
the owner’s house and not
possessing any other land?
At the time of listing a household The household is to be substituted.
was found locked and accordingly
coded 1 (land possessed code)
8. 5A - 5 was given. Also, while going for
detail enquiry the household was
still found locked. What is to be
done?
Whether the land possessed Yes.
9. 5A - 5 includes the land owned outside
the FSU?
What treatment will be given to: (A) All private land encroached by
(A) Private land encroached and a household will be treated as
possessed by a household? leased in land.
(B) Government land encroached (B) All public/institutional land
and possessed by household? possessed by a household without
10. 5A - 5 the title of ownership or
occupancy right will be treated as
otherwise possessed land.
In both cases the land will be
considered as possessed for Col. 5
in Block 5A.
The land owned by a cultivator is No, such land possession may not
submerged under sea water be considered.
because of any natural calamity.
11. 5A - 5
Will that land be considered as
possessed by the cultivator while
making entry in this column?

B-34
sl.
no.
A piece of non-partitioned The land need not be considered
hereditary land is under litigation for inclusion in respect of both the
between 2 households belonging households as the ownership of the
to the FSU. The land is not land is under dispute and the land
12. 5A - 5 utilized by either of the is not in use. Please mention the
households. To which household situation in the comments blocks.
the disputed land is to be assigned
for deciding land possession
code?
Which code will be reported for Land will be recorded upto three
household having land possessed place of decimal points. In the
0.2499 hec.? given case it may be rounded to 3
13. 5A - 5
decimal points i.e. rounded to
0.250 and accordingly, code-1 will
be assigned in this case.
How can any agricultural activity There may be cases where persons
be possible without possessing who raise livestock (such as sheep)
any amount of land whatsoever on grazing land not owned by
small it may be? Please clarify them and value of livestock
with some examples. production is more than Rs.4000/-.
These people may not possess the
land for grazing or other purposes.
Also, there may be situations

where land owned by the sample
household is entirely leased out
and the cost of input (eg.
14. 5A - 6 fertilizers, pesticides etc), decision
making and agricultural produce
are shared by both the households.
In such cases, the possession of
land will be recorded against the
person to whom the land is leased
out. If the share of agricultural
produce for the sample household
is more than Rs.4000/-, the sample
household will be treated as
agricultural household even
though it does not have any land
possession against itself.

B-35
sl.
no.
Whether a value of agricultural Yes it will be considered as an
production above Rs.4000/-, from agricultural household for this
self- employment during the last survey.
15. 5A - 6
365 days by a tenant household
from terrace garden, qualify for
being an agricultural household?
A household has a total value of There is no condition on the
produce more than Rs.4000/- number of days. Self-employment
during last 365 days from self- may be in principal or subsidiary
employment in an agricultural status.
activity in a subsidiary capacity,
16. 5A - 6
but the employment in subsidiary
capacity is less than 30 days. Will
the household qualify for being
included in the frame for
Schedule 33.1?
A household engaged in Code 1 is to be reported. Only the
agricultural activity during last value of the agricultural
365 days could not produce production to be considered for
17. 5A - 6
anything during the period of 365 this column.
days. What should be the entry
for column 6?
In case of orchards like coconut/ The value of agricultural
mango gardens there will not be production from all agricultural
any production initially for first activities is to be considered for
four to five years. Are we not this column, including orchards. If
18. 5A - 6
missing these agricultural there is no production during the
households from the purview of last 365 days, it will not be treated
the survey? as an agricultural household
during the reference period.
Whether rearing of pet animals, Rearing of pet animals, birds and
birds and rearing of fish in the fish for sale purposes only will be
19. 5A - 6 pond possessed by a household considered as agricultural activity.
can be considered as agricultural Also, the income should be from
activity? self employment.
During the process of harvesting, Loss due to natural calamity is not
the total product worth more than to be considered. However code
Rs. 4000/- is lost due to natural may be different from 1 if residual
20. 5A - 6
calamity. Can we take this loss as production is more than Rs. 4000.
value of production for this
column?

B-36
sl.
no.
Whether the crop insurance No. The crop
received or the compensation for Insurance/compensation received
loss of agricultural production for loss should not be considered
21. 5A - 6
due to natural calamities/ disaster as value of agricultural production.
received in value to be considered
here?
Whether fodder value is to be Yes. The value of fodder will be
22. 5A - 6 considered for calculating value considered.
of agriculture production?
Whether the self-consumption of Yes it can be considered as
home produced (poultry) can be agricultural production.
23. 5A - 6
considered as agricultural
production?
Households engage in growing of No. Only the actual value realized
perennial crops, plantation crops, from agricultural production as
trees like teak wood, animal part of self-employment activity
rearing etc., as part of their self- may only be considered for
employment activity. In case, last making entry in this column.
365 days happens to be the 1st
year of operation (agriculture
24. 5A - 6 products) and value of production
is less than Rs. 4000/-, whether
receivables within a further short
period could be considered to
make up for the shortfall? (Since
tangible value addition is there in
this case like perennial standing
crops etc., as the case be)
A household has two members If the members operate the land
both of whom are government themselves with or without the
employees and also possess land help of agricultural labourers and
on which agricultural production production is more than Rs.4000/-,
is done by hiring agricultural then the household will be an
25. 5A - 6
labourers. The value of agricultural household for this
agricultural production is more survey.
than Rs. 4000 per year. Will the
household be considered as an
agricultural household?

B-37
sl.
no.
A household owns a land outside No, the land may be treated as
the FSU on which agricultural leased out.
production is done by another
household. The latter household
pays rent for the land in cash or in
26. 5A - 6
kind, whose value is more than
Rs. 4000 per month, to the former
household. Will the former
household be treated as
agricultural household?
If a Govt. employee works in Yes and code 2 may be recorded in
subsidiary capacity as self Col. 6 of Block 5A.
employed in agriculture and earns
27. 5A - 6
more than Rs. 4000/- per year,
whether the entry should be
recorded in col. 6?
A household has given its orchard The owner household will be
to another household for treated as agriculture household,
harvesting and gets half a share of only if it has participated in
the produce. Whether the value of activities such as production,
this produce may be counted to harvesting, management, decision-
28. 5A - 6 term the owner household as making etc. Otherwise the
agriculture household? household which has taken the
Apparently, no cultivation work orchard for cultivation will be
has been carried out in the last regarded as agriculture household
365 days in the orchard except and the land as leased in.
harvesting.
Whether outstanding payment for The household will be considered
grocery items will be considered to be indebted if the outstanding
29. 5A - 7
for deciding the household amount is not paid by the due date.
Indebtedness?
A household is indebted to both It is to be coded as 1 in both
institutional and non-institutional columns 7 & 8.
30. 5A - 7
agencies. In which column it
needs be coded?
A trust gives loan to households Loans from SHGs which are
through an SHG. Whether it is to registered to some banks or
be treated at Institutional or Non NBFCs will be treated as
institutional loan? Institutional loans. But loans from
31. 5A - 7
SHGs which are neither bank-
linked nor NBFC linked, may be
treated as non-institutional
agencies for this round.

B-38
sl.
no.
Can pawn brokers lending money No. It will be considered as non-
32. 5A - 8 be considered as institutional institutional agency.
agency?
Whether an amount of cash loan No. It is a loan from non-
of Rs 5000/- taken from a private institutional agency.
registered money lender, by
33. 5A - 8
pledging gold ornaments, can be
classified as a loan from
institutional agencies?
An agricultural household gets a If the household has to repay a
buffalo instead of cash loan for contracted amount of money to the
the same from a money lender. money lender then it will be a cash
34. 5A - 8 Whether this is a cash loan or loan.
kind loan and whether this should
be considered for canvassing Sch-
18.2?
If a sample household takes loan The outstanding loan amount will
of Rs. 10,000/- from its relatives be considered for indebtedness.
and repays Rs. 8,000/- and is not
35. 5A - 8 willing to repay the outstanding
amount of Rs. 2,000/- , whether it
should be considered as loan
outstanding?
There are two small cash loans No, at least one cash loan,
amounting to Rs. 300/- & Rs. outstanding on the date of survey,
36. 5A - 7,8 400/- for a household. Will it be should be of Rs. 500/- or more, (no
added (summed up) for deciding such addition should be applied).
indebtedness?
For a loan taken by a household, Yes, it will be a case of
the principal amount has been indebtedness if the interest amount
repaid and only the interest is more than or equal to Rs. 500.
37. 5A - 7, 8
portion is outstanding on the date
of survey. Whether it is a case of
indebtedness?
If kind loan is not considered for Kind loan is taken care of in
indebtedness, we shall be missing detailed Schedule-18.2 though it is
38. 5A - 7, 8
many indebted household for not considered in Schedule 0.0, for
selection of sch-18.2. stratification of households.
If any member has taken any loan Yes, if the household is liable to
to assist his friend, who is a non repay the loan.
39. 5A - 7, 8
household member, whether the
loan is to be recorded in col. 7-8?

B-39
sl.
no.
A household has inherited a cash Yes. The household may be
loan from the father of the head treated as indebted as on date of
40. 5A - 7, 8 of the household who has survey, since indebtedness is with
deceased. Whether the household respect to household.
be treated as indebted?
A person has taken a loan from a Yes the household of the Govt.
bank using personal security of a servant will be treated as indebted.
govt. servant by submitting the
guarantor’s salary certificate and
undertaking etc. Due to the non-
repayment of the loan by the
41. 5A - 7, 8
borrower the bank is recovering
the loan from the salary of the
guarantor as per the provisions of
the loan agreement. Whether the
household of the govt. servant can
be treated as indebted?
An agricultural household has No. This will be considered as
purchased agricultural inputs like kind loan.
42. 5A - 7, 8 fertilizers and pesticides on credit
basis. Whether the household has
to be considered as indebted?
In a village if a Government No, each one is to be considered
43. 7 8 to 11 - hospital exits, does it mean separately.
PHC/PHSC is also available?
There is a treatment facility of Code of distance of nearest
veterinary in a village but there is dispensary or hospital will be
44. 7 20 - no formal hospital or dispensary. given.
What code will be given in such a
situation?
If an unregistered seller sells The facility is to be considered as
pesticides and fertilizers not available as the seller is not a
45. 7 21 - seasonally in the household, registered seller for pesticides and
whether that facility is to be fertilizers.
considered as facility available?
7 23 - If community toilets are available Code 1 to be reported in this item
in a village but not in usable based on the availability
46.
condition. What code should be irrespective of its condition i.e.,
given against the item? usable or not.
If two sources of drinking water Major utilized source is to be
47. 7 26(a) - are available within the village, recorded.
which one is to be noted?

B-40
Chapter Three Schedule 33.1
Chapter Three
SCHEDULE 33.1: LAND AND LIVESTOCK HOLDING
OF HOUSEHOLDS AND SITUATION ASSESSMENT OF
AGRICULTURAL HOUSEHOLDS
Introduction
3.0.0 National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), at the behest of Ministry of Agriculture and
Cooperation, conducted a Situation Assessment Survey (SAS) of Farmers during NSS 59th round
(January 2003 – December 2003) with an objective to have a comprehensive picture of the
farming community in the country at the commencement of the third millennium. The survey
Schedule was designed with an intention to collect necessary information from the farmer
household to have a detailed analysis of the impact of the transformation induced by public
policy, investments and technological change on the farmers’ access to resources and income as
well as well-being of the farmer households at the end of five decades of planned economic
development. Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers was the first of its kind conducted by
NSSO. Though information on a majority of items collected through SAS had been collected in
some round or other of NSS, an integrated schedule, viz., Schedule 33, covering some basic
characteristics of farmer households and their access to basic and modern farming resources, the
income generated by farmer households though different economic activities and their
indebtedness status, was canvassed for the first time in NSS 59th Round. The survey was
conducted in two visits (where the same household was visited twice to have information on the
two seasons of the agricultural year July 2002 – June 2003) along with the All India Debt and
Investment Survey (AIDIS) and Land and Livestock Holding Survey (LHS).
3.0.1 The areas of interest for conducting SAS included the educational level of members of the
farmer households, economic well-being of farmer households as measured by their consumer
expenditure, income, productive assets and indebtedness; their farming practices and
preferences, resource availability, and their awareness of technological developments and access
to modern technology in the field of agriculture. In that survey, detailed information was
collected on receipts and expenses of households’ farm and non-farm businesses, to arrive at
their income from these sources. Income from other sources was also ascertained, and so was the
consumption expenditure of the households.
3.0.2 Keeping in view the same broad objectives of NSS 59th round survey, the Situation
Assessment Survey, along with AIDIS and LHS were repeated in NSS 70th round (January 2013-
December 2013) after an interval of 10 years. The major changes made with respect to concepts
in the schedule 33 were as under:
Instructions to Field Staff, Vol-1, NSS 77th Round
C-1
a) In contrast to the definition of farmer used in 59th Round, the necessary condition of
‘land possession’ has been dispensed with in this round.
b) The nomenclature ‘Farmer household’ has been changed to ‘Agricultural
Household’. Accordingly the name of the schedule has been changed to `Situation
Assessment Survey of Agricultural Households’.
c) References to ‘kharif’ and ‘rabi’ seasons have been removed. Instead it was decided
to collect data for two halves of the agriculture year 2012-13 as July to December
2012 and January to June 2013.
d) It was decided to collect actual expenditure (out of pocket expenditure) incurred by
the household for running farm and non-farm business.
3.0.3 The results obtained from the SAS of NSS 70th round was not strictly comparable with
the estimates of NSS 59th round survey due to these differences in concepts and coverage.
3.0.4 On the basis of requests received from Ministry of Agriculture, Cooperation and
Farmers’ Welfare for conducting Situation Assessment Surveys with more frequency, National
Statistical Commission (NSC) decided to conduct Situation Assessment Survey of Agricultural
Households during NSS 77th round (January 2019 – December 2019) after a gap of 6 years from
NSS 70th round, along with the other two surveys (LHS and AIDIS).
3.0.5 The Working Group of NSS 77th round, after detailed deliberations on the requirement of
various official stakeholders in relation to the data availability through the previous rounds of
SAS and LHS, decided to have an integrated Schedule for these two surveys to generate a wider
information base related to land use and agricultural activities of all rural/ agricultural
households. Accordingly, an integrated Schedule 33.1: Land and Livestock Holdings of
Households and Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households will be canvassed in NSS 77th
round along with the All India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS).
3.0.6 Schedule 33.1 is designed for collection of information on land and its operation (both
agricultural and others), ownership of livestock by rural households and various aspects of farm
business and non-farm business taken up by the agricultural households, their asset position and
indebtedness status. Unlike in the SAS of NSS 70th round, the integrated Schedule 33.1 of NSS
77th round is also equipped to provide the following additional information on the Agricultural
Households:
a) Ownership and operational holdings
b) Land use, irrigation status
c) Tenancy status
d) Ownership of livestock (both used in business and used as productive assets)
e) Association of individual household members with household operational holdings.
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The information will be collected in two visits to the same set of sample households. The first
visit will be made during January to August 2019 and the second, during September to December
2019. The survey will be conducted in rural areas only. The Schedule 33.1 will be canvassed
in both Central and State samples.
Box 1
By Integration of the Schedules, a wider information base in respect of the
agricultural households such as details of household ownership holdings
and operational holdings, type of land use, tenancy status, terms of lease of
leased in land, etc. will be available for the first time from NSS Surveys.
3.0.7 The sample design and listing schedule required for preparation of frame for selecting
households along with concepts and definitions adopted for the survey have been presented in
Chapter One of this Instruction Manual.
3.0.8 Agricultural household: An agricultural household is defined as a household receiving
some value of produce from agriculture activities (e.g. cultivation of field crops, horticultural
crops, fodder crops, plantation, animal husbandry, poultry, fishery, piggery, bee-keeping,
vermiculture, sericulture, etc.) during last 365 days. Households which are entirely agricultural
labour households or receiving income entirely from free collection of agricultural goods
(including gathering of wild honey, mushrooms, coastal fishing, etc.), activity of rural artisans
and agricultural services will not be considered as agricultural households and they will be kept
out of the scope of the survey. Further, to eliminate households pursuing agricultural activities of
insignificant nature, households with at least one member self-employed in agriculture either in
the principal status or in subsidiary status and having total value of produce more than Rs. 4000/-
during the last 365 days will only be considered agricultural households for the purpose of
Schedule 33.1. It may be noted that income generated from free collection of agricultural
produce will not be considered for the determination of agricultural households.
3.0.9 Reference period: Information will be collected primarily for the agricultural year 2018-
19 in two visits, viz., visit 1 and visit 2. The survey period of visit 1 will be January to August
2019 and that of visit 2 will be September to December 2019.
3.0.9.1 For land and its operation, information will be collected for the period July to December
2018 in visit 1 and January to June 2019 in visit 2. Additionally, information on land and its
operation for the entire agricultural year July 2018 – June 2018 will be collected in visit 2.
3.0.9.2 For crops, information will be collected for the period July to December 2018 in visit 1
and January to June 2019 in visit 2. However, it has to be ensured that all the crops, whether
principal or not, harvested during the agricultural year 2018-19 are duly considered in either visit
1 or visit 2.
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3.0.9.3 For other items of information, different reference periods will be used, viz., as on the
date of survey, last 30 days and last 365 days.
3.0.10 Transactions in livestock: An agricultural household may purchase and sell livestock for
various purposes. It is necessary to understand characteristics of such transactions and
distinguish them for reporting in various blocks of this schedule. Purpose of such transactions
can be classified into three broad groups namely, for the purpose of business, for the purpose of
acquiring productive asset and for the purpose of trading. Different blocks related to livestock in
Schedule 33.1 need to be filled in taking into consideration the purpose for which the livestock is
kept by the household.
3.0.10.1 Purpose of business: Such livestock are purchased, raised for a period (usually shorter
than a year) by the agricultural household and sold to buyers. For example, chickens raised and
sold live to the market. The buyer may purchase such livestock for any purpose like meat
production, or for use in cultivation or for trading. Expenditure incurred on purchase and receipt
received from sale of such livestock will be considered for reporting in Block 10 (other
particulars of input on farming of animals during last 30 days) and Block 9 (disposal of produce
and value of output on farming of animals during last 30 days) respectively.
3.0.10.2 Purpose of acquiring productive asset: Livestock purchased and raised for production
of livestock products like milk, egg, etc. (excluding meat), or for use as animal labour in
agricultural activities will be treated as productive asset for this survey. Expenditure incurred on
purchase and receipt received from sale of such livestock will be considered for reporting in
Block 12 (purchase and sale of productive assets during July to December 2018 / January to June
2019).
3.0.10.3 Purpose of trading: Livestock purchased and sold (without raising) for profit will be
considered as trading activity performed by the household. Expenditure incurred on purchase and
receipt from sale of such livestock will be considered for reporting in Block 11 (expenses and
receipts for non-farm business during last 30 days).
Summary description of the schedule
3.0.11 In the present round, Schedule 33.1 on Land and Livestock Holdings of Households and
Situation Assessment of Agricultural Households consists of 19 blocks in visit 1. In visit 2 of the
survey, some of the blocks have been dropped and an additional block for recoding the
particulars of land of the household and its operation during the period July 2018-June 2019, has
been included. The list of blocks along with their description is given in Table 1 below:
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Table 1: The description of different blocks of Schedule 33.1 of NSS 77th round
block
block description Remarks
no.
(1) (2) (3)
0 descriptive identification of sample household Visit 1 & 2
1 identification of sample household Visit 1 & 2
2 particulars of field operations Visit 1 & 2
3 demographic and other particulars of household members Visit 1 & 2
4 household characteristics Only Visit 1

particulars of land of the household and its operation during the period
5 Visit 1 & 2
July- December 2018 /January-June 2019
particulars of land of the household and its operation during the period
5.1 Only Visit 2
July 2018 - June 2019
output of crops produced during the period July - December 2018 /
6 Visit 1 & 2
January -June 2019
particulars of input and other expenses for crop production from July -
7 Visit 1 & 2
December 2018/ January - June 2019
livestock, poultry, duckery, etc. owned by the household as on the date
8 Only Visit 1
of survey
disposal of produce and value of output on farming of animals during
9 Visit 1 & 2
last 30 days
expenses and other particulars of input on farming of animals during last
10 Visit 1 & 2
30 days
11 expenses and receipts for non-farm business during the last 30 days Visit 1 & 2
purchase and sale of productive assets during July to December 2018/
12 Visit 1 & 2
January to June 2019
13 loans (cash and kind) payable as on the date of survey Only Visit 1
14 awareness about Minimum Support Price (MSP) Visit 1 & 2
access to technical advice related to the agricultural activity undertook
15 by the household during the period July - December 2018/ January - Visit 1 & 2
June 2019
particulars of other aspects of farming during the period July -
16 Visit 1 & 2
December 2018/ January - June 2019
17 remarks by investigators (FI/JSO) Visit 1 & 2
18 comments by supervisory officer (s) Visit 1 & 2
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3.0.11.1 The first three blocks, viz. Blocks 0, 1 and 2 are used to record identification of sample
households and particulars of field operations, as is the common practice in usual NSS rounds.
The last two blocks, viz., Blocks 17 and 18 are to record the remarks of field investigators/
Junior Statistical Officer and comments by supervisory officer(s) respectively.
3.0.11.2 Block 3 is for recording the demographic particulars and attendance in formal training
on agriculture. Particulars of principal and subsidiary activity of the household member and
earnings from wage and salary employment, pension/remittances, leasing out of land by the
household members will also be collected in this block. Additionally in visit 2, question on
association with the household operational holding during the major part of Agricultural Year
2018-19 will be asked to each household member.
3.0.11.3 Block 4 will be used for recording the household characteristics like household size,
religion, social group, household classification, household’s usual monthly consumer
expenditure, value of household agricultural production from self-employment activities received
during the last 365 days in term of codes. Information on dwelling unit, whether the household
has Kisan Credit Card, Soil Health Card, whether any household member has bank account,
whether any member of the household is a member of registered farmers’ organization, etc., are
to collected from agricultural households only. Block 4 will be canvassed only in visit 1.
3.0.11.4 In Block 5 of visit 1 and Block 5 & Block 5.1 of visit 2, information on various
particulars of ownership holding of land and operational holding of land of the household will be
collected. Information on various particulars of the lands of the household which were ‘owned
and possessed’ or ‘leased-in’ or ‘otherwise possessed’ or ‘leased-out’ during the major part of
the reference period will be collected through Block 5. For Block 5, the reference period for visit
1 is July - December 2018 and that for visit 2 is January - June 2019. Information on various
particulars of the lands of the household which were ‘owned and possessed’ or ‘leased-in’ or
‘otherwise possessed’ or ‘leased-out’ during the major part of July 2018 - June 2019 will be
collected through Block 5.1 of visit 2.
3.0.11.4.1 In Block 5, for the specified reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2:
January - June 2019), information will be collected separately for homestead land and other land
on (i) area of land which were ‘owned and possessed’ or ‘leased-in’ or ‘otherwise possessed’ or
‘leased-out’ by the household, (ii) whether the land was used for any agricultural production, (iii)
area of land by its use, (iv) major type of crop grown/animal farming undertaken by the
household if any agricultural activity was undertaken by the household, (v) area of land irrigated
and source of irrigation if any part of the land was irrigated by the household for some
agricultural activity, (vi) tenure of lease for the major part of the leased land of the household
and (vii) area of leased land of the household by terms of lease. Also for the specified reference
period, some particulars on the operational holdings of the household viz. (i) whether operated
individually/jointly, (ii) type of holding, (iii) main use of the holding, (iv) number of parcels in
the holding will be collected through this block.
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3.0.11.4.2 In Block 5.1 of visit 2 for the reference period July 2018 - June 2019, information will
be collected separately for homestead land and other land on (i) area of land which were ‘owned
and possessed’ or ‘leased-in’ or ‘otherwise possessed’ or ‘leased-out’ by the household, (ii)
whether the land was used for any agricultural production, (iii) area of land by its use, (iv) major
type of crop grown/animal farming undertaken by the household if any agricultural activity was
undertaken by the household, (v) area of land irrigated and source of irrigation if any part of the
land was irrigated by the household for some agricultural activity, (vi) tenure of lease for the
major part of the leased land of the household. Also for the reference period July 2018 - June
2019, some particulars on operational holdings of the household viz. (i) whether operated
individually/jointly, (ii) type of holding, (iii) main use of the holding, (iv) number of parcels in
the holding will be collected through this block.
3.0.11.5 In Block 6, particulars of crop production will be collected separately for production
from irrigated and un-irrigated land. Details regarding disposal of crop and value of output will
also be collected in this block. Quantity and value of disposal, level of satisfaction by the
household over sale proceedings in respect of the major disposal, agency to which crops were
sold, etc., will be collected in this block. Particulars of inputs like their source of procurement,
quality/adequacy of input and expenses made (both paid out and imputed) for cultivation of the
crops harvested during the reference period are to be collected in Block 7.
3.0.11.6 Block 8 will be canvassed only in visit 1. In this block, information will be collected on
number of different categories of livestock and poultry birds owned by the household as on the
date of survey. Information on number of cattle and buffalo owned by the household will be
collected for the categories (i) in-milk, (ii) young stock and (iii) others, separately for male and
female. For other categories of livestock like (i) ovine and other mammals (sheep, goat, pig,
rabbits, etc.), (ii) other large-heads (elephant, camel, horse, mule, pony, donkey, yak, mithun,
etc.), (iii) poultry birds (hen, cock, chicken, duck, duckling, other poultry birds, etc.); only total
number owned by the household will be collected.
3.0.11.7 Disposal of produce and value of production from farming of animals during last 30
days will be collected in block 9 and other particulars of input on farming of animals during the
same reference period will be collected in block 10.
3.0.11.8 Expenses and receipts for non-farm business along with the description and NIC-2008
(at 2 digit-level) of the activity during the reference period will be collected in block 11.
3.0.11.9 In block 12, expenditure incurred (on purchase and major repair) and income received
from sale of productive assets like land, building, machinery, etc., during the reference period,
both for farm business and for non-farm business will be collected.
3.0.11.10 Block 13 will be used for recording the indebtedness of the agricultural households,
like loans (cash and kind) payable, nature of loan, source, purpose of loan, rate of interest, tenure
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of loan and amount outstanding as on the date of survey. This block will be canvassed only
during visit 1.
3.0.11.11 Block 14 will be used for recording the awareness of the household about Minimum
Support Price (MSP) with respect to the crops harvested by them. This block is applicable only
when the household reported harvesting of at least one crop which is under MSP declared by
Government of India for the agricultural year 2018-19. Information regarding procurement
agency, whether sold to any such agencies, quantity sold, rate received etc., will be collected in
this block.
3.0.11.12 In block 15, access of the agricultural household to receive technical advice from
KVK, input dealers, Govt. extension agents, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, print media/ radio/TV/ other
electronic media, NGO, etc., will be collected. If the information is accessed by the household,
type of information accessed and status of adoption of the recommended advice will also be
collected here.
3.0.11.13 Detailed information regarding crop insurance, premium paid, crop loss/damage,
reason thereof, amount claimed during the reference period will be collected in block 16.
Box 2
Blocks 0 to 5.1, 8, 17 and 18 need to be filled in for all the sample households.
However, the remaining blocks will be canvassed only in agricultural
households. Filling up of certain blocks for the agricultural households are
conditional, which are specified in the title of respective blocks.
Details of Schedule
3.0.12 Schedule design: Schedule 33.1 has been split into several blocks to obtain detailed
information on various aspects of all rural households and agricultural households separately.
Information on household characteristics including usual consumer expenditure, demographic
particulars, household ownership and operational holdings, ownership of livestock is collected
from all the rural households. However, value of output and input and other expenses in respect
of farm and non-farm business, awareness and access to MSP, technical advice on farming, crop
insurance, etc., are being collected for agricultural households only.
Block 0: descriptive identification of sample household
3.0.13 This block is meant for recording descriptive identification particulars of the sample
household and the sample FSU to which the sample household belongs. All the items in this
block are self-explanatory.
 Entries against items 1 to 3 will be the same as in the corresponding entries in Block 0 of
Schedule 0.0.
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 Items 4 will record village name to which the sample household belongs. Village name in
item 4 will be copied from the corresponding item in Block 0 of Schedule 0.0.
 Item 5, sample sub-unit (SU) number will be obtained from item 7 of Block 0 of
Schedule 0.0.
 Name of the head of the household will be recorded in Item 6 and the entry against the
last item (Item 7), viz., ‘name of informant’, will be the name of the principal informant,
i.e., the person from whom the bulk of the information is collected.
Block 1: identification of sample household
3.1.0 This Block will be used to record the identification particulars of the sample household.
The entries against items 2, 3and 6 are already printed in the schedule.
3.1.1 Item 1: srl. no. of sample FSU: Serial number of the sample FSU in which the sample
household belongs to will be copied from item 1 of Block 1 of Schedule 0.0.
3.1.2 Item 4: second-stage stratum number: This item will be copied from the headings of
column 13, column 14, column 15, column 16 and column 17 of Block 5A of Schedule 0.0.
Entry will be any of 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 depending upon the second stage stratum number to which the
sample household belongs. The second stage stratum number assigned to a particular household
in visit 1 will be copied in item 4 in visit 2.
3.1.3 Item 5: sample household number: This is same as the order of selection of the sample
household and will be copied from column 18, column 19, column 20, column 21 and column 22
of Block 5A of Schedule 0.0. The sample household number assigned to a particular household
in visit 1 will be copied in item 5 in visit 2.
3.1.4 Item 7: serial number of informant: For visit 1, serial number of the person recorded in
column 1 of block 3 of visit 1 schedule from whom the bulk of the information is collected will
be entered. Similarly for visit 2 also, serial number of the person recorded in column 1 of block 3
of visit 2 schedule from whom the bulk of the information is collected will be entered.
Information has to be collected from one of the household members. In extreme cases,
information may be collected from a person other than the household member who is supposed
to know the requisite information. In such a case, ‘99’ should be recorded against this item.
3.1.5 Item 8: response code: This item is to be filled in at the end of the interview. It is meant to
classify the informant according to the degree of his co-operation as well as his/her capability to
provide the required information. The codes are:
informant co-operative and capable …………. 1
informant co-operative but not capable ……... 2
informant busy ………………………………. 3
informant reluctant …………………………... 4
others ………………………………………... 9
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3.1.6 Item 9: survey code: For the schedules of visit 1, the survey codes are as follows:
household surveyed:
original ……………………… 1
substitute …………………….. 2
household casualty …………………………… 3
If the originally selected sample household has been surveyed, code 1 will be entered in this
item. However, if the originally selected household could not be surveyed for any reason, a
substituted household will be surveyed and in such cases, code ‘2’ will be entered. It may be
noted that in case a substituted household has been surveyed in visit 1 this substituted household
will be surveyed in visit 2. If neither the originally selected household nor the substituted
household could be surveyed, i.e., if the sample household is a casualty, code ‘3’ will be
recorded. It may be noted that before declaring the household as casualty in visit 1, two attempts
are to be made for substitution. In case of casualty of households, only the Blocks 0, 1, 2, 17 and
18 will be filled in and on the top of the front page of the schedule the word ‘CASUALTY’ will
be written and underlined.
For the schedules of visit 2, the survey codes are as follows:

surveyed..............................1
casualty ..............................3
In visit 2, all the households surveyed in visit 1 will only be surveyed and no substitution of the
households will be made for the households surveyed during the first visit. Code ‘1’ will be
recorded if the household surveyed during visit 1 is also surveyed during visit 2. If the household
surveyed during visit 1 cannot be surveyed in visit 2, the household will be treated as casualty
and code ‘3’ will be recorded in this item. In case of casualty of the household, only Blocks 0, 1,
2, 17 and 18 will be filled in and on the top of the front page of the schedule the word
‘CASUALTY’ will be written and underlined.
Box 3
If the sample household is a casualty (i.e. entry in item 9 of block 1 is ‘3’,
then beyond block 1, only block 2 (particulars of field operation) block 17
and block 18 (remarks/comments from investigators/JSO and Supervisory
officers) are to be filled in.
3.1.7 Item 10: reason for substitution of original household for visit 1 and reason for casualty
of the household in visit 2: In visit 1 schedule, in case the originally selected sample household
could not be surveyed, the reason for not surveying the original household will be recorded
against this item, irrespective of whether a substituted household could be surveyed or not.
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In visit 1 schedule, this item is applicable if the entry against item 9 is either ‘2’ or ‘3’.
Otherwise, this item is to be left blank.
In visit 2 schedule, this item will be filled in if entry in item 9 of visit 2 is ‘3’, i.e., if the
household is a casualty. It may be noted that code structure for this item in visit 2 schedule is
same as those of visit 1 schedule. The codes are as follows:
informant busy ............................ 1
members away from home .......... 2
informant non-cooperative .......... 3
others ........................................... 9
Block 2: particulars of field operations
3.2.0 The identity of the field investigators (FI/JSO), field officer (FO)/Senior Statistical Officer
(SSO), date of survey/ inspection/ scrutiny of schedules, despatch, etc., will be recorded in this
block against the appropriate items in the relevant columns. Employee codes of field officials are
to be recorded against item (ii) of srl. no. 1(a) and 1(b) (for central sample only). If the schedule
is required to be canvassed for more than one day, the first day of survey is to be recorded
against the item serial number 2 (i).
3.2.1 Item 4: total time taken to canvass the schedule by the team of investigators (FI/JSO) (in
minutes): Total time taken to canvass schedule 33.1 will be recorded in this item in whole
number in minutes. The ‘total time taken to canvass the schedule’ means the actual time spent in
canvassing the schedule and will not include the time taken by the investigators (FI/JSO) to
finalise the schedule.
3.2.2 Item 5: number of investigators (FI/JSO) in the team: Total number of Field Investigators
(FI) and Junior Statistical Officers (JSO) in the team who canvass the schedule will be recorded
in this item.
3.2.3 Item 6: whether any remarks have been entered by FI/JSO/supervisory officer: In block
17, remarks of field investigators (FI/JSO) and in block 18, comments of any supervisory
officer(s) are to be recorded when some difficulty is encountered in collection of data or some of
the items of information seem doubtful in nature. Besides the remarks blocks, sometimes
remarks are also recorded in the available blank spaces in the schedules. These remarks may help
to make proper assessment of the entries made in the schedule. In items 6(i) and 6(ii), entry will
be 1 against the appropriate cell if relevant remarks have been entered, else entry will be 2.
Block 3: demographic and other particulars of household members
3.3.0 All members of the sample household will be listed in this block. Apart from demographic
particulars like relation to head, gender, age, highest level of education, attending formal training
in agriculture, etc., information on principal status and subsidiary economic activity status,
earnings from wages/salaried employment and pension /remittances, income from rent of leased
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out land during the reference period will also be collected in this block. During Visit 2, the
demographic particulars will remain same as in visit 1. No changes will be allowed up to column
7. Against columns 8 to 15, information needs to be collected for the reference period January –
June 2019.
Box 4
Addition or deletion of household member during visit 2 will not be allowed.
Investigators must carry with them copy of visit 1 schedule during visit 2.
3.3.1 Column 1: serial number: All the members of the sample household will be listed in block
3 using a continuous serial number in column 1. The head of the household will appear first
followed by head's spouse, the first son, first son's wife and their children, second son, second
son's wife and their children and so on. After the sons are enumerated, the daughters will be
listed followed by other relations, dependants, servants, etc.
3.3.2 Column 2: name of the member: The names of the members corresponding to the serial
numbers entered in column 1 will be recorded in column 2.
3.3.3 Column 3: relation to head (code): The relationship of each member of the household to
the head of the household (for the head, the relationship is ‘self’) will be recorded in this column.
The codes are:
self …………………………... 1 grandchild ………………………… 6

father/ mother/father-in-law/
spouse of head ………………. 2 mother-in-law …………………….. 7
brother/ sister/ brother-in-law/
married child ………………… 3 sister-in-law/ other relatives ………. 8
spouse of married child ……... 4
servant/ employees/
unmarried child ……………… 5 other non-relatives ………………... 9
3.3.4 Column 4: gender (code): The gender code of each member of the household will be
recorded in this column. The codes are:
male - 1, female - 2, transgender - 3
3.3.5 Column 5: age (years): The age in completed years of all the members listed will be
ascertained and recorded in this column. For infants below one year of age, ‘0’ will be entered.
3.3.6 Column 6: highest level of education (code): The highest level of education completed by
the member of the household considering all the general/ technical/vocational educational level
successfully completed by him/her, will be recorded here in terms of codes. The codes for the
highest level of education completed to be recorded in column 6 are given below:
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highest level of code highest level of code

education education
not literate................................. 01 diploma/certificate course (upto secondary) …07
literate: diploma/certificate course (higher secondary)....08
below primary………………….. 02 diploma /certificate course
(graduation and above)..............................10
primary………………………….03 graduate ..............................................................11
upper primary/middle………....04 post graduate and above.....................................12
secondary………………………..05
higher secondary………………06
3.3.6.1 Some examples are cited here to understand successful completion of a level of
education. If a person has studied up to first year B.A. or has failed in the final B.A. examination,
the highest level of education completed for that person will be considered as 'higher secondary'
for the purpose of entry in column 6. Similarly, if a person has studied up to 12th standard but has
not appeared for the final examination or has failed in 12 th standard examination, the highest
level of education completed for that person will be considered as ‘secondary’.
3.3.6.2 A person who can both read and write a simple message with understanding in at least
one language is to be considered literate. Those who are not able to do so are to be considered
not literate and will be assigned code 01. Those who are literate but yet to pass primary level
education will be assigned code 02. For children studying in Anganwadi Centres, code 02 is
applicable.
3.3.6.3 It may be noted that for the purpose of this survey, the primary level is defined as Class I-
V for all the States/UTs uniformly. Thus, the persons who have passed Class V will be assigned
code 03. Codes 04 to 08 and 10 to 12 are to be assigned to the household members considering
the highest level of general/technical/vocational education successfully completed by him/her.
Persons who have studied Oriental languages (e.g., Sanskrit, Persian, etc.) through formal
education will be classified appropriately at the equivalent level of education completed. Code
07 will be assigned for them who have completed some diploma or certificate course in
general/technical/vocational education, which is equivalent to up to secondary level. Code 08
will be assigned for them who have completed diploma or certificate which is equivalent to
higher secondary level. Code 10 will be recorded for them who have completed diploma or
certificate which is equivalent to graduation and above level. Code 11 will be assigned for them
who have obtained degree in graduation level and code 12 will be assigned for them who have
obtained degree in post-graduation level and above.
3.3.7 Column 7: whether attended any formal training in agriculture (yes-1, no-2): If the
household member has attended any formal training in agriculture, entry will be 1, else entry 2
will be recorded. Any training in agriculture generally conducted by an institution and having a
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course structure, time schedule and may be issuing of certificate on successful completion is
considered as formal training in agriculture for the purpose of this item. Those who have
completed the full duration of the training or attending the training at the time of the survey will
be reported with code 1.
3.3.8 Columns 8 and 9: principal activity status and industry during the period July to
December 2018/ January to June 2019 (code): The principal activity will be determined with
reference to the fixed period of July to December 2018 in visit 1 and with reference to January to
June 2019 in visit 2. The activity status on which a person spent relatively longer time (major
time criterion) during the fixed period July to December 2018 / January to June 2019, will be
considered the principal activity status of the person for that reference period.
3.3.8.1 To decide the principal activity of a person, he/ she is first categorised as belonging to the
labour force or not, during the reference period on the basis of major time criterion. Persons,
thus, adjudged as not belonging to the labour force are assigned the broad activity status 'neither
working nor available for work'. For the persons belonging to the labour force, the broad activity
status of either 'working' or ‘not working but seeking and/ or available for work’ is then
ascertained again on the basis of the relatively longer time spent in the labour force during the
reference period. Within the broad activity status so determined, the detailed activity status of a
person pursuing more than one such activity will be determined again on the basis of the
relatively longer time spent during the reference period.
3.3.8.2 The detailed activity statuses are as follows:
activity status code

worked in hh. enterprise (self-employed) as own account worker ...11
worked in hh. enterprise (self-employed) as employer ...12
worked as helper in hh. enterprises (unpaid family worker) ...21
worked as regular salaried/wage employee ...31
worked as casual wage labour : in public works other than MGNREG public works ...41
in MGNREG public works ...42
in other types of work ...51
did not work but was seeking and/or available for work ...81
attended educational institutions ...91
attended domestic duties only ...92
attended domestic duties and was also engaged in free collection of goods (vegetables, ...93
roots, firewood, cattle-feed etc.) sewing, tailing, weaving, etc. for hh. use
rentiers, pensioners, remittance recipients, etc. ...94
not able to work due to disability ...95
others (including begging, prostitution, etc.) ...97
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Codes 11, 12, 21, 31, 41, 42 & 51 refer to the 'employed', 81 to the 'unemployed' and the
remaining viz. 91 to 97 (excluding 96) refer to the 'not in labour force'.
3.3.8.3 Column 8: principal activity status (code): In column 8, one of the detailed activity
statuses of the person, determined on the basis of the procedure given above will be recorded. It
may be noted that for persons of age below 5 years, code 97 will be recorded without any
probing.
3.3.8.4 Column 9: principal Industry (2-digit code of NIC 2008): Column 9 will be filled-in for
those who are 'working', i.e., those with any of the codes 11, 12, 21, 31, 41, 42 or 51 in column 8.
The 2-digit code of NIC-2008 relevant to the type of economic activity pursued by the person in
the status recorded in column 8 will be given in column 9.
3.3.8.4.1 It is important to note that the Division 98 of NIC-2008 will not be used for the purpose
of collection of information on industry of activity. Division 98 of NIC-2008 is for
undifferentiated goods and services producing activities of private households for own use. As a
part of the activities shown under Division 98 (viz. hunting and gathering, farming and the
production of shelter) is considered as economic activities in NSS surveys, the industry of these
undifferentiated activities will be judged in the usual manner by considering the industry in
which major time is spent. Thus, this part of activities will get classified against the respective
industries under ‘Sections A or B’ relating to the primary sector or ‘section F’ relating to
construction and not in Division 98. The rest of Division 98 will not be considered as economic
activity for the NSS survey.
3.3.9 Columns 10 and 11: subsidiary economic activity status and industry during the period
July to December 2018/ January to June 2019 (code):
3.3.9.1 subsidiary economic activity status: A person whose principal status is determined on the
basis of the major time criterion during the fixed reference period of six months may have
pursued some economic activity for 30 days or more during the reference period. The status in
which such economic activity is pursued during the reference period July to December 2018/
January to June 2019 is the subsidiary economic activity status of the person. In case of multiple
subsidiary economic activities, the major activity based on the relatively longer time spent
criterion will be considered. It may be noted that engagement in work in subsidiary capacity
may arise out of the two following situations:
i. a person may be engaged in a relatively longer period during the reference period in
economic (non-economic activity) and for a relatively minor period, which is not less
than 30 days, in another economic activity (any economic activity).
ii. a person may be pursuing an economic activity (non-economic activity) almost
throughout the reference period in the principal status and also simultaneously pursuing
another economic activity (any economic activity) for relatively shorter time in a
subsidiary capacity. In such cases, since both the activities are being pursued throughout
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the reference period and hence the duration of both the activities are more than 30 days,
the activity which is being pursued for a relatively shorter time will be considered as his/
her subsidiary economic activity.
3.3.9.2 Column 10: subsidiary economic activity status (code): For all persons engaged in any
‘work’ in subsidiary capacity, the status code corresponding to the economic activities pursued
by them in their subsidiary capacity will be recorded in column 10. Activity status codes 11, 12,
21, 31, 41, 42 and 51 relate to economic activity and only these codes are applicable for column
10.
3.3.9.3 Column 11: industry corresponding to the subsidiary economic activity status: For all
persons engaged in any ‘work’ in subsidiary capacity, the 2-digit industry code of NIC -2008
(excluding code 98) will be recorded in column 11.
3.3.10 Columns 12 to 14: earnings (received or receivable) from wages/salaried employment,
pension/remittances and income received from lease rent of the land during the period July to
December 2018/ January to June 2019: Income receivable by the household members from
sources such as wage/ salaried employment, pension, remittance, leasing out of land will be
enquired and recorded against items 12 to 14.
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For household members with relation to head code ‘9’ (servants/employees/other
non-relatives) in column 3 of block 3, columns 12 to 14 are not applicable and to
be kept blank.
3.3.10.1 Column 12: earnings (received or receivable) from wages/salaried employment for the
work done during the period July to December 2018/ January to June 2019 from employment
(Rs.): For all the persons who had worked in the capacity of wage/salary earners, total of the
wages and salary earned during the period of July to December 2018 and during the period
January to June 2019 will be recorded in column 12 in whole number of rupees. Earnings refer to
the wage/ salary income (and not total earnings from other sources) receivable for the wage/
salaried work done during the reference period by the wage/ salaried employees and casual
labourers. The wage/ salary already received or receivable may be in cash or kind or partly in
cash and partly in kind. For recording the wages and salaries:
i) The kind wages are evaluated at the respective current retail price.
ii) Bonus (expected or paid) and perquisites evaluated at respective retail prices and
duly apportioned for the reference period are also included in earnings.
iii) For any economic activity, amount received or receivable as 'over-time' for the
additional work done beyond normal working time will also be included.
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3.3.10.2 Column 13 and 14: earnings (received or receivable) from pension/remittance during
the period July to December 2018/ January to June 2019 (Rs.): Income receivable from
pension and remittances received by the household members during the reference period will be
clubbed together and reported in column 13. Pension includes all type of pensions such as
pension received by retired government employees, contributory pension under National Pension
Scheme (NPS), Employee Pension Scheme (EPS) run under the Employee Provident Fund
Organisation of India and other welfare pension schemes run by government agencies.
Remittances are the transfers, in either cash or kind, to the households generally by former
household members. However, remittances received from persons other than former household
members and institutions will also be included. If such transfers are in the form of loans, these
will not be considered. The valuation of the remittances received in kind will be done by
considering the market value of the kind received by the household. If the cash remittances are in
any foreign currency, exchange value of the cash remittances in Indian Rupee may be arrived at
to determine the amount of remittances.
3.3.10.3 Column 14: income from rent of leased out land: Income receivable as the rent from
leased-out lands by all the household members during the reference period are to be clubbed
together and to be reported in whole number of rupees against head of the household i.e. against
serial no. 1 in column 14.
3.3.11 Column 15 (for visit 2 only): whether associated with the household operational holding
during the AY 2018-19: Provision has been made to collect this information in block 3 of visit 2
schedule only. This column will be filled in after canvassing block 5.1 of visit 2 schedule. If entry
in column 4 of block 5.1 is ‘1’ for any of the items 1 to 4 or 6 to 9 of column 1 of block 5.1,
information on ‘whether associated with the household operational holding during the
agricultural year (AY) 2018-19’ will be collected for each of the household member in terms of
the following codes:
main operator of the household operational holding ............................1
other member associated with the household operational holding........2
not associated with household operational holding...............................3
It may be noted that when one or more members of the household operated some land for
agricultural activities, the household will be considered as a single household operational
holding. The main operator of the household operational holding during the AY 2018-19 will be
the one who takes major decisions regarding the household operational holding during the AY
2018-19 and code ‘1’ will be assigned for that member. If there are more than one member
associated with the household operational holding during the AY 2018-19, code ‘2’ will be
assigned for all the members other than main operator of the household operational holding. If
no single operator takes major decisions, main operator will be the senior most operator. For
persons of age less than 5 years, entry will be made as ‘3’ without any probing.
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Block 4: household characteristics

3.4.0 Certain household characteristics, such as, household size, religion, social group,
classification of the household, usual monthly consumer expenditure of the household, ‘whether
value of agricultural production from self-employment activities received by the household
during the last 365 days is more than Rs. 4000/- or not’ are to be collected from all the
households. If for a household, the value of agricultural production from self-employment
activities received during the last 365 days is more than Rs. 4000/-, some additional information
on dwelling unit, type of structure, whether any of the household member has bank account,
MGNREG job card, Kisan Credit Card, Soil Health Card, Animal Health Card, insurance of
crop under PMFBY, etc., will be collected in this block. It may be noted that Block 4 will be
filled-in during visit 1 only.
3.4.1 Item 1: household size: The size of the sample household i.e. the total number of persons
normally residing together (i.e., under the same roof) and taking food from the same kitchen
(including temporary stay away and excluding temporary visitors) will be recorded against this
item. This number will be same as the last serial number recorded in column 1 of block 3.
3.4.2 Item 2: religion (code): The religion of the household will be recorded against this item in
codes. When members of the household claimed to belong to different religions, the religion of
the head of the household will be considered as the religion of the household. The codes are:
Hinduism …………... 1 Jainism …………. 5
Islam ……………….. 2 Buddhism ………. 6
Christianity ………… 3 Zoroastrianism …. 7
Sikhism …………….. 4 Others …………... 9
3.4.3 Item 3: social group (code): Whether or not the household belongs to scheduled tribe,
scheduled caste or other backward class will be indicated against this item in terms of the
specified codes which are:
scheduled tribe ……………... 1
scheduled caste ………………... 2
other backward classes ………... 3
others ………………………….. 9
Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9
meant to cover all other categories. In case different members belong to different social groups,
the group to which the head of the household belongs will be considered as the ‘social group’ of
the household.
3.4.4 Item 4: household classification (code): Each household will be classified on the basis of
the sources of the household's major income during the 365 days preceding the date of survey.
For this purpose, only the household's income from economic activities is to be considered; but
the income of servants and paying guests are not to be taken into account. The codes are:
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self-employment in:
crop production……………………................................ 1
farming of animals…………………............................... 2
other agricultural activities………….............................. 3
non-agricultural enterprise…………............................... 4
regular wage/salaried earning in:
agriculture…………………………............................... 5
non- agriculture……………………............................... 6
casual labour in:
agriculture…………………………............................... 7
non- agriculture…………………….............................. 8
others (pensioners, remittance recipients, student,
engaged in domestic activities etc.)……………............. 9
3.4.4.1 Procedure for assigning household classification codes:

i) Firstly, the households, which do not have any income from economic activities, shall be
classified under “others”.
ii) Out of the remaining households, the household’s income from economic activities will be
considered. A household will be first categorized as ‘self-employed’, ‘regular wage/salary
earning’ or ‘casual labour’ depending on the major source of its income during last 365 days
from self-employment, regular wage/ salaried employment or casual labour employment,
respectively.
 For a household, which has major income from self-employment (i.e., income
from self-employment is more than the earning of each of regular wage/salary and
casual labour), the broad household classification will be self-employed.
 For a household, which has major income from regular wage/salary, the broad
household classification will be regular wage/salary earning.
 For a household, which has major income from casual labour, the broad
household classification will be casual labour.
iii) The household broadly classified as ‘self-employed’ will be further classified into one of
the four categories: ‘crop production’, ‘farming of animals’, ‘other agricultural activities’ or
‘non-agricultural enterprise’.
a) If the major income of the household is from growing of field crops (including fodder crops),
fruits, grapes, nuts, seeds, seedlings in the nurseries, bulbs, vegetables and flowers both in open
and under glass, production of fodder crops etc., or production of plantation crops like tea,
coffee, cocoa, rubber, etc., or from forest production in parcels of land which form part of
enumeration holding –household classification will be ‘crop production’.
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b) If the major income of the household is from production of livestock and livestock products,
poultry and poultry products, fish, honey, rabbits, furbearing animals and silk-worm cocoons-
household classification will be ‘farming of animals’.
c) For the household having major income from agricultural activities other than crop production
or livestock farming will be classified into ‘other agricultural activities’.
d) Household having major income from self-employment in non-agricultural enterprises will be
classified into ‘non-agricultural enterprise’.
iv) Within each of the broad category of regular wage/salary earning and casual labour
households, two specific household types, viz., ‘in agriculture’ and ‘in non-agriculture’ will be
distinguished, depending on their major income from agricultural activities (section A of NIC-
2008) and non-agricultural activities (rest of the NIC-2008 sections, excluding section A) during
last 365 days.
Specific household types for the households whose major source of income during last
365 days is from regular wage/salary earning are “regular wage/salary earning in agriculture”
and “regular wage/salary earning in non-agriculture”. Specific household types for the
households whose major source of income during last 365 days is from employment as casual
labour are “casual labour in agriculture” and “casual labour in non-agriculture”.
3.4.5 Items 5 – 9: household’s usual monthly consumer expenditure (Rs.): This information is
collected to classify the households into different MPCE (Monthly Per Capita Consumption
Expenditure) classes. Household consumer expenditure (HCE) is the sum total of monetary
values of all goods and services consumed (out of purchase or procured otherwise) by the
household on domestic account during a reference period. Procedure for deciding consumption
of goods and services by a household is same as that followed in Consumer Expenditure Survey
(Schedule 1.0) of NSSO. Household’s usual monthly consumer expenditure is the sum total of
monetary values of all goods and services consumed by the household on domestic account with
a monthly regularity. Unusual expenditures, such as expenditure on social ceremonies, capitation
fee, hospitalization, etc., are to be excluded for deriving usual monthly consumer expenditure of
the household. However, expenditure on household durable goods is to be included and monthly
expenditure on durable goods is to be derived by apportioning the total expenditure made by the
household on durable goods during last 365 days.
3.4.5.1 For deriving Household’s usual monthly consumer expenditure, information on regular
monthly expenditure of the household for household purposes out of purchase, home grown and
wages in kind, free collection, gift etc., is collected along with the information on expenditure of
the household for purchase of durable goods during last 365 days. For this purpose, provision has
been made for items 5 to 8 in this block as mentioned below:
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item 5: usual consumer expenditure in a month for household purposes out of purchase (A)
item 6: imputed value of usual consumption in a month from home grown stock (B)
item 7: imputed value of usual consumption in a month from wages in kind, free collection,
gifts etc. (C)
item 8: expenditure on purchase of household durables during last 365 days (D)
Entries in items 5 to 8 are to be recorded in whole number of rupees. If any of the items 5 to
8 is not relevant for the sample household, entry ‘0’ may be recorded in that item.
3.4.5.2 Item 5: usual consumer expenditure in a month for household purposes out of
purchase (A): Regular monthly expenditure incurred by the household for purchase of goods and
services for household purposes will be reported in item 5. Any expenditure made by the
household for purchase of durable goods will not be included here. However, expenses made on
items like clothing, footwear etc., though they are not regular monthly expenses, will be
included in item 5. Such expenses, if made during the last 365 days, will be included against
item 5 after diving them by 12. Cash remittances should not be reported under this item.
3.4.5.3 Item 6: imputed value of usual consumption in a month from home grown stock (B):
There are some households, especially in rural areas, who use items of household consumer
goods like rice, cereals, pulses, vegetables, milk, firewood & chips, cow dung etc., from home
grown stock on a regular basis. For households who use items of household consumer goods
from home grown stock on regular basis, the imputed value of such usual consumption in a
month at ex farm/ex factory price will be recorded in item 6.
3.4.5.4 Item 7: imputed value of usual consumption in a month from wages in kind, free
collection, gifts, etc. (C): There are some household who regularly consumes goods and services
that are received as exchange of goods and services provided by them. For wage salaried
employees, such services received could be perquisites like free electricity, free telephone
services, free medical services etc. For agricultural labourers, such goods and services received
could be food-grains, vegetables, meals etc., as payment for wages in kind. In some cases it may
also happen that household regularly consumes goods and services received as gifts or obtained
through free collection. For households who regularly consume goods and services received as
wages in kind, in exchange of goods provided by them, as gifts or obtained through free
collection, etc., the imputed value of such usual consumption in a month at local retail prices will
be recorded in item 7. Mid-day meals received by household members also will be considered
for making entries against this item.
3.4.5.5 Item 8: expenditure on purchase of household durables during last 365 days (D):
Expenditure incurred by the household during the last 365 days for purchase of household
durable goods like, bedstead, furniture, vehicles, TV sets, fridge, fans, cooler, AC, mobile
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phones, computers, kitchen equipment, etc., will be recorded in item 8. Expenditure for
construction of household durable goods will not be considered for reporting in this item.
3.4.5.6 Item 9: usual monthly consumer expenditure: Household’s usual monthly consumer
expenditure will be reported in item 9 in whole number of rupees which will be derived from the
entries reported in item 5 (viz. A), item 6 (viz. B), item 7 (viz. C) and item 8 (viz. D) by using
the following formula:
household’s usual monthly consumer expenditure = A + B + C + (D/12)
3.4.5.7 Special procedure for tuition fees, hostel room charges and hostel mess charges: For
hostel students, such expenses are often paid semester-wise, or quarterly or annually. The
following procedure is adopted for such expenses.
o If these expenses are incurred with a monthly periodicity, they will naturally come under
‘A’. But if they are incurred semester-wise, or quarterly or annually, the average
expenditure per month is to be calculated and included in ‘A’.
o Note, however, that in case of hostel students, these expenditures should be accounted in
the student’s household and not in the ‘parent’ household. This is because rent and tuition
fees regularly paid by a household H for a member of another household (usually a hostel
student) are covered by the Use Approach.
o For simplicity the above procedure will be followed for tuition fees paid for non-hostel
students as well. That is, if tuition fees are not paid monthly and therefore not reported in
‘A’, the monthly average over a year will be included in ‘A’.
3.4.6 Item 10: value of agricultural production from self-employment activities during the last
365 days (code): If the value of the agriculture production (i.e. from cultivation of field crops,
horticultural crops, fodder crops, plantation, animal husbandry, poultry, fishery, piggery, bee-
keeping, vermiculture, sericulture, etc.) received by the household through self-employment
activities during last 365 days, is less than or equal to Rs. 4000/- code 1 will be given. Otherwise,
i.e. if the value of agricultural produce during last 365 days, received by the household is more
than Rs. 4000/- code 2 will be recorded against this item. Codes for this item are:
less than or equal to Rs.4000/-…..1
more than Rs.4000/-……………..2
For the sample households selected from the second stage stratum (SSS) 2, 3, 4 and 5
(i.e entry in item 4 of block 1 is one of 2, 3, 4 and 5), entry in item 10 of block 4 is expected to
be 2 as the SSS formation in the listing stage is done in such a way that only those households
which had reported value of household agricultural productionfrom self-employment activities
during the last 365 days as more than Rs.4000/-.
It may be noted that income received by the household from free gathering of agricultural
produce should not br considered for reporting against this item.
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Information on items 11 to 21 are to be collected only from the agricultural
households only (i.e. for those households which have reported having value of
agricultural production from self-employment activities of more than Rs. 4000/-
during the previous 365 days (entry in item 10 of block 4 is 2).
3.4.7 Item 11: dwelling unit (code): It refers only to the dwelling unit or the actual residence of
the sample household. The dwelling unit may be an entire structure or may be only a part of a
structure or even more than one structure. The type of possession of the dwelling unit may be
owned, hired or otherwise possessed. If the household owns the dwelling unit, code 1 will be
recorded against item 11. If it is taken on rent, code 2 will be entered and if it is occupied
otherwise, code 9 will apply. However, if any household is found living under trees, bridges, in
pipes, etc., it will not be treated as living in dwelling unit. For such households code 3 will be
recorded. It may be noted that a dwelling unit constructed on a plot of land which is taken under
long-term lease, usually 30 years or more, will be considered as being held in owner-like
possession. Similarly, a dwelling unit itself possessed by a household under a long-term lease
may be treated as in owner-like possession and code 1 will be applicable in such cases also. The
codes for this item are as follows:
owned ………………………… 1
hired …………………………... 2
no dwelling unit ………………. 3
others …………………………. 9
3.4.8 Item 12: for code 1, 2 or 9 in col. 11, type of structure (code): Structures have been
classified into three categories, namely, pucca, semi-pucca and katcha, on the basis of materials
used for construction. This item is to be filled in when the household has dwelling unit, i.e. entry
in item 11 is 1, 2 or 9. The codes relevant for item 12 are:
katcha ………………................. 1
semi-pucca ………………......... 2
pucca ……….............................. 3
3.4.8.1 The definitions of three structure types are given under:
 Katcha: A katcha structure is one whose walls and roof are made of katcha materials,
which means materials such as mud, bamboo, grass, leaves, reeds, thatch or un-burnt
bricks, etc.
 Pucca: A pucca structure is one whose walls and roof are made of pucca materials, which
means materials such as burnt bricks, stone, cement, concrete, jackboard (cement-
plastered reeds) and timber. Tiles, galvanised tin or asbestos cement sheets used in
construction of roofs are also regarded as pucca materials.
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 Semi-pucca: A semi-pucca structure is one of which either the roof or the walls but not
both is made of pucca materials (see above).
3.4.9 Item 13: whether any of the household member has bank account? (yes-1, no-2): If any
household member has any bank account in any nationalised and/or private and/or cooperative
bank on the date of survey, code 1 is to be recorded in item 13 otherwise code 2. Savings
accounts in post offices are also treated as bank account for the purpose of this item.
3.4.10 Item 14: whether any of the household member possesses MGNREG job card? (yes-1,
no-2): Under the provisions of the MGNREG Act, the Gram Panchayat is to issue job cards to
every registered household. The Photographs of the adult members ("adult" means a person who
has completed eighteen years of age) who are applicants are attached to the job cards. The job
cards shall be valid for a period of five years and will have provision for the addition/deletion of
members eligible for work. If name of at least one member of the sample household is listed in
any job card, entry will be 1; else entry 2 will be recorded.
3.4.11 Item 15: if 1 in item 14, whether undertook any work under MGNREG scheme during
the last 365 days? (yes-1, no-2): If any member of the household possesses MGNREG job card
(i.e. entry in item 14 is 1), question about whether any household member undertook any work
under MGNREG scheme during last 365 days is to be asked. Accordingly code 1 (for yes) or 2
(for no) will be recorded against this item.
3.4.12 Item 16: whether any of the household member is a member of registered farmers’
organisation? (yes-1, no-2): If any of the household member is a member of any registered
farmers’ organisation code 1 will be entered, otherwise code 2 will be entered.
3.4.12.1 The Farmers Organisations (FO) are formed with an objective to internalize the
extension activities and to provide forward and backward linkages required by the farmers for
agricultural activities. The FOs provide an effective channel for both dissemination of
technology to large number of small and marginal farmers and feedback to research and
extension.
3.4.12.2 Some of the examples of Farmers Organisations in India are Farmers Interest Groups
(FIG), Farmers Cooperatives, Dairy Cooperatives, Commodity Interest Groups (CIG), Producer
Groups under different commodity groups, Farmers Associations, Federations, Farmers Unions,
Farmer Producer Companies, etc.
3.4.13 Item 17: whether the household possesses any Kisan Credit Card? (yes-1, no-2): The
Kisan Credit Card Scheme aims at timely and adequate support from banking system to the
farmers for their cultivation needs, including purchase of inputs, in a flexible and cost effective
manner. If any household member had a valid Kisan Credit Card as on the date of survey, entry
in item 17 will be 1, otherwise it will be 2.
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3.4.13.1 Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) are issued by the Banks to farmers on the basis of their land
holdings so that the farmers may use them to readily purchase agricultural inputs such as seeds,
fertilizers, pesticides, etc., and draw cash for their production needs. KCC Scheme aims at
adequate and timely support from the banking system under a single window with flexible and
simplified procedure to the farmers for their cultivation needs including purchase of inputs in a
flexible and cost effective manner. The Model scheme, prepared by NABARD, is being
implemented by commercial banks, Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) and cooperative banks. The
scheme provides broad guidelines to the banks for operationalising the KCC scheme,
implementing banks have the discretion to adopt the same to suit location specific requirements.
3.4.13.2 The cultivation needs of the farmers for which KCC can be made use of are indicated
below:
 To meet the short term credit requirements for cultivation of crops;
 Post-harvest expenses;
 Produce marketing loan;
 Consumption requirements of farmer household;
 Working capital for maintenance of farm assets and activities allied to agriculture;
 Investment credit requirement for agriculture and allied activities.
3.4.13.3 Under the scheme, banks provide the Kisan Credit Cards (Smart card / Debit card
(Biometric smart card compatible for use in the ATMs / Hand held Swipe Machines and capable
of storing adequate information on farmers identity, assets, land holdings and credit profile etc.))
to farmers who are eligible for sanction of production credit of Rs.5000/- and above.
3.4.14 Item 18: whether the household possess Soil Health Card? (yes-1, no-2): Soil Health
Card (SHC) is a Government of India flagship scheme launched in February 2015 and promoted
by the Department of Agriculture & Co-operation under the Ministry of Agriculture.
3.4.14.1 Under the scheme, the state/UT government issues soil cards to farmers across the
country at an interval of 2 years. These cards will carry crop-wise recommendations of balanced
doses of fertilizers to help farmers to improve productivity through judicious use of fertilizers
and ameliorants. All soil samples are being tested in various soil testing labs across the country
to check soil health i.e. the strength and weaknesses (micro-nutrients deficiency) of the soil and
suggest measures to deal with it. The result and suggestion are being mentioned in the soil health
cards.
3.4.14.2 It will be ascertained from the household whether it possesses Soil Health Card as on
date of survey. If yes, code will be 1 in item 18, otherwise code 2 will be given.
3.4.15 Item 19: if code 1 in item 18, whether fertilizer, manure, soil amendments applied to
field as per recommendations of Soil Health Card? (yes-1, no-2): If entry in item 18 is 1 i.e. the
household possesses Soil Health Card (SHC), then it is to be asked whether the household has
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applied fertilizer, manure, soil amendments etc., as per the recommendation given in SHC any
time after the receipt of the card. If the household has applied the inputs as per the
recommendation, code 1 will be recorded in item 19 otherwise code 2 will be recorded.
3.4.16 Item 20: whether the household possess Animal Health Card (Nakul Swasthya Patra)?
(yes-1, no-2): National Mission for Bovine Productivity Scheme of Department of Animal
Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, under its Pashu Sanjivani component targets to register 85
million animals in milk with UID and issue health card (Nakul Swasthya Patra) during the
period 2016-2019. The data thus collected will be uploaded in the Information Network for
Animal Productivity and Health (INAPH) database. Scientific management of animals and
controlling the spread of animal diseases are the expected outcomes of this scheme.
In item 20, code 1 or 2 will be entered depending on whether the household possesses
Animal Health Card (Nakul Swasthya Patra) as on date of survey or not.
3.4.17 Item 21: whether the household insured any crop under PM Fasal Bima Yojana during
last 365 days? (code): Codes for this item are: yes -1, no-2, not applicable -3.
PMFBY gives insurance coverage to food crops (cereals, millets and pulses), oilseeds,
annual commercial/horticulture crops. Different states have different list of crops which are
brought under PMFBY. If the agricultural household produced some crops which were under
coverage of the scheme during the last 365 days but did not avail the insurance coverage, code 2
will be given. If the crop produced by the household is not covered under PMFBY, code 3 will
be given.
Block 5: Particulars of land of the household and its operation during the
period July- December 2018/January - June 2019
3.5.0 Block 5 will be canvassed in both visit 1 and visit 2 in the selected households. Information
on land of the household and its operation will be collected through Block 5 for the period July -
December 2018 in visit 1 and for the period January - June 2019 in visit 2.
3.5.1 All the lands of the household, irrespective of its use (agriculture/non-agriculture), which
were either ‘owned and possessed’ or ‘leased-in: recorded’ or ‘leased-in: not-recorded’ or
‘otherwise possessed’ or ‘leased-out’ by the household for major part (3 months or more) of the
reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018 and visit 2: January - June 2019) will be
considered for recording information in this block.
3.5.2 A household may have different pieces of lands (plots) which may be either ‘owned’ or
‘leased-in’ or ‘otherwise possessed’. The ‘owned’ land of the household may be either ‘owned
and possessed’ or ‘leased-out’. The ‘leased-in land’ of the household may be (i) recorded leased-
in land and (ii) not-recorded leased-in land. If the contract for lease-in land is written then it is
considered as ‘recorded lease’ and if the lease contract is oral then it is considered as ‘non-
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recorded lease’. In the schedule, recorded leased-in land has been mentioned as ‘leased-in:
recorded’ and not recorded leased-in land has been mentioned as ‘leased-in: not-recorded’.
3.5.3 In Block 5, information on various particulars of lands of the household and its operation
will be collected separately for (i) homestead land and (ii) lands other than homestead land. For
‘homestead land’ information will be collected in respect of the categories of lands as ‘owned
and possessed’, ‘leased-in: recorded’, ‘leased-in: not-recorded’ and ‘otherwise possessed’. For
other lands of the households, information will be collected in respect of the categories of lands
as ‘owned and possessed’, ‘leased-in: recorded’, ‘leased-in: not-recorded’, ‘otherwise possessed’
and ‘leased-out’. The different categories of land of the household considered for this survey are
presented in the following diagram:
land of the household
homestead land land other than homestead land
owned and possessed owned and possessed
leased-in: rcorded leased-in: recorded
leased-in: not recorded leased-in: not recorded
otherwise possessed otherwise possessed
leased out
3.5.4 For each category of land, particulars of lands and its operation will be recorded in block 5
considering all pieces of lands (plots) under that category located in different places within the
country. It may be noted that a piece of land located in a place (plot) may not belong to a single
category of land as mentioned in paragraph 3.5.3. In such case, the part of that piece of land
which belongs to a particular category of land will be considered as a piece of land under that
particular category of land. For example, if one part of a piece of land belongs to land category
‘homestead: owned and possessed’ and other part belongs to land category ‘homestead:
otherwise possessed’, then that piece of land will be considered as two pieces of land of which
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the first part will be considered as a piece of land under the category of land ‘homestead: owned
and possessed’ and the other part will be considered as a piece of land under the category of land
‘homestead: otherwise possessed’.
3.5.5 For identifying the lands of the household of a particular category for the major part of the
reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019), the situation in
respect of the different pieces of lands (plots) of the household is to be ascertained first as on the
date of survey. There may be some plots of the household which are not reported as on the date
of survey but either possessed (i.e., either owned and possessed or leased-in or otherwise
possessed) or leased-out by the household for the major part of the reference period. On the other
hand, there may be some plots of the household which are reported as on the date of survey but
neither possessed or leased-out by the household for the major part of the reference period. The
different categories of the land possessed or leased-out by the household for the major part of the
reference period will be determined considering all these situations.
3.5.5.1 For example, to identify the homestead land ‘owned and possessed’ by the household for
the major part of the reference period of visit 1 viz. July - December 2018, the homestead land
‘owned and possessed’ by the household as on the date of survey of visit 1 are to be ascertained
first. Homestead land ‘owned and possessed’ by the household as on date of survey may not be
‘owned and possessed’ by the household for the major part (3 months or more) of the period July
- December 2018. On the other hand, homestead land which is not ‘owned and possessed’ by the
household as on date of survey, might have been ‘owned and possessed’ by the household for the
major part (3 months or more) of the period July - December 2018. Therefore, homestead land
‘owned and possessed’ by the household for the major part of the reference period of visit 1 (viz.
July - December 2018) will be as follows:
homestead land ‘owned and possessed’ by the household during July - December 2018=
(homestead land ‘owned and possessed’ by the household as on date of survey)
– (homestead land ‘owned and possessed’ by the household as on date of survey but not
‘owned and possessed’ by the household for the major part of July - December 2018)
+ (homestead land not ‘owned and possessed’ by the household as on date of survey but
‘owned and possessed’ by the household for the major part of July - December 2018)
3.5.5.2 Similarly, the homestead land ‘leased-in: recorded’, ‘leased-in: not-recorded’ and
‘otherwise possessed’ by the household during the major part of July - December 2018 will be
identified for recording in block 5 of visit 1. In the same way, for the lands other than homestead
land, the lands ‘owned and possessed’, ‘leased-in: recorded’, ‘leased-in: not-recorded’,
‘otherwise possessed’ and ‘leased-out’ by the household during the major part of the period July
- December 2018 will be identified for recording in block 5 of visit 1.
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3.5.5.3 Using the same procedure as mentioned in paragraph 3.5.5.1, the homestead land ‘owned
and possessed’, ‘leased-in: recorded’, ‘leased-in: not-recorded’ and ‘otherwise possessed’ by the
household during the major part of January - June 2019 will be identified, for recording in block
5 of visit 2. For recording information regarding the lands other than homestead land in block 5
of visit 2, the lands ‘owned and possessed’, ‘leased-in: recorded’, ‘leased-in: not-recorded’,
‘otherwise possessed’ and ‘leased-out’ by the household during the major part of the period
January - June 2019 will be identified following similar approach.
3.5.6 Lands used exclusively for orchard or plantation (either of perennial crops, like coconut,
arecanut, tea, etc., or of fruit plants and trees, like orange, mangoes, vines, etc.) will be
considered for reporting in Block 5 for both the periods July - December 2018 (visit 1) and
January - June 2019 (visit 2), provided some trees / plants remain standing on the land in both of
these periods.
3.5.7 Lands used only in agricultural production relating to livestock, poultry, pisciculture, etc.,
i.e., activities other than crop production, will be treated as being operated so long as the animal
rearing activity is undertaken in those lands.
3.5.8 It may be noted that for this survey, growing of crop in the tub/terrace/roof of the house
will not be considered for recording information in block 5. However, farming of animal in the
roof or terrace of the household or within the dwelling unit of the household will be considered
for recording information in block 5.
3.5.9 Particulars of lands of domestic servants and paying guests who are listed as normal
members of the sample household will not be taken into account of the sample household for this
schedule.
3.5.10 Columns 1 & 2: Particulars of land of the household and its operation will be collected
for the categories of lands against serial numbers 1 - 10 of column 1. The different categories of
lands against the serial numbers of column 1 are as follows:
srl. no. categories of land
(1) (2)
1. owned and possessed
2. recorded
land other than leased-in
3. not recorded
homestead
4. otherwise possessed
5. leased-out
6. owned and possessed
7. recorded
homestead leased-in
8. not recorded
9. otherwise possessed
10. total (homestead + other land)
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The particulars of land and its operation for the household as a whole, considering the prevailing
situation for the different categories of the land of the household, will be recorded against item
serial number 10 of this block.
3.5.10.1 Some particulars on household operational holding will be collected against serial
numbers 11 - 14 of column 1. The following information will be collected against serial numbers
11 - 14.
srl. no. items
(1) (2)
11. whether operated individually/jointly?
12. type of holding
13. main use of the holding
14. number of parcels in the holding
3.5.10.2 In serial number 15 of block 5, information on number of crops harvested by the

household during the period July- December 2018 (visit 1)/ January - June 2019 (visit 2) will be
collected to relate the number of crops reported in block 6 (output of crop produced by the
household) during the period July- December 2018 (visit 1)/ January - June 2019 (visit 2).
3.5.11 Column 3: area of land (0.00 acre): The total area of lands for each category of land as
listed in column (2) will be recorded in this column in acre in two places of decimals. It may be
noted that column (3), to be used for recording area of land, is split vertically into two parts to
record the integral part of area in the left-hand part and the decimal part (which is to be recorded
in two places) in the right-hand part. For visit 1, area of lands for each category of land will refer
to the area for the major part of the period July - December 2018 and in visit 2, it will refer to the
area for the major part of the period January - June 2019. The total of column (3) reported for
serial numbers 1 - 9 will be reported in column (3) against serial number 10.
3.5.11.1 The total area of all pieces of lands (plots) of the household other than the homestead
land which were ‘owned and possessed’ by the household for the major part of the reference
period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019) will be reported against
serial number 1 (land other than homestead land: owned and possessed). Similarly, the total
area of the homestead land of the household which were ‘owned and possessed’ by the household
for the major part of the reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June
2019) will be reported against serial number 6 (homestead land: owned and possessed).
3.5.11.2 Similarly, by considering all pieces of lands (plots) other than the homestead land of the
household which were leased-in by the household for the major part of the reference period, for
which written contract was there, the total area of all pieces of lands (plots) will be reported
against serial number 2 (land other than homestead land: leased-in: recorded). In the same
way, the total area of the homestead land of the household which were leased-in by the
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household for the major part of the reference period, for which written contract was there, will be
reported against serial number 7 (homestead land: leased-in: recorded).
3.5.11.3 For making entries in column 3 for the category of lands ‘other than homestead land:
leased-in: not-recorded’, the areas of all pieces of lands (plots) other than homestead land which
were leased-in by the household for the major part of the reference period, for which no written
contract was there, will be considered and the total area will be reported in column 3 against
serial number 3 (land other than homestead land: leased-in: not-recorded). In the same way,
the total area of the homestead land of the household which were leased-in by the household for
the major part of the reference period, for which no written contract was there, will be reported
in column 3 against serial number 8 (homestead land: leased-in: not-recorded).
3.5.11.4 For making entries in column 3 for the category of lands ‘land other than homestead
land: otherwise possessed’, the areas of all pieces of lands (plots) other than homestead land
which were otherwise possessed (i.e. all public/institutional land encroached by the household)
by the household for the major part of the reference period will be considered and the total area
will be reported in column 3 against serial number 4 (land other than homestead land:
otherwise possessed). In the same way, the total area of the homestead land of the household
which were otherwise possessed by the household for the major part of the reference period will
be reported in column 3 against serial number 9 (homestead land: otherwise possessed).
3.5.11.5 The total area of all pieces of lands (plots) of the household other than the homestead
land which were owned by the household and given to other household in a lease (i.e. leased-out)
for the major part of the reference period, will be recorded in column 3 against serial number 5
(land other than homestead land: leased-out).
3.5.11.6 For a particular category of land, if a household has negligible area of land (say, less
than 0.005 acre), then 0.00 acre is to be reported against that category of land and a remark is to
be given in the appropriate block.
3.5.12 Column 4: whether used for any agricultural production? (yes-1, no-2): Relevant
information in this column will be collected for each category of land (listed in serial numbers 1
- 9) for both visit 1 and visit 2. If any piece of land under the category ‘land other than
homestead land: owned and possessed’ was used by the household for any agricultural
production during the reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June
2019), entry in column 4 will be ‘1’ against serial number 1. Otherwise, entry in column 4
against serial number 1 will be ‘2’.
3.5.12.1 For the purpose of this survey, agricultural production means:
a. Growing of field crops (including fodder crops), fruits, grapes, nuts, seeds, seedlings in
the nurseries, bulbs, vegetables and flowers both in open and under glass, production of
fodder crops etc.
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b. Production of plantation crops like tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber etc.

c. Forest production in parcels of land which form part of enumeration holding
d. Production of livestock and livestock products, poultry and poultry products, fish, honey,
rabbits, furbearing animals and silk-worm cocoons. However, rearing of pet animals will
not be considered as agricultural production.
e. Growing of bamboo bushes, thatching grass, casurina trees, plants for fuel, plants used as
reeds for matting.
3.5.12.2 For making entries in column 4 for each of serial numbers 2-9, all pieces of lands (plots)
under that category of the land are to be considered. If any piece of land under a particular
category of land was used by the household for any agricultural production during the reference
period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019), entry in column 4 will be ‘1’
against the serial number of that particular land category. Otherwise, entry will be ‘2’. For
example, if any piece of land in the category ‘land other than homestead land: otherwise
possessed’ was used by the household for any agricultural production during the reference period
(visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019), entry in column 4 will be ‘1’
against the serial number 4. Similarly entries in column 4 will be made for other categories of
lands.
3.5.12.3 Considering all categories of land of the household, if at least one piece of land of the
household under any category of land was used for any agricultural production during the
reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019), entry 1 will be
made against serial number 10.
3.5.13 Columns 5 - 10: area of land by its use: For each category of land mentioned in serial
number 1 - 4 and 6 - 9, area of land by its use during the reference period (visit 1: July -
December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019) will be recorded in columns 5 - 10. The lands of
the household (which includes ponds/other water bodies, area under forest etc.) may be used for
agricultural purposes like growing of field crops, vegetables, fruits, tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber,
production of livestock, poultry, fish, aquaculture, honey, silk-worm cocoons, growing of
bamboo bushes/thatching grass/casurina trees/plants for fuel/plants used as reeds for matting
etc. The lands of the household may also be used for purposes other than agriculture like those
lands put to uses for buildings, paths, wells, land for running household enterprises and other
non-agricultural uses, areas under forest/water bodies not used for agricultural purposes,
culturable waste, permanent pastures and other grazing land, barren and unculturable waste, etc.
3.5.13.1 The different pieces of lands (plots) under any category of land mentioned in serial
number 1 - 4 and 6 - 9 may be used for any of the following purposes:
(i) only for growing of crops : on land used for shifting/jhum cultivation
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(ii) only for growing of crops : on land other than the land used for shifting/jhum cultivation
(iii) only for farming of animals
(iv) both for growing of crops and farming of animals
(v) other agricultural uses
(vi) other land not used for agriculture purpose
3.5.13.2 Production of crop will include growing of vegetables, cereals, pulses, oilseeds, fodder
crop, fruits, sugarcane, coconut, etc. A piece of land (plot) will be considered as used for ‘both
growing of crops and farming of animals’ if ‘crop production’ and ‘farming of animal activities’
were undertaken in that plot either simultaneously or at different point of time during the
reference period. For example, growing of water-chestnut (singara) and fishery activities may
be undertaken in a pond simultaneously or a land may be used for crop production at one time
and for farming of animal at another time during the reference period. Coverage of ‘other
agricultural uses’ will be the activities other than crop production and farming of animal.
Examples of such activities are growing of bamboo bushes, thatching grass, casurina trees,
plants for fuel, plants used as reeds for matting.
3.5.13.3 The reference periods for collecting information on area of land by its use is July -
December 2018 for visit 1 and January - June 2019 for visit 2. If in a piece of land (plot) any
agricultural activity was undertaken during July - December 2018 and if the same activity was
continued during January - June 2019, then for both the reference periods (visit 1: July -
December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019), it will be considered that the land was used for
that particular agricultural activity.
3.5.13.4 For any category of land (mentioned in serial numbers 1 - 4 and 6 - 9), considering the
use of all pieces of lands (plots) under that category, area used for agricultural purposes will be
recorded in columns 5 - 9 and that for non-agricultural purposes will be recorded in column 10.
A piece of land may be partly or fully used for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph
3.5.13.1. While determining the area of a piece of land used for a particular purpose, the actual
area put in use on that piece of land for that particular purpose is to be considered. For any
category of land, the total area of different pieces of land (plots) put in use for different
purposes mentioned in Paragraph 3.5.13.1 will be recorded in columns 5 - 10 against that
particular category of land. The total of columns 5 - 10 against serial number 10 will give the
land used by the household for different purposes.
3.5.13.5 For any category of land, total area of the land used for shifting/jhum cultivation will
be recorded in column 5 while the total area of the land used for growing of crops on lands
other than the land used for shifting/jhum cultivation will be recorded in column 6. For any
category of land, total area of the land used ‘only for farming of animals’ will be recorded in
column 7; total area of the land used for ‘both growing of crop and farming of animals’ will be
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recorded in column 8; total area of the land put for ‘other agricultural use’ will be recorded in
column 9. For any category of land, the total area of different pieces of land (plots) put for
purposes other than agricultural use will be recorded in column 10.
3.5.13.6 It is to be noted that for a particular category of land, if entry in column 4 of block 5 is
‘1’ then there will be positive entry in at least one of the columns 5 to 9 against that category of
land. Also, for a particular category of land, the area reported in column 3 will match with the
total of the areas reported in columns 5 - 10.
3.5.13.7 It may be noted that out of the total area of a particular category of land, the net area
used for different purposes (as mentioned in Paragraph 3.5.13.1) during the reference periods
(visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019) will be collected from the
informant and to be recorded in columns 5 - 10. By ‘net area’ it is meant that if any area of land
is used more than once, then the area will be counted only once. Here it may be noted that if a
piece of land under a particular category of land is fully used once for the purpose of ‘growing
of crop’ and then for the purpose of ‘farming of animals’ during the reference period, then it
will not be considered that the land has been used for two different purposes. In this case, use of
land will be considered for a single purpose (‘both for growing of crop and farming of animals’)
and the area of that piece of land will be reported in column 8.
3.5.13.8 Though the information on area used for different purposes will be collected for a
particular category of land as a single entity, the following points may be kept in mind:
a) If a piece of land (plot) is fully used for a single purpose (mentioned in paragraph
3.5.13.1) only once during the reference period, total area of that plot will be considered
as area used for that particular purpose.
b) If a piece of land (plot) is fully used for a single purpose more than once during the
reference period, total area of that plot (considering the area only once) will be taken as
area used for that particular purpose.
c) If a piece of land (plot) is fully used more than once in such a way that one time it was
used for a purpose and in another time it was used for another purpose, then the total area
of the plot will be reported against the use of that purpose which contributed the major
value of the produce.
d) If a piece of land (plot) is partly used for a single purpose only once during the reference
period, then the actual utilized area of the plot will be considered as area used for that
particular purpose.
For example, if 20 percent of the area of a plot is used for a single purpose only once,
then the area utilized for the purpose will be the 20 percent of the area of that plot.
e) If a piece of land (plot) is partly used for a single purpose more than once during the
reference period in such a way that a part is used at one time and another part is used at
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another time so that there is no overlapping area, then the total of the two areas will be
considered as area used for that particular purpose.
f) If a piece of land (plot) is partly used for a single purpose more than once during the
reference period in such a way that a part is used at one time and another part is used at
another time so that there exists some overlapping area, then the total of the two areas,
considering overlapping area only once, will be taken as area used for that particular
purpose.
g) If a piece of land (plot) is partly used for more than one purpose, only once, during the
reference period, in such a way that a part is used for one purpose and another part is
used for another purpose and there does not exists any overlapping area, then the actual
utilized area of the plot for each of the purposes will be considered separately as area
used for that particular purpose.
For example, if the area of a plot is used only once in such a way that 20 percent of the
area of the plot is used for purpose 1 and 30 percent of the area of the plot is used for
purpose 2 and there does not exists any overlapping area; then 20 percent of the area of
that plot will be considered for recording the area utilized for the purpose 1 and 30
percent of the area of that plot will be considered for recording the area utilized for the
purpose 2.
h) If a piece of land (plot) is partly used for more than one purpose, only once, during the
reference period in such a way that a part is used for one purpose and another part is used
for another purpose and there exists some overlapping area, then the actual utilized area
of the plot for each of the purposes will be considered separately and the overlapping area
will be included only once against the utilized area of that purpose which contributed the
major value of the produce in the overlapping area. Therefore, the overlapping area will
be excluded from the utilized area of that purpose which did not contribute the major
value of the produce in the overlapping area.
i) If a piece of land (plot) is partly used for more than one purpose (multiple purposes), in
more than one occasion during the reference period, then the area utilized for each of the
purposes will be decided by the procedure mentioned above considering overlapping
areas only once.
The diagram given below may be of use for deciding the area of land of the household used for
different purposes.
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piece of land
fully utilised partly utilised
single purpose multiple purpose single purpose multiple purpose
only once more than once multiple

more than once only once more than once only once
occassions
total area actual follow point 'g' follow

total area of the total area of two parts are
the plot, utilized used at or point 'h' (as point 'i'
of the plot plot,
reported area of different points the case may be) of para
consideri the plot of para 3.5.13.8 3.5.13.8
ng the against the of time
area only use of the
once purpose
contributing
major value without with
of produce overlapping overlapping
total of the two

total of the areas, considering
two areas overlapping area
only once
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3.5.14 Column 11: major type of crop grown/animal farming undertaken (code): For each
category of land mentioned in serial number 1 - 4 and 6 - 9, if entry in any of the columns 5 - 8 is
positive i.e. the land was used for growing of crops or farming of animal during the reference
period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019), the major type of crop
grown/animal farming undertaken in that category of land will be recorded in terms of the
following codes:
cereals……………….. 01 oilseeds……………... 10 aromatic plants…… 18
pulses………………… 02 fibres………………... 11 other non-food
crops……………... 19
sugar crops…………... 04 dyes & tanning materials 12 dairy……………... 20
condiments and spices.. 05 drugs& narcotics……… 13 poultry/duckery….. 21
fruits…………………. 06 fodder crops…………… 14 piggery…………... 22
tuber crops…………… 07 plantation crops………. 15 fishery……………. 23
vegetables…………….. 08 flower crops…………… 16 farming of other
animals…………... 29
other food crops……… 09 medicinal plants……….. 17
3.5.14.1 For any category of land, if more than one type of crop production/animal farming
activities is undertaken during the reference period, the appropriate code will be the one
corresponding to which the value of production was the maximum. The major type crop
production/animal farming activities undertaken by the household during the reference period
will be decided by considering the type of crop production/animal farming activities from
which the value of production was the maximum considering all categories of land and the
corresponding code will be reported in this column against serial number 10.
3.5.15 Column 12: whether any part of the land was irrigated? (yes-1, no-2): For each category
of land mentioned in serial numbers 1 - 4 and 6 - 9, if entry in any of the columns 5 - 8 is
positive during the reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019),
information on whether any part of the land under the category was irrigated will be recorded in
this column in terms of the codes: yes - 1, no - 2.
3.5.15.1 Irrigation refers to the applications of control amount of water to plants, other than rain
water, at needed intervals for growing of crops and plants or for better growing of crops and
plants. Uncontrolled land flooding by overflowing of rivers or streams is not considered
irrigation. However, when rainwater or uncontrolled overflow from rivers and streams is
collected and later used on the land for crop production, it will be considered as irrigated. If
irrigation was done in any piece of land of a particular category of land during the reference
period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019), then entry in this column
will be ‘1’ against that category of land. Otherwise, entry will be ‘2’ for this category of land. If
entry in column 12 is ‘1’ against any of the serial numbers 1 - 4 and 6 - 9, then entry against
serial number 10 will be ‘1’, otherwise the entry will be ‘2’.
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3.5.16 Column 13: area of land irrigated (0.00 acre): This information will be collected for the
categories of land mentioned in serial numbers 1 - 4 and 6 - 9 with entry ‘1’ in column 12.
Information on area of land irrigated will be recorded in this column in acre in two places of
decimals. To record the total area of land irrigated under a particular category of land, the net
irrigated area is to be considered i.e. the area irrigated will be counted only once if the area is
irrigated more than once in the same reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2:
January - June 2019). Total area of land irrigated by the household during the reference period,
considering all categories of land of the household, will be reported against serial number 10 in
acre in two places of decimals.
3.5.17 Columns 14 - 15: source of irrigation (code): In these columns, information will be
collected, for both visit 1 and visit 2, for the categories of land mentioned in srl. nos. 1 - 4 and 6 -
9 with entry ‘1’ in column 12. Information on ‘major source of irrigation’ will be recorded in
column 14 while in column 15, information on ‘second major source of irrigation’ will be
recorded. The code structure to be used for collecting information on source of irrigation is as
follows:
canal…………………………………..............… 1
minor surface works (pond, tank, etc.).................. 2
ground water (tube well, well, etc.)..................... 3
combination of codes 1, 2, 3........................... 4
others................................................................ 9
3.5.17.1 In columns 14 and 15, source of irrigation for July - December 2018 will be recorded in
visit 1 and that for January - June 2019 will be recorded in visit 2. For identifying major and
second major source of irrigation, the gross area irrigated is to be considered i.e., if any area is
irrigated twice, it will be counted twice to get the total area irrigated. For a particular category of
land which was irrigated, the major source of irrigation will be the one from which maximum
area of the land was irrigated. The second major source of irrigation will be the one which was
used for irrigating maximum gross area after the area irrigated by the major source of irrigation.
3.5.17.2 In these columns, code 9 (others) will be applicable if the source of irrigation was
directly from water of rivers or lakes. If irrigation was done by lift irrigation, the source from
which lift irrigation was done will be the appropriate code for these columns. If for a particular
category of land, the maximum area irrigated is same for two sources of irrigation, then the
major source of irrigation will be the one for which code appears first in the code list and the
other source will be considered as second major source. For a particular category of land, if there
was only one source of irrigation, it will be considered as the major source of irrigation for
making entry in column 14 and entry ‘99’ will be recorded in column 15 to indicate that there
was no second source of irrigation. The major and 2nd major source of irrigation of lands of the
household will be decided considering the gross area irrigated for different categories of lands of
the household by different sources of irrigation and will be recorded against serial number 10.
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3.5.18 Columns 16 - 21: Information in columns 16 - 21 will be recorded for leased lands only
i.e. for category of land (i) leased-in: recorded, (ii) leased-in: not-recorded, and (iii) leased-out as
mentioned in serial numbers 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8. In column 16, tenure of lease for the major part of
the land will be recorded and in columns 17 – 21 area of land by terms of lease will be recorded.
3.5.18.1 Column 16: tenure of lease for the major part of the land (code): For each category of
leased lands (as mentioned in serial numbers 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8), tenure of lease for the major part
of the land will be recorded in terms of the following codes:
less than 6 months................................................... 1
6 months or more but less than 1 year ................. 2
1 year or more but less than 2 years....................... 3
2 years or more……............................................... 4
The tenure of lease for the major part of a particular category of land (as mentioned in serial
numbers 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8) will be recorded considering the tenure of the lease for the maximum
area of land of that category. For example, for the category of land ‘homestead: leased-in:
recorded’ (serial number 7), if the 60 percent of the area is leased-in for less than 6 months and
40 percent of the area is leased-in for 2 years or more, then the appropriate code in column 16
will be ‘1’ against serial number 7.
3.5.18.1.1 The tenure of lease for the major part of the land for the household as a whole will be
reported against serial number 10 considering the tenure for maximum area of leased-in/leased-
out land by the household. While determining the tenure of lease for the major part of the land of
the household under a particular category of land (leased-in/leased-out), the tenure mentioned in
the contract (written or oral) has to be ascertained and reported accordingly. If any private land is
encroached by sample household, then that land will be treated as ‘leased-in’ land for the sample
household and in this case the period since when the land is encroached by the sample household
will be considered as the tenure of lease of that particular encroached land.
3.5.18.2 Columns 17 - 21: area of land by terms of lease (0.00 acre): For the purpose of the
survey, the terms of lease considered are: (i) for fixed money, (ii) for fixed produce, (iii) for
share of produce, (iv) to/from relatives under no specified terms, and (v) under other terms. The
terms of lease for different pieces of land under a particular category of leased land (as
mentioned in serial numbers 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8) may be any of these terms of lease. For a particular
category of leased land, the area of land for a particular term of lease will be obtained by adding
up the area of the different pieces of land with that term of lease. The area of land by terms of
lease will be recorded in acre in two places of decimals (0.00 acre). The total area of leased-in
and leased-out land of the household by different terms of lease will be recorded in column
numbers 17 - 21 against serial number 10.
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3.5.18.2.1 Following the above mentioned procedure, the area of leased land by terms of lease
‘for fixed money’ will be recorded in column 17. The area of leased land by terms of lease ‘for
fixed produce’, ‘for share of produce’, ‘to/from relatives under no specified terms’ and ‘under
other terms’ will be recorded in columns 18, 19, 20 and 21 respectively.
3.5.18.2.2 It may be noted that the terms of lease ‘for share of produce’ means that the owner of
land receives a stipulated share of the produce but he/she does not participate in the work nor
does he/she manage or direct or organise the agricultural operations of the land which he/she has
leased out. Sometimes, land owned by a sample household is looked after and used by a close
relative. For example, a person staying away from his village may own a piece of land in the
village which is looked after and used by his brother’s household. All such land owned by the
sample household but looked after and used by some relative’s household, under no contract of
payment of any kind to the owner, will be treated as leasing-out to ‘relatives under no specified
terms’ in respect of the sample household and with respect of the relative’s household the same
land will be treated as leased-in from ‘relatives under no specified terms’. Lands leased on terms
other than those specified in columns 17 - 20 will be treated as ‘under other terms’. All rent free
leases, other than to (or from) ‘relatives under no specified terms’, will be treated as leased
‘under other terms’.
3.5.19 Items 11 - 15: some particulars on household operational holding: In items 11 - 15,
information of some particulars of household operational holding will be collected. If during the
period July - December 2018, entry in column 4 against any of the serial numbers 1 - 4 or 6 - 9 is
‘1’ then it will be considered that the household has operational holdings during the period July -
December 2018. If during the period January - June 2019, entry in column 4 against any of the
serial numbers 1 - 4 or 6 - 9 is ‘1’ then it will be considered that the household has operational
holdings during the period January - June 2019. In visit 1, information on household operational
holdings will be collected for the reference period July - December 2018 and in visit 2,
information on household operational holdings will be collected for the reference period January
- June 2019.
3.5.19.1 For a household having operational holdings, the total area possessed by the household
during the major part of the period July - December 2018 (i.e., total of the areas reported in
column 3 against serial numbers 1 - 4 or 6 - 9) will constitute the size of the household
operational holding for the period July - December 2018. For a household having operational
holdings, the total area possessed by the household during the major part of the period January -
June 2019 (i.e., total of the areas reported in column 3 against serial numbers 1 - 4 or 6 - 9) will
constitute the size of the household operational holding for the period January - June 2019.
3.5.19.2 Following information on household operational holdings for the period July -
December 2018 will be collected in visit 1 and for the period January - June 2019 will be
collected in visit 2:
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(i) ‘whether operated individually/jointly’

(ii) ‘type of holding’
(iii) ‘main use of the holding’
(iv) ‘number of parcels in the holding’
(v) ‘number of crops harvested’
3.5.19.3 Item 11: whether operated individually/jointly? (individually-1, jointly-2): An
operational holding will be considered as joint operational holding, if members of two or more
households were involved in making major decisions on various aspects of agricultural
operations carried out in the holding and are jointly responsible for running the holding. If the
household operational holding was managed solely by member(s) of the sample household, it
will be treated as an individually operated holding and code 1 will be recorded against this item.
On the other hand, if the household operational holding was operated by members of two or
more households, it will be treated as a jointly operated holding and code 2 will be recorded.
3.5.19.4 Item 12: type of holding (code): An operational holding may be constituted of land
owned and/or land leased-in by the household and in a few cases, may be constituted only of
otherwise possessed land. Considering the type of possession of land included in the holding, an
operational holding will be classified in the manner described below and the entry will be made
in terms of code specified for different types of holdings:
entirely owned ………………............................................ 1
entirely leased-in ……………............................................ 2
both owned and leased-in ……………………………….. 3
entirely otherwise possessed ……….................................. 4
3.5.19.4.1 The operational holdings constituted of ‘owned and possessed land’ will be treated as
‘entirely owned’ holdings. Also, the operational holdings constituted of ‘owned and possessed
land’ and ‘otherwise possessed land’ will be treated as ‘entirely owned’ holdings. The operational
holdings constituted of leased-in land (recorded lease/not-recorded lease) will be treated as
‘entirely leased-in’ holdings. Also, the operational holdings constituted of leased-in land
(recorded lease/not-recorded lease) and ‘otherwise possessed land’ will be treated as ‘entirely
leased-in’ holdings. The operational holdings constituted of lands both ‘owned and possessed’
and ‘leased-in (recorded lease/not-recorded lease)’ will be considered as ‘both owned and leased-
in’ holding. Also operational holdings constituted of lands ‘owned and possessed’, ‘leased-in
(recorded lease/not-recorded lease)’ and ‘otherwise possessed’ will be considered as ‘both owned
and leased-in’ holding. If, the operational holdings constituted of only ‘otherwise possessed’
land, it will be considered as ‘entirely otherwise possessed’ holding.
The following diagram may be of use for determining the type of holding of the household:
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type of holding
entirely owned entirely leased-in both owned & entirely otherwise

(code 1) (code 2) leased-in possessed
if if (code 3) (code 4)
if if
leased-in owned and

owned and possessed only
possessed & otherwise
or possessed
or leased-in
leased-in or
owned and &
possessed
otherwise owned and
& possessed possessed
otherwise &
possessed
leased-in
&
otherwise
possessed
3.5.19.5 Item 13: main use of the holding (code): The main use of the operational holding will
be recorded against this item in terms of the following codes:
only for growing of crops:
on land used for shifting/jhum cultivation................................... 1
on land other than the land used for shifting/jhum cultivation.... 2
only for farming of animals............................................................... 3
both for growing of crop and farming of animals.............................. 4
other agricultural uses ....................................................................... 5
3.5.19.5.1 Depending upon the main use of the lands of the holdings (growing of crops/farming
of animals and other agricultural uses), the household operational holding will be classified by
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main use during the reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June
2019). If the holding was put to more than one use, the use that generated the largest value of
produce during the reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January - June 2019)
will be treated as the main use of the holding and the corresponding code will be recorded
against this item. However, when a holding was mainly used for both growing of crop (either on
land used for shifting/jhum cultivation or on land other than the land used for shifting/jhum
cultivation) and farming of animals, code 4 will be recorded irrespective of value of produce
from such activities.
3.5.19.6 Item 14: number of parcels in the holding: The number of parcels constituting the
household operational holding will be recorded in this item. A parcel of the household
operational holding is a piece of land surrounded by land not included in the household
operational holding. Guidelines to determine the number of parcels in the holding are given
below:
1. Consider each of the cases as separate parcel of land where the lands of the household
operational holding was surrounded by land not included in the household operational
holding. Each of such cases will be counted as one parcel.
2. For a household with operational holding, if in the homestead land no agricultural
operations were carried out and that homestead land was surrounded by land not included
in the household operational holding, it will not be counted as a parcel.
3. For a household with operational holding, if agricultural operations were undertaken in
the homestead land and homestead land was surrounded by land not included in the
household operational holding, it will be counted as a parcel.
Thus, if a household has operational holding, number of parcels in the holding will be at least 1.
3.5.19.7 Item 15: number of crops harvested: The number of crops harvested in the household
operational holding during the reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2: January -
June 2019) will be recorded in this item. The total number of crops harvested by the household
(as per the 4 digit crop code given in paragraph 3.6.2) during the reference period will be
recorded in this item. If no crop is harvested during the reference period, entry ‘0’ is to be
recorded.
Block 5.1: Particulars of land of the household and its operation during the
period July 2018 - June 2019
3.5.20 Block 5.1 will be canvassed in visit 2 only. The reference period for block 5.1 is July
2018 - June 2019 (i.e. the whole agricultural year 2018 - 2019). The structure of this block is
similar to block 5 of visit 1 and visit 2 schedules where only columns 1 to 16 of Block 5 are
relevant for the block. Descriptions of columns 3 to 16 for the item serial numbers 1 - 10 of
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block 5.1 are same as those of block 5 and relevant information in these columns are to be
recorded following the same instructions as outlined in paragraphs 3.5.0 to 3.5.18.1 for block 5,
considering the reference period as July 2018 - June 2019. All the lands of the household,
irrespective of its use (agriculture/non-agriculture), which were either ‘owned and possessed’ or
‘leased-in: recorded’ or ‘leased-in: not-recorded’ or ‘otherwise possessed’ or ‘leased-out’ by the
household for major part (6 months or more) of the reference period July 2018 - June 2019 will
be considered for recording information in this block.
3.5.20.1 Descriptions for item serial numbers 11 - 14 of block 5.1 are same as those of block 5
and relevant information in these items are to be recorded following the same instructions as
outlined in paragraphs 3.5.19 to 3.5.19.6 for block 5, considering the reference period as July
2018 - June 2019. In item 15 of block 5, provision has been made to collect information on
number of crops harvested during the reference period (visit 1: July - December 2018, visit 2:
January - June 2019). Instead of collecting this information, through item 15 of block 5.1,
information will be collected on ‘whether the household carried out agricultural operation during
July - December 2018/January -June 2019’ in terms of the following codes:
only in July - December 2018…………………………… 1
only in January - June 2019…………………………….. 2
both in July - December 2018 and January - June 2019… 3
It may be noted that the entry made against item 15 of block 5.1 needs to be consistent with
block 5 of visit 1 and visit 2.
Block 6: output of crops produced during the period July - December
2018/January to June 2019 (To be filled in only if entry in item 10 of Block 4 of
visit 1 is ‘2’)
3.6.0 This block is designed to collect information on total production and total receipt from sale
of crops (both products and by-products) during the reference period. For unsold part of the
production the value will be imputed or reported based on the assessment of the informant. This
block will be canvassed only from those households where value of agricultural produce (e.g.
cultivation of field crops, horticultural crops, fodder crops, plantation, animal husbandry,
poultry, fishery, piggery, bee-keeping, vermiculture, sericulture, etc.) received from self-
employment activities during the last 365 days was more than Rs. 4000/- (i.e. if entry in item 10
of Block 4 of visit 1 is ‘2’).
3.6.0.1 Details of land used, quantity produced, value of harvested produce and pre-harvest sale
will be collected for maximum 4 major crops during the reference period. Major crops on value
terms will be decided as per the assessment of the informant. For the households producing more
than 4 crops during the reference period, rest of the crops will be clubbed together as ‘others’ in
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srl. no. 5 and value of production will be reported based on actual sale/ imputation/ self-
assessment of the informant.
Box 7
For the purpose of block 6 only the crops which were harvested during the reference
period (i.e. July 2018 – December 2018 for visit 1 and January 2019 – June 2019 for
visit 2) will be considered.
3.6.0.2 When there was no harvesting during the reference period, this block need not be filled
in. However, instances of pre-harvest sale, if any, are to be considered in this block. Objective of
this block is to capture entire value of output for the crops produced by the household during the
reference period. Details regarding 4 major crops listed along with the relevant crop codes will
be collected separately for irrigated land and un-irrigated land. If the number of crops harvested
by the household is more than 4, all the crops other than the 4 major crops will be clubbed
together and their consolidated land area will be collected. Crop descriptions do not require any
elaboration and so the discussion will be restricted to columns only.
3.6.0.3 Detailed sale information will be collected separately for 4 major crops harvested during
the reference period. Sale information may contain sale from previous stock also.
Box 8
For the purpose of reporting details of disposals (col.10 to 18) against crops reported in
block 6, the information of sale from the previous stock also can be included.
3.6.0.4 For this block a disposal is defined as sale of a crop in full or part to a single procuring
agency. Multiple disposal of a crop to the same agency during the reference period should be
clubbed together to form a single disposal.
3.6.0.5 Details of only one major disposal for each major crop will be recorded in columns 10 to
13. In case number of disposals exceeds one, rest will be clubbed together and recorded in
columns 14 and 15 (other disposals).
3.6.1 Column 1: serial number: Maximum four major crops of the sample household harvested
during the reference period will be listed in Block 6 using a continuous serial number in column
1. When there are more than 4 major crops, rest of the crops will be clubbed together and
reported against serial number 5. Row totals, where applicable will be recorded against srl. no. 9.
3.6.2 Column 2: crop (code): The crops harvested or sold as standing crop (pre-harvest sale)
during the reference period will be reported in this column. The crop codes used for this block
are listed Table 2 below:
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Table 2: List of crops used for block 6 of Schedule 33.1

crop code crop code crop code
Cereals 01 plum………………… 0612 sesamum (til) …………. 1003
paddy ……………… 0101 kiwi fruit……………. 0613 rapeseed & mustard ……. 1004
jowar ……………… 0102 chiku ……………… 0614 linseed ……………….. 1005
bajra ……………….. 0103 papaya ……………… 0615 coconut……………….. 1006
maize ……………… 0104 guava…………………. 0616 sunflower…………….. 1007
ragi ……………….. 0105 almond……………….. 0617 safflower…………….. 1008
wheat ……………… 0106 walnut………………… 0618 soyabean…………….. 1009
barley ……………… 0107 cashewnuts……………. 0619 nigerseed……………… 1010
small millets ……… 0108 apricot………………… 0620 oil palm………………. 1011
other cereals ……….. 0188 jackfruit……………… 0621 toria 1012
Pulses 02 lichi…………………… 0622 other oilseeds………… 1088
gram ………………. 0201 pineapple……………… 0623 Fibres 11
tur (arhar) …………. 0202 watermelon…………… 0624 cotton………………… 1101
urad ……………….. 0203 musk melon……… 0625 jute…………………… 1102
moong …………….. 0204 bread fruits……………. 0626 mesta…………………. 1103
masur ……………… 0205 ber………………… 0627 sunhemp……………… 1104
horse gram …………. 0206 bel………………… 0628 other fibres…………… 1188
beans (pulses) …….. 0207 mulberry (sahatoot)… 0629 Dyes & Tanning materials 12
peas (pulses) ……… 0208 aonla (amla)…………… 0630 indigo………………… 1201
other pulses ………. 0288 other fruits……………. 0688 other dyes & tan. materials 1288
Sugar Crops 04 Tuber Crops 07 Drugs & narcotics 13
sugarcane ………….. 0401 potato…………………. 0701 opium………………… 1301
palmvriah ………….. 0402 tapioca (cassava)……… 0702 tobacco………………. 1302
other sugar crops ….. 0488 sweet potato………… 0703 other drugs & narcotics 1388
Condiments and Spices 05 yam…………………… 0704 Fodder crops 14
pepper (black) ……… 0501 elephant foot yam…….. 0705 guar…………………… 1401
chillies …………….. 0502 colocasia/arum……… 0706 oats………………….. 1402
ginger………………. 0503 other tuber crop……….. 0788 green manures……….. 1403
turmeric……………. 0504 Vegetables 08 other fodder crops…… 1488
cardamom (small)….. 0505 onion………………….. 0801 Plantation Crops 15
cardamom (large)….. 0506 carrot………………….. 0802 tea……………………. 1501
betel nuts (areca nuts).. 0507 radish………………… 0803 coffee………………… 1502
garlic……………….. 0508 beetroot……………….. 0804 rubber………………… 1503
coriander……………. 0509 turnip (shalgam)………. 0805 other plantation crops… 1588
tamarind…………….. 0510 tomato………………… 0806 Flower crops 16
cumin seed………….. 0511 spinach……………….. 0807 orchids……………….. 1601
fennel / anise seed….. 0512 amaranths (chaulai)… 0808 rose…………………… 1602
nutmeg……………… 0513 cabbage……………… 0809 gladiolus……………… 1603
fenugreek…………… 0514 other leafy vegetable….. 0810 carnation…………….. 1604
cloves……………….. 0515 brinjal…………………. 0811 marigold……………… 1605
cinnamon…………… 0516 peas (vegetable) (green) 0812 other flowers………… 1688
cocoa……………….. 0517 lady’s finger (bhindi)…. 0813 Medicinal plants 17
kacholam……………. 0518 cauliflower……………. 0814 asgandh………………. 1701
betelvine…………….. 0519 cucumber………… 0815 isabgol……………….. 1702
Other condi. & spices.. 0588 bottle gourd (lauki)…… 0816 sena…………………… 1703
Fruits 06 pumpkin………………. 0817 moosli……………….. 1704
mangoes…………….. 0601 bitter gourd………… 0818 other medicinal plant… 1788
orange and kinu…….. 0602 other gourds………… 0819 Aromatic plants 18
mosambi……………. 0603 guar beans (cluster beans)... 0820 lemon grass………….. 1801
lemon / acid lime…… 0604 beans (green)………….. 0821 mint………………….. 1802
othercitrous fruits….. 0605 drumstick……………… 0822 menthol……………… 1803
banana………………. 0606 green chillies………….. 0823 eucalyptus…………… 1804
table grapes…………. 0607 other vegetables……….. 0888 other aromatic plant….. 1888
wine grapes (black)…. 0608 other food crop……….. 0901 Other non-food crops 19
apple………………… 0609 Oilseeds 10 canes…………………. 1901
pear…………………. 0610 ground nut……………… 1001 bamboos……………... 1902
peaches……………… 0611 castor seed……………. 1002 other non-food crops… 1988
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3.6.3 Column 3: unit (code): For each of the major crops, unit code of quantity that will be
reported in column 5, 7 and 8 will be recorded here. The unit code of quantity should be same as
the unit in which the crop is generally disposed. For most of the crops unit code would be in kg,
i.e., code 1. However for few crops like coconut, bamboos etc., when sold in the unit of numbers,
code 2 may be reported. When units are like ‘no. of bags’, ‘no. of truck load’, etc., they should
be converted to either in kg or in number. For all the columns 5, 7 and 8 the unit code must be
same. However for a crop, when there is only pre-harvest sale, this column may be filled with
dash (‘-’).
3.6.4 Columns 4 and 6: area of land (0.00 acres): In these columns, the area of land used for
each type of harvested crop will be recorded in 0.00 acres. Area under irrigation will be recorded
in column 4 whereas area not irrigated will be recorded in column 6. These columns have been
sub-divided into two columns to keep provision for recording integral and decimal parts
separately. The integral part will be recorded in the left sub-column and the decimal part (up to
two decimal places) will be put in the right sub-column.
3.6.4.1 While reporting these two columns, land area pertaining to pre-harvest sale should
be excluded. In case, the crop has been sown but due to drought or some other reasons there was
no yield and only fodder has been harvested during the reference period, land should be reported
against crop sown.
3.6.4.2 In case of Multiple Cropping System where the farmer grows more than one crop one
after other in the same plot of land during the reference period, the cultivated area of land will be
recorded as many times it was used.
3.6.5 Columns 5, 7 and 8: quantity: In these columns, quantity harvested for each type of crop
during the reference period will be recorded as per the unit code recorded in column 3. Quantity
produced under irrigated and un-irrigated area will be recorded in column5 and column 7
respectively. The total quantity (sum of columns 5 and 7) will be recorded in column 8.
Box 9
The quantities to be reported in columns 5, 7 and 8 pertain only to the quantity
harvested during the reference period. While reporting these columns, quantity
pertaining to pre-harvest sale, crop loss/damaged (even if it was available) should
be excluded.
3.6.6 Column 9: area of land under pre-harvest sale (0.00 acre): Farmers sometimes sell entire
produce of a plot of land before harvesting. Land area used for such pre-harvest sales will be
reported in this column. For pre-harvest sale, generally volume of production is not known.
Therefore, care may be taken not to include quantity of production for pre-harvest sale, even if it
is available while reporting quantity in columns 5 and 7. While reporting land in columns 4 and
6, area corresponding to pre-harvest sale should be excluded. Land area corresponding to pre-
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harvest sale will be reported in column 9. When entire production was disposed as pre-harvest
sale for a crop, each of the columns 4 to 8 may be filled-in with a dash (‘-’).
3.6.6.1 The area of land (combining irrigated and un-irrigated land) for pre-harvest sale for each
crop will be recorded in 0.00 acres. This column is sub-divided into two columns to keep
provision for recording integral and decimal parts in two different columns. The integral part will
be recorded in the left sub-column and the decimal part will be put in the right sub-column.
3.6.7 Column 10: to whom you sold? (code): For major disposal of each of the 4 major crops,
the agency to which the product was sold will be recorded in terms of the following codes:
local market (incl. local traders)….. 01 Farmer producer organisations (FPO).. 06
APMC market…………………….. 02 private processors……………………. 07
input dealers………………………. 03 contract farming sponsors/
companies……………………………. 08
cooperative……………………….. 04 others………………………………... 09
Government agencies…………….. 05
Box 10
Major disposal: Out of the total quantity sold during the reference period for a particular
crop (including the sale from previous stock), details of the agency to which major share of
the quantity was sold (taking together multiple disposals made to that agency), the quantity
sold to that agency, sale value received, overall satisfaction with the sale outcome are to be
reported under major disposal (columns 10 to 13).
3.6.7.1 When the product was sold to local market or mandi (markets in small towns and cities to
which farmers from nearby villages would bring the agricultural produce at harvest time and
where traders would buy this produce from them) or local private traders or to other households
code ‘01’ may be recorded. Code ‘02’ may be recorded when product was sold to AMPC market
(regulated by Agricultural Produce Market Committee, a statutory market committee constituted
by State Govt.).
3.6.7.2 Input dealers are those who are engaged in activities of providing agricultural inputs such
as seeds, fertilizers, insecticides, cattle /poultry feed, fishing net, sprinkler/drip irrigation
machinery, spare parts of oil engine/tractor/fishing boats, tools required for poultry/horticulture
etc. Agency code may be recorded as ‘03’ when product was sold to input dealers.
3.6.7.3 When the product was sold to co-operatives code ‘04’ is to be given. In cases where the
major disposal was made to Government agencies (e.g., Food Corporation of India (FCI), Jute
Corporation of India (JCI), Cotton Corporation of India (CCI), National Agricultural Co-
operative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED), State Food Corporation, State Civil
Supplies etc.) code ‘05’ may be recorded.
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3.6.7.4 When the product was sold to Farmer producer organisations (FPO) code ‘06’ is to be
recorded against the major disposal. Private processors are those private agencies/persons
engaged in activities carried out for conservation and handling of agricultural produce and to
make it usable as food, feed, fibre, fuel or industrial raw material. Code ‘07’ may be recorded
for disposals made to private processors.
3.6.7.5 If the product is sold to ‘contract farming sponsors/ companies’ code ‘08’ may be given.
For all other type of disposals, code ‘09’ will be recorded.
3.6.7.6 Brief description of various agencies/ markets mentioned above are described in the
subsequent paragraphs-
3.6.7.6.1 APMC market: Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) is a statutory market
committee constituted by a State Government in respect of trade in certain notified agricultural
or horticultural or livestock products, under the Agricultural Produce Market Committee Act
issued by that state government.
APMCs are intended to be responsible for (i) ensuring transparency in pricing system and
transactions taking place in market area, (ii) providing market-led extension services to farmers,
(iii) ensuring payment for agricultural produce sold by farmers on the same day, (iv) promoting
agricultural processing including activities for value addition in agricultural produce, (v)
publicizing data on arrivals and rates of agricultural produce brought into the market area for
sale; and (vi) Setting up and promoting public private partnership in the management of
agricultural markets. Agricultural markets regulated by APMCs are known as APMC
market.
Regulated market is wholesale market where buying and selling is regulated and
controlled by the state government/ local bodies through the market committee which includes
representatives from farmers, traders, government local bodies and co-operatives. It aims at the
elimination of unhealthy and unscrupulous practices reducing marketing charges and providing
facilities to producers and sellers in the market.
In regulated market the sale of agricultural produce is undertaken either by open auction
or by close tender method these sales method ensure a fair and competitive price for the produce
and prevent the cheating of farmers by market functionaries. By these methods, the sale is
carried out under the supervision of an official of the market committee.
All the market functionaries including traders working in the regulated market have to
obtain a license from the market committee after paying the prescribed fee to carry on their
business, the licensed traders have to keep proper record and maintain accounts in accordance
with the buy-laws of the market committee. Growers and traders have to pay market fees which
are calculated on the basis of value of volume of a commodity bought and sold in the markets.
Sometimes it may be based on cartload or truckload.
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3.6.7.6.2 Farmer Producer Organisation: A Producer Organisation (PO) is a legal entity

formed by primary producers, viz. farmers, milk producers, fishermen, weavers, rural artisans,
craftsmen. A PO can be a producer company, a cooperative society or any other legal form
which provides for sharing of profits/benefits among the members. In some forms like producer
companies, institutions of primary producers can also become member of PO.
The main aim of PO is to ensure better income for the producers through an organization
of their own. Small producers do not have the volume individually (both inputs and produce) to
get the benefit of economies of scale. Besides, in agricultural marketing, there is a long chain of
intermediaries who very often work non-transparently leading to the situation where the producer
receives only a small part of the value that the ultimate consumer pays. Through aggregation, the
primary producers can avail the benefit of economies of scale. They will also have better
bargaining power vis-à-vis the bulk buyers of produce and bulk suppliers of inputs.
Farmers Producer Organisation (FPO) is one type of PO where the members are
farmers. Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is providing support for promotion of
FPOs. Farmer Producer companies are FPOs registered under Indian Companies Act.
3.6.7.6.3 Private processors: Private agencies/ individuals engaged in agro processing are
termed as private processors. Agro processing could be defined as set of techno-economic
activities carried out for conservation and handling of agricultural produce and to make it usable
as food, feed, fibre, fuel or industrial raw material.
3.6.7.6.4 Contract farming sponsors/ companies: These are agencies engaged in contract
farming where agricultural production is carried out on the basis of agreement between them
(buyers) and farm producers. The essence of such an arrangement is the commitment of the
producer/ seller to provide an agricultural commodity of a certain type, at a time and a price, and
in the quantity required by a known and committed buyer. The company often also agrees to
support the farmer through supplying inputs, assisting with land preparation, providing
production advice and transporting produce to its premises.
3.6.8 Column 11: are you satisfied with the sale outcome? (code): For major disposal of each of
the harvested crop, the level of satisfaction of the household with the sale outcome will be
recorded in terms of the following codes:
satisfactory ….…………………...…………… 1
not satisfactory:
lower than market price ………………………. 2
delayed payments …...………………………... 3
deductions for loans borrowed …….…………. 4
faulty weighing and grading …………………. 5
other cause of dissatisfaction ………………… 9
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It records the overall satisfaction level of the agricultural household with respect to the disposals
made to the agency during the reference period.
3.6.9 Columns 12, 14 and 16: quantity sold: Total quantity sold as per the unit recorded in
column 3 for major disposal and other disposals (clubbed together) will be recorded in columns
12 and 14 respectively and their sum total will be recorded in column 16 for four major crops.
Box 11
Reporting of Quantity sold in columns 12, 14 and 16

 Multiple disposals to the same agency are to be treated as a single
disposal.
 Quantity sold from previous stock is to be included.
 Quantity pertaining to pre-harvest sale, crop loss/ damaged (even if
available) is to be excluded.
 Total quantity reported in column 16 can also be higher than total
quantity reported in column 8 due to the inclusion of previous stock (if
any) in column 16.
3.6.10 Columns 13, 15 and 17: sale value (Rs.): Sale value (in whole number of Rs.) received or
receivable for major disposal and other disposals (clubbed together) will be recorded in columns
13 and 15 respectively and their sum total will be recorded in column 17. In case of sale in kind,
the value may be recorded at the price available in the local market. While reporting these
columns, value pertaining to pre-harvest sale, crop loss/damaged should be excluded.
3.6.11 Column 18: rate (Rs. 0.00): Average sale rate (in Rs. 0.00) per unit as reported in column
3 for each crop will be derived by dividing sale value in column 17 by quantity in column 16 for
srl. numbers 1 to 4 in column 1.
Box 12
Rate (Rs.00) in column 18
Case 1: If sale of output is reported by the household, then
rate = value in col.17 ÷ value in col.16
Case 2: if household did not report any sale of output for a crop, then
rate = local market price for the crop at the time of harvesting.
Case 3: if the household received the sale value in kind, then
rate = imputed value of the receipt in kind
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3.6.12 Column 19: value of pre-harvest sale (Rs.): Total value of pre-harvest sales for each crop
together for irrigated and un-irrigated land will be reported here in whole number of rupees.
3.6.13 Column 20: value of harvested produce (Rs.): Value of harvested produce for each major
crop will be calculated by multiplying quantity in column 8 with rate in column 18. For crops
clubbed together as ‘others’ against srl. no. 5, value will be based on actual sale (if any) and/or
3.6.14 Column 21: value of by-products (Rs.): Value of by-products for 4 major crops and
‘others’ if any, will be reported here in whole number of rupees based on actual sale or
3.6.15 Column 22: total value (Rs.): Total value of produce for each type of crop will be
calculated adding columns 19, 20 and 21.
Box 13
In respect of crops reported against srl. no. 5 in col. 1 (i.e. others: crops
other than the 4 major crops reported by the household), sale information in
columns 10 to 17 and rate in col. 18 need not be filled in. Instead their total
value of output (i.e. value of pre-harvested sale, harvested produce and by-
products) will be directly recorded in columns 19 to 21 respectively based on
actual sale (if any) and/or assessment of the informant.
Block 7: particulars of input and other expenses for crop production during
July to December 2018/January to June 2019 (To be filled in only for
households where there is at least one entry in Block 6)
3.7.0 This block is designed to collect information on paid out expenses as well as imputed
expenses towards cultivation during the reference period. Expenses incurred prior to the
reference period for crops harvested during the reference period will also be taken. If at least
information on one harvested crop is recorded in Block 6, there must be entry in Block 7.
3.7.0.1 Expenses on inputs like seeds, chemical and organic fertilizer, manure, plant protection
chemicals, diesel, electricity, labour, irrigation, minor repair and maintenance of machinery and
equipments, interest on loans utilized for the crop production purpose, cost of crop insurance,
cost of hiring of machinery, lease rent for land and other expenses for the crops grown during
reference period will be recorded in whole number of rupees.
3.7.0.2 While recording expenses, proper care must be taken to classify the expenditure against
appropriate item. In a typical situation, when only cost of diesel is incurred to run a pump set for
irrigation, cost of diesel will be recorded against item ‘diesel’ and not against item ‘irrigation’.
The same principle will be followed for other items in this block.
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3.7.0.3 It may be noted that paid out expenses (i.e. actual out of pocket expenses, both in
cash and in kind) will be reported under column 7. All the imputed expenses in respect of
input consumed out of farm saved stocks or out of free collection, family labour, owned
animal and machine labour, etc., will be reported under column 8. Further, expenses on
inputs actually consumed will only be considered while filling this block. If any of the input is
not used at all, the corresponding line may be left blank.
3.7.0.4 In case of loss/damage of crops in certain plot out of total plot cultivated, expenditure
done on all plots for the crops will be reported in Block 7.
Box 14
Method of reporting of expenses in block 7
 Expenses incurred in respect of crops harvested during the reference period (as
reported in block 6) is to be reported.
 Expenses incurred even prior to the reference period are to be considered.
 Paid out expenses and imputed expenses are to be reported separately.
 Expenses incurred in respect of damaged/ lost crops (as reported in block 6)
need to be reported in block 7.
3.7.1 Items 1 to 5: seeds: Expenditure incurred on seeds for 4 major crops as recorded in Block 6
will be recorded in the same order against items 1 to 4. When there are more than 4 crops, crops
other than 4 major crops will be clubbed together and reported against item5. Item ‘seeds’ will
also include seedling (baby plant).
3.7.2 Item 6: chemical fertilizers: Chemical fertilizers are mostly inorganic material of natural
or synthetic origin (other than liming materials) that is added to a soil to supply one or more
plant nutrients essential to the growth of plants. Generally these are industrially manufactured
chemicals containing plant nutrients. Some examples of chemical fertilizers are ammonium
sulphate, ammonium phosphate, ammonium nitrate, urea, ammonium chloride etc.
3.7.3 Item 7: bio-fertilizers: These are substances that contain living microorganisms which
colonize the interior of the plant and promote growth by increasing the supply or availability of
primary nutrient and/ or growth stimulus to the target crop, when applied to seed, plant surfaces
or soil. Bio-fertilizers accelerate certain microbial processes in the soil which augment the extent
of availability of nutrients in a form easily assimilated by plants. Examples of some of the bio-
fertilizers available to farmers in India are given below:
 Nitrogen fixing bio fertilizers: e.g. Rhizobium, Bradyrhizobium, Azospirillum and
Azotobacter sp.
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 Phosphorous solubilising bio-fertilizers (PSB): e.g. Bacillus sp., Pseudomonas sp. and
Aspergillus sp.
 Phosphate mobilizing bio-fertilizer: e.g. Mycorrhiza
 Potassium mobilizing bio-fertilizer (KMB)
 Zinc solubilising bio-fertilizer (ZSB)
 Plant growth promoting bio-fertilizers: e.g. Pseudomonas sp.
3.7.4 Item 8: manures: It refers to the natural substance that is obtained from the decomposition
of the waste of plant and animals such as cow dung, etc. Manures contribute to the fertility of
the soil by adding organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen that are utilized
by bacteria, fungi and other organisms in the soil. Different types of manures are explained
below:
 Animal Manure: Most animal manure consists of feces. Common forms of animal
manure include farmyard manure (FYM) or farm slurry (liquid manure). FYM also
contains plant material (often straw), which has been used as bedding for animals and has
absorbed the feces and urine. Agricultural manure in liquid form, known as slurry, is
produced by more intensive livestock rearing systems where concrete or slats are used,
instead of straw bedding.
 Compost: It is the decomposed remnants of organic materials that has rotted into a
natural fertilizer. It is usually of plant origin, but often includes some animal dung or
bedding.
 Green manures are crops grown for the express purpose of plowing them in, thus
increasing fertility through the incorporation of nutrients and organic matter into the
soil. Green manure is created by leaving uprooted or sown crop parts to wither on a field
so that they serve as a mulch and soil amendment. The plants used for green manure are
often cover crops grown primarily for this purpose. Typically, they are ploughed under
and incorporated into the soil while green or shortly after flowering. Green manure is
commonly associated with organic farming and can play an important role in sustainable
annual cropping systems.
Other types of plant matter used as manure include the contents of the rumens of
slaughtered ruminants, spent grain (left over from brewing beer) and seaweed.
3.7.4.1 Most farmers choose to use farmyard manure because it is commonly available. Other
advantages are its ability to improve the soil, tilth and aeration, increase the water holding
capacity of the soil and stimulate the activity of microorganisms that make plant food elements
in the soil.
3.7.5 Items 9 & 10: plant protection materials: chemical and bio-pesticides: Plant protection
chemicals include all pesticides, herbicides (kill weeds and other plants that are growing or
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competing with a desired species), insecticides (control or eliminate insects that affects plants or
animals), fungicides (destroy fungi that infect plant or animals), rodenticides (kills mice, rats and
other rodents), miticides (kills mites that live on plant, livestock) etc, as well as biotechnology
products which help in controlling the thousands of weed species, harmful insects and numerous
plant diseases that afflict crops. Examples of chemical plant protection materials are copper
hydroxide, copper sulphate, lime sulphur, mineral oils, potassium permanganate, sulphuer,
potassium bicarbonate, etc. Some examples of bio-pesticides are: Azadirachtin exrtarct (neem
oil), plant oils (mint oil, pine oil, etc.), rapeseed oil, sticker/activator/spreader, etc.
3.7.6 Items 11 to 13: diesel, electricity and irrigation: Information on from where they were
procured, quality/adequacy of the items throughout the reference period, actual expenditure and
imputed expenditure (if any) incurred by the household on diesel, electricity and irrigation will
be recorded in columns 5 to 8 respectively. Important guidelines for recording the expenditure
(columns 7 & 8) incurred by the household on electricity are described below:
3.7.6.1 For item 12, if the total amount of electricity consumed during the reference period is not
paid, the amount payable pertaining to the period will be ascertained and recorded here. If the
exact amount of the bill is not known for reference period, the value will be estimated based on
the electric bills paid during the recent past. If the household generates own electricity (by using
solar panel etc.) for crop production and the actual expense incurred on electricity is not known,
imputed value of the electricity is to be recorded in column 8.
3.7.7 Items 14 and 15: labour human and labour animal: In item 14 ‘human labour’, the
expenditure on payment of wages/salaries by the agricultural household for carrying out
cultivation during the reference period will be recorded. Payment of wages and salaries may be
made for two different categories of labour:
a) labour which is regular in nature. This will cover the payments made to persons working
in farm and getting in return of salary or wages on a regular basis (and not on the basis of
daily or periodic renewal of work contract). The category not only includes persons
getting time wage but also persons receiving piece wage or salary and paid apprentices,
both full time and part-time.
b) labour which is casual in nature. Payments made to person(s) casually engaged in farm
and getting wage according to the terms of the daily or periodic work contract will be
regarded as payments made for casual labour.
Total payment to both categories made either in cash or in kind will be reported against item 14.
If it is paid in kind, the corresponding monetary value may be evaluated at purchaser’s price.
3.7.7.1 Expenditure incurred on animal labour for cultivation purpose during the reference
periods is to be recorded in columns 7 and/or 8.
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3.7.7.2 While recording expenses, proper care must be taken to classify the expenditure against
appropriate item. For example, when labour is engaged for irrigation, labour cost will be
recorded against item human/animal labour (as the case may be) and not against item ‘irrigation’.
3.7.8 Item 16: minor repair and maintenance of machinery and equipment used in crop
production: Expenditures incurred on minor repair and maintenance of machinery & equipment
used in crop production during the reference period are to be recorded in columns7 and/or 8.
Expenditure on repair and maintenance should not include expenditure of a capital nature, which
can enhance the longevity of the equipment. Replacement of some major part of the machinery
and equipment will not come under this item.
3.7.9 Item 17: interest on loans utilised for the purpose of crop production: This item is for
recording the interest on working capital. Total interest paid or due to be paid for the reference
period for all the loans utilized (the purpose for which the loan was taken may not
necessarily be crop production) by the household for the cultivation of the crops reported in
block 6 will be recorded here, irrespective of the fact that any of the loans might have been
repaid either fully or partly or found to be outstanding. However, unpaid interests prior to the
reference period need not to be considered for this item.
3.7.10 Item 18: cost of hiring of machinery and equipment for crop production: Total rental
paid or payable by the household on account of hiring of machinery and equipment for
cultivation of crops as reported in block 6 is to be considered for this item.
3.7.11 Item 19: cost of crop insurance: Total premium paid by the household for crop insurance
for the crops harvested during the reference period (as reported in block 6) is to be recorded.
3.7.12 Item 20: lease rent for land used for crop production: Total rent paid or payable by the
household on account of hiring of land for cultivation of crops harvested during the reference
period is to be considered for this item.
3.7.13 Item 21: other expenses for crop production: All other expenses (paid or payable)
incurred by the household on account of cultivation of crops harvested during the reference
period not included in any of the items 1 to 20 are to be recorded against this item. Among other,
such expenses will also include charges paid for work done by others, cost of transportation,
commission paid to the purchasing agents etc.
3.7.14 Item 22: total (1 to 21): the total of items 1 to 21 will be reported against this item.
3.7.15 Column 3: srl. no. of crop as in col. 1 of block 6: This column is valid for item serial no.
1 to 5 and the numbers are already printed in the schedule. Sequence of the serial numbers in
column 1 of block 6 and column 3 of block 7 are same.
3.7.16 Column 4: crop code: This column is valid for item serial nos. 1 to 5 of column 3. Serial
no. of column 2 of block 6 will be entered here in the same order.
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3.7.17 Column 5: from where procured? (code): For the procurement, the agency from where
the inputs for crop production (for items 1 to 4 and 6 to 13) were procured will be recorded in
terms of the following codes against column 5:
local market (incl. local traders)…………………. 01
APMC market……………………………………. 02
input dealers……………………………………... 03
cooperative………………………………………. 04
Government agencies……………………………. 05
Farmer producer organisations (FPO)…………… 06
private processors………………………………... 07
contract farming sponsors/ companies…………... 08
own farm…………………………………………. 10
others…………………………………………….. 09
When procured from local markets including local private traders, code ‘01’ may be
recorded. If the household procured the inputs from any regulated market set up by Agricultural
Produce Market Committee, a statutory market committee constituted by State Govt.), code ‘02’
is to be given. Codes ‘03’ and ‘04’ may be reported when procured from ‘input dealers’ and
‘cooperative’ respectively. If the procurement is done from govt. agencies code ‘05’ may be
given. Codes ‘06’, ‘07’and ‘08’ is to be given where the procurement of inputs are made from
‘Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO)’, ‘private processors’ and ‘contract farming sponsors/
companies’ respectively. When the input is normally used from the earlier produce (for seeds) or
from home produced stock of the household, agency code ‘10’ will be reported. Detailed
description of different procurement agencies are given in Para 3.6.7 of Chapter Three. For
all other sources, code ‘09’ will be recorded.
3.7.18 Column 6: quality/adequacy (code): The quality/adequacy of inputs (for items 1 to 4 and
6 to 13) procured will be recorded here in terms of the codes:
good - 1, satisfactory - 2, poor -3, don’t know – 4.

3.7.19 Column 7: paid out expenses (Rs.): Total out of pocket expenditure incurred in whole
number of rupees will be recorded here for each type of input.
3.7.20 Column 8: imputed expenses (Rs.): In cases where no actual expenses are incurred by the
household for any particular input (i.e. input used is from home stock or from free collection, for
example: seeds from own stock, self and unpaid family labour, owned animal and machine
labour, etc.) imputed expenses are to be reported in column 8. Items where imputation of
expenses is not possible are shaded in the schedule.
The method of imputation to be used for reporting imputed expenses under column 8 are detailed
below:
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 Seeds and manure (farm produced) – valued at the prevailing market prices
 Family Labour- valued at the rate of wages paid for hired labour for similar work. Since
the family labour may include labour done by men, women and children, the wage rates
may not be available directly. In such situations, the following general rules can be
followed for valuation of family labour:
o First convert all work done by men and women into men equivalent.
o Work done by a youth below 15 years of age can be taken as equivalent to half
the adult.
o Work performed by a woman can be taken as equivalent to 0.8 men equivalent.
 Owned Animal Labour- Valued on the basis of cost of maintenance, which includes cost
of green and dry fodder and concentrates, depreciation on animal and cattle shed, upkeep
labour charges and other expenses less value of manure and work done outside the farm.
 Owned Machine Labour- Valued on the basis of cost of maintenance of farm machinery,
which includes diesel, electricity, lubricants, depreciation, repair and maintenance
expenses
 Own irrigation –Valued at on the basis of operational costs per hour
 Exchange labour & exchange animal labour are to be treated as hired human labour and
hired animal labour respectively.
Block 8: Livestock, poultry, duckery, etc. owned by the household as on the
date of survey
3.8.0 This block will be filled in visit 1 only. In this block, through items 1 - 10, total number of
livestock and poultry birds owned by the household as on the date of survey will be recorded
separately for ‘cattle’, ‘buffalo’, ‘ovine and other mammals’ (viz. sheep, goat, pig, rabbits etc.),
‘other large heads’ (viz. elephant, camel, horse, mule, pony, donkey, yak, mithun etc.), ‘poultry
birds’ (viz. hen, cock, chicken, duck, duckling, other poultry birds, etc.) and ‘other livestock’.
The total number of livestock and poultry birds owned by the household as on the date of survey
will be recorded in item 11.
3.8.1 Items 1 - 3: cattle: The number of in-milk cattle (i.e. cattle currently giving milk), young
cattle (age less than 2 years) and other type of cattle (cattle of age 2 years or more other than the
in-milk cattle) owned by the household as on the date of the survey will be recorded in items 1 –
3. The number of young cattle and other type of cattle will be recorded, separately for male,
female and total, in columns 3 - 5 of items 2 and 3. The number of in-milk cattle will be recorded
in columns 4 and 5 of item 1.
3.8.2 Items 4 - 6: buffalo: The number of in-milk buffalo (i.e. buffalo currently giving milk),
young buffalo (age less than 3 years) and other type of buffalo (buffalo of age 3 years or more
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other than the in-milk buffalo) owned by the household as on the date of the survey will be
recorded in items 4 - 6. The number of young buffalo and other type of buffalo will be recorded,
separately for male, female and total, in columns 3 - 5 of items 5 and 6. The number of in-milk
buffalo will be recorded in columns 4 and 5 of item 4.
3.8.3 Items 7: ovine and other mammals: The total number of ovine and other mammals viz.
sheep, goat, pig, rabbits etc., owned by the household as on the date of the survey will be
recorded in column 5 of item 7.
3.8.4 Items 8: other large-heads: The total number of other large-heads viz. elephant, camel,
horse, mule, pony, donkey, yak, mithun, etc., owned by the household as on the date of the
survey will be recorded in column 5 of item 8.
3.8.5 Items 9: poultry birds: The total number of poultry birds viz. hen, cock, chicken, duck,
duckling, other poultry birds, etc., owned by the household as on the date of the survey will be
recorded in column 5 of item 9.
3.8.6 Items 10: others: The total number of livestock other than those listed in items 1 - 9,
owned by the household as on the date of the survey will be recorded in column 5 of item 10.
3.8.7 Items 11: total: The total number of livestock owned by the household as on the date of the
survey will be recorded in column 5 of item 11.
3.8.8 It may be noted that livestock, poultry, duckery etc., which are raised by households for
business purpose (i.e. say poultry farming) or as productive assets (i.e., for production of
livestock products or for use of animal labour) will be considered for this block. Animals kept in
the sample household on the date of survey for trading purpose will not be considered as ‘owned’
by that sample household in this survey.
3.8.9 It may also be noted that livestock and poultry owned by the domestic servants, paying
guests who are listed as normal members of the sample household will not be considered for
making entries in this block. For the purpose of this survey, all types of animals viz. exotic, cross
breed, indigenous are to be considered for inclusion in this block. Pet animals like cat, dog,
rabbit, etc., are outside the coverage of the survey. If a household does not have any livestock
corresponding to any of the items 1-10, entry ‘0’ is to be made against this item.
Block 9: disposal of produce and value of outputs on farming of animals
during last 30 days (To be filled in only if entry in item 10 of Block 4 is 2 in Visit
1)
3.9.0 This block will be used to record total value of output from farming of animals during the
last 30 days. The total value of output will be worked out by adding value of self-consumed
products, value of products retained for future sale, used as animal seeds and receipts from sale
to outside agencies (including other households). However, this block will exclude any such
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activity belonging to non-household sector. Objective of this block is to capture entire production
and receipt thereof from sale of the livestock product during the reference period.
3.9.0.1 For this block, a disposal is defined as sale of a livestock product in full or part to a single
procuring agency. Multiple disposals to the same agency during the reference period should be
clubbed together and reported under the relevant agency. Details of disposals for each livestock
product listed in column 2 will be recorded in columns 5 to 12 for different disposal agencies
like directly to other households, cooperative, private processors. Quantity and value of products
used for self-consumption will be reported in columns 3 and 4. For the purpose of reporting in
this block, own consumption will also include retention for future sale and used as animal seeds,
for which valuation will be done on the basis of local market price or based on the assessment of
the informant. If the household made disposal of livestock products to any other agencies except
from those mentioned above, those will be clubbed together into ‘others’.
3.9.1 Column 2: item description: Details of disposals will be collected for various items like
milk, egg, wool, fish, by-products (skin, hide, bones & manure) and other receipts listed in this
column from items 1 to 15. Milk from cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, etc., are to be reported
separately against respective items. Eggs of poultry, duck, etc., are to be clubbed together and
reported against item 4. The unit of quantity for different types of livestock product has already
been mentioned inside parentheses along with the item descriptions.
3.9.1.1 In items 7 to 12, information on receipt from sale of live animals (e.g., cattle, sheep, goat,
pig, poultry & duckery etc.) will be recorded. Such livestock are raised and sold mostly for the
business purpose. The buyer may purchase such animals for any purpose like meat production, or
for use in cultivation or for trading. All such sale will be considered here irrespective of the
purpose of the buyer. However care should be taken to exclude receipt from sale for the purpose
of trading when the sample household purchased the animals and sold them for profit without
raising them. All activities of trading will be recorded in Block 11 only. Receipt from sale of
livestock used as productive asset will also not be included here; such receipt will be recorded in
Block 12 only.
3.9.1.2 The value of by-product as a result of animal farming activities will be recorded in items
13 and 14. This can be in the form of hide, skin, bones, manures etc. Any other type of receipts
relating to farming of animals not included in items 1 to 14 of the block, may be included in item
15 under the heading ‘value of other produce’. The sum of items 1 to 15 will be calculated and
recorded against item 16 under the heading ‘total value of produce’.
3.9.2 Columns 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13: quantity: Total quantity used for own consumption and sold
to various disposal agencies will be recorded in columns 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11and their sum total will
be recorded in column 13 for items 1 to 12 mentioned in column 2.
3.9.3 Columns 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 14: value (Rs.):Value of products used for own consumption
and receipt from sale to various disposal agencies (in whole number of Rs.) will be recorded in
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columns 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12 and their sum total will be recorded in column 14. In case of sale in
kind, the value may be recorded at the price available in the local market.
Block 10: expenses and other particulars of input on farming of animals
during last 30 days (To be filled in only for households where there is at least
one entry in Block 9)
3.10.0 This block is designed to collect information on expenses incurred (paid or payable)
towards farming of animals during the last 30 days. Expenses on inputs like animal ‘seeds’,
animal feeds, veterinary charges, interest, lease rent for land, labour charges, cost of livestock
insurance and other expenses for the farming of animal activity during reference period of last 30
days will be recorded in whole rupees.
3.10.0.1 A household may purchase livestock for various purposes. Livestock purchased and
raised for production of livestock product like milk, egg, etc. (excluding meat), or for use as
animal labour in agricultural activities will be treated as productive asset for this survey and
expenditure will be reported in Block 12. When animals are purchased and raised for a period
and then sold for the purpose of business they should be included in this block. Expenditure
incurred on purchase of animals for the purpose of trading will not be included in this block.
Instead, such expenditures will be recorded in Block 11 only.
3.10.0.2 It may be noted that the paid out expenses (both in cash and in kind) and imputed
expenses will be reported separately in this block. Consumptions of input out of home stock or
out of free collection as well as received in exchange are to be reported with imputed expenses in
this block in column 6. Further, expenses on inputs actually consumed will only be considered
while filling this block. If any of the inputs is not used at all, the corresponding line may be left
blank.
3.10.1 Items 1 to 6:cost of animal ‘seeds’: Expenditure incurred on animal ‘seeds’ will be
collected for cattle in item 1, buffalo in item 2, sheep, goat, etc., in item 3, piggery in item 4,
poultry & duckery in item 5 and others in item 6. Young of animals purchased for the purpose of
business only will be considered here.
3.10.2 Items 7 to 10: animal feed: Expenditure incurred on animal feed will be collected for the
following specific fodder items in item 7 to 10. The animal feed has been grouped into the
following four classes, namely (i) green fodder, (ii) dry fodder, (iii) concentrates (iv) other feed
including minerals (salt, etc.) and medicines. If animal feeds are used from home stock or from
free collection as well as received in exchange, imputed expenditure at local market price will be
recorded.
3.10.2.1 Item 7: green fodder: Green fodder is obtained through crop cultivation. Some crops
are grown exclusively for green fodder purpose. These includes Berseem, Lucerne, Cowpea,
Guar, Rice bean, Velvet bean, Sorghum (fodder varieties like MP chari, Sorghum sudan grass (a
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hybrid developed by crossing sorghum and sudan grass), Sudax, Red chari), Napier bajra hybrid
(a hybrid developed by crossing crops Napier grass & bajra), Maize (fodder varieties like
African tall, J-1006, Vijay composite), Jowar, Oats, Chinese cabbage, Turnip, Fodder beet, all
palatable grasses. Some crops that are primarily taken for human consumption are also used as
green fodder for animals. These include maize, sugarcane, cowpea, oats, etc.
3.10.2.2 Item 8: dry fodder: Dry residue of some crops is used as fodder. These include straws
of wheat, paddy, sorghum, barley, jowar, gram, etc.
3.10.2.3 Item 9: concentrates: Concentrates generally include oil cake, crushed pulses, gram,
grains, bran, husk, oil seed and gur.
3.10.2.4 Item 10: others: Besides the items of feed classification under the above three
categories against items 7 to 9, provision has also been made to record consumption of such feed
under ‘others’ which cannot be included against any of the items specified above.
3.10.3 Items 11 and 12: veterinary services: for breeding and health services: Veterinary
charges for artificial insemination of livestock will be recorded in item 11. Whereas Veterinary
charges for health services like for medicine, vaccination, etc., will be reported against item 12.
3.10.4 Item 13: interest for loans used for farming of animals: Total interest paid or due to be
paid for the reference period for all the loans taken by the household as working capital for the
farming of animals will be recorded here, irrespective of the fact that any of the loans might have
been repaid either fully or partly or found to be outstanding.
3.10.5 Item 14: lease rent for land used for farming of animals: Total rent paid or payable by
the household on account of leasing in land for animal farming activities during the reference
period is to be recorded against this item.
3.10.6 Item 15: labour charges: Actual expenditure incurred by the household on payment of
wages/salaries for carrying out animal farming activities during the reference period will be
recorded. Total payment of wages and salaries made for engaging regular and casual labour
[Refer Para 3.7.7 for more details] either in cash or in kind will be reported here. If it is paid in
kind, the corresponding monetary value may be evaluated at purchaser’s price. This will also
include expenditure incurred for engaging animal labour, if any, for the purpose of animal
farming. If own labour or unpaid family labour is involved, its imputed value is to be reported.
The method for imputing value of family/ unpaid labour is explained in Para 3.7.20 of this
chapter.
3.10.7: Item 16: cost of livestock insurance: Total premium paid by the household for livestock
insurance during the reference period is to be recorded. If the premium is paid annually, it is to
be apportioned for the reference month.
3.10.8 Item 17: other expenses: All other expenses (paid or payable) incurred by the household
on account of farming of animals during the reference period not included in items 1 to 16 are to
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be recorded against this item. These may include fuel and electricity, cost of transportation,
commission paid to the purchasing agents, minor repair and maintenance of machinery and
equipment including operation cost of own machinery etc.
3.10.9 Item 18: total expenses: Total of all the expenses on input items mentioned in items 1 to
17 is to be reported against item 18.
3.10.10 Columns 3 and 4: These two columns are to be reported items 1 to 12 only i.e., for cost
of animal seeds, animal feeds and veterinary services.
3.10.10.1 In case of multiple procurements against a single input, the procurement where
maximum expenditure was incurred will be considered for reporting entries under column 3
(from where procured) and column 4 (quality). However in columns 5 and 6 ‘paid out
expenses’ and ‘imputed expenses’, total value of expenditure from all procurements will be
reported.
3.10.10.2 Column 3: from where procured? (code): For the procurement, the agency from
which the input was procured will be recorded in terms of the following codes:
local market (incl. local traders)…… 01 farmer producer organizations (FPO)…… 06

APMC market……………………… 02 private processors……….......................... 07
input dealers……………………….. 03 contract farming sponsors/ companies… 08
cooperative………………………… 04 own farm………………………………… 10
Government agencies……………… 05 others…………………………………… 09
When procured from local markets including local private traders, code ‘01’ may be
recorded. If the household procured the inputs from any regulated market (AMPC market)
regulated by Agricultural Produce Market Committee, a statutory market committee constituted
by State Govt., code ‘02’ is to be given. Codes ‘03’ and ‘04’ may be reported when procured
from ‘input dealers’ and ‘cooperative’ respectively. If the procurement is done from govt.
agencies code ‘05’ may be given. Codes ‘06’, ‘07’ and ‘08’ is to be given where the procurement
of inputs are made from ‘Farmer Producer Organisations (FPO)’, ‘private processors’ and
‘contract farming sponsors/ companies’ respectively. When the input is normally used from the
earlier produce (for animal seeds and animal feeds) or from home produced stock of the
household, agency code ‘10’ will be reported. Detailed description of different procurement
agencies are given in Para 3.6.7 of Chapter Three. For all other sources, code ‘09’ will be
recorded.
3.10.10.3 Column 4: quality (code): The quality of input procured for farming of animals will be
recorded here in terms of the codes:
good - 1, satisfactory - 2, poor -3, don’t know – 4.
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3.10.11 Column 5: paid out expenses (Rs.): Total out of pocket expenditure incurred in whole
number of rupees will be recorded here for each type of input.
3.10.12 Column 6: imputed expenses (Rs.): In cases where no actual expenses are incurred by
the household for any particular input (i.e. input used is from home stock or from free collection,
for example: animal seeds and animal feeds from own stock, self and unpaid family labour,
owned animal and machine labour, etc.) imputed expenses are to be reported in column 6. Items
where imputation of expenses is not possible are shaded in the schedule.
The method of imputation to be used for reporting imputed expenses under column 8 are detailed
explained in Para 3.7.20 of this chapter.
Block 11: expenses and receipts for non-farm business during last 30 days (To
be filled in only if entry in item 10 of Block 4 is 2 in Visit 1)
3.11.0 In this block expenses for and receipts from running non-farm business of the agricultural
household (i.e. from the household with entry is 2 in item 10 of Block 4 in Visit 1) including
trading in livestock will be collected. The reference period for the blocks is last 30 days. For the
purpose of this block, only household unincorporated proprietary enterprises and partnership
enterprises where all the partners are from the same household will be considered for reporting.
Provision for recording five such activities has been kept in this block for the household. In case
there are more than five enterprises, then additional sheet may be added. Total from all
such activities will be reported against serial no. 99.
3.11.0.1 All expenditures in this block are to be recorded for the activities carried out during the
last 30 days. If some expenses are made on a yearly or half-yearly basis, those are to be properly
apportioned for the reference month. For items where payments are not yet made, payable
amount has to be accounted.
3.11.0.2 The receipts will also include value of goods retained for future sale, home
consumption, etc., for which value of product will be price in the local market or based on the
3.11.1 Columns 2 and 3: description and NIC - 2008 (2-digit code): Actual description of the
non-farm activity will be recorded in column 2. The NIC-2008 code (2-digit) of the
corresponding description will be recorded in column 3.
3.11.2 Column 4: expenses (Rs.): Expenses incurred (paid or payable) towards running the non-
farm business during the last 30 days will be recorded. Expenses on inputs actually consumed
will only be considered while filling this block. Values to be collected in this column will be in
whole number of rupees only.
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3.11.2.1 As followed in Enterprise surveys, compensation to workers will be reported only if

they are actually payable. In respect of own account labour and unpaid family labour, the
imputed expenses should not be reported as expenses for non-farm business.
3.11.2.2 Depending on the type of non-farm business, expenses on inputs will include raw
materials used, cost of commodities traded, articles used for food and drink preparation, petrol,
diesel, lubricants etc., minor repair and maintenance, electricity charges, fuel other than
electricity, rent, travelling, freight and cartage expenses, communication expenses (telephone,
fax, postal, courier, e-mail, etc.), consumable stores, packing materials, paper, printing and
stationary expenses, service charges for work done by other establishments (e.g. legal, audit,
advertising and other accounting services; warehousing expenses, etc.), cost of own construction
(building, furniture and fixtures etc.), interest, wages and salaries, etc.
3.11.3 Column 5: receipts (Rs.): In this column receipts in terms of value of outputs during the
reference period from running non-farm business of the household will be collected. Values to be
collected in this column will be in whole number of rupees only. The value of output that is not
sold has to be evaluated at price in the local market or based on the assessment of the informant.
Value of products lost by theft/damage/destroyed by fire etc., during the reference period will be
excluded.
3.11.3.1 Depending on the type of non-farm business receipts from non-farm business will
include value of products and by-products manufactured, sale value of commodities traded,
amounts receivable from contractor, receipts from sale of prepared food, refreshment and drinks,
earnings from goods and passenger traffic, communication charges receivable from customers
(STD/courier, fax, etc.), receipts for educational activity (like tuition fees, examination fees,
capitation fees, etc.), receipts from consultation fees and medical services, receipts from services
provided to others including commission charges, market value of own construction (on
building, furniture and fixtures, etc.), value of consumption of goods/services produced or traded
for own use, rent receivable on plant and machinery and other fixed assets, etc.
3.11.4 Column 6: net receipts (Rs.): In this column, net receipts during the reference period
from running non-farm business of the household will be calculated after subtracting expenses
(column 4) from receipt (column 5).
Block 12: purchase and sale of productive assets during July to December
2018/January to June 2019 (To be filled in only if entry in item 10 of Block 4 of
Visit 1 is 2)
3.12.0 This block is meant for recording expenditure incurred for purchase and/or major repair of
productive assets during July to December 2018/ January to June 2019 (if applicable) which are
owned as on the date of survey and income received from sale of these assets during the
reference period July to December 2018 for visit 1 and January to June 2019 for visit 2. This
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block records transaction made by the agricultural household in respect of productive assets used
for farm and non-farm business during the reference period. Additionally, information on
purchase and sale of residential building and land is also recorded. The assets of household
enterprises are to be included in this block but the assets of non-household enterprises are to be
excluded for making entries in this block. This block will be filled in if entry in item 10 of
Block 4 is 2 in Visit 1, (i.e. information will be collected only from the agricultural
households).
3.12.0.1 Purchase will include both first-hand and second-hand purchase and the value of
purchase whether payable in cash or kind or in both, will be reported in this block. For kind
purchase, the actual expenditure in terms of rupees is to be ascertained and recorded in this
block. Expenditure incurred on any item in this block and income received from sale from any of
the item mentioned in this block will be recorded in whole number of rupees. Paid or payable
approach is to be followed for recording expenditure in columns 3 and 4 whereas received or
receivable approach is to be followed for recording receipts in column 5.
3.12.1 Columns 1 and 2: These two columns are self-explanatory.
3.12.2 Column 3: purchase: Addition to the productive assets could be made through purchase
(new or used) or through own construction. The expenditure incurred (in Rs.) for purchasing any
productive asset whether new or used for farm or non-farm business during the reference period
will be recorded in column 3 in whole number of rupees.
3.12.3 Column 4: major repair / improvement: The expenditure incurred (in Rs.) on any major
type of repairs or improvement (e.g. land) on one or more of the productive assets during the
reference period will be recorded in this column. There may be some situations where the
acquired land (acquired by whatever means) may need some kind of improvement for the
purpose of farm business and this may result in some expenditure of the agricultural household
during the reference period. Such type of expenditure will come under this column and
corresponding entries will be made in column 4. In such a case, the expenditure will include (i)
value of purchase of all materials used for the purpose, (ii) amount paid for labour or service
charges on that account, (iii) imputed value of goods and/or services supplied by the agricultural
household. It is to be noted that normal repair and maintenance will be excluded from this block.
3.12.4 Column 5: receipt from sale (Rs.): The sale value of the productive assets possessed by
the household will be recorded in column 5 in whole number of rupees, if the household sells any
such productive asset during the reference period.
3.12.5 Column 6: net expenditure (Rs.): The figure obtained by adding the entries of columns 3,
4 and subtracting the entry in column 5, if any, from the sum will be entered in this column.
3.12.6 The items listed in block 12 have been classified into three groups (a): Productive assets
for farm business: items 1 to 10, (b): productive assets for non-farm business: items 11 to 13 and
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(c): residential buildings including land. Scope of each item for the purpose of this block has
been explained under:
3.12.7 Item 1: land: For the purpose of this block ‘land’ refers to any land acquired only by the
way of purchase by the household for farm business during the reference period. The purchase
value of such land will be recorded in whole rupees in column 3. Expenditure on land leveling,
site preparation, land improvement will be recorded in column 4.
3.12.8 Item 2: building for farm business: This item has been kept for recording the expenses
for buildings purchased and also the expenses incurred for making additions and alterations to
the existing buildings for farm business during the reference period. The expenditure incurred on
such buildings possessed as on the date of survey will be entered in column 3 and the
expenditure for major addition and alteration will be recorded in column 4.
3.12.8.1 However, expenditure incurred for residential buildings during the reference period will
come under the purview of this item only if such buildings are used for the purpose of farm
business. Sometimes temporary sheds, hutments, machans, etc., are erected on the farm during
the season to guard crops against wild animals, birds, thefts etc. When such construction is of
purely temporary nature, i.e. built to last only one season, they will not be considered here.
3.12.9 Item 3: fish tank: Fish tank refers to ponds, lakes and other small confined water bodies
used for farming of fish and other commercially important aquatic organisms. Considerable
investment is needed for converting natural water bodies like ponds and lakes for commercial
fish farming. Man-made tanks/ structures used for farming of fish are also treated as fish tanks
for the purpose of this item.
3.12.10 Items 4 and 5: livestock (cattle, buffalo, sheep, goats, etc.) and poultry/duckery, etc.:
The expenditure incurred on purchase and the income received from sale of cattle and buffalo
and of other large heads, sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits and of poultry birds owned by the household
will be collected against items 4 and 5 during July to December 2018 for visit 1 and January to
June 2019 for visit 2.
3.12.10.1 Livestock purchased and raised for production of livestock product like milk, egg, etc.
(excluding meat), or for use as animal labour in agricultural activities will be treated as
productive asset for this survey and will be considered for reporting in this block. When animals
are purchased and raised for a period and then sold for the purpose of business they should be
excluded from this block. Instead, they will be reported in blocks 9 and 10. Expenditure incurred
on purchase of animals or receipts from sale of animals for the purpose of trading will also not be
included in this block. Instead, such expenditures and receipts, if made during the last 30 days,
will be recorded in Block 11 only.
3.12.11 Items 6 to 10: The expenditure incurred towards purchase and/or major repair of
agricultural machinery and implements possessed by the household on the date of survey and the
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income received from the sale of such agricultural machinery and implements during the
reference period will be recorded against items 6 to 10. Most of the items printed in column 1 are
self-explanatory. Expenditure incurred on furniture and fixtures exclusively used for farm
business will be reported against item 10.
3.12.11.1 Items like ‘Combine Harvester’, ‘Reapers’, ‘Laser leveler’, ‘Paddy transplanter’,
‘Reopening of bore well / tube well’, ‘Installation of new tube well’, ‘spray equipment’,
‘sprinkler’, ‘drip irrigation equipment’, ‘Net house / raised pipes / wires for cultivation of
vegetables and fruit crops’, etc., will be recorded against appropriate item.
3.12.12 Items 11 to 13: Information on productive assets used for non-farm business of the
agricultural household e.g. land and building for non-farm business, machinery equipment, etc.,
is to be collected against items 11 to 13 in whole number of rupees.
3.12.13 Item 14: residential buildings including
g land: Information on purchase and sale of residential building including land will also be
collected and recorded against item 14.
3.12.14 Item 15: total: This is the sum total of items 1 to 14.
Block 13: loans (cash and kind) payable as on the date of survey (To be filled in
only if entry in item 10 of Block 4 of visit 1 is 2)
3.13.0 This block is intended to collect information on the extent of indebtedness of the
agricultural households. The information pertaining to the household indebtedness as on the date
of survey will be collected in this block. For the purpose of this survey, loans will include
borrowing in cash and/or kind (including hire purchases/credit purchase). Borrowings in kind
should be evaluated at current retail price prevalent in the local market. An advance payment
received for forward delivery of goods should also be regarded as loan. Loans taken for any
purpose can be considered in this block. This block will be canvassed in visit 1 only for those
households where entry in item 10 of Block 4 is 2, i.e. whose value of agricultural produce
received from self-employment during the last 365 days is more than Rs. 4000/-.
3.13.0.1 The following cases will not be considered as a loan for the purpose of this block:
 Balances due on overdraft account or cash credit limits sanctioned by a bank.
 If the original amount of an unsecured loan is less than Rs. 500/- and the said loan is
proposed to be paid within a period of one month.
 If the original quantity borrowed is less than 10 kg and the said quantity is proposed
to be repaid within a period of one month.
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3.13.0.2 The basic concepts of cash and kind loan are same as that is in Sch. 18.2 (AIDIS). For
detailed instructions on the loans (cash and kind) refer to Para 4.12.0.2 to 4.12.0.7 of Chapter
Four of Instruction to field staff, Vol.1.
3.13.0.3 Attempts will be made to record each loan separately irrespective of the type of loan and
amount outstanding. Each loan will have a separate serial number against which the information
on nature, source and amount outstanding of the loan will be recorded. If, however, the nature,
and source of two or more loans are similar, they may be treated as a single loan.
3.13.1 Column 1: srl. no. of loan: As mentioned above, entries are to be made for each loan
separately. Thus, each loan outstanding on the date of survey will get a separate serial number
and that has to be recorded under this column.
3.13.2 Column 2: nature of loan (code): For each loan listed in column 1, the 'nature of loan' in
terms of codes will be recorded in this column. The relevant codes are:
hereditary loan …………….. 1 loan contracted in kind ……………………. 3

loan contracted partly in
loan contracted in cash …..... 2 cash and partly in kind ……………………. 4
3.13.3 Column 3: source (code): The agency from which the loan has been taken will be
recorded in col. 3 in terms of code. The codes are:
scheduled commercial bank…… 01 non-bank linked SHG/JLG………… 12
regional rural bank…………….. 02 other institutional agencies………… 13
co-operative society…………… 03 landlord............................................. 14
co-operative bank……………… 04 agricultural moneylender................. 15
insurance companies………… 05 professional moneylender................. 16
provident fund………………… 06 input supplier.................................... 17
employer……………………… 07 relatives and friends.......................... 18
financial corporation/institution.. 08 Chit fund........................................... 19
NBFCs including micro- 10 Market commission agent/traders..... 20
financing institution…………..
bank linked SHG/JLG ………… 11 others………………………………. 09
3.13.3.1 Codes 01-08 and 10-13 are applicable for loans from ‘institutional agencies’. The
remaining codes are applicable for loans from ‘non-institutional agencies’. The codes are
described below:
(i) Scheduled Commercial Bank: The scheduled commercial banks are those banks which
are included in the second schedule of RBI Act 1934 and which carry out the normal
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business of banking such as accepting deposits, giving out loans and other banking
services. All loans taken from commercial banks, including nationalized banks, State Bank
of India and its associates like State Bank of Rajasthan and State Bank of Mysore, and
foreign commercial banks operating in India will be considered as loans taken from
‘scheduled commercial banks’.
(ii) Regional Rural Bank: Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) were setup with a view to
developing the rural economy by providing credit and other facilities, particularly to the
small and marginal farmers, agricultural labourers, artisans and small entrepreneurs. Being
local level institutions, RRBs together with commercial and co-operative banks, were
assigned a critical role to play in the delivery of agriculture and rural credit. The equity of
the RRBs was contributed by the Central Government, concerned State Government and
the sponsor bank. The function of financial regulation over RRBs is exercised by Reserve
Bank and the supervisory powers have been vested with NABARD.
(iii) Cooperative society: Loan may be obtained from agencies such as primary cooperative
credit societies, primary cooperative marketing societies, handloom weavers’ cooperative
societies, other industrial or other types of cooperative societies. Loans from such
societies will be treated as from ‘cooperative society’.
(iv) Cooperative bank: When a cooperative society gets banking license, they can have
cooperative banks, primary or central land development banks, or other types of
cooperative banks. Loans from such banks will be treated as from ‘cooperative bank’.
(v) Insurance companies: All loans taken from Life Insurance Corporation, Postal Life
Insurance and other insurance funds will be considered as loans taken from ‘insurance’.
(vi) Provident fund: Loans taken from the Provident Fund account, such as Contributory
Provident Fund, and any other provident fund in the public/private sector offices and
companies, by the employees of the concern or account holder in case of Public Provident
Fund will be classified as loans taken from ‘Provident Fund’.
(vii) Employer: If the employees of some organization (including Government) are taking loan
from the Employer, the credit agency may be entered as ‘Employer’. But may be noted in
this connection that if bank employees takes loan from bank the code will be ‘scheduled
commercial bank’ and not employer.
(viii) Financial corporations/institutions: Institutions such as State Financial Corporations,
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), and Small Industries Development
Corporation (SIDC), which play a promotional and developmental role through extending
finance, may be grouped under this head. They were set up by some Act other than the
Companies Act. 1.7.63.
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(ix) NBFCs including micro-financing institution: A Non-Banking Financial Company

(NBFC) is a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956 engaged in the business
of loans and advances, acquisition of shares/stocks/bonds/debentures/securities issued by
Government or local authority or other marketable securities of a like nature, leasing, hire-
purchase, insurance business, chit business but does not include any institution whose
principal business is that of agriculture activity, industrial activity, purchase or sale of any
goods (other than securities) or providing any services and sale/purchase/construction of
immovable property.
At present there are twelve categories of NBFCs registered with the RBI, these are;
Asset Finance Companies (NBFC-AFC), Investment Companies (NBFC-LC), Loan
Companies (NBFC-LC), Infrastructure Finance Company (IFC), Systemically Important
Core Investment Company (CIC-ND-SI), Infrastructure Debt Fund: Non- Banking
Financial Company (IDF-NBFC), Micro Finance Institution (NBFC-MFI), Factors
(NBFC-Factors), NBFC- Account Aggregator (NBFC-AA), NBFC- Peer to Peer Lending
Platform (NBFC- P2P), Mortgage Guarantee Companies (MGC) and NBFC- Non-
Operative Financial Holding Company (NOFHC).
(x) Self Help Group-Bank Linked: The credit provided through self-help groups (SHGs) are
promoted by Government, banks or ‘not-for-profit’ NGOS. These SHGs are generally
known as bank-linked (SHG-BL). SHG-bank linkage programme was initially promoted
by the NABARD. SHG-BL, besides promoting thrift and lending to the poor, is also used
for providing subsidised credit to the poor households under programmes like
Swarnajayanti Gramin Swarojgar Yojana (SGSY).
(xi) Self Help Group –Non Banking Financial Companies: The credit agency which are
private for profit non-banking financial company (NBFC) are SHG for non banking
financial companies. NBFCs also lend to the poor households through SHGs which one
specifically organised as joint liability groups (JLGs) for lending and recovering loans on
behalf of the NBFCs.
The basic difference between SHGs under bank linkage and through SHGs under NBFC is not
for profit in the former and for profit in the latter. Often there is confusion between the two
types of SHGs. Therefore, it is necessary to clearly differentiate between these two on the basis
of the purpose and motive of their functioning.
(xii) Other institutional agencies: Loans taken by households from institutions other than
those listed above.
(xiii) Landlord: The credit agency for loans given by landlords to their own tenants will be
taken as loan from ‘landlord’. If the tenant takes a loan from a person who is not his
landlord, but belonging to the landlord class, the credit agency in such cases will be
‘agricultural money lender’ or ‘professional money lender’ etc., depending upon the types
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of money lending business done by the landlord.

(xiv) Agricultural money lender: An agricultural moneylender is a person whose profession is
agriculture and who is also engaged in money lending business.
(xv) Professional money lender: A professional money lender is a person who earns the major
part of his income from money lending.
(xvi) Input supplier: Input supplier is a person who supplies goods to producers on credit.
(xvii) Relatives & friends: If a loan is received from one of the relatives or friends free of
interest it will be considered as a loan taken from ‘relatives and friends’. If the loan bears
interest it will be considered as taken from an ‘agricultural moneylender’, professional
moneylender, ‘input supplier’, etc., depending upon the type of business carried out by the
relative or friend.
(xviii) Chit fund: A chit fund is a type of credit association system practiced in India. Chit fund
schemes may be organized by financial institutions, or informally among friends, relatives,
or neighbors. In some variations of chit funds, the savings are for a specific purpose.
(xix) Market commission agent/traders: Commission agents are the key players between the
farmers and buyers for facilitating the auction, arranging for the payment to the farmers
(sellers) and other facilities like loading/unloading and cleaning of the produce and
delivery of the produce to the buyers. They also arrange the required equipments, machines
and labour for weighing, filling and stitching the grain bags for which the farmers and
buyers pay as per the rates prescribed under the Punjab Agricultural Produce Market Act,
1961. The capital intensive nature of green revolution technology increased the financial
needs of the farmers and the procurement needs of the state due to substantial increase in
the agricultural production. As a result, two inter-linked markets; credit market and product
market emerged, where commission agents played a dominant role. The institutional
sources alone could not meet the credit requirements of the farmers and they had to go for
non-institutional credit, especially from commission agents.
(xx) Others: Credit agencies not covered above will be recorded under this category.
3.13.4 Column 4: purpose (code): The purpose for which the loan was incurred by the
household will be recorded in code against this item. The purpose of loan is defined as the
occasion which prompted the households to contract the loan. Even if the loan is utilised for a
purpose other than that for which it is borrowed, only the original purpose of borrowing will be
recorded here. If more than one purpose is involved, the purpose for which the major part of the
loan was originally intended to be spent will be recorded.
3.13.4.1 The codes for various purposes range from 1 to 7 and 9. The various purpose categories
are as follows:
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capital expenditure in farm business ……. 1 marriages and ceremonies………. 5

revenue expenditure in farm business….... 2 education ……………………….. 6
non-farm business……………………….. 3 medical…………………………... 7
for housing………………………………. 4 other consumption expenditure…. 8
others……………………………. 9
(i) Capital expenditure in farm business: The expenditure incurred on account of purchase
of land, land rights, reclamation of land for farm business, new purchases, additions,
major repairs and alterations and improvement of barns & animal sheds, orchards and
plantations, wells, borewells, tubewells, irrigation resources, agricultural machinery and
implements, transport equipment for farm business, purchase and other capital expenditure
incurred on milch or working/breeding cows and buffaloes, egg-laying ducks and hens,
etc., constitute the capital expenditure in farm business.
(ii) Revenue expenditure in farm business: The expenditure incurred on account of
purchase of seeds, manure, fodder, payment of wages, rent, land revenue, cess, water
charges etc., hire charges of pumps, implements, etc., constitute the revenue expenditure
in farm business.
(iii) Non-farm business: Loans taken to meet the expenses of both capital and revenue
expenditure in non-farm business are to be considered. The expenditure incurred on
account of purchase of land, purchase and constructions, additions and alterations, major
repairs of workplaces, workshops/manufacturing units, shops and other construction in
relation to non-farm business, transport equipment, non-farm business equipment and
accessories, etc., constitute the capital expenditure in non-farm business. Whereas,
expenditure incurred on account of purchase of raw materials, merchandise, fuel &
lubricants, payments of rent, salaries and wages, hire charges of implements and
machinery, etc., constitute the revenue expenditure in non-farm business.
(iv) For housing: The expenditure incurred by the household on account of purchase of
residential plots; purchases, repairs, additions & alterations, and new construction of
buildings for residential purposes constitute the expenditure on housing.
(v) For marriages and ceremonies: The expenditure incurred by the household for
marriages or other social ceremonies constitute this expenditure.
(vi) For education: The expenditure incurred by the household on account of tuition fees,
admission fees, purchase of books, notebooks & stationery, etc., for education constitute
the expenditure on education.
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(vii) For medical: The expenditure incurred by the household on hospitalization, doctor’s fees,
purchase of medicines, medical diagnostic tests like scans, X-rays, ECG, EEG and other
pathological tests constitute the expenditure on medical treatment.
(viii) Other consumption expenditure: The expenditure incurred by the household on account
of purchase of durable household assets, clothing for use of the household; etc., which are
not covered under codes ‘4’ to ‘7’, constitute the other consumption expenditure.
(ix) Others: If the purpose does not fit to any of the purposes mentioned above, code ‘9’ is to
be recorded. ‘Others’ may include financial investment expenditure, expenditure on
litigation, repayment of debt etc.
3.13.5 Column 5: rate of interest (%): The rate of interest expressed as number of rupees of
interest per 100 rupees per annum actually charged by the lender will be recorded in column 5
for both institutional agencies & non- institutional agencies in two decimal places.
3.13.6 Column 6: tenure of loan (code): Loans are generally given for a specific period. Short-
term loans are advanced for a period of less than 1 year, medium-term for a period ranging from
1 to 3 years and long-term loan for a period exceeding 3 years. Short-term loans are sometimes
given against pledge of commodities and sometimes without any pledge. The relevant category
of loans is to be ascertained and the appropriate code is to be given in column 6. The codes are:
short-term (less than 1 year)........................ 1
medium term (1 to 3 year)........................... 2
long-term (3 year or more)...........................3
3.13.7 Column 7: amount outstanding including interest as on date of survey (Rs.): For each
loan, the total amount due on the date of survey (i.e., the outstanding principal plus the interest
due) will be recorded in column 7 in whole number of rupees. Initial discount allowed, if any, in
the principal should be taken into account while recording the total amount of loan outstanding
on the date of survey. Suppose the value of an item of hire purchase is Rs.5,000/- and 10% off-
season discount is allowed, then the loan under this situation will be considered as Rs. 4500/-
only. Account should also be taken of any advance deduction made at the time of giving loan.
Thus, for a loan of Rs. 1000/-, if Rs. 100/- is deducted as interest at the time of receiving the
loan, the entry against this column will be Rs. 1000/- and not Rs. 900/-. If only one loan is
recorded in column 7, the amount of that loan should be repeated in the line meant for recording
'total'. If information is recorded for two or more loans, the total amount of all such loans taken
together should be recorded in the line meant for recording 'total'.
3.13.7.1 The procedure adopted for making entries in regard to credit purchase requires
elaboration. In the case of credit purchase, it should first be ascertained whether such credits are
really due on the date of survey or not. Sometimes the payments are usually made to shopkeepers
(for purchases of some items like milk, newspaper, etc.), or for house rent, electricity charges,
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doctors, maid servants, etc., once in a month or at the end of the month or after a fixed period of
time, in all such cases, dues will be considered only after the expiry of the stipulated due date of
payment of such charges.
Block 14: awareness about Minimum Support Price (MSP)
3.14.0 Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a form of market intervention by the Government of
India to insure agricultural producers against any sharp fall in farm prices. MSP is announced by
the Government of India at the beginning of the sowing season for certain crops on the basis of
the recommendations of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP).
3.14.0.1 If the surveyed agricultural household has reported harvesting of a crop (in block 6) for
which MSP has been declared by Government of India, certain information related to the
household’s awareness and access to MSP (specific to that crop) will be recorded in block 14.
The list of crops for which MSP have been declared by the Government of India for the
agricultural year 2018-19 is given in Table 3 below: Columns 1 to 3 (serial number, crop code
and unit code) in respect of all the MSP crops reported in block 6 will be transferred to this block
and further probing will be done on the awareness and access of MSP facility.
Table 3: List of crops for which Minimum Support Price (MSP) has been declared by GOI
crop description Crop code crop description Crop code crop description Crop code
paddy 0101 urad 0203 de-husked coconut 1006
jowar 0102 moong 0204 sunflower seed 1007
bajra 0103 masur (lentil) 0205 safflower 1008
maize 0104 sugarcane* 0401 nigerseed 1010
ragi 0105 groundnut in shell 1001 toria 1012
wheat 0106 sesamum 1003 cotton 1101
barley 0107 rapseed/ mustard 1004 jute 1102
gram 0201 copra 1006
arhar (tur) 0202 soyabeen 1009
*Fair and remunerative price in case of sugarcane
3.14.1 Columns 1 to 3: Serial no. in column 1, crop code in column 2 and unit code in column 3
of block 6 will be entered here in the same order, for the crops for which MSP has been declared
in the current agricultural year. For example, suppose a household had harvested paddy (srl. no.
1 in block 6), garlic (srl. no. 2 in block 6), coriander (srl. no. 3 in block 6) and urad (srl. no. 4 in
block 6) during July –December 2018. MSP has been declared for only paddy and urad during
the agricultural year 2018-19. So, only 2 crops paddy and urad will be listed in Block 14 with srl.
nos. 1 & 4 respectively.
3.14.2 Column 4: are you aware about MSP of this crop? (code): Information regarding
awareness of the agricultural household about the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of the crops
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produced and on which MSP is declared are to be recorded here. The codes are ‘1’ and ‘2’ for
‘yes’ and ‘no’ replies, respectively.
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Awareness about MSP (column 4 of block 14)
Awareness of the Agricultural Household about MSP for the crop harvested by
them (as in block 6) will be reported here. The item is not meant for reporting the
general awareness of Minimum Support Price (MSP) by the household.
3.14.3 Columns 5 to 9: These columns will be filled when code ‘1’ (yes) is reported in column 4.
3.14.3.1 Column 5: do you know which agency procures this crop at MSP? (code): This
question will not be put directly. For obtaining an answer to this question, the agricultural
household will be asked whether he knows the agency to whom he would contact for selling this
crop, if the market price falls below the Minimum Support Price. Response of the household will
be recorded using the codes given below. In case of multiple responses by the household, the
code appearing first in the list will be reported.
yes:
Food Corporation of India (FCI) ………………….. 1 State Food Corporation ………… 5

Jute Corporation of India (JCI) …………………… 2 State Civil Supplies …………….. 6
Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)………………… 3 others ……………….………… 7
National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing
do not know …………………… 9
Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) ………………... 4
3.14.3.2 Column 6: did you sell to any of the agencies? (code): Questions will be put to find out
if the household has sold the crop (in full or part) to any of those agencies who generally procure
at MSP. It may be noted that even if the sale was not in MSP, the response will be recorded. In
case of multiple sales, the agency to whom maximum part of the crop was sold will be recorded.
Response of the household will be recorded using the following codes:
yes, sold to:
Food Corporation of India (FCI) ………………….. 1 State Food Corporation ………… 5

Jute Corporation of India (JCI) …………………… 2 State Civil Supplies …………….. 6
Cotton Corporation of India (CCI)………………… 3 others ……………….………… 7
National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing 4 did not sell ………………… 9
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Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED) ………………...
3.14.3.3 Column 7: if 1 to 7 in column 6, quantity sold: If code ‘1’ to ‘7’ in column 6, quantity
sold in unit as in column 3 to the agency reported in column 6 will be recorded here.
3.14.3.4 Column 8: if 1 to 7 in column 6, sale rate (Rs.0.00): If code ‘1’ to ‘7’ in column 6, rate
per unit as in column 3, received from the agency reported in column 6 will be recorded here.
3.14.3.5 Column 9: if 9 in column 6, reason (code): Reason for not selling to any of those
agencies who generally procure at MSP (i.e., code ‘9’ in column 6) will be recorded here using
the following code list. In case of multiple responses, code appearing first in the list will be
recorded.
procurement agency not available …………………..….. 1
no local purchaser ………………………………………. 2
poor quality of crop ………………………...…………... 3
crop already pre-pledged ………………...……………... 4
received better price over MSP …...……………………. 5
others …………………………………………………… 9
Block 15: access to technical advice related to the agricultural activity
undertook by the household during the period July –December 2018/January-
June 2019 (To be filled in only if entry in item 10 of Block 4 of Visit 1 is 2)
3.15.0 It is important to disseminate information about new technologies in the field of
agriculture so that the farmer is able to make use of the latest agricultural developments. There
also exists a gap between research findings and the needs of farmers. For technology to be
successful, it is important that it should serve a useful purpose to the end user. The institution
that bridges the gap between farmers and agricultural research scientists is the Agricultural
Extension Service. In India, agricultural extension services have been provided by a number of
agencies both in public and private sector.
3.15.1 This block is designed to record information on farmers’ access to modern agricultural
technology. There are 3 columns in this block in which information regarding access to advice,
type of information accessed, adoption of the recommended advice by the agricultural household
will be recorded. The information will be collected with reference to the agricultural activity
(including crop production, farming of animals and other agricultural activities) taken up by the
agricultural household during the reference period. Therefore, information recorded during visit
1 may differ with information collected in visit 2. This block will be canvassed for agricultural
households only (i.e. if entry in item 10 of Block 4 of Visit 1 is 2).
3.15.2 Item 1: progressive farmer: Progressive farmers would also include the farmers’
organizations, which may be commodity-specific – whether registered or unregistered. Many
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associations of growers of a particular commodity, e.g., grape, mango, onion, litchi, guava, exist in
various parts of the country and these often serve as important sources of information for the
farmers.
3.15.3 Item 2: input dealers: Input dealers are those who are engaged in activities of providing
agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, insecticides, cattle /poultry feed, fishing net,
sprinkler/drip irrigation machinery, spare parts of oil engine/tractor/fishing boats, tools required
for poultry/horticulture, etc.
3.15.4 Item 3: government extension agent/ Agricultural Technology Managing Agency
(ATMA): Extension agent/worker would mean an employee of the government in the
Department of Agriculture/Horticulture/Animal Husbandry/Forestry/Soil Conservation or
Agricultural Universities or ICAR Institutes, Agricultural Technology Management Agency
(ATMA). Para-technicians/ para-veterinarians visiting from Government departments will also
be classified under this category. If such an employee visits the farmer to give the information,
this source would seem to have been accessed and code 1 will be recorded in column 3.
Otherwise, code ‘2’ will be reported in this column against item 3.
3.15.4.1 Agricultural Technology Managing Agency (ATMA) is a society of key stakeholders
involved in agricultural activities for sustainable agricultural development in the district. It is a
focal point for integrating Research and Extension activities and decentralizing day to day
management of the public Agricultural Technology System (ATS). It is a registered society
responsible for technology dissemination at the district level. As a society, it would be able to
receive and expend project funds, entering into contracts & agreements and maintaining
revolving accounts that can be used to collect fees and thereby recovering operating cost. ATMA
is supported by Governing Board (GB) and Management Committee (MC). The Governing
Board is a policy making body and provide guidance as well as review the progress and
functioning of the ATMA. The Management Committee would be responsible for planning and
executing the day-to-day activities of ATMA. They were set up as new institutional
arrangements for technology dissemination under the Agricultural Technology Management
Agency (ATMA) Scheme.
3.15.5 Item 4: Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK): These are the centres set up by the State
Agricultural Universities, Indian Council of Agricultural Research Stations, and Agricultural
Research Stations of State Governments. These sometimes have Farmers’ Training Centres also.
The KVKs organize training, demonstration and on-farm trials on modern technological packages
and on various aspects of modern agriculture. These institutions work as information-cum-service
centers which make available information on new technologies in the form of booklets to the
farmers. It also supplies certain inputs to the farmers which are not easily available in the market
so as to make the farmer adopt the technology without any difficulty. Besides these, various agro-
clinical services like soil, water, leaf and petiole analysis for effective nutrient utilization and
disease and pest analysis are also provided by the KVKs.
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3.15.6 Item 5: agricultural university /college: Agricultural Universities / colleges are mostly
public institutions that are engaged in teaching, research and extension in agriculture and related
disciplines. If the farmer has access to these sources, code ‘1’ will be recorded in column 3.
Otherwise code ‘2’ will be reported against this item.
3.15.7 Item 6: private commercial agents (including contract farming sponsors/ companies,
drilling contractors, etc.): Private commercial agents are mostly representative of private research
organization, contract farming sponsors/ companies, drilling contractor etc.
3.5.7.1 Contract farming sponsors/ companies are agencies engaged in contract farming where
agricultural production is carried out on the basis of agreement between them (buyers) and farm
producers. The essence of such an arrangement is the commitment of the producer/ seller to
provide an agricultural commodity of a certain type, at a time and a price, and in the quantity
required by a known and committed buyer. The company often also agrees to support the farmer
through supplying inputs, assisting with land preparation, providing production advice and
transporting produce to its premises.
3.5.7.2 If the farmer has access to these sources, code ‘1’ will be recorded in column 3. Otherwise
code ‘2’ will be reported.
3.15.8 Item 7: veterinary department: Veterinary departments of Central and State Governments
are important sources who provide valuable information with respect to growth and health of
livestock farming. If the farmer has access to these sources, code ‘1’ will be recorded in column 3.
Otherwise code ‘2’ will be reported.
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If the farmers receives technical advice/ extension services through extension
agents from government departments/ agencies like agricultural universities,
veterinary departments, entry will be made against item 3. If the farmers access
agricultural universities/ colleges or veterinary departments (as an institution)
and seek certain services, training, etc., entry will be made against item 5 or item
7 as the case may be.
3.15.9 Item 8: cooperatives/ Dairy cooperatives: If the household had access to various
agricultural/dairy co-operatives for technical support during the reference period, code 1 will be
given in column 3; otherwise code 2 will be given. Examples of some of the agricultural and
dairy cooperatives in the country are given below (list is not exhaustive):
(i) Agricultural Cooperatives:
 National Co-Operative Development Corporation (NCDC)
 National Agricultural Co-operative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED)
 Tribal Co-Operative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd
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 Indian Farmers Fertilizers Co-Operative Limited (IFFCO)

 Krishak Bharati Co-Operative Limited (KRIBHCO)
(ii) Dairy Cooperatives:

 Andhra Pradesh Dairy Development Cooperative Federation Ltd. (APDDCF)
 Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. (GCMMF)
 The Himachal Pradesh State Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Ltd.
 The Kerala Cooperative Milk: Marketing Federation Ltd.
 Maharashtra Rajya Sahakari Dugdh Mahasangh Maryadit (MRSDMM)
 Pradeshik Cooperative Dairy Federation Limited (UP) (PCDF)
 Rajasthan Cooperative Dairy Federation Ltd. (RCDF)
 West Bengal Cooperative Milk Producer's Federation (WBCMPF)
 Bihar State Cooperative Milk Producers' Federation Ltd. (COMFED)
 Haryana Dairy Development Cooperative Federation (HDDCF)
 Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Ltd. (KMF)
 Madhya Pradesh State Cooperative Dairy Federation Ltd. (MPCDF)
 The Orissa State Cooperative Milk Producer's Federation Limited
 Punjab State Cooperative Milk Producer's Federation Ltd. (MILKFED)
 Tamil Nadu Cooperative Milk Producer's Federation Ltd. (TCMPF)
 Chhattisgarh State Co operative Dairy Federation Limited
3.15.10 Item 9: Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs): A Producer Organisation (PO) is a
legal entity formed by primary producers, viz. farmers, milk producers, fishermen, weavers, rural
artisans, craftsmen. A PO can be a producer company, a cooperative society or any other legal
form which provides for sharing of profits/benefits among the members. In some forms like
producer companies, institutions of primary producers can also become member of PO.
3.5.10.1 The main aim of PO is to ensure better income for the producers through an
organization of their own. Small producers do not have the volume individually (both inputs and
produce) to get the benefit of economies of scale. Besides, in agricultural marketing, there is a
long chain of intermediaries who very often work non-transparently leading to the situation
where the producer receives only a small part of the value that the ultimate consumer pays.
Through aggregation, the primary producers can avail the benefit of economies of scale. They
will also have better bargaining power vis-à-vis the bulk buyers of produce and bulk suppliers of
inputs.
3.5.10.2 Farmers Producer Organisation (FPO) is one type of PO where the members are
farmers. Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) is providing support for promotion of
FPOs. Farmer Producer companies are FPOs registered under Indian Companies Act. If the
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farmer has access to these sources, code ‘1’ will be recorded in column 3. Otherwise code ‘2’ will
be reported.
3.15.11 Item 10: Private processors: Private agencies/ individuals engaged in agro processing are
termed as private processors. Agro processing could be defined as set of techno-economic
activities carried out for conservation and handling of agricultural produce and to make it usable
as food, feed, fibre, fuel or industrial raw material. If the farmer has access to these sources, code
‘1’ will be recorded in column 3. Otherwise code ‘2’ will be reported.
3.15.12 Item 11: Agriculture Clinics and Agriculture Business Centres (ACABC): The
ACABC scheme was launched in 2002 and was targeted at young rural agriculture graduates
who wanted to turn entrepreneurs seeking to provide fee-based agriculture services to farmers.
The scheme involves mandatory training and subsidy to set up a rural service centre, often
supported by a bank loan. ACABCs were to provide a range of services, including sale of inputs,
agriculture advice, marketing support etc. A mandatory two month training at the National
Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), at Hyderabad was designed to
instill the basis of business management among aspiring agriculture entrepreneurs. If the farmer
has access to these sources, code ‘1’ will be recorded in column 3. Otherwise code ‘2’ will be
reported.
3.15.13 Item 12: NGO: These will include private sources of information only. The government
para-technician would be classed as ‘extension agent’.
3.15.14 Item 13: Kisan Call Centre: In order to harness the potential of ICT in Agriculture,
Ministry of Agriculture launched the scheme "Kisan Call Centres (KCCs)" on January 21, 2004.
Main aim of the project is to answer farmers' queries on a telephone call in their own dialect.
These call Centres are working in 14 different locations covering all the States and UTs. A
countrywide common eleven digit Toll Free number 1800-180-1551 has been allotted for Kisan
Call Centre. This number is accessible through mobile phones and landlines of all telecom
networks including private service providers. Replies to the farmers' queries are given in 22 local
languages.
3.15.15 Item 14: print media: Different print media also supply information on different aspects
of farming through specific columns regularly. For the purpose of this item, print media include
all types of print media including newspapers, pages devoted to discussion and articles on
agriculture of daily newspaper, agricultural magazines, bulletins and leaflets published
periodically.
3.15.16 Item 15: radio/TV/ other electronic media: Sources like radio and television also supply
information to the farmers regarding weather, farming practices to be followed in different
seasons, methods of farming of different crops, technological developments on farming etc.,
through different programmes on a regular basis. In this regard, it may be mentioned that both
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radio and television will include private as well as government channels and no distinction will
be made between the two.
3.15.16.1 Internet is a major source nowadays where information on different aspects of farming
can be accessed. The growth of internet and mobile technology has reached even remote areas of
the country. Accessing Internet through PCs, laptops, mobile, etc., all will be considered for this
item. If the farmer has access to these sources, code ‘1’ will be recorded in column 3. Otherwise
code ‘2’ will be reported.
3.15.17 Item 16: Smartphone app based information: With increasing penetration of smart
phones in India with their affordable prices, it has been considered necessary to create mobile
Apps for agricultural extension activities. These smartphone apps are available to farmers and all
other stakeholders for extracting information related to agriculture from the web. They are also
useful for remote location data entry where desktop PCs are not available. Such apps are
developed through government agencies (like C-DAC, NIC, etc.) and independent Android
enthusiasts/ private firms.
Some of the free smartphone apps made available in the mKisan portal are listed below:
(i) Apps for agriculture
 Kisan Suvidha,
 PusaKrishi
 MKisan Application
 Shetkari Masik Android App
 Farm-o-pedia:
 Bhuvan Hailstorm App
 Crop Insurance mobile app
 Agri Market mobile app
(ii) Apps for horticulture
 Sikkim Horticulture And Cash Crop Assistance
(iii) Apps for animal husbandry
 Sikkim Allotment of Breeding Bull
 Application for Poultry
 Pashu Poshan
(iv) Other related apps
 MSCS (Multi State Cooperative Societies)
 Digital Mandi India
 MNCFC
 Karnataka Bhoomi
 HP Soil Testing
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 Intelligent Advisory System for Farmers

 Crop Info
3.15.18 Column 3: whether accessed? (yes-1, no-2): If the agricultural household accessed
sources listed in column 2 for obtaining information on different aspects of modern agricultural
technology for the agricultural activities taken up by them during the reference period, then code
‘1’ will be recorded, otherwise code ‘2’ will be reported against respective sources.
3.15.19 Column 4: if code 1 in col. 3, type of information accessed (code): The type of
information received from the source accessed will be recorded in this column in terms of codes
which are given below:
cultivation:
improved seed/variety………………… 11
fertilizer application…………………... 12
plant protection (pesticide etc.)……….. 13
farm machinery……………………….. 14
harvesting/marketing………………….. 15
others………………………………….. 19
animal husbandry:
breeding………………………………... 21
feeding…………………………………. 22
health care……………………………... 23
Management…………………………… 24
others…………………………………... 29
fishery:
seed production………………………... 31
harvesting……………………………… 32
Management and marketing…………… 33
others…………………………………... 39
3.15.20 Column 5: if code 1 in col. 3, whether recommended advice adopted? (yes-1, no-2):
Adoption of recommended practice means that recommended practice is followed by the farmer
for the agricultural activity on a large scale after having been convinced about the gains of
technology. This might happen with or without trial. If information on different aspects of
modern agricultural technology is accessed by the agricultural household, this question will be
asked. ‘1’ (yes) will be recorded when the household adopted recommended advice, otherwise
‘2’ (no) will be recorded.
Block 16: particulars of other aspects of farming during the period July to
December 2018/January to June 2019 (To be filled in only if there is at least one
crop reported in Block 6)
3.16.0 All over the world, agriculture is synonymous with risk and uncertainty. Crop insurance
helps in stabilization of farm production and income of the farming community. It helps in
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optimal allocation of resources in the production process. The objectives of insurance scheme are
to provide financial support to farmers in the event of crop failure as a result of drought, floods,
fire & lightning, storm, disease, etc.
3.16.0.1 In this block some information regarding crop insurance, premium paid, crop damage,
status of receipt of claim amount, reason for not insuring/ not receiving claim, etc., by the
agricultural household (i.e. for the households where entry in item 10 of Block 4 of Visit 1 is
2), for specific crops as listed in block 6, during the reference period are to be collected and
recorded.
3.16.1 Columns 1 and 2: Serial no. in column 1 and crop code in column 2 of Block 6 will be
entered here in the same order.
3.16.2 Column3: did you have this crop insured? (code): Nowadays, there are provisions like
‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’ for insuring one’s crop to get protection from natural
disaster, attack by pests, etc. The household gets automatically insured at the time of receiving
loan. When the household automatically insured the crop as part of taking crop loan, code ‘1’
will be recorded. If the household opted for crop insurance (irrespective of taking loan) code ‘2’
will be recorded, otherwise code ‘3’ will be recorded.
3.16.3 Column 4: if code 3 in column 3, reason for not insuring (code): When the household did
not take any insurance cover during the reference period, reason for not insuring will be recorded
in terms of the following codes:
not aware ……………………………....... 01 not satisfied with terms & conditions …... 07
not aware about availability of facility …. 02 nearest bank at a long distance …………. 08
not interested ……………………………. 03 complex procedures …………………….. 10
no need ………………………………….. 04 delay in claim payment …………………. 11
insurance facility not available …………. 05 others……………………………………... 09
lack of resources for premium payment ... 06
3.16.4 Column 5: if code 1 or 2 in col. 3, whether received insurance document/ certificate? (yes
-1, no-2): If the household has insured the crop harvested during the reference period, then
question about receiving the insurance document or certificate by the household is to be asked.
Codes will be either yes (code 1) or no (code 2).
3.16.5 Column 6: have you experienced any crop loss? (yes -1, no-2):In case there was loss /
damage of crop during the reference period code ‘1’ will be recorded otherwise code ‘2’ will be
recorded here. Columns 7 to 10 will be reported only when there was some loss/damage of
crops during the reference period, i.e., if code ‘1’ is reported in column 6.
3.16.6 Column 7: if code 1 in col.6, cause of crop loss (code): Cause of crop loss/damage will be
recorded here in terms of the following codes:
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inadequate rainfall/drought …………. 1 other natural causes (fire, lighting, storm,

disease/insect/animal ………………. 2 cyclone, earthquake etc.) ……………….. 4
flood………………………………… 3 others……………………………………... 9
3.16.7 Column 8: if code 1 in col. 6 and code 2 in col. 3, did you receive claim amount? (code):
This question will be asked to those households who insured their crop on their own (i.e., code 2
in column 3) and experienced some loss/damage (i.e. code 1 in column 6) during the reference
period. If the household received the full amount claimed, code 1 will be recorded and code 2 will
be recorded if they have received the claim amount partly. If the household did not receive any
claim amount code 3 is to be entered.
3.16.8 Column 9: if code 1 in col. 6, code 2 in col. 3 and code 1 or 2 in col. 8, time taken for
receiving the claim amount (code): This question will be asked to those households who insured
their crop on their own (i.e., code 2 in column 3), experienced some loss/damage (i.e. code 1 in
column 6) and received claimed amount, fully or partly (code 1or 2 in column 8) during the
reference period. Time taken to receive the claim amount to be given based on the following
codes:
within 6 months ……….1
6 to 12 months ………...2
more than 12 months ….3
3.16.9 Column 10: if code 1 in col. 6, code 2 in col. 3 and code 3 in col.8, reason for not
receiving claim (code): Reason for not receiving the claimed amount will be recorded here. When
the cause of loss/damage is outside the insurance coverage code ‘1’ will be recorded, code ‘2’ will
be recorded when necessary documents are lost otherwise code ‘9’ will be recorded. The codes for
this column are:
cause outside coverage ……. 1
documents lost …………….. 2
others ……………………….9
Block 17: remarks by investigators (FI/JSO)
3.17.0 The blank space provided in this block is meant for putting down remarks and
observations of the investigator. The investigator should note down the operational problems of
data collection encountered him and his observations on any special feature that he comes across
while canvassing the schedule in the sample household. He should also explain the abnormal
entries, if any, in the schedule. He should, moreover, record his impressions about the quality of
area-figures reported by the household, especially when it is suspected to be under-quoted
deliberately.
Block 18: comments by supervisory officer(s)
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3.18.0 The blank space provided in this block is meant for putting down remarks of the
supervisory officer(s) during various stages of supervision and scrutiny.
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Frequently asked questions (FAQ) and their replies, Sch. 33.1
Item/
Sl. No. Bl. Col. Query Reply
Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
1. 3 - - If a member of a household listed in Yes. All the persons listed in visit 1
the first visit is found to have expired will be listed in visit 2 also without
during Visit 2, whether he/she will be making any changes in the
listed in the 2nd visit? If yes, will demographic particulars.
his/her age be changed if he/she would
have completed one more year during
the 2nd visit?
2. 3 all 15 A household has joint operational Decision on the main operator will
holding with another household. Who be taken with respect to the selected
will be the main operator of the sample household and the household
household in such case? member of the selected household
who takes major decisions regarding
the operation of such holding will be
the main operator. If no single
member in the selected household
takes major decisions, main operator
will be the senior most operator.
3. 3 all 15 In a household major decisions In this case the senior most

regarding the operational holding of household member associated with
the household is taken by the family the household operational holding
head who is not a household member. will be considered as the main
In this case who will be the main operator.
operator?
4. 4 general A household generates its income No. This household will not be
entirely from free gathering of treated as an agricultural household.
agricultural produce and this income
was more than Rs. 4000/- during the
last 365 days. Will this household be
treated as an agricultural household for
this survey?
5. 4 4 - A household is having its major If the major income is from self-
income is from coastal fishing. What employment in coastal fishing,
will be its household classification? household classification code will be
3.
If the major income is from regular
wage/salary employment in coastal
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Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
fishing, household classification
code will be 5.
It may be noted that for item 4 of
Block 4 all activities coming under
Section A of NIC 2008 (i.e.
divisions 01 to 03), will be treated as
agricultural activities.
6. 4 5 - A household purchases clothes and The expenses made during the last
footwear once in a year. Is that to be 365 days for purchasing clothes and
considered for reporting in this item, as footwear will be included against this
the same is being used throughout the item after dividing it by 12.
year?
7. 5 What are other agriculture uses? Coverage of ‘other agricultural uses’

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will be the activities other than crop
production and farming of
animal/fishery. Examples of such
activities are growing of bamboo
bushes, thatching grass, casurina
trees, plants for fuel, plants used as
reeds for matting.
8. 5 Whether growing of crop in the For this survey, growing of crop in

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tub/terrace/roof of the house will be the tub/terrace/roof of the house will
considered for recording information not be considered for recording
in block 5? information in block 5.
9. 5 Whether farming of animal in the roof For this survey, farming of animal in
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or terrace of the household or within the roof or terrace of the household
the dwelling unit of the household will or within the dwelling unit of the
be considered for recording household will be considered for
information in block 5? recording information in block 5.
10. 5 - - Will grass be treated as crop? Grass will be treated as a crop if it is
grown by the household. However,
growth of grass by the natural
processes will not be considered as
crop production though the
household may use it for its
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Item/
Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
livestock.
11. 5 - - If a selected household has rented out Dwelling unit rented out by the
one of the two dwelling units owned selected household will not be
by it, whether the rented out dwelling treated as homestead land of the
unit will be considered as homestead selected household and will be
land of the selected household. reported as leased- out land of the
selected household.
12. 5 - - For a particular category of land, if a Area is to be reported as 0.00 acre

household has negligible area of land and a remark is to be given in this
(less than 0.004 acre), then what is to regard.
be reported against the area?
13. 5 - - A household resides in a farm house in A farm house will not be treated as
a village during the peak agricultural homestead. The usual place of
season. During other periods, this residence of the household will be
household resides in a house in a considered for homestead land.
village. Which one is the homestead of
the household?
14. 5 - - A household is having two house sites The homestead land where the
in different places in a same sample household lives and takes food from
village. How to make entry in block 5? the kitchen will be considered.
15. 5 - - What will be the entry in block 5 for Different Categories of land other
all columns, for a household living than homestead land of the
under tree (without any house)? household will be considered and a
‘–’ may be put in all columns of
these block corresponding to the
serial no. 6 to 9.
16. 5 - 2 If a land jointly owned by two brothers For the elder brother’s household,
belonging to different households is his share will be owned and share of
cultivated by the elder brother then younger brother’s land is to be
what will be the category of land? shown as leased-in. In case of
younger brother’s household, his
share of the land will be treated as
leased-out.
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Item/
Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
17. 5 - 2 A married daughter, who is not a If the married daughter has right of
member of her paternal household, has ownership on a share of paternal
a share of paternal land. Will the share land, then her share of land will be
of land be considered as owned by the considered as owned by the
household where she is presently a household where she is a member.
member?
18. 5 - 2 A sample household possessed a land Such lands will be considered as

which is owned by a family member leased-in for the sample household.
who is not a normal resident of the
sample household. What will be the
category of this land for the sample
household?
19. 5 - 2 The type of possession of a land of the If it is not a homestead land, category
sample household was ‘owned and of land appearing first in the serial
possessed’ exactly for first three no. 1 to 5 is to be recorded in such
months of the reference period and for case and If it is a homestead land,
the remaining three months it was category of land appearing first in the
‘leased out’. What will be the category serial no. 6 to 9 is to be recorded.
of land for this sample household?
20. 5 - 2 A land is in the name of grandfather After the grandfather as per

(who is not alive), and his son is hereditary rule, the ownership of the
posted out of the district. The land is transferred to the son, who is
grandsons carry out the cultivation on not a usual member of the household.
the land. Whether this land will be Hence the land will be considered as
treated as ‘leased in’ by the grandsons’ ‘leased in’ by the grandsons’
household? household.
21. 5 - 2 If a land is owned by a household but In such a case the land is to be

captured by any illegal person or treated as leased out by the sample
organisation then what treatment will household.
be given?
22. 5 - 2 a) The Government has acquired some a) Such land is to be treated as leased
land from the sample household and in.
has paid compensation. But during the
b) The land is to be treated as
reference period the sample household
‘otherwise possessed’.
is allowed to carry out agricultural
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Item/
Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
operations on the land. How will the
land be treated?
b) What if the sample household

continues to operate the land for
agricultural purposes without being
allowed to do so?
23. 5 - 5- If a pond is not used for fishery/crop Yes, the pond will be considered as
10 production activity, but for irrigation. a land and the area of the pond will
Will, this pond be treated as land? If be considered for reporting against
yes, in which of the columns 5-10 the column 10 (other land not used for
area of the pond will be considered for agricultural purpose).
reporting?
24. 5 - 5- A pond is used for growing only The area of the pond will be
10 singhara (water-chestnut). In which of considered for reporting against
the columns 5-10 the area of the pond column 6 (on land other than the
will be considered for reporting? land used for shifting/jhum
cultivation).
25. 5 - 5- A farmer had ploughed and sown crop Yes. Entry ‘1’ is to be recorded in
10 during July -December 2018 which column 4 against the category of
was lost due to drought. No other land in which it belonged.
agricultural production was carried out
by the household. Will the household
be considered as engaged in
agricultural production?
26. 5 - 5- In case of orchard, in which of the It will be reported in column 5 or 6,

10 columns 5-10 the area of the orchard as the case may be.
will be considered for reporting?
27. 5 - 5 Whether shifting cultivation called Yes, if it meets the definition

“Punamkrishi”, practiced/prevalent in specified for shifting/jhum
the hilly tracts of Western Ghats in the cultivation, then it will be
districts of Wynad, Kannur & considered
Kasaragod in Kerala, will be
considered for reporting against these
items?
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Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
28. 5 - 12 If a land of the selected household is It will not to be considered as
irrigated by seepage of canal water, irrigated.
will the plot of the selected household
be treated as irrigated?
29. 5 - 14- A farmer has his lands above the level Code 9 is to be reported.
15 of river. He lifts up water from river
since it is nearby his land by using
rope or other devices. What is the
source code?
30. 5 12 - A household operational holding is Code 1 will be recorded.

constituted of ‘owned land’ as well as
‘otherwise possessed’ land. What will
be the appropriated code?
31. 5 12 - A household operational holding is Code 2 will be recorded.

constituted of ‘leased-in’ land as well
as ‘otherwise possessed’ land. What
will be the appropriated code?
32. 5 12 - What should be the code for a holding Code 3 will be recorded.
consisting of ‘owned’ land, ‘leased-in’
land and ‘otherwise possessed’ land?
33. 6 - - A household has leased out entire No.

cultivable land to others and gets share
of produce will this lessor household
be considered in this block?
34. 6 - - At pre-harvest stage if crop damage If the crop loss takes place during the
and crop loss takes place how the reference period, details of area of
land area to be considered? land and crop code will be reported.
If there is any by-product, the value
of the same will be reported in the
relevant column. In such cases,
entries in block 16 (regarding crop
loss) against the relevant crop code
should be made.
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Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
35. 6 - - If the crop has been sown but due to Land should be reported against crop
drought there was no yield and only sown and not against fodder.
fodder has been harvested. In this In such cases, entries in block 16
situation what treatment should be (regarding crop loss) against the
given? relevant crop code should be made.
36. 6 - - Output for which crops during the Value of output for the crops
reference period is to be collected. Is harvested during the reference
it for standing crops or harvested period only is to be considered for
crops? this block.
37. 6 - - A member of an agricultural household This may be reported in Block 6.

generates some additional income from Any incidental expenses in this
gathering of wild mushroom. In which regard may be reported in Block 7
block this income will be reported? against relevant item. Suitable
remarks may also be given.
It may be noted that gathering
of wild mushrooms or any other
agricultural produce cannot be
treated as crop production. However,
the provision to report income from
such activities are made in blocks 6
or 9 ( as the case may be) in order to
capture the entire income generated
by the agricultural household from
all the economic activities taken by
its members during the reference
period.
38. 6 - 2 What should be the procedure for Major crops have to be determined
ascertaining four major crops based on value of production.
cultivated?
39. 6 - - Whether home consumption of the In harvested output part of this

output during the reference period will Block, entire production for a crop
be considered? will be recorded in Col.8. Home
consumption will be automatically
included here.
But in disposal part, information is
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Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
collected on receipts obtained from
actual sale of output from cultivation
during the reference period.
40. 6 - 8, Whether the quantity figures for each Quantity in col.16 (quantity sold off)
16 crop harvested (col. 8) is related to the can be less than, equal to or even
quantity figures for the same crop more than the quantity in col.8 since
disposed (in col. 16). Whether the col.16 corresponds to quantity of
quantity figures in col. 16 can be more actual sale during the reference
than the corresponding quantity figures period and that may include produce
in col. 8 OR should it be always less from previous stock of the same
than or equal to it? variety of crop also.
41. 6 1-4 10- Whether crops harvested prior to July If the same type of crop has been
17 2018 (prior to reference period) will be harvested during the reference period
included in these columns? (reported in Block 6), sale
information from previous stock (i.e.
harvested prior to July, 2018) of that
type of crop will be considered for
disposal.
However, the previous stock is of
different variety of the same crop
(which was sold off for a different
unit price), the sale from previous
stock should not be reported.
42. 6 1-4 10- Whether other disposal includes No. Only sold crop will be included
17 retention for future sell/own in this block.
consumption etc.?
43. 6 1-4 17 In case of certain crops, state The total value received by the
government has declared some support farmer (by considering the
prices. Where, the farmer can sell of compensation received from
the produce to any agency and on government) is to be considered for
submission of the sale receipt, reporting in this block as the
government will compensate the objective is to ascertain the total
difference in price (i.e. declared value of output received by the
minimum support price – actual sale agricultural household.
price), which will be credited to their
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Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
bank account on a later date. In such
cases, which price is to be taken as sale
price?
44. 6 - 18 How to calculate the rate of crop when Rate to be calculated at the local
there is no disposal at all i.e. col.10 to market rate or as per the assessment
17 of block 6 is blank? of the informant.
45. 6 - 18 How to calculate the rate of crop when The retail price of the receipt in kind
the sale receipt is received in kind? will be ascertained and will be
considered as sale value (col.17).
Based on this, rate in col.18 will be
calculated as per formula given.
46. 6 - 18 A household has harvested two In this case, instead of simple

different varieties of paddy that were average, weighted average should be
disposed by the household for different used to work out the rate. For
rates (unit price). Since a crop code example, if the household sold of 100
can be reported only once in block 6, kg of one variety of paddy for Rs.22
how to arrive at the rate (unit price) in per KG and 500 kg of a second
this case? variety of paddy for Rs.25 per KG,
then
Entry in col.16 will be 100 +
500=600
Entry in col.17 will be 2200+
12500= 14700
Entry in col.18 will be
(100×22+500×25)/(100+500) =
24.50.
47. 7 - - In case of Loss/Damage of crops in No. Expenditure done on all plots for
certain plot out of total plot cultivated, the crops will be taken in Block 7.
whether the input expenditure done for
those plots will be excluded?
48. 7 1-5 8 Whether seeds consumed out of home Yes. And the imputed value of the
grown stock will be considered? seed consumed out of home grown
stock will be reported in column 8.
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Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
49. 7 - - A farmer produces mentha oil by Yes. In such cases, expenses for
extracting it from mentha crop. As per extraction of menthe oil also need to
instruction of NIC it is to be treated as be treated as expenses for crop
agricultural activity for the reason that production.
mentha crop is not marketable and
mentha oil is primary agricultural
produce which is marketable. In such
cases, the expenses incurred for
extracting menthe oil be treated as
expenses for crop production and
reported in block 7?
50. 7 14 8 Whether imputed value of household Yes. It will be recorded in column 8

labour will be taken in item-14? against item 14.
51. 7 14, … How to note the labour on contract Deep probing may be made to
15 which cannot be separated when separate the Expenses. If not
animal is hired along with human available, report the entire amount
labour? against labour human with necessary
remarks.
52. 7 20 … Will the rent for leased-in land paid in Rent for leased-in land paid in kind
kind be recorded in this item? will be recorded in column 7 against
this item.
53. 8 - - If buffalos/ goats, etc., are leased in for No. Such buffalos/goats, etc., will
a long period, should such livestock be not be considered in this block.
considered as owned?
54. 8 1 to 3/4/ If a household does not have any In such a case ‘0’ will be recorded
10 5 livestock corresponding to any of the against the specific category in items
items 1-10, entry 0 is to be made 1 to 10.
against that item?
55. 9 - - How to record multiple disposals to If more than one disposal is made to
the same agency? the same agency, the same need to be
clubbed together and treated as a
single disposal.
56. 9 1-3 - One selected household is not selling Value of milk only will be reported
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Item/
Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
milk as such. Rather it makes and sells against item 1-3. The quantity and
ghee, butter milk etc., using the milk market price of the milk retained for
received from its cows. Whether such processing (into ghee, paneer, etc.)
items can be reported against item 1? should be reported under col. 3 & 4:
own consumption. Further, details of
manufacture of ghee, paneer, etc.,
also need to be reported under block
11 meant for household non-farm
business.
57. 9 7 - Why ‘meat’ has not been included Livestock raised for business purpose
here, while its by-products… ‘skin, (may be for meat or otherwise) sold
hide & bones’ are included in this as live animals should be recorded
block? Where will the sale of ‘meat’ against Item 7-12. If the household
be accounted? sells meat directly, only the value of
animal is reported in this block. But
if the Household directly sells meat
after slaughtering, (which is a
manufacturing activity), details of the
same needs to be recorded in block
11 meant for household non-farm
business.
58. 9 - - If cow dung is also sold then where its If sold as manure then it is to be
value will be recorded. reported in Block 9, item 14.
Otherwise in Block 9, item 15.
59. 9 - - Retention for future sale is to be taken "Retention for future sell" means the
as near future or any time in future? produce is in stock possibly for
What will be the future price (cost) future sale. Period is not required.
produced during last 30 days on the Value to be imputed as Market price
date of survey? on the date of survey.
60. 9 general A member of agricultural household The income from free collection of
generates some additional income from honey may be reported in Block 9
free collection of honey from forest. In against item 15. Any incidental
which block this income will be expenses incurred for this activity
reported? may be reported in relevant item of
Block 10. Necessary remarks may be
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Item/
Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
given in this regard.
However, a household which
generates its income entirely from
free collection of honey or other
agricultural produces will not be
considered as agricultural household
for the purpose of the survey.
61. 10 1 to - What is animal ‘seeds’? Young of animals, birds etc., are

6 animal ‘seeds’. In case of poultry and
duckery it can be eggs also
(depending upon the actual situation
of the farmer).
62. 10 - - Whether expenses incurred for ‘fish Yes. Particulars regarding ‘fish
seeds’ etc., will be considered here? seeds’ may be taken against Item 6.
63. 10 7-12 5 Whether expenditure of livestock kept Yes.

for production of milk for home
consumption only, will be taken in this
block?
64. 10 7, 8 6 A household provides fodder to the It is to be reported against column 6,

cattle from their own farm saved i.e. The imputed value of the fodder
stocks. Where to report the expenses has to be entered.
incurred for this?
65. 10 16 5 Annual Insurance premium was paid To be apportioned and included.

two months back. Should it be
apportioned for the last 30 days, or
excluded as it was not paid during the
reference period?
66. 11 - - Can a non-farm business which is Yes. All the unincorporated

outside the household premises be household proprietary and
considered or not? partnership (with partners from the
same household) non-farm
businesses may be reported
irrespective of its location.
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Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
67. 11 - 5 A household has given its tractor on Yes. The rent received or receivable
rent to other household. Whether rent should be considered and will be
is to be consider under column 5 or reported.
not?
68. 12 2 - If an agricultural household constructs It will be entered in item 2 col. 3.

cattle shed for farm business (for
productive asset) during reference
period, where to report the
construction cost?
69. 12 4 5 A calf was sold 4 months ago. No. Calf is not a productive asset. If
Whether there will be entry in col.5? it was sold during last 30 days, it will
be reported in Block 9, item 7
otherwise it will not be reported
anywhere.
70. 12 2, 11 - Where to report value of own May be reported in col. 3.

& 14 construction?
71. 12 all 6 Can this column 6 be negative? Yes. There is possibility of negative
value.
72. The father in a family takes a loan Since the loan is against the father’s
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from an institutional agency household this will not be treated as
mortgaging his plot for the liability/loans for sons.
construction of a house. His three sons
forming different households are co-
borrowers of this loan and are paying
EMI on equal terms on behalf of their
father. If the household of a son is
selected for the survey will this loan be
considered as a liability for him? If
Yes; then will Block 13 be filled with
apportionment of the loan among all
households or not?
73. 13 - - Loan taken for running an enterprise. Yes. Loans taken for any purpose
Will this be considered in block 13? can be considered in this block.
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Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
74. 13 - - Credit card is used to pay electricity Amount drawn on credit card is to be
bill. Will this amount be treated as taken as cash loan from the date from
loan outstanding to the bank or not? which it falls due as per bank
procedure.
75. 13 A household used a credit card for If the credit card bill is paid within
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purchasing durable goods and the due date, it will not be considered
consumer goods and paid the amount as a loan.
within the due date. Will it be treated
as cash loan or kind loan?
76. 13 - 1 A household has taken two loans under If the two loans have the same rate of
the same scheme of lending and from interest and tenure, they can be
the same institution under the same clubbed together and reported as a
terms & conditions, except that the single loan.
date/month of borrowing is different.
Can the two loans be clubbed and
shown as one?
77. 13 - 3 An agricultural household has taken ‘Code 17: input dealer’ is to be
money, fertilizers and pesticide as loan recorded.
from a trader for cultivation. The entire
amount of loan along with the interest
is to be repaid in two parts. One part
will be repaid in crop produce (kind
payment) and another in cash. Will the
trader be treated as input dealer or
money lender?
78. 13 - 3 Credit was given to the farmer under The code will relate to the lending
Kisan Credit Card. What code can be agency type which has sanctioned the
given in col. 6? loan to the household under the
scheme.
79. 13 - 5 Different rates of interest were charged Interest rate at the time of reporting
by the bank during the reference will be recorded.
period. What rate of interest will be
reported in col. 5?
80. 6, general A farmer had harvested 3 crops during No, these 2 crops will not be listed in
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Row
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
14 the reference period those are listed in Block 14. Only those crops for which
Block 6. However, for among these 3 MSP has been declared Govt. of
crops MSP is not declared for 2 crops India for agricultural year 2018-19,
by Govt. of India for agricultural year are to be reported in Block 14.
2018-19. Whether these crops will be
listed in Block 14?
81. 14 - 4 If a farmer informed that he has no If the farmer is not aware of the MSP
awareness about MSP but he sold his of the crop then 2 may be recorded in
produce to one of the procuring col.4.
agencies. Which code is to be noted
against col.4?
82. 15 1 - Whether knowledgeable farmer will be Yes. He may be treated as
treated as progressive farmer? progressive farmer.
83. 15 3 - An agricultural household takes advice Govt. Extension agent/ATMA. The
from agricultural officer of registered details may be recorded against srl.
rural bank. In this case which source of no. 3.
technical advice is applicable?
84. 16 - - Crop insurance is made for one crop Block 16 should be entered for
and the farmer has grown a different harvested crops listed in Block
crop. How to record the entry? 6only.
85. 16 1 to 8 If any insurance claim was due before No.

4 reference period but received within
reference period. Whether will it be
recorded or not?
86. 16 1 to 8 The claim is made during reference No.

4 period but not received during
reference period and it is about to
receive in short time. Whether will it
be recorded as claim received?
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Chapter Four Schedule 18.2
Chapter Four
Schedule 18.2: Debt and Investment
Introduction
4.0.0.1 The All-India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS) now conducted by NSSO originated
in the All-India Rural Credit Survey conducted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during
November 1951 to August 1952 in 75 selected districts spread all over the country. The survey
aimed to study (i) the demand for credit from rural families and (ii) the supply of credit by credit
agencies – both institutional and non-institutional – in order to formulate banking policies. The
design of the survey was not suitable for providing estimates of indebtedness at the state and
national level. The next survey, on rural “Debt and Investment”, conducted by the RBI in the
year 1961-62, was aimed at obtaining reliable estimates of debt, borrowing, capital formation,
etc. The third comprehensive enquiry in this series of (decennial) surveys was entrusted by the
RBI to the NSS and was conducted during the year 1971-72, as a part of the NSS programme in
its 26th round survey operation. The fourth such survey was taken up in the 37th round (1982) of
NSSO according to the 10-year programme of NSS surveys charted out by the then Governing
Council of NSSO. The fifth and sixth survey of the series were conducted in the 48th and 59th
rounds (1992 and 2003) of NSS. The last such survey was carried out in the 70th round of NSS
(Jan-Dec 2013). At the request of the RBI, the 77th round AIDIS is being carried out only 6 years
after the last such survey.
4.0.0.2 The objectives of the AIDIS remain the same as those of the earlier surveys, namely, to
obtain quantitative information on the stock of assets, incidence of indebtedness, capital
formation and other indicators of the rural/urban economy which will be of value in developing
the credit structure in particular, and will also be required in other areas of planning and
development. Further, since the survey will be a sequel to the NSS 70th round AIDIS, it is
necessary to plan the survey in such a way as to ensure, as far as possible, comparability of its
estimates with those generated from the earlier round.
4.0.0.3 A Working Group was set up for the purpose of finalising the survey methodology and
schedules of enquiry of NSS 77th round. Considering all the aspects of current data demand and
usefulness of the survey results, the Group has suggested a few innovations, additions and
deletions in the content of the information to be collected, that have made the schedule of
enquiry of the present survey (ref. 4.0.6) different in certain respects from those of the earlier
rounds.
General plan of the survey

4.0.1.1 The survey period of the 77th round will be from January to December 2019. The
required information will be collected from a set of sample households through two visits to each
household. For operational convenience, the survey period will, for the first visit, an 8 month
period from January-August 2019 and, for the second visit, a 4-month from September to
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December 2019.
4.0.1.2 In each visit, the liabilities position of the household is required to be ascertained with
reference to a fixed reference date which will be the same for all sample households, viz., the
30th June 2018 for the first visit and the 30th June 2019 in the second visit. This implies that the
time lag between the reference date and the date of survey will, in the first visit, vary across
households from a minimum period of 6 months to a maximum of 14 months, and, in the second
visit, from 2 to 6 months.
4.0.1.3 The assets position of the household will be ascertained only in the first visit, with
reference to a fixed reference date, viz., the 30th of June, 2018. Broadly, the following
information will be collected in this round from each household:
i) the physical and financial assets of the household as on 30.06.18
ii) the liabilities of the household as on 30.06.18 in Visit 1, and as on 30.06.19 in Visit 2
iii) the amount of capital expenditure incurred by the household during July 2018 - June
2019 on
a) residential plots, houses or buildings
b) farm business
c) non-farm business
Method of data collection

4.0.2 In the first visit, information will be collected on assets (owned) and liabilities as on 30th
June 2018. The basis for valuation of assets is detailed below. However, for the purpose of
estimation of capital formation, actual expenses incurred on all transactions during the reference
period (i.e. between 01.07.2018 and 30.06.2019) will be recorded separately in Block 14, which
will be canvassed in both visits.
Valuation of assets
4.0.3 The following points may be noted:
a. Values of land as on 30.06.2018 are to be reported as per their normative/guideline
values. The local FOD officials may need to consult Patwaris (or equivalent) in the rural areas
and the Registrar‟s office in the urban areas to obtain them. For buildings, valuation will be
done as per the market price prevailing in the locality.
b. In case of inability of respondents to report the value of other physical assets like
livestock, agricultural implements, non-farm equipment and transport equipment as on
30.06.2018, knowledgeable local persons may be contacted to assess these values.
c. Assets and liabilities of household enterprises will be recorded only if the enterprise is
fully owned by the household and not a partnership involving members of different
households.
d. The value of the shares/debentures owned on the date of survey will be evaluated as per
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the reference date, i.e. 30.06.2018. On the other hand, if the shares/debentures are acquired
by way of purchase or disposed of through sale between the reference date and the date of
survey, then the purchase or sale price will be recorded under „acquisition‟ or under
„disposal‟, as the case may be. If they are acquired during the reference date and the date of
survey by ways other than purchase (as inheritance, gift, etc.) or disposed of during this
period by means other than sale, then, again, it is the market price prevailing on the date of
survey that will have to used for valuation of the transaction, and (in case of acquisition) for
valuation of the asset owned on the date of survey. In cases where it is not possible to
ascertain the prevailing market price of a share, the paid-up value of the shares (if acquired
other than by purchase) or the value paid by the household (if they are purchased) may be
recorded.
e. In case of certificates and annuity schemes, the amount paid at the time of purchase is to
be entered. In case of deposits, the face value is to be entered. In case of life insurance
policies (i) total number of insurance policies (ii) total sum assured (iii) amount received
under money-back policy (if any) will be recorded in Block 11a, Visit 1. In Block 11c, Visit
2, however, amount of premium paid during April 2018 to March 2019 is to be recorded
separately for term policies and endowment policies. Moreover, for contributions to provident
fund, etc., total contribution plus interest earned will be recorded. In case of Unit Linked
Insurance Plan (ULIP), the amount to be recorded will be obtained as product of number of
units and net asset value (NAV) of the unit.
Liabilities
4.0.4 The indebtedness position of the households will be assessed at the beginning of the
agricultural year 2018-19, i.e. on 01.07.2018, in the first visit and at the end of the agriculture
year, i.e. on 30.06.2019, in the second visit. In Block 14, information will be collected on value
of transactions of the household on specified items during the period 01 July to 31 December
2018 in the first visit, and during the period 01 January to 30 June 2019 in the second visit.
Structure of the schedule

4.0.5 There are 16 blocks in the Visit 1 schedule where Blocks 0 and 1 are for recording
identification particulars of the sample household and the sample village/block to which the
sample household belongs. Block 2 is for recording particulars of field operations. Blocks 15
and 16 are meant for recording remarks of Field Investigators/Junior Statistical Officer and
comments by the supervisory officer(s) respectively. Since information on fewer items will be
collected in Visit 2, the Visit 2 schedule contains only four blocks to record the information
reported by the household during this visit, apart from the five supporting blocks (Blocks 0, 1, 2,
15, & 16). The reference period which is printed in the block titles in Visit 1 is different from
that in Visit 2. In comparison with the 70th round survey, there is an extra block, Block 11c, in
the Visit 2 schedule, to take care of certain data requirements of the National Accounts Division,
CSO. This block will record the amount of premium paid by the household for life and non-life
insurance schemes during the last financial year, viz. 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2019. List and
description of the blocks in Schedule 18.2 are given in Table 1 below:

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Table 1: Descriptions of blocks appearing in Sch. 18.2, Visit 1 and Visit 2, NSS 77th Round
block Reference date block
block title
no. Visit 1 Visit 2 appears in
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
0 descriptive identification of sample household date of survey Visit 1&2
1 identification of sample household date of survey Visit 1&2
2 particulars of field operations date of survey Visit 1&2
3 demographic and other particulars of household members date of survey Visit 1
4 household characteristics date of survey Visit 1
5.1 rural land owned by the household as on the reference date
30.06.18 - Visit 1
5.2 urban land owned by the household as on the reference date
6 buildings and other constructions owned by the household as

30.06.18 - Visit 1
on the reference date
7 livestock and poultry owned by the household as on the
30.06.18 - Visit 1
reference date
8 transport equipment owned by the household as on the
30.06.18 - Visit 1
reference date
9 agricultural machinery and implements owned by the
30.06.18 - Visit 1
household as on the reference date
10 non-farm business equipment owned by the household as on
30.06.18 - Visit 1
the reference date
11a financial assets inc. receivables (other than shares) owned by
30.06.18 - Visit 1
the household as on the reference date
11b investment in shares and related instruments owned by the
household in co-operative societies & companies as on the 30.06.18 - Visit 1
reference date
11c premium paid by the household for life and non-life 01.04.18 -
- Visit2
insurance 31.03.19
12 particulars of cash loans payable by the household as on the
date of survey and transaction of loans during 30.06.18 30.06.19 Visit 1&2
01.07.18/01.07.19 to date of survey
13. kind loans payable by the household as on the date of survey date of survey Visit 1&2
value of transactions (Rs.) by the households on specified 01.07.18 - 01.01.19 -
14 items 01.07.18 to 31.12.18/01.01.19 to 30.06.19 Visit 1&2
31.12.18 30.06.19
15 remarks by investigator date of survey Visit 1&2
16 remarks by supervisory officer(s)
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4.0.6 Major changes: As mentioned in 4.0.0.3, the major changes with respect to the 70th
round AIDIS are as follows:
4.0.6.1 Block 3 (demographic and other particulars of household members)
a. Information on usual activity status of household members will not be collected.

b. To study financial inclusion, a few columns have been added in this block to record
(i) for each household member, information on deposit accounts held in financial and
non-financial institutes, contribution to Co-operative Credit Society/SHG/JLG,
(ii) for household members aged 18 years or more, information on possession of
credit/debit cards, e-wallets and their use status during last 365 days
c. Information on ownership of land, agricultural land as on the date of survey will be
recorded for each household member.
4.0.6.2 Block 4 (household characteristics)
a. Information on whether the major income earned during last 365 days is from
livestock will not be collected.
b. An item on area of land possessed as on the date of survey has been added to collect
information on land owned and possessed, leased in, otherwise possessed, leased out.
c. Information on area operated under kitchen garden will be recorded for households
which have operated any land for agricultural activities.
d. An item on number of household members contributing to the government
insurance/pension subscription has been added.
e. Information on post office deposit, bank deposit and deposit in other financial agencies
will be collected in Block 3, not Block 4.
f. Information on receipt of remittance by the household, possession of Kisan Credit
Card (KCC) and amount received through KCC will not be collected in this schedule.
g. The block will have 4 short questions aimed at deriving the household‟s usual monthly
consumer expenditure.
4.0.6.3 Block 5.1/5.2 (Rural/Urban land owned by the households): Two columns have been
added in these blocks to collect information on ownership and share of plot of the female
members of the household for deriving SDG indicators.
4.0.6.4 In the 70th round a separate block was canvassed for collecting „amount receivable by
household under different heads as on reference date‟. This block has been dropped in this
round, instead information on amount receivable by the household will be collected in Block
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4.0.6.5 Block 11c (premium paid by the household for life and non-life insurance): This block
has been added to collect information on premium paid by the household for life and non-life
insurance during 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2019. The block will be canvassed only in Visit 2.
Block 0: Descriptive identification of sample household
4.0.7 This block is meant for recording descriptive identification particulars of the sample
household and the sample village/block to which the sample household belongs.
 For rural households, entries against items 1-4 will be the same as in Block 0 of Sch. 0.0
with a cross („×‟) mark against item 5 and similarly, for urban households, entries
against items 1-3 and 5 will be the same as in items of Block 0 of Sch. 0.0 with a cross
(„×‟) mark against item 4.
 Items 4/5 and 6 will record village/Investigator Unit name and Sub-unit number to which
the sample household belongs.
 Against item 7, the name of the head of the selected sample household will be copied
from column 3 of Block 5 of Sch. 0.0.
 The entry against item 8 will be the name of the informant, i.e. the person from whom the
bulk of the information is collected.
4.0.8 In the current system of direct computer entry in the field, copying from Sch. 0.0, or the
sample list as the case may be, is to be done by computer program.
Block 1: Identification of sample household
4.1.1 Identification particulars of the sample household are to be recorded against items 1 to 10.
The entries against items 2, 3 and 6 are already printed in the schedule. Items 1, 4 and 5 will be
copied from relevant blocks of Schedule 0.0.The serial number of the informant as appearing in
column 1 of Block 3 will be recorded against item 7.The informant is the person from whom the
bulk of the information is collected.
4.1.2 Item 4: second stage stratum number: This will be obtained from headings of column
12 of Block 5B of Schedule 0.0.
4.1.3 Item 5: sample household number: This is the same as the order of selection of the
sample household and will be obtained from columns 19 to 24 of Block 5B of Schedule 0.0.
4.1.4 In the current system, of direct computer entry in the field, copying from Schedule 0.0,
or the sample list as the case may be, is planned to be done by computer program, and only
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4.1.5 Item 7: serial number of informant: For Visit 1 Schedule, serial number of the person
recorded in column (1) of Block 3 of Visit 1 Schedule 18.2 from whom the bulk of the
information is collected will be entered. Information is desired to be collected from one of the
knowledgeable adult household members (age ≥ 18). In extreme cases, where this cannot be
done, information may be collected from a knowledgeable non-household-member who will be
able to provide required information. In such a case, „99‟ should be recorded against this item. It
may be noted that in the absence of Block 3 there is no scope of listing the household members
in the Visit 2 schedule. For the Visit 2 schedule, entry in Item 7 will be the serial number of the
member (as appearing in Block 3 of the Visit 1 schedule) from whom the bulk of the information
is collected in Visit 2. However, if the bulk of the information collected in Visit 2 is collected
from a person who was not recorded as a member of the household during Visit 1, entry will be
99. It is desirable to have the same person as informant in Visit 2 as in Visit 1.
4.1.6 Item 8: response code: This item is to be filled in at the end of the interview after
making an assessment of (a) the cooperativeness and (b) the capability of the informant to
provide the required information. The codes are:
informant co-operative and capable . 1
informant co-operative but not capable 2
informant busy 3
informant reluctant 4
others 9
4.1.7 Item 9: survey code: For the schedules of Visit 1, the survey codes are as follows:
original 1
substitute 2
casualty 3
If the originally selected sample household has been surveyed, code 1 will be entered against this
item. However, if the originally selected household could not be surveyed for whatever might be
the reason, a substituted household will be surveyed and in such cases, code 2 will be entered. It
may be noted that in case a substituted household has been surveyed in Visit 1 this substituted
household will be surveyed in Visit 2. If neither the originally selected household nor the
substituted household could be surveyed, i.e., if the sample household is a casualty, code „3‟ will
be recorded. In such cases, only the Blocks 0, 1, 2, 15 and 16 will be filled in and on the top of
the front page of the schedule the word „CASUALTY‟ will be written and underlined.
4.1.7.1 In Visit 2 survey is restricted to the households surveyed in Visit 1. If any of these
households cannot be surveyed in Visit 2 for any reason, there is no scope for substitution of
such a household for the purpose of canvassing the Visit 2 schedule. Such a household will be
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Otherwise, that is, if the household surveyed during Visit 1 is also surveyed during Visit 2 Code
1 will be recorded against item 9 in Block 1 of the Visit 2 schedule. As in case of the Visit 1
schedule, in case of casualty of the household in Visit 2, only Blocks 0, 1, 2, 15 and 16 of the
Visit 2 schedule will be filled in and on the top of the front page of the schedule the word
„CASUALTY‟ will be written and underlined. For the schedules of Visit 2, the survey codes are
as follows:
surveyed..............................1 , casualty ..............................3
4.1.9 Item 10: reason for substitution of original household for Visit 1 and reason for
casualty of the household in Visit 2: In the Visit 1 Schedule, in case the originally selected
sample household could not be surveyed, the reason for not surveying the original household will
be recorded against this item, irrespective of whether a substituted household could be surveyed
or not.
In the Visit 1 schedule, this item is applicable if the entry against item 9 is either 2 or 3.
Otherwise, item 10 is to be left blank.
In the Visit 2 schedule, this item will be filled in if entry in item 9 of Visit 2 schedule is 3, i.e., if
the household is a casualty. It may be noted that code structure for this item in the Visit 2
schedule is the same as the code structure in the Visit 1 schedule although the description of item
10 is different. The codes are as follows:
informant busy 1
members away from home 2
informant non-cooperative 3
others 9
Block 2: Particulars of field operations
4.2.0 The names of the Field Investigator/ JSO, FO/SSO, their signatures, dates of
survey/inspection/scrutiny, despatch, etc. will be recorded in this block against the appropriate
items in the relevant columns. If canvassing the schedule takes more than one day, the first day
of survey is to be recorded against the item srl. no. 2 (i).
4.2.1. Item 4: total time taken to canvass the schedule: The total time taken to canvass the
Schedule 18.2 is to be recorded in this item. The “total time taken to canvass the schedule”
should include the actual time spent in canvassing the schedule only, and should not include the
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Block 3: Demographic and other particulars of household members
4.3.0 All household members will be listed in this block without omission or duplication. To
determine which persons are members of the household and which are not, the definition of the
group of persons which is considered a household, as explained in Chapter One, para 1.5.3 has to
be followed strictly. Demographic particulars, viz., relation to head, age, sex and general
education, etc. will be recorded for each member, using one line for each. Information regarding
financial inclusion, ownership of land, agricultural land will also be recorded for each member of
the household.
4.3.1 Column 1: serial number: All the members of the household will be listed in Block 3
using a continuous serial number in column (1). In the list, the head of the household will appear
first, followed by the head's spouse, the first son, first son's wife and their children, second son,
second son's wife and their children, and so on. After the sons are enumerated, the daughters will
be listed, followed by other relations, dependents, servants, etc. The last serial number should be
equal to the entry against item 1 (household size) of Block 4.
4.3.2 Column 2: name of member: The name of each member will be recorded in column (2).
4.3.3 Column 3: relation to head (code): The family relationship of each member of the
household with the head of the household (for the head, the relationship is „self‟) will be
recorded in this column in code. The codes are:
self ... 1
spouse of head ... 2
married child ... 3
spouse of married child ... 4
unmarried child ... 5
grandchild ... 6
father/mother/father-in-law/mother-in-law ... 7
brother/sister/brother-in-law/sister-in-law/other relatives ... 8
servant/employee/other non-relatives ...9
4.3.4 Column 4: gender: The gender of each member will be recorded in this column in code
gender (male -1, female -2, transgender -3): the gender code of each member is to be recorded
with code 1 for male and code 2 for female. Hijras, Eunuchs or transgender are to be treated as
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4.3.5 Column 5: age: The age in completed years of all the members listed will be ascertained
and recorded in column (5). For infants below one year of age at the time of canvassing, „0‟ will
be entered in column (5).
4.3.6 Column 6: highest level of education (code): Information regarding the level of
general/technical/vocational educational level attained by the members of the household listed
will be recorded in column 6 in terms of the specified code. Among the levels 03-12, a level is
attained when the relevant course has been successfully completed.
For example
o The educational level of a person who has studied up to, say, first year B.A., will be
„higher secondary‟ (code 06).
o The educational level of a person who has studied up to 12th standard but has not
appeared for the final examination, or has failed, will be „secondary‟ (code 05).
o For children studying in Anganwadi Centres, code 02 is applicable.
4.3.6.1 The codes are:

not literate ………………………..……………………... 01
literate:
below primary ………………………………….. 02
primary …………………….…………………… 03
upper primary/middle ……..…………………… 04
secondary …………………..…………………… 05
higher secondary …………..…………………… 06
diploma/certificate course (up to secondary)…. 07
diploma/certificate course (higher secondary)…. 08
diploma/certificate course (graduation & above). 10
graduate ............................................................... 11
postgraduate and above……..…………………… 12
4.3.6.2 Persons not able to read and write a simple message with understanding in any language
are to be considered as illiterate and will be assigned code 01. Those who acquired this skill
without attending any schooling of any kind will be assigned code 02. Those who achieved
literacy by attending Non-Formal Education Courses (NFEC) /Total Literacy Campaign (TLC)
or Adult Education Centres (AEC) / other than formal schooling not under the above two
categories/literate through formal schooling but are yet to pass primary standard examination
will also be given code 02. It may be noted that for the purpose of this survey, the primary level
is defined as Class I-V for all the States/UTs uniformly. Thus the persons who have passed Class
V will be assigned code 03. Similarly, codes 04, 05 and codes 06-12 will be assigned to those
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languages (e.g., Sanskrit, Persian, etc.) through formal education but not of the general type will
be classified appropriately at the equivalent level of general education standard.
4.3.6.3 For those who have completed some diploma or certificate course in general or
technical education, which is equivalent to up to secondary, code 07, will be assigned. Code 08
will be assigned to those who have completed diploma or certificate course in general or
technical education, which is equivalent to higher secondary level. Code 10 will be assigned to
those who have completed diploma or certificate in general or technical education, which is
equivalent to graduation or post-graduation level. Code 11 will be assigned to those having a
degree in general or technical education, which is equivalent to graduation level. Similarly, code
12 will be assigned to those having a degree in general or technical education, which is
equivalent to post-graduation level and above.
4.3.7 The information whether the household member has any deposit account in bank and/or
Post Office (PO) and/or Non-banking financial Companies (NBFC) will be collected through
cols. 7, 8, and 9 as follows:
4.3.8 Column 7: whether holding deposit account in Commercial bank/ RRB/Co-operative

bank: If the household member has any deposit account in any Commercial bank or Regional
Rural Bank (RRB) or Co-operative bank (For definition, please see Chapter One, paras 1.5.38 to
1.5.40) on the date of survey, the information will be recorded in code in column 7 with codes as
below:
yes, with banking services taken only from bank branch- 1
yes, with banking services taken only from bank mitra- 2
yes, with banking services taken from bank branch & bank mitra - 3
no account – 4
4.3.9 Column 8: whether holding deposit account in PO (yes-1, no-2): If the household
member has any deposit account in Post Office (PO) on the date of survey, code 1 is to be
recorded in column 8, otherwise code 2 is to be recorded.
4.3.10 Column 9: whether holding deposit account in NBFC (yes-1, no-2): If any household
member has any deposit account in a Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) on the date of
survey, code 1 is to be recorded in column 9, otherwise code 2 is to be recorded.
4.3.10.1 A Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) is a company registered under the

Companies Act, 1956 engaged in the business of loans and advances, acquisition of
shares/stocks/bonds/debentures/securities issued by Government or local authority or other
marketable securities of a like nature, leasing, hire-purchase, insurance business, chit business
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industrial activity, purchase or sale of any goods (other than securities) or providing any services
and sale/purchase/construction of immovable property.
4.3.10.2 At present there are twelve categories of NBFCs registered with the RBI, these are;
Asset Finance Companies (NBFC-AFC), Investment Companies (NBFC-LC), Loan Companies
(NBFC-LC), Infrastructure Finance Company (IFC), Systemically Important Core Investment
Company (CIC-ND-SI), Infrastructure Debt Fund: Non- Banking Financial Company (IDF-
NBFC), Micro Finance Institution (NBFC-MFI), Factors (NBFC-Factors), NBFC- Account
Aggregator (NBFC-AA), NBFC- Peer to Peer Lending Platform (NBFC- P2P), Mortgage
Guarantee Companies (MGC) and NBFC- Non-Operative Financial Holding Company
(NOFHC).
4.3.10.3 However, there are certain set of Non-Banking Institutions which are exempted from
the requirement of registration as they are regulated by some other financial sector regulator,
viz.; Venture Capital Fund/Merchant Banking companies/Stock broking companies registered
with SEBI, Insurance Company holding a valid Certificate of Registration issued by IRDA,
Nidhi companies as notified under Section 620A of the Companies Act, 1956, Housing Finance
Companies regulated by National Housing Bank, Stock Exchange etc.
4.3.11 Column 10 : whether contributing to any Co-op Credit Society/SHG/JLG (yes-1,

no-2): If the household member is contributing to any Co-op Credit Society or Self Help Group
(SHG) or Joint Liabilities Group (JLG) i.e. he/she is a member of that group on the date of
survey, code 1 is to be recorded in column 10, otherwise code 2 is to be recorded.
4.3.11.1 Self-Help Group – Bank-Linked: The provision of credit through self-help groups
(SHGs) may be promoted by Government, banks or „not-for-profit‟ NGOs. These SHGs are
generally known as bank-linked (SHG-BL). SHG-bank-linkage programme was initially
promoted by the NABARD. SHG-BL, besides promoting thrift and lending to the poor, is also
used for providing subsidised credit to the poor households.
4.3.11.2 Self-Help Group – Non-Banking Financial Companies: Provision of credit through

self-help groups may alternatively be promoted by agencies which are private for-profit non-
banking financial companies (NBFC). NBFCs also lend to the poor households through SHGs
which are specifically organised as joint liability groups (JLGs) for lending and recovering loans
on behalf of the NBFCs.
4.3.12 Column 11: whether having any deposit in non-instt. agency (yes-1, no-2): If the
household member has any deposit in any non-institutional agency like chit fund, jewellery
house etc. on the date of survey, code 1 is to be recorded in column 11, otherwise code 2 is to be
recorded. Deposits in Chit companies as defined in clause (b) of Section 2 of the Chit Funds Act,
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4.3.12.0 Land possessed: Land possessed is given by land owned (including land under „owner
like possession‟) + land leased in - land leased out + land held by the household but neither
owned nor leased in (e.g. encroached land).
4.3.12.1 Ownership of Land:
(i) A plot of land is considered to be owned by the household if permanent heritable possession,
with or without the right to transfer the title, is vested in a member or members of the household.
Land held in owner-like possession under long term lease or assignment is also considered as
land owned. Thus, in determining the ownership of a plot of land two basic concepts are
involved, namely,
(a) Land owned by the household, i.e. land on which the household has the right of
permanent heritable possession with or without the right to transfer the title, e.g. Pattadars,
Bhumidars, Jenmos, Bhumi swamis, Rayat Sithibans, etc.
(b) Land held under special conditions such that the holder does not possess the title of
ownership but the right for long term possession of the land (for example, land possessed
under perpetual lease, hereditary tenure and long term lease for 30 years or more) will be
considered as being held under owner-like possession. In the states where land reform
legislations have provided for full proprietorship to erstwhile tenants, they are to be
considered as having owner-like possession, even if they have not paid the full
compensation.
(ii) Sometimes a plot may be possessed by a tribal in accordance with traditional tribal rights
from local chieftains or village/district council. Again, a plot may be occupied by a tenant for
which the right of ownership vests in the community. In both the cases, the tribal or other
individual (tenant) will be taken as owner, for in all such cases, the holder has the owner-like
possession of land in question.
4.3.12.2 Lease of Land (Lease in and Lease out):
(i) Land given to others on rent or free by owner of the land without surrendering the right
of permanent heritable title is defined as land leased out. It is defined as land leased in if it
is taken by a household on rent or free without any right of permanent or heritable
possession. The lease contract may be written or oral. A plot of land may be leased out to
others by the owner without losing the right of permanent heritable possession.
(ii) Sometimes orchards and plantations are given to others for harvesting the produce for
which the owner receives a payment in cash or kind. Such transactions will not be treated as
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4.3.12.3 Otherwise Possessed Land: This is understood to mean all public/institutional land
possessed by the household without title of ownership or occupancy right. The possession is
without the consent of the owner. Private land (i.e. land owned by the household sector)
possessed by the household without title of ownership and occupancy right will not be included
in this category. All private land encroached upon by the household will be treated as leased-in
land.
4.3.12.4 Column 12: whether owns any land (yes-1, no-2): Information collected through
cols.12 and 13 will help to derive Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Indicators on gender
equality and economic empowerment of women defined by the UN. Owned land includes land
owned and possessed as well as land owned and leased out. If the household member owns any
land (within or outside the FSU), code 1 will be recorded and code 2 will be recorded otherwise.
4.3.13 Column 13: if yes in column 12, whether owns any agricultural land (yes-1, no-2):
Similarly, if the household member owns any agricultural land, code 1 will be recorded. By
„agricultural land‟ we mean the land where there is some agricultural activity is going on or it is
possible to undertake some agricultural activity or some agricultural activity was carried out at a
previous date.
4.3.14 Column 14: whether holding a credit/debit card (yes-1, no-2): Columns 14 to 17 are
to be filled in for the household members of age 18 and above only. If the household member of
age 18 years or more is holding a credit/debit card of any nationalised and/or private and/or co-
operative bank on the date of survey, code 1 is to be recorded in column 14, otherwise code 2 is
to be recorded.
4.3.15 Column 15: whether used during last 365 days? (yes-1, no-2): If the household
member, who is holding a credit/debit card of any nationalised and/or private and/or co-operative
bank as on the date of survey has used any of them during last 365 days, code 1 is to be recorded
in column 15, otherwise code 2 is to be recorded.
4.3.16 Column 16: whether having e-wallet account (yes-1, no-2): If any household member
of age 18 years or more has e-wallet account in any of the online transaction facility/services like
Paytm, PayU money, Oxigen, Airtel money, Vodafone m-pesa, mobiwik, UPI, BHIM,
freecharge, YONO etc. on the date of survey, code 1 is to be recorded in column 16, otherwise
code 2 is to be recorded.
4.3.16.1 e-wallet: An e-wallet, in this survey, refers to an online service through cell phone that
allows an individual to make electronic transactions through some „Mobile Application (mobile
app)‟. Such transactions may include purchasing items on-line as well as transferring money to
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considered as e-wallet for this purpose but „Payments banks‟ like Fino Payments Bank Ltd,
Airtel Payments Bank Ltd, India Post Payments Bank Ltd and Paytm Payments Bank Ltd, Aditya
Birla Idea Payment Bank, Jio Payment Bank, etc. are included. BHIM (Bharat Interface for
Money) which is a mobile app developed by the National Payments Corporation of India
(NPCI), based on the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) is also included in the list. The app
supports all Indian banks which use that platform (which is built over the Immediate Payment
Service infrastructure and allows the user to instantly transfer money between bank accounts of
any two parties). It can be used on all mobile devices.
4.3.16.2 The following list (refer the link https://www.sumhr.com/digital-wallets-india-list-

online-payment-gateway) includes some of the examples of e-wallet. The list given below is only
indicative and may not be exhaustive.
1) Airtel Money: With the Airtel Money app, users can recharge prepaid accounts or pay
postpaid bills. User can shop online if their digital wallet has cash loaded in it.
2) Citi MasterPass: Citi MasterPass, a free digital wallet, helps make checking out while
online shopping a speedier process. User need to store payment and shipping details in his
Citi Wallet, to work with it.
3) Citrus Pay: Citrus Pay, one of the top e-wallets in India, it offers a Citrus wallet for
customers as well as payment solutions to businesses.
4) Paytm: Paytm is one of the frequently used mobile wallet app in India. Presently it has got
its Paytm bank status as well.
5) Freecharge: Freecharge is an e-commerce website. It provides online facility to recharge
any prepaid mobile phone, postpaid mobile, DTH & Data Cards in India.
6) HDFC PayZapp: PayZapp, a digital solution offered by HDFC Bank for mobile payment
solution for all payment needs to merchant through apps or the web through linking of Debit
or Credit Card, of any Bank, to PayZapp.
7) ICICI Pockets: It‟s VISA powered and can be used on any Indian website, or to transfer
money to email ids, Whatsapp contacts, and others.
8) Vodafone m-Pesa: M-pesa is a mobile phone-based money transfer, financing and micro-
financing service. The service enables its users to: deposit and withdraw money, transfer
money to other users, pay bills, purchase airtime, transfer money between the service and, in
some markets like a bank account.
9) Juspay Safe: JusPay Safe is a payment browser with over 650+ transactions in a day. They
offer a browser with which users can make payments.
10) Lime: Lime, launched by AXIS, was the first mobile app in India to integrate wallets,
shopping, payments, and banking. Apart from the usual features like making payments, they
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11) Mobikwik: Mobikwik is an e-wallet payment system in India that helps its users store
their money. This digital wallet enables users to recharge, pay bills, and make third-party
purchases.
12) PayU money: PayU money, a part of PayU India, is a free payment gateway solution for
merchants to collect payments from customers via debit/credit cards or net banking, and more.
13) MoneyonMobile: MoneyOnMobile, authorized by the Reserve Bank of India, enables
users to buy goods, products, and services from registered merchants. It‟s a multilingual app
that reaches remote areas of the country to millions of users making online payments
available to a wide population.
14) Oxigen: Oxigen is one of the major providers of digital payment in India. Along with
making online purchases and paying bills, user can also send gift cards.
15) Ola Money: Ola Money is a digital wallet in India offered by Ola. While it is mostly
being used to make payments for Ola cab rides, it can also be used to buy groceries or flight
tickets etc.
16) YONO: YONO is an integrated digital banking platform offered by State Bank of India to
enable users to access a variety of financial and other services such as taxi bookings, online
shopping, or medical bill payments
4.3.17 Column 17: whether used during last 365 days? (yes-1, no-2): This will be filled in
for the household member of age 18 years or more. If he/she has used any e-wallet during last
365 days from the date of survey, code 1 is to be recorded in column 17, otherwise code 2 is to
be recorded.
Block 4: Household characteristics
4.4.1 Item 1: household size: The total number of household members (for definition of
household, see Chapter One, para 1.5.3) will be recorded against this item. In the Visit 1
schedule, the entry against this item will be the same as the last serial number recorded in
column 1 of Block 3.
4.4.2 Item 2: religion (code): The religion of the household will be recorded against this item
in code. If different member of the household claim to belong to different religions, the religion
of the head of the household will be considered as the religion of the household.
The codes are:
Hinduism 1 Jainism 5
Islam 2 Buddhism 6
Christianity 3 Zoroastrianism 7
Sikhism 4 other 9

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4.4.3 Item 3: social group (code): Whether or not the household belongs to Scheduled Tribes,
Scheduled Castes or Other Backward Classes will be indicated against this item in terms of the
specified codes, which are:
Scheduled Tribes - 1, Scheduled Castes - 2, Other Backward Classes - 3, other - 9
Those who do not come under any one of the first three social groups will be assigned code 9,
meant to cover all other categories. In case different members belong to different social groups,
the group to which the head of the household belongs will be considered as the „social group‟ of
the household.
4.4.4 Item 4: household type (code): The household type is determined on the basis of the
income earned by the household from different sources during the 365 days preceding the date of
survey. Six sources are listed for rural households and 4 for urban households. The source
yielding maximum income to the household during the 365 days determines the household type
and the corresponding code is to be assigned. Note that the codes are not the same for rural and
urban areas.
For rural households For urban households

self-employed in agriculture 1 self-employed 1
self-employed in non-agriculture 2 regular wage/salary earning 2
regular wage/salary earning 3 casual labour 3
casual labour in agriculture 4 other 9
casual labour in non-agriculture 5
other 9
4.4.5 Item 5: Area of homestead land possessed as on date of survey (acres 0.00): Against
this item, area of homestead land possessed by the household will be recorded in acres with 2
places of decimals. Homestead land is defined below:
Homestead Land:
4.4.5.1 Homestead land: Homestead of a household is defined as the dwelling house of the
household together with the courtyard, compound, garden, out-house, place of worship, family
graveyard, guest house; tanks, wells, latrines, drains and boundary walls annexed to the dwelling
house. All land coming under homestead is defined as homestead land.
4.4.5.2 Homestead may constitute only a part of a plot. Sometimes, gardens, orchards or
plantations, though adjacent to the homestead and lying within the boundary walls, may be
located on a clearly distinct piece of land. In such cases, land under garden, orchard or
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4.4.5.3 It may be noted that very few households will have no homestead. An example of a
household having no homestead land is a household that lives under a bridge. It is very important
to note that if any of the household members (including „non-relatives‟) owns any residential
area other than the one where the household resides, the area will not be treated as homestead.
4.4.6 Items 6.1 to 6.4: area of land possessed as on date of survey (acres 0.00): There are
four (4) items to be filled in this connection to this primary question relating to the possession of
the land. They are:
i) Item 6.1: owned and possessed

ii) Item 6.2: leased in
iii) Item 6.3: otherwise possessed
iv) Item 6.4: leased out
The definitions are given in paras 4.3.12.0 to 4.3.12.3, page nos. 13 & 14.
4.4.7 Item 7: whether operated any land for agricultural activities during last 365 days
(yes-1, no-2): The answer will be recorded in code against item 7. A piece of land is defined to
be operated in this survey if some agricultural activities like cultivation of field crops,
horticultural crops, animal husbandry, fishery, piggery, bee-keeping, sericulture, etc. coming
under Sec A of NIC 2008 was carried out during last 365 days. The codes are: yes -1, no -2.
4.4.7.1 If entry in item 7 is 1, i.e., if the household operated some land during last 365 days, area
operated by the household (acres 0.00) is to be ascertained and recorded in the next 2 items
mentioned below:
i) area operated by the household
ii) area operated under kitchen garden
4.4.7.2 Kitchen garden:
i) A kitchen garden is defined as Fore-yard and/or Back-yard garden which is close

to front door and/or back door of the house; where the households grow vegetables
(radish, beans, pumpkins, varieties of gourds etc.), herbs (kasoori methi, mint, basil,
oregano etc.), spices (green chilies, onion, garlic, broad leaf mustard etc.) and fruits
(banana, papaya, coconut etc.) for own (household) use only. A kitchen garden is area
around the house; within the boundary wall of homestead land but without any distinct
demarcation.
ii) The vegetables, herbs, spices and fruits in the kitchen garden are normally
irrigated by collecting and using waste from the kitchen/dirty water released from the
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4.4.8.1 Item 8.1: area operated by the household (acres 0.00): If the entry against item 7 is 1,
the area operated by the household is to be entered against item 8.1 in acres, in two places of
decimals. In case, however, the household operates a holding jointly with other household(s), the
total area of the operational holding divided by the number of partners (that is, the household‟s
share of the area of the holding) will be recorded against item 8.1.
4.4.8.2 Item 8.2: area operated under kitchen garden (acres 0.00): If the entry against item 7
is 1, the area operated under kitchen garden by the household is to be entered against item 8.2 in
acres, in two places of decimals. In case, however, the household operates a holding jointly with
other household(s), the total area of the operational holding divided by the number of partners
(that is, the household‟s share of the area of the holding) will be recorded against item 8.2.
4.4.9 Items 9.1 to 9.3: number of household member having govt. insurance/pension
subscription: Number of household members having govt. insurance/pension subscription on
the date of survey (which is continuing as on the date of survey) is to be recorded separately for
each of the scheme mentioned below:
(i) Item 9.1: Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY)
(ii) Item 9.2: Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY)
(iii) Item 9.3: Atal Pension Yojana (APY)
If no household member has any continuing govt. insurance/pension subscription on the

date of survey, 0 (zero) should be recorded.
4.4.9.1 Details of the government insurance/pension schemes under consideration – Pradhan

Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana and Atal Pension
Yojana – are given below:
(i). Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) is a government-backed life
insurance scheme in India. The scheme is available to people between 18 and 50 years
of age with bank accounts. It has an annual premium of Rs. 330.This scheme will be
linked only to the bank accounts opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
scheme.
(ii). Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) is a government-backed accident

insurance scheme in India. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana is available to
people between 18 and 70 years of age with bank accounts. It has an annual premium
of Rs.12. In case of accidental death or full disability, the payment to the nominee will
be Rs. 2 lakh and in case of partial Permanent disability Rs. 1 lakh. Full disability has
been defined as loss of use in both eyes, hands or feet. Partial permanent disability has
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(iii). Atal Pension Yojana (APY) (previously known as Swavalamban Yojana) is a

government-backed pension scheme targeted at the unorganised sector in India. It was
applicable to all citizens in the unorganised sector who joined the National Pension
Scheme (NPS) administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority (PFRDA) Act 2013.The minimum age of joining APY is 18 years and
maximum age is 40 years. The age of exit and start of pension would be 65 years.
4.4.10 Items 10.1 to 10.5: household‟s usual monthly consumer expenditure (Rs.): This
information will be collected to classify the households into different MPCE (Monthly Per
Capita Consumption Expenditure) classes. Household consumer expenditure (HCE) is the sum
total of monetary values of all goods and services consumed (out of purchase or procured
otherwise) by the household on domestic account during a reference period. Procedure for
deciding consumption of goods and services by a household is the same as that followed in
Consumer Expenditure Survey (Schedule 1.0) of NSSO. Household‟s usual monthly consumer
expenditure is the sum total of monetary values of all goods and services consumed by the
household on domestic account with a monthly regularity. Unusual expenditures, such as
expenditure on social ceremonies, capitation fee, hospitalisation etc. are to be excluded for
deriving usual MPCE of the household. However, expenditure on household durable goods is to
be included and monthly expenditure on durable goods is to be derived by apportioning the total
expenditure made by the household on durable goods during last 365 days.
4.4.10.1 For deriving Household‟s usual monthly consumer expenditure, information on regular
monthly expenditure of the household for household purposes out of purchase, home grown and
wages in kind, free collection, gift etc. is to be collected along with the information on
expenditure of the household for purchase of durable goods during last 365 days. For this
purpose, provision has been made for items 10.1 to 10.5 in this block as mentioned below:
4.4.10.2 Item 10.1: usual consumer expenditure in a month for household purposes out of
purchases (A): Regular monthly expenditure incurred by the household for purchase of goods
and services for consumption of the household for household purposes will be reported in item
10.1. Any expenditure made by the household for purchase of household durable goods will not
be included in this item. Expenditure on household enterprises, if any, is not to be included.
However, expenses made on items like clothing, footwear etc., though they are not regular
monthly expenses, will be included in item 10.1. Such expenses, if made during last 365
days, will be included against item 10.1 after averaging out the expenditure for 12 months.
In case of hostel students, the entry against item 10.1 should include the total annual expenses on
food, tuition fees and rent apportioned to a single month, along with any expenditures other than
these three that are incurred with a monthly regularity, e.g., laundry, toilet articles and other
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4.4.10.3 Item 10.2: imputed value of usual consumption in a month from home grown
stock (B): There are households, especially in rural areas, which use household consumer goods
like rice, cereals, pulses, vegetables, milk, firewood & chips, cow dung etc. from home grown
stock on a regular basis. For such households, the imputed value of such usual consumption in a
month at ex-farm/ex-factory price will be recorded against item 10.2.
4.4.10.4 Item 10.3: imputed value of usual consumption in a month from wages in kind,
free collection, gifts, etc. (C): There are some households which regularly consumes goods and
services that are received as exchange of goods and services provided by them. For wage salaried
employees, such services received could be perquisites like free electricity, free telephone
services, free medical services etc. For agricultural labourers, such goods and services received
could be food-grains, vegetables, meals etc. as payment for wages in kind. In some cases it may
also happen that household regularly consumes goods and services received as gifts or obtained
through free collection. For households who regularly consume goods and services received as
wages in kind, in exchange of goods provided by them, as gifts or obtained through free
collection etc.; the imputed value of such usual consumption in a month at local retail prices will
be recorded in item 10.3.
4.4.10.5 Item 10.4: expenditure on purchase of household durables during last 365 days
(D): Expenditure incurred by the household during the last 365 days for purchase/construction
and repair of household durable goods like, bedstead, furniture, vehicles, TV sets, fridge, fans,
cooler, AC, mobile phones, computers, kitchen equipment, etc. will be recorded in item 10.4.
4.4.10.6 If any of the amounts A, B, C or D is zero,‟0‟ may be recorded in the relevant cell.
4.4.10.7 Item 10.5: usual monthly consumer expenditure: Household‟s usual monthly
consumer expenditure will be reported in item10.5 in whole number of rupees which will be
derived from the entries reported in items 10.1 to 10.4 by using the following formula:
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Box 1
I. Cash remittances sent should not be reported in ‘A’.
II. Unusual expenditures, such as expenditure on social ceremonies, capitation fees,
hospitalization, tours, etc. are to be excluded from ‘A’. The general criterion for inclusion of
some expenditure in ‘A’ is whether it is incurred with a monthly regularity.
III. Special procedure for tuition fees, hostel room charges and hostel mess charges. For
hostel students, such expenses are often paid semester-wise, or quarterly or annually.
For the abovementioned point III of Box 1, the following procedure is adopted for such
expenses.
o If these expenses are incurred with a monthly periodicity, they will naturally come under
„A‟. But if they are incurred semester-wise, or quarterly or annually, the average
expenditure per month is to be calculated and included in „A‟.
o Note, however, that in case of hostel students, these expenditures should be accounted in
the student‟s household and not in the “parent” household. This is because rent and
tuition fees regularly paid by a household H for a member of another household (usually
a hostel student) are covered by the Use Approach.
o For simplicity the above procedure will be followed for tuition fees paid for non-hostel
students as well. That is, if tuition fees are not paid monthly and therefore not reported in
„A‟, the monthly average over a year will be included in „A‟
Blocks 5.1 & 5.2: Details of land owned (exclusively/jointly) by the household
as on 30.06.18
4.5.0.1 These blocks are to be canvassed for both rural and urban households. These blocks are
meant for recording area and value of each type of land, including the homestead and other
residential areas, owned by the sample household on the reference date.
4.5.0.2 Plot: A plot will be considered to be a distinct patch of land demarcated with boundaries
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(that is sub-survey numbers) are given to demarcate the sub-plots, a plot will be taken as the
distinct patch of land having a sub-survey number. A plot is generally demarcated by a strip of
raised land commonly known as ail or bund. There may also be ails inside the plot. All such
ails or bunds will be included in the plot area.
4.5.0.3 Assessment of the value of land: In this survey, value of land acquired prior to 30th
June 2018 by the household through inheritance or otherwise will be recorded on normative
basis. To obtain these normative/guideline values of land (as on 30.06.18), the local FOD
officials may need to consult Patwaris (or equivalent) in the rural areas and the Registrar‟s office
in the urban areas. For specific notional guidelines on valuation of „Land outside the FSU‟,
the value reported by the household may be taken as the deemed „notional value‟ for all
practical purposes.
4.5.0.4 For plots having buildings, wells, tube-wells, drainage, canals and other construction
work, etc., the value of the plot/land excluding the value of all such construction work/buildings
will be considered. However, in the cases where the value of buildings and land cannot be
separated, it should be recorded under buildings in Block 6 appropriately.
4.5.0.5 These blocks will be filled in only during the first visit to the sample household. One
line of the block will be used to record information for each distinct plot.
4.5.0.6 By ‘Land outside the FSU’ is meant the area not within the boundary of the
village/block
BOX 2
In Sub Registrar Office they have the tehsilwise rates for the different groups of villages based
on the location of village from the roads. As far as the variation in the land rate within a
village is concerned, Patwaris/Revenue Inspectors may provide malkiyat of the plot/survey no.
based on its fertility and other facilities. They may also provide rate for the sale of residential
plots.
4.5.0.7 Exceptions are:

 the plots containing the homestead (homestead land is defined in para 4.4.5.1) and
other residential areas. All such plot share to be clubbed together and information
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 In Block 5.1, all rural land outside the FSU is to be clubbed together and particulars
recorded against item 96. In Block 5.2, all urban land outside the FSU is to be
clubbed together and particulars recorded against item 97.
4.5.0.8.1 If the sample household is a rural household:
(i) homestead land owned by the household has to be recorded in Block 5.1, serial
no. 98
(ii) record all rural plots within the FSU, (distinctly for each plot using one line for
each one), in Block 5.1 starting with serial no.1
(iii) if any other rural plot(s) is (are) owned by the household outside the FSU,
record the total area of such plots in Block 5.1, serial no. 96
(iv) similarly if any urban plot(s) is (are) owned by the household outside the FSU,
record the total area of such plots in Block 5.2, serial no. 97
4.5.0.8.2 If the sample household is an urban household:

(i) homestead land owned by the household has to be recorded in Block 5.2, serial
no. 98
(ii) record all urban plots within the FSU, (distinctly for each plot using one line for
each one), in Block 5.2 starting with serial no.1
(iii) if any other urban plot(s) is (are) owned by the household outside the FSU,
record the total area in Block 5.2, serial no. 97
(iv) similarly if any rural plot(s) is (are) owned by the household outside the FSU,
record the total area of such plots in Block 5.1, serial no. 96.
4.5.1 Column (1): serial no. of plot: A running serial number starting from 1 will be given in
col. (1) of this block for all lines recording particulars of ownership of land during the specified
reference period. It may be noted that, in most cases, the serial numbers will not be continuous
because there will be a gap between the last serial number entered by the investigator and serial
number „96‟ or „97‟ printed in col. (1) against „area outside FSU‟ for rural and urban area
respectively. No attempt is to be made to alter the serial numbers to make them continuous, the
serial numbers „96‟ and „97‟ printed in col. (1) are to be kept as they are. Homestead area will be
recorded against serial number 98 (for both 5.1 & 5.2). For columns (4), (5), and (7) the total of
all the plots recorded in this block and their values is to be derived and recorded against serial
number of plot 99.
4.5.2 Column (2): survey number or other identification particulars: The survey numbers
(or sub-survey numbers) of the plots will be recorded in col. (2) for each of the plots enumerated
in this block. If a survey number is sub-divided and the sub-divided plot has no sub-number, the
letter P may be put in brackets at the end of the survey number to indicate that it is a sub-
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new number has not been assigned to the consolidated plot, then the survey numbers of all the
plots which have been amalgamated will be recorded.
4.5.2.1 If the informant is unable to furnish the survey number (or sub-survey number), some
other identification of the plot (such as name of place, name of plot, etc.) will be recorded in col.
(2) so that the plot can be uniquely identifiable.
4.5.3.1 Column (3): type of land (code): The use to which the plot was put during the period
30.06.2018 to the date of survey will be ascertained and the appropriate type of land use will be
recorded here in code. Value of each plot will be recorded in col. (5).
The codes for type of land (for rural) are as follows:
crop area, irrigated 01 area put to non- agricultural uses:
crop area, unirrigated 02 water bodies 06
orchards and plantations 03 exclusively for non-farm business 07
forest 04 other non-agricultural uses 08
water bodies for fishing & aquaculture 05 residential area including homestead 10
other areas 09
The codes for type of land (for urban) are as follows:

crop area, irrigated/ unirrigated 01 for non-farm business 03
other area for agricultural/farm 02 residential area including homestead 10
business uses other areas 09
4.5.3.2 The above categories are explained in Chapter One, paras 1.5.15 to 1.5.21. In case
different parts of a plot were put to different uses during the reference period, the use to which
the major part of the plot was put will be considered for making entry in this column.
4.5.4 Column (4): area of land owned by the household as on 30.06.2018: If the entire plot is
owned by members of the household on 30.06.2018, the owned area, which is the geographical
area of the plot, will be recorded in acres in two places of decimals in col. (4). However, if the
area owned by the household is 0< area <0.005 acres (e.g. 0.004 acres) thus becomes 0.00 when
expressed in two places of decimals, then 0.00 should be recorded in col. (4) with positive entry
in col. (5) (value of land). If the household does not own any area, then 0 should be entered in
both col. (4) and col. (5).
4.5.4.1 If, however, the plot, on 30.06.2018, is owned jointly by members of two or more
households, the area of the plot will be apportioned among the owner households and only the
portion calculated as owned by the sample household will be recorded in acres in two places of
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For example, if a plot of area 5.00 acres is owned equally by four brothers belonging to four
different households and if one of them is selected for the survey, the entry in col. (4) will be
1.25 acres.
4.5.5 Column (5): value of land owned by the household as on 30.06.2018: The procedure
to be followed for ascertaining the value of land and making entries in col. (5) have been
described in paragraph 4.0.3 (a). For each plot, value will be recorded in rupees (whole no.) in
col. (5).
4.5.5.1 Incase of joint holding of a particular plot, i.e., the plot is owned jointly by members of
two or more households, the value of the plot will be apportioned among the owner households
and only the portion calculated as share of the selected household is to be recorded.
For the example given above for col. (4), if the valuation of the plot is Rs. 200000, and the plot is
owned jointly owned by four households entry in col. (5) will be Rs.50000 for the selected
household.
4.5.6 Column (6): whether female members of the household have any share in the
ownership of the plot (yes-1, no-2): Column 6 and 7 of Blocks (5.1 & 5.2) will be used for
deriving SDG indicators. Thus if any plot is owned (fully or partially) by any female member(s)
of the selected household code 1 should be recorded in col. (6), otherwise code 2 will be entered.
4.5.7 Column (7): If yes in col. 6, area owned by female members: In this column, for each
plot, the area owned by the female member(s) is to be entered. Frequently, the share of a plot
owned by female members will be reported by the household in fraction or percentage terms
(e.g. 1/3, or 25%). Recording the area owned by female members will then involve
multiplication of the area of the plot by this fraction or percentage (see Tables 1.1 and 1.2
below).
Table 1.1: Calculations for entry in col. (7) for plots WITHIN THE FSU
col. 1: col. 4: area col. 7:
Situation
sl. no. (acres) area (acres)
1 a plot (area 2.36 acre) is owned fully 2.36 2.36×100%=2.36
(100%) by a female member of the
household
2 a plot (area 9.5 acres) is owned 9.50 9.50×⅓=2.85
jointly by a female memberand a
male member with 1/3 ownership
for the female member
3 a plot (area 10 acres) is owned by 10.00 10×45% =4.5
two female members along with a (total share of females
male member in the ratio 20:25:55 = 20%+25%=45%)

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4.5.7.1 Plots located OUTSIDE THE FSU

Here there will be, against item 97/96, a single col. (4) entry = sum of the areas of the plots
located outside the FSU.
Suppose there are 3 such plots with areas a1, a2 and a3.
Then col. (4) entry will be a1+a2+a3.
4.5.7.2 Calculations for the col. (7) entry
Case 1:
For each of the 3 plots, a constant share, say, 25% is owned by the female members.
Then the entry in col. (7) can be obtained by multiplying the entry in col. (4) by this constant
share.
So entry in col. (7) = 25% × (a1+a2+a3)
Case 2:
The percentage shares owned by female members in the 3 plots are respectively p1, p2 and p3.
Then the total area owned by female members = (p1×a1) + (p2×a2) + (p3×a3)
Hence entry in col. (7) = p1a1 + p2a2 + p3a3
Table 1.2: Calculations for entry in col. (7) for plots OUTSIDE THE FSU
Share owned
Plots outside area in acres
by female Calculation for col.7 entry
FSU (ai)
members (pi)
(i) 10 0% p1a1 = 10 × 0 = 0
(ii) 16 20% p2a2 = 16 × 20% = 3.2
(iii) 3 50% p3a3 = 3 × 50% = 1.5
Entry in col. (4) 10+16+3=29
Entry in col. (7) against item 97/96 0 + 3.2 + 1.5 = 4.7
Block 6: Buildings and other constructions owned (exclusively/jointly) by the

household as on 30.06.2018
4.6.1 This block is present in the Visit 1 schedule only. It is meant for recording value of all
owned (exclusively or jointly) buildings and constructions – whether complete or incomplete –
on the reference date, as well as the approximate floor area. Floor area is defined as the covered
area under a roof. For joint ownership, the floor area and value of the portion owned only by the
selected household is to be recorded. However, if the household owns negligible floor area
(0 < floor area ≤ 0.00 e.g. 0.004 sq. m.), then 0.00 should be recorded in col. (4) with positive
entry in col. (5). If the household does not own any area, then 0 should be recorded in col. (4)
and in such case “0” should be recorded in col. (5). However, if the land value cannot be

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separated from building, the value of building (including the value of land) is to be recorded in
Block 6 and the corresponding value of land will not be recorded in Block 5.1 or Block 5.2.
4.6.2 In this block, constructions are grouped into nine categories or types, numbered 1 to 9 and
one line of the block is provided for each construction type. The total value as well as total floor
area of all constructions of a given type is to be entered against each serial number from 1 to 9.
4.6.3 In case a building is used for more than one purpose among the three purposes residential,
farm business and non-farm business, it will be classified into one of the three categories
according to the following priority order: (1) residential; (2) farm business; and (3) non-farm
business.
4.6.4 Column (4): area in sq. m. (square metres) owned by the household as on 30.06.2018:
This refers to floor area of the building/construction. Floor area is defined as the covered area
under a roof. It will thus include the area of all types of rooms, kitchen, latrine, etc. and covered
verandah, and will exclude uncovered area both inside and outside the structure, e.g. terrace,
uncovered stairways, etc. Floor area will be recorded in square metres to 2 places of decimals.
4.6.4.1 If the household does not wholly own the building/construction, the entry in col. (4) will
be floor area of the building/construction owned by the household only.
Example: A residential building of floor area 2000 sq. m. is owned equally by four brothers
belonging to four different households, one of which is selected for the survey. Then the entry in
col. (4) will be 500 sq. m.
4.6.5 Column (5): value (Rs.) owned by the household as on 30.06.2018: This refers to value
of the completed/incomplete building/construction. In this survey, the value of building or other
construction owned prior to 30th June 2018, by the household through inheritance or otherwise,
will be recorded on the basis of market value prevailing in the locality.
4.6.6 In case of „building and construction outside the village or town‟, the reported value by
the household may be taken as the deemed „notional value‟ for all practical purposes.
4.6.6.1 If the household does not wholly own the building/construction, the entry in col. (5) will
be value of the share as owned by the selected household.
Example: A residential building of valuation Rs. 20,00,000 is owned equally by four brothers
belonging to four different households, one of which is selected for the survey. Then the entry in
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4.6.7 Items 1-3: residential buildings: Residential buildings have been categorised on the basis
of use as follows: those used as dwelling by members of the selected household (item 1), other
residential building within the village/town (item 2), and other residential building outside the
village/town (item 3).
4.6.7.1 In recording value of the building owned by the household and used by its members for
residential purpose (item 1), the value recorded in col. (5) should exclude the value of the site on
which the residential building is constructed. The value of the homestead (the land on which the
building owned and used as dwelling by members of the sample household is situated) is to be
recorded in Block 5.1 for rural households and in Block 5.2 for urban households.
4.6.7.2 For car-parking area in urban sector, if it is outside the homestead land, it may be entered
in Block 5.2 with code in col. (3) as „other‟ with a separate serial number in col. (1).
4.6.8.1 Items 4-5: buildings used for farm business: These have been categorised into:
item 4: animal shed
item 5: others, such as barn, warehouse (incl. cold storage), farm house, etc.
4.6.8.2 Farm business has been defined earlier in Chapter One, para 1.5.31. Any building or
structure owned by the sample household and used for farm business either by the sample
household or by any other household will be considered here. The total floor area of all the
structures owned by the sample household and used as animal sheds (item 4) will be recorded in
col. (4) and the approximate total value of such structures on the reference date in col. (5).
Similarly, for item 5, the total floor area of all buildings owned by the sampled household and
used for farm business, excluding those used as animal sheds, will be recorded in col. (4) and the
approximate total value of such structures on the reference date in col. (5).
4.6.8.3 In some cases it may so happen that animal sheds, barns, etc. are part of the residential
building. In such cases, separate estimates for area under animal sheds, etc., need not be made.
The entire area and total value of the structure may be indicated against item 1: residential
buildings.
4.6.9.1 Item 6: buildings used for non-farm business: This item is inclusive of the following
three kinds:
a. workplace, workshop, mfg. unit, etc.
b. shop
c. other (any building where non-farm business of any other kind is carried out)
4.6.9.2 Non-farm business has been defined in Chapter One, para 1.5.32. The floor area and
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household or by others will be recorded separately for buildings used as „workplace/workshop‟,

„shop‟ and „other‟. There may be cases where part of the residential building is used as a shop or
workshop in connection with non-farm business. In such cases, the entire area and the total
value of the structure should be shown against item 1: residential buildings. Similarly, if a non-
farm business is carried out in a part of the structure which is used for farm business, the
entire floor area and its value will be shown against the appropriate items under farm business
and no separate entry will be made against item 6 for the portion used for non-farm business.
4.6.10 Item 7: building for other purposes: This item will include buildings used neither for
residential purpose nor for business (farm or non-farm), but for other purposes, such as charitable
purposes, for recreation, cinema houses, etc.
4.6.11 Item 8: work-in-progress (structure under construction): The value of all incomplete
buildings, structures and other constructions owned on 30.06.2018 by the household will be
recorded against this item. The total expenditure incurred including the imputed value of
household labour and materials used by the household till that date for such constructions will be
considered as its value as on 30.06.2018, irrespective of whether the said expenditure has been
incurred prior to 30.06.2018.
4.6.11.1 Item 9: other constructions (well, borewell, tubewell, field distribution system,
etc.): All other constructions, including wells, borewells, tubewells, field distribution systems,
gobar gas plant, paths (walkways), etc. will be recorded against this item. Any gobar gas plant
will be included in item 9 irrespective of what it is used for.
4.6.11.2 Generally, value of buildings and other constructions will not include the value of the
land on which the construction stands. However, in those cases where it is not possible to
apportion the value of land and building separately, the value of building/other constructions will
be inclusive of the value of land. In such cases, the value of land will not be recorded in Block
5.1 or Block 5.2.
4.6.11.3 Sometimes temporary sheds, hutments, machans, etc. are erected on the farm during a
season to guard crops against wild animals, birds, theft, etc. When such construction is of a
purely temporary nature, that is, built to last only one season, they will not be considered here.
Block 7: Livestock and poultry owned (exclusively/jointly) by the household

on 30.06.2018
4.7.1 This block is present in the Visit 1 schedule only. The main purpose of this block is to
obtain the value of livestock and poultry owned by the household as on 30.06.2018. Animals
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outside the coverage of this schedule. All types of animals viz. exotic, cross bred, indigenous
(descript and non-descript) are to be considered for inclusion in this block. For cattle, and also
for buffaloes, the number and value are to be broken up by sex and use into 6 categories each,
making a total of 12 categories of cattle and buffaloes. Only 3 other categories are used for the
remaining livestock and poultry: (a) ovine and other mammals, (b) poultry birds, and (c) others
including other large heads. However, all pet animals like cat, dog, rabbit etc. are also out of
coverage.
4.7.1.1 According to Department of Animal Husbandry (refer breed-survey report) following are
the details of the breeds:
a. Exotic Animals: Animals which are developed in other countries are described as
exotic animals.
b. Cross-bred Animals: Animals which are produced by crossing indigenous animals
with exotic breeds or indigenous animals which have exotic inheritance are
described as crossbred animals.
c. Indigenous Animals: Animals which belongs to Descript (identified)/Non-descript
(non-identified) breeds of indigenous origin are considered as indigenous animals.
4.7.2 Column (3) will record the number of animals/birds of each category, irrespective of
whether they are wholly or partly owned by the selected household.
4.7.3 Column (4) will record the value of the livestock/poultry as on 30.06.2018, apportioned to
the selected household according to its share if such case arises. For instance, if the household
has a 50% share in the ownership of some cattle whose total value as on 30.06.2018 is Rs.
20,000 then Rs.10,000 will be the value to be considered for making entry in col. (4).
4.7.4 Items 1-12: cattle & buffalo: For cattle and buffaloes, entries are to be made against the
appropriate items of the block taking sex and use into consideration. Items 1 and 2 are for
recording information on young stock of cattle (age less than 2 years). Items 3 to 5 are for female
(adult). Item 6 is for adult male cattle used for work or breeding, or for other. For buffaloes
(items 7 & 8), the categories are exactly the same as for cattle, but animals of age less than 3
years are to be considered as young stocks. Items 9 to 11 are for female (adult). Information on
adult male buffalo used for work or breeding, or for other purposes is to be recorded in item 12.
4.7.5 Item 14: ovine and other mammals: This includes sheep, goats, pigs and rabbits. Any
animals, say, rabbits, kept as pets will, however, be excluded.
4.7.6 Item 15: poultry birds: This includes hens, cocks, koels, chickens, ducks, and other
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4.7.7 Item 16: other: Any other livestock not covered in items 1-12 or 14-15 including other
large heads like elephants, horses and ponies, mules, donkeys, camels, yaks, mithuns, etc. is to
be considered for entries against this item.
Block 8: Transport equipment owned (exclusively/jointly) by the household on

30.06.2018
4.8.1 This block appears in the Visit 1 schedule only. Any transport equipment owned by the
household will be listed in this block, irrespective of the purpose for which it is used: farm, non-
farm or household purpose.
4.8.2 In Column (3) the number of vehicles of each category, irrespective of whether they are
wholly or partly owned by the sample household will be recorded
4.8.3 In Column (4) the value of the transport equipment as on 30.06.2018, apportioned for the
sample household according to its share will be recorded. For instance, if the household has a
50% share in the ownership of a van whose total value as on 30.06.2018 is Rs. 1,00,000, then Rs.
50,000 will be the value to be considered for making entry in col. (4).
4.8.4 Column (5) Main use of transport equipment: The main use of the transport equipment
listed in col. (1) will be recorded in code in this column, the codes being:
for farm business .........1, for non-farm business ...2, for household use ....... 3
It may be noted that if any transport equipment is hired out, then codes 1 or 2 would be
applicable. In case of equipment used for more than one purposes, the main use is to be
determined on the basis of the maximum time utilisation of the equipment during the last 365
days.
4.8.5 Items 1 to 7: Seven categories of transport equipment are listed in col. (1). Information
of all items (transport equipment) will be recorded in this block only irrespective of its use in
farm and/or non-farm business.
4.8.6 Item 1: tractors (all types): Note that tractors of all types are to be recorded here, and not
in Block 9 (agricultural machinery and implements owned by the household on 30.06.2018),
whether they are used for transportation or as agricultural equipment or both.
4.8.7 Item 6: carts (hand driven/animal driven): In case animal-driven carts, the reported
value should not include the value of the animal drawing it. The number and value of animals
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4.8.8 Other items of this block are self-explanatory.
Block 9: Agricultural machinery and implements owned (exclusively/jointly)

by the household on 30.06.2018
4.9.1 This block is present in the Visit 1 schedule only. All agricultural machinery and
implements owned by the household, either used by the household for agricultural activity/farm
business or hired out for agricultural activity/farm business will be listed in this block.
4.9.2 Column (3) will record the number of Agricultural machinery and implements of each
category, irrespective of whether they are wholly or partly owned by the sample household.
4.9.3 Column (4) will record the value of the agricultural machinery or implements as on
30.06.2018, apportioned to the sample household according to its share. For instance, if three
households, including the sample household, have equal shares in the ownership of a diesel
pump used in irrigation and the total value of the same as on 30.06.2018 is Rs. 1,00,000, then the
entry in col. (4) for value of the machine owned by the household will be Rs. 33,333.
4.9.4 For inclusion of items in this block it is necessary to check the following:
i) the selected household has some farm business including agricultural activity
ii) the selected household owns some agricultural machinery and implements as on
30.06.2018 for own use or for hiring out
iii) if the implements fall in any of the item categories 1 to 9 (explained below), the
number and value are to be recorded in col. (3) and col. (4) respectively. For
capital work-in-progress (item 10), only the value should be recorded, in col. (4).
For of agricultural machinery/implements which do not fall in any of the item
categories of items 1-10, the value should be recorded against item 11. Furniture or
fixtures owned and used exclusively for farm business will be recorded in item 12.
Note that all types of tractors are to be excluded from this block as they will be recorded in
the transport equipment block, that is, Block 8.
4.9.5 Items 1, 2 and 3: power tiller/power driven plough etc., crop harvester (power
driven)/combined harvester, thresher, other power driven machinery and equipment:
Power tillers/power driven plough will be entered against item 1 and other power-driven
machinery and equipment used for harvesting crops will be recorded against item2.Moreover
thresher and other power driven machinery and equipment (excluding here used for irrigation)
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4.9.6 Item 4: laser land leveler: Laser Land Leveler is equipment that is used for farming and
agriculture to level the land (process of smoothening the land surface from its average elevation
with a certain degree of desired slope) using a guided laser beam.
4.9.7 Item 5: manually operated implements and tools: Any manually operated tools like
sickle, chaff-cutter, axe, spade, chopper, plough, harrow used in agriculture or other farm
business are to be recorded in this item.
4.9.8 Items 6, 7, 8, 9: diesel pump, electric pumps, drip sprinkler: Diesel pumps use for
water lifting will be entered against item 6, electric pumps against item 7, and sprinkler items
like drip sprinkler 8. Any other machinery for irrigation will be entered against item 9.
4.9.9 Item 10: capital work-in-progress: This includes all agricultural machinery and
equipment under installation. Only value is to be recorded, in col. (4).
4.9.10 Item 12: furniture and fixtures: Furniture and fixtures are movable equipment that
have no permanent connection to the structure of a building or utilities. This item will be filled in
for all furniture & fixtures used exclusively for farm business. Examples of furniture and fixtures
are desks, chairs, tables, partitions, etc.
Block 10: Non-farm business equipment fully owned by the household as on

30.06.2018
4.10.1 This block appears in the Visit 1 schedule only. All equipment fully owned by the
household which is either used by the household for non-farm business or hired out for use in
non-farm business will be listed in this block.
4.10.2 For inclusion of any equipment in this block it is necessary to check the following:
i) the selected household has some non-farm business solely owned by the household (and
not in partnership with any other household)
ii) the selected household may own some equipment as on 30.06.2018 for own use or for
hiring out for such business
iii) stock of merchandise in possession of the household, that is, stock of goods meant for
sale (trade) by the household, is not considered business equipment and is therefore not to
be considered for this block
iv) if the selected household owns any of the equipment listed in the item group 1 to 14, 16-
17 (described below in 4.10.3), the value of such equipment is to be recorded in col. (3).
If it does not fall in any of those categories, its value should be recorded against item 18
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or fixtures owned and used by the household exclusively for non-farm business purpose,
it may be recorded against item 19.
Note that all types of transport equipment are to be excluded from this block as they will be
recorded in the transport equipment block, that is, Block 8.
4.10.3 Block 10 lists eighteen categories of non-farm business equipment. It may be noted that
the list serves only as a mental aid to guard against missing out any item. Individual items, per
se, in the above list are important to that extent only.
i) Item 1: handloom, semi-automatic and power looms, ginning, pressing and bailing
equipment
o loom: a loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The precise shape of
the loom and its mechanics may vary, but the basic function is the same.
o ginning: a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers.
o pressing and bailing equipment: a bailer is a piece of machinery used to
compress a cut and raked crop (such as hay, cotton etc.) into compact bales that
are easy to handle, transport, and store.
ii) Item 2: reeds, bobbins and other items used in spinning , weaving and tailoring
equipment, and related accessories
iii) Item 3: equipment used in beauty salon/spa (foot/hair spa machine, hair removal laser
machine, brushes, hair straightener, massager, etc.)
iv) Item 4: instruments used in gyms (abdominal bench, barbells, dumb bells, dipping bars,
treadmills etc.)
v) Item 5: equipment for maintaining and repairing cycles/rickshaw/automobile
vi) Item 6: mills (e.g. ghanies, oil-mills/crusher (power-driven), rice-milling including
crusher and pounding equipment, flour-milling and grinding equipment), cane crusher
etc.
o oil mill: a machine or a factory in which seeds, fruits, or other plant parts are
crushed or pressed to extract oil.
o rice mills: a machinery to remove the husk and the bran layers, and produce an
edible, white rice kernel that is sufficiently milled and free of impurities.
o flour mills: a machinery for grinding grain into flour.
o cane mill: a sugar cane mill can refer to a factory that processes sugar cane to
produce raw or white sugar. It can also mean the piece of equipment that crushes
the sticks of sugar cane to extract the juice.
vii) Item 7: electric motors, generators, pump sets, inverters, etc.
viii) Item 8: casting, melting and welding equipment, furnace, bellows, kiln, potter‟s wheels,
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o casting, melting and welding: metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a
liquid, pouring the metal in a mold, and removing the mold material or casting
after the metal has solidified as it cools.
o furnace: furnaces are refractory-lined vessels that contain the material to be
melted and provide the energy to melt it.
o bellow: a device with an air bag that emits a stream of air when squeezed together
with two handles, used for blowing air into a fire.
o kiln: a furnace or oven for burning, baking, or drying, especially one for calcining
lime or firing pottery.
o potter‟s wheel: a machine used in the shaping of round clay/ceramic ware.
o cobbler‟s tool: tools used in shoe making and repairing.
ix) Item 9: scales, weights and measures
x) Item 10: saw (all types), carpentry tools, electric drilling machines and other related
tools and machines
xi) Item 11: Xerox/ duplicating machine, camera, lamination machine, fax machine,
printing press, personal computer (Servers, Desktops, Laptops, Ipads & Tablets),
printer, other ICT equipments (Touch Screen Interactive TV, Projectors, Networking
Switches. CCTV etc.)
xii) Item 12: mobile repairing, computer repairing, etc.
xiii) Item 13: X-ray machine, ultra sound machine, ECG machines, other medical equipment
xiv) Item 14: lathes, other machinery tools & appliances (lathes are used in woodturn-
ing, metalworking, metal spinning, thermal spraying, parts reclamation, and glass-
working).
xv) Item 16: intellectual property product (intangible assets) like software, database,
trademark, manuscripts, copyrights, etc.
xvi) Item 17: capital work-in-progress (non-farm business equipment under installation/
software development)
xvii) Item 18: other non-farm business equipment not covered in item 1 -14, 16-17
xviii) Item 19: furniture & fixtures: This item will include all furniture like chairs, saloon
chairs, mirrors, filing cabinets, tables, etc., and all fixtures (e.g. bookcases, cupboards
shelves fixed to the wall, etc.) owned by the household and used exclusively for non-
farm business.
4.10.4 However, only equipment wholly owned by the household and not shared by other
household(s) will be considered for this block. Equipment partly owned by the household
and, in particular, equipment owned by a partnership involving members of more than one
household will be excluded.
4.10.5 Musical instruments such as harmonium, drum, tabla, string instruments, etc. are to be
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proprietors of show businesses, etc. Similar is the case of camera. It will be recorded in item 11
only if it is used professionally.
Block 11a: Financial assets including receivables (other than shares and
related instruments) owned by the household as on 30.06.2018
4.11.0.0 Financial assets are intangible assets such as bank deposits, bonds, and stocks, whose
values are derived from a contractual claim of what they represent. Unlike property or
commodities, they are not physical (apart from the documents‟ paper). For the purpose of the
survey financial assets considered are the asset held by the household (by any member (s) of the
household) in the instruments mentioned in the items 1 to 20 of this block. This block will be
filled in for Visit 1 schedule only. The financial assets considered here are deposits in post office,
cooperative banks, commercial banks, companies, insurance companies, different types of
certificates/securities issued by the government or banks, viz. National Savings Certificate
(NSC), Indira Vikas Patra, Kisan Vikas Patra, RBI Bonds, etc. In case of certificates, the amount
paid at the time of purchase will be considered and for deposits the total amount including
interest accrued should be taken into account.
4.11.0.1 Value of the assets as on the date of survey is to be recorded in col. (3). All the
amounts recorded here for items 3 to 11 should be inclusive of interest earned on them as far as
practicable. In case of certificates, the amount paid at the time of purchase will be considered and
for deposits the total amount including interest accrued should be taken into account. Provision
has also been made to record the transaction of these assets during 01.07.18 to the date of survey
in cols. (4) and (5). All kinds of reductions in financial assets (specified in col. 2) through
withdrawal or otherwise will be recorded in col. (5). The term “acquisition” in col. (4) will
include all amount deposited during the reference period for items 2-9, contributions made for
items 10-11, etc. Acquisition of these assets by other means such as gift received etc. will also
be included here. The value of these assets owned by the household as on 30.06.18 will be
worked out in the following way:
col. (6) = col. (3) + col. (5) - col. (4)
4.11.0.2 Information on financial assets other than shares and debenture will be recorded in this
block under the following heads: i) Deposits, ii) PF/Pension fund, iii) Life insurance, and iv)
Other receivables.
 Deposits in current account of bank, savings account of bank and/or post office as well
as term plans deposits in bank and/or post office are to be considered. In addition
deposit in Co-operative banks, NBFC, micro finance institutions/self-help groups are
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 All contributions made to any kind of provident funds like General Provident Fund
(GPF)/Public Provident Fund (PPF)/Employees‟ Provident Fund (EPF) etc. and
pension fund like National Pension Scheme (NPS) or other contributory funds
including annuity schemes are to be recorded against relevant items.
 For life insurance policies held by the member(s) of a household, the total sum
assured will be recorded in the schedule.
 Information on amounts receivable by the household on account of loans ( personal
loan, business loan, etc.) advanced by them in cash which are due to the household
but remaining unpaid as on the reference date (i.e. on 30.06.2018) are also to be
collected.
4.11.0.3 Following are the method of collection of information in those four types of instrument
in general:
 In case of certificates, annuity schemes the amount paid at the time of purchase is to be
recorded.
 In case of deposits, the face value is to be recorded.
 In case of life insurance (i) total sum assured (ii) amount received under money back
policy (if any) will be considered here. However, in Block 11c, Visit 2, the amount of
premium paid during April 2018 to March 2019 is to be entered separately for term
policies and endowment policies. In case of Unit Linked Insurance plans (ULIP), the
valuation will be obtained as number of units × net asset value (NAV) of the unit.
 For Provident fund like GPF, PPF, CPF etc. / NPS, etc., total contribution plus interest
earned will be recorded.
 In case of other receivables (items 16-18), amount received during 01.07.2018 to the
date of survey is to be recorded in col. (5) and in case some more loans are advanced
by the household during the reference period such loan amount is to be recorded in
col. (4).
4.11.1 Item 1: cash in hand (currency & coins): Currency notes and coins in hand will be
considered as assets and information on these items will be collected with reference to the date of
survey. Cash held on hand by the household as on the date of survey will be recorded in col. (3)
against item 1. Cols. 4, 5, 6 are shaded here.
4.11.2 Item 2: amount in current bank account: Deposits held by the household in the
current account of a bank, if any, is to be recorded here.
4.11.3 Items 3 to 9: deposits: The amount in (i) savings deposit account and /or (ii) term
deposit account (Recurring deposit and/or Fixed Deposit etc.) of bank, post office savings bank,
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banks, NBFC (please refer 4.3.10.1 to 4.3.10.3), Co-op credit society/micro finance
institutions/self- help groups (please refer 4.3.11.1 & 4.3.11.2), if any, are to be recorded in items
7 to 9.
4.11.4 Items 10 and 11: contributions to provident fund and contributions to pension
fund/ NPS/ other contributory funds/ annuity schemes: Total contribution plus interest earned
as on 30.06.2018 in all types of provident fund accounts, namely, Contributory Provident Fund,
General Provident Fund (GPF) in Government and Public Sector Offices, provident fund
maintained in private sector offices and companies, Public Provident Fund (PPF) in post offices/
public sector banks, and NPS (National Pension Scheme), other contributory fund, annuity
scheme will be entered against the relevant items of this block.
4.11.4.1 Annuity schemes: Annuity is a guaranteed payment (generally of uniform amount)

falling due in each year during a given term (such as a period of year or the life of an individual),
usually purchased from an insurance company by payment of a lump sum which is not
returnable. Some insurance companies issue terminable annuities that continue to be paid to the
annuitant‟s dependents until the end of the agreed period if the annuitant dies within that period.
An immediate annuity is one that commences immediately after it has been purchased, whereas a
deferred annuity starts at an agreed future date. The purchase value of such annuities will be
recorded in the appropriate columns.
4.11.5 Items 12 to 14: life insurance: In this round information on life insurances will be
collected through three separate items.
4.11.5.1 Item 12: no. of insurance policies: The total no. of insurance policies, held by the
household, which are yet to reach maturity, is to be entered in the cell provided for this item.
This will help the informant to remember the relevant items while reporting the amount.
4.11.5.2 Item 13: total sum assured: The total sum assured through all these policies
mentioned in item 12, will be recorded in the cell provided for this item. Note that the columns 3
to 5 are not be filled in for this item and have been shaded.
4.11.5.3 Item 14: amount received under money back policies: Amount received under such
schemes during the period 01.07.2018 to the date of survey is to be recorded in col. 4.
4.11.6 Item 15: other financial savings (deposits with other enterprises, individuals, chit
fund contributions etc.): If any other financial asset is by the household other than those listed,
in items 1 to 11, during the reference period such as deposits with other enterprises, individuals,
chit fund etc., the amount should be entered against this item.

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4.11.7 Items 16 to 18: other receivable by the household against different heads as on
30.06.2018 : These items relate to amounts receivable by the household on the reference date
(30.06.2018) on account of loans advanced by them in cash and remaining unpaid as on the
reference date as mentioned below:
 Item 16: interest free loans given to others including friends and relatives
 Item 17: business loans given to others (loan given by the household to other
households/enterprises to enable them to incur capital/revenue expenditure for
enterprise purpose
 Item 18: personal loans given to others (non-business interest-bearing loans given
to individuals )
4.11.8 Item 20: bullion & ornaments (incl. gold jewellery, gems & precious stones, etc.): It
is to be noted that information on this item may be obtained at the end after the rest of the
schedule has been filled up. No probe should be made to obtain this information. Whatever
information the informant provides, should be recorded. Remarks may be provided if no
information can be obtained.
4.11.9 Item 21: paintings and artistic originals: If some painting or artistic originals having
considerable market value is owned by the household, that value is to be entered here.
Block 11b: Investments in shares and related instruments owned by the

household in co-operative societies & companies as on 30.06.2018
4.11.10 This block is to be filled in Visit 1only. The purpose of the block is to obtain the stock
of financial assets held by the household on a reference date in the form of shares, debentures
and other related instruments.
Shares and related instruments may be held in credit or non-credit cooperative societies,
commercial banks, financial and non-financial companies, mutual funds including the Unit Trust
of India, and similar institutions.
4.11.11 The value of shares and related instruments held on the reference date will not be
obtained directly, but in the following way. Information will be obtained, firstly, on the stock of
shares and related instruments held in different categories of institutions as on the date of survey.
Secondly, the household will be asked to report transactions of these assets from 01.07.2018 to
the date of survey.
4.11.12 Transactions will include both inflow or acquisition of assets– by purchase or otherwise
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4.11.13 Finally, value of shares and related instruments held in a particular category of
institutions on the 30.06.2018 will be obtained as the value as on the date of survey plus
disposals since 01.07.2018 to the date of survey less acquisitions since 01.07.2018 to the date of
survey.
4.11.14 In the schedule, the reference date is 30.06.2018. Disposals during the period from
01.07.18 to the date of survey will thus have to be added to the value of shares and debentures on
the date of survey, and acquisitions during the same period will be subtracted, to get value of
shares and debentures on the reference date.
Col. (3): value of shares and related instruments as on the date of survey
Col. (4): value of acquisitions of shares and related instruments during 01.07.18 to date of
survey
Col. (5): value of disposals of shares and related instruments during 01.07.18 to date of survey
Col. (6): value of shares and related instruments as on 30.06.18
4.11.15 Information for cols. (3) to (5) is to be reported by the informant, while col. (6) is to be
worked out as:
col. (6) = col. (3) + col. (5) – col. (4)
4.11.16 Different types of shares: The following are the types of shares held by the
shareholders of cooperative institutions, commercial banks and companies:
o ordinary shares
o preference shares
o debentures
(a) ordinary shares: The holder of an „ordinary share‟ is entitled to share in any distributions
of dividends in proportion to the number of shares held. Ordinary shares usually but not
invariably entitle their holders to vote at company meetings. They are contrasted with
debentures and preference shares. Debenture holders usually have a fixed entitlement to
interest but no vote provided the interest is paid and any other conditions are complied
with. Preference shareholders have no votes but must be paid their dividends before any
distribution to ordinary shareholders is allowed. In the event of winding up a company,
ordinary shareholders rank last in any claim of company assets but get an unlimited part
of any residual after paying off the others.
(b) preference shares: A company share which carries no vote, but ranks before ordinary
shares for dividends.
(c) debentures: A secured loan raised by a company, usually with fixed interest and
sometimes with a fixed redemption date. Debenture holders have no control over the
company so long as their interest is paid and any conditions of the loans are complied
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the company. They rank before other shareholders in the event of liquidation. Convertible
debentures are debentures carrying a right to equity shares at some future date.
4.11.17 Valuation of shares & debentures: In case of ordinary and preference shares, share
value is not generally fully paid up and paid-up value is often different from the face value.
Paid-up value represents the share money actually paid to the company by the shareholders.
Debentures, on the other hand, are bonds issued by the corporations and companies with specific
maturity period and rate of interest. Debenture holders do not have any ownership rights to the
companies. They are the creditors of the company. The value of the shares and debentures
owned on the date of survey will be evaluated as per the market price prevailing on the date of
survey, if the said shares/debentures are acquired before the reference date, i.e. 30.06.18. On the
other hand, if the shares, etc. are acquired or disposed of between the reference date and the date
of survey by way of purchase, then the purchase (or sale) price will be recorded under
„acquisition‟ or under „disposal‟, as the case may be. If they are acquired during the reference
period by ways other than purchase, then the market price prevailing on the date of survey will
be recorded under appropriate columns. In cases where it is not possible to ascertain the
prevailing market price of a share, the paid-up value of the shares (if acquired other than by way
of purchase) or the value paid by the household (if they are purchased) may be recorded in the
relevant column(s).
4.11.18 Item 1: mutual fund: Against item 1, units/shares held under various schemes of Unit
Trust of India or of various mutual funds shall be recorded. These entities are collective
investment schemes and are an important constituent of the capital market. Through
institutionalised risk pooling mechanism, they provide the benefits of diversified portfolios and
expert investment advice and management to a large number of investors who may not be in a
position to avail themselves of these benefits on their own.
4.11.18.1 Mutual Funds are constituted as trust. They are governed by the Indian Trust Act,
1882. It raises money through sale of units to the public or a section of the public. The units are
sold under one or more schemes. The schemes invest in securities (including money market
instruments) or gold or gold instruments or real estate assets. Mutual fund is a vehicle to
mobilize money from investors, to invest in different market & securities. The investment that an
investor makes in a scheme is translated into certain no. of „units‟ in the scheme. Every unit has a
face value known as NAV i.e., Net Asset value. The no. of unit multiplicities by NAV is the
capital of the scheme. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is the regulatory
authority for securities in India.
4.11.19 Items 2 and 3: shares in company and debenture/bond in company: The financial
and non-financial companies are registered under the Companies Act. Companies can be of two
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household in companies and commercial banks will be recorded against item 2.

Debentures/bonds of companies held by the household will be entered in item 3.
4.11.20 Item 4: shares in cooperative society: The banks and societies which are part of
Cooperative societies are described below:
4.11.20.1 Co-operative credit society/bank: Co-operative credit society/bank is an organisation

created under the cooperative movement whose main objective is to provide financial help to its
members. Co-operative credit societies broadly fall under following categories
(i) Agricultural credit societies: These provide finance to their members for agricultural
purpose or for purposes connected with agricultural activities (including the marketing of
crops).
(ii) Non-agricultural credit societies: These generally can be of following types:
(a) Urban Co-operative banks: These are co-operative societies functioning in urban
or semi-urban areas and engaged in providing banking facilities, e.g. accepting of
deposits form members and non-members. Their clients are largely drawn from
traders, small entrepreneurs, salaried and professional classes etc. These banks
provide credit for such purposes as trade and commerce, cottage and small-scale
industries, housing, consumption and domestic purposes.
(b) Central co-operative bank: This is a federation of (mainly) primary credit
societies and of other types of primary societies in their area of operations.
Central cooperative banks are generally of the mixed type, that is, where the
majority of the shares are owned by the societies registered within the area of their
operation and the rest by individuals. Besides financing the affiliated societies,
they also conduct normal banking business.
(c) Employers’ credit societies: These are also known as salary earners‟ societies and
are essentially organisations of salaried employees and/or wage earners or persons
employed under a common employer or an institution. They accept deposits
mostly from their members, though some of them deal with non-members too.
The loans advanced by them are generally recovered from the monthly salaries of
the members.
(d) Other non-agricultural credit societies: These are formed with the object of
promotion of thrift and saving among the members of a particular community or
profession and include women‟s thrift societies, co-operative credit societies
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4.11.20.2 Co-operative non-credit society: All other cooperative societies whose basic
aim is other than that of providing credit are defined as non-credit societies. Some co-
operative non-credit societies are described below:
(a) Service co-operative society: The service co-operative is an organisation of members

who have willingly combined for mutual help and cooperation in meeting their
common economic requirements. Such individuals cooperate to procure the essential
services needed for their enterprise. These cooperatives serve variously – as a store, a
bank, a distribution agent – and arrange for marketing of their members‟ produce
through the co-operative marketing societies. These societies take up these activities
with the sole objective of increasing agricultural production.
(b) Co-operative marketing society: A marketing society has the main objective of
marketing of agricultural produce of members in its area of operation. Such produce
may be received by the marketing society from the cultivators directly or through
primary credit societies. The produce is then sold either in the local market or to the
higher level marketing organisation. Some of the marketing societies also undertake
processing of produce to make it more easily marketable and/or to get a better price.
In addition, societies may undertake supply of agricultural requisites like seeds,
manures and fertilizers, pesticides, implements and machinery, and distribution of
common consumer foods such as food grains, cloth, kerosene and sugar.
(c) Processing society: A processing society is organised with the sole objective of
processing mainly agricultural produce grown by its members and/or by the members
of the primary agricultural credit societies. In addition to processing of produce and
marketing of the products, they also undertake the supply of agricultural requisites.
Block 11c: Premium paid by the household for life and non-life insurance
4.11.21 This block will be filled in for Visit 2 only. In this block premium paid during the last
financial year (i.e. 01.04.2018 to 31.03.2019) by the household for life and non-life insurance in
Rs. (whole no.) is to be recorded against the relevant items. Premium paid is to be ascertained
for:
o Item 1: endowment life insurance plan
o Item 2: term life insurance plan
o Item 3: health insurance
o Item 4: motor vehicle insurance
o Item 5: crop and other agriculture insurance
o Item 6: other non-life insurance like insurance on marine, fire, miscellaneous
4.11.22 The total amount of premium paid by the household during the reference period for the
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against items 1 to 6. Premium paid by the household for other households will also be considered
here. If no premium is paid for life and non-life insurance during the reference period by the
household, „0‟ should be recorded against relevant item(s).
4.11.22.1 Item 1: endowment life insurance plan: Endowment life insurance plan is a life
insurance contract designed to pay a lump sum after a specific term on its maturity or on death.
The insured individual has to pay for a fixed period of time like 10, 15 or 20 years, and after the
contracted period he/she can encash his/her policy. Total premium paid during the reference
period by the household as endowment life insurance premium will be recorded here.
4.11.22.2 Item 2: term life insurance plan : Term life insurance plan is a life insurance product
for financial coverage offered by an insurance company to the policy holder for a specific time
period. In case of death of the insured individual during the policy term, the death benefit is paid
by the company to the beneficiary. Total premium paid during the reference period by the
household as term insurance premium will be recorded against item 2.
4.11.23 Non-life insurance: Non-life insurance or general insurance refers to the insurance of
goods and property. It is a means of providing financial protection for building, machinery,
equipment, furniture, and vehicle and merchandise items against the risk of fire, earthquake,
accident and theft. Non-life insurance includes fire insurance, marine insurance, and
miscellaneous insurance.
4.11.23.1 Items 3-5: health, motor vehicle insurance, crop and other agriculture insurance:
Total premium paid by the household for health (medical) insurance, motor vehicle insurance,
and crop and other agricultural insurance during the reference period will be recorded against
items 3, 4 and 5 respectively.
4.11.23.2 Item 6: other non-life insurance: Total premium paid by the household during the
reference period for any other non-life insurance, such as marine, fire and miscellaneous for
protection against loss or damage to building or goods due to fire, accident, or theft, etc. is to be
recorded against this item.
Blocks 12 and 13: Cash Loans and Kind Loans
4.12.0.1 Blocks 12 and 13: These blocks are for recording all liabilities of the household, in
cash or kind, whether in the form of loans or dues payable. Block 12 will relate to cash loans and
Block 13 will relate to kind loans. Guidelines given in (A) & (B) are to be followed while filling
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Important guidelines regarding coverage of the terms “cash loan” and “kind
loan”
(A) Cash loans
4.12.0.2 To fill this block, it is advisable NOT to start with the question “Have the household
members taken any cash loans which are still outstanding?” If this question is asked, some loans
may be reported. But this question is not enough. This is because there are many other types of
liabilities which are to be considered as “cash loans taken” for the purpose of this survey. The
informant will normally not think of such liabilities as “loans taken”. The various types of “cash
loans” are listed below. To obtain information on each type, specific questions will have to be
put to the informant.
4.12.0.3 Cash loans, for the purposes of this survey, include:

1. Purchase of fixed assets or consumer durables using credit card if the amount due is not
paid within the due date – these are to be treated as cash loans from the date of purchase
2. Cash borrowed using credit card if the amount due is not paid within the due date – to be
treated as cash loan from the date of withdrawal
3. Interest-free cash loans taken from friends and relatives – to be listed under cash loans
4. Purchase of articles on „hire purchase basis‟ – the price excluding the initial cash
payment will be considered as cash loan
5. In a cultivator household, the credit extended by the trader (trader‟s credit) to cultivators
in anticipation that the borrowing cultivator will sell his crop to the creditor and
repayment is proposed to be done from that cash amount – to be treated as cash loan
6. Any loan taken in kind where the cash value of the commodity is noted as the contracted
amount to be repaid – to be considered as cash loan.
7. In addition, all loans taken explicitly as “loans” in cash from individuals or from agencies
such as banks and carrying interest – whether proposed to be repaid in cash or in kind –
are to be listed under cash loans.
4.12.0.4 Cash loans exclude

i. Balances due on overdraft account or cash credit limits sanctioned by a bank
ii. Small loans taken for short period without any security (if the original amount of an
unsecured loan is less than Rs. 500/- and the said loan is fully repaid/ proposed to be paid
within a period of one month, then, for operational convenience, it will not be considered
as a loan for the purpose of this survey).
(B) Kind loans

4.12.0.5 The following are to be treated as kind loans taken. Again, since people do not think of
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loans which are still outstanding?” Instead, specific questions are to be put to ascertain whether
such liabilities exist.
1. The amount due to provision merchants or other shopkeepers from whom goods were
purchased on credit, for which payments are made periodically, are to be treated as kind
loans if unpaid beyond the time limit set by the seller.
2. The amount of unpaid bills to doctors, lawyers etc., outstanding taxes, rent payable by the
sample household to government, landlord, public bodies, etc., beyond the specified time
limit – to be considered as kind loans since the due date.
3. Sometimes, payments are made to doctors, telephone company, electricity company,
municipal corporation etc., once in a month or after a fixed period of time – dues will be
considered as kind loan after the expiry of the due date.
4.12.0.6 In addition, the following will come under “kind loans”:

a) loans taken by explicit agreement in kind and proposed to be repaid in kind – to be
considered as kind loan.
b) loans taken in kind and to be repaid in cash, if taken on the understanding that, at the time
of repayment, the value of the commodity will be revaluated at the current market price
prevailing in the locality, are to be considered as kind loans.
4.12.0.7 Kind loans exclude

(i) Any loan taken in kind where the cash value of the commodity is noted as the contracted
amount to be repaid amount to be repaid; such a loan is treated not as kind loan but as
cash loan payable.
(ii) Difficulties may be encountered in collecting information on small loans taken for short
period without any security. Thus, if the original quantity of a commodity borrowed is
less than say, 10 kg and the said quantity is fully repaid during a period of less than one
month, such kind loans may be ignored.
Block 12: Particulars of cash loans payable by the household
4.12.0 In both Visit 1 and Visit 2 schedules, Block 12 will record various particulars of all cash
loans outstanding on the date of survey and transactions of all cash loans made during the period
“01.07.2018 to the date of survey” for Visit 1 and during the period “01.07.2019 to the date of
survey” for Visit 2. The loans from institutional agencies will be recorded first and loans from
non-institutional agencies afterwards. One line will be used for each loan.
4.12.1 Column (1): serial number of loan: For recording loans in this block, a specific order is
to be maintained starting from serial number „1‟. Serial numbers from 1 to at most 50 are to be
used for institutional loans and serial numbers from 51 onwards up to 98 will be used for non-
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4.12.2 Column (2): year of borrowing: The year of borrowing will be recorded in col. (2) in
four digits, e.g. 2016.
4.12.3 Column (3): whether loan remained unpaid on 30.06.2018/2019 (yes-1 no-2): For
each loan, this item will be recorded in code as 1 or 2. In Visit 1, it will be recorded whether the
loan remained unpaid on 30.06.2018. In Visit 2, it will be recorded whether the loan remained
unpaid on 30.06.2019. If unpaid code 1 will be put, otherwise, code 2.
4.12.4 Column (4): amount borrowed originally: For each loan, the amount originally
borrowed will be recorded in Rs. (whole number) in this column.
4.12.4.1 Sometimes, a second loan is taken from the same source before the first loan is fully
repaid and the unpaid amount of the first loan is included in the amount of second loan. The
borrower receives the sanctioned amount minus the unpaid amount of the first loan. Again, the
lender may deduct the first installment of interest before paying the amount to the borrower. In
all such cases, the amount contracted will be the amount originally borrowed, even if the amount
received by the borrower is less.
4.12.5 Column (5): credit agency (code): The agency from which the loan has been taken
will be recorded in col. (5) in code. The codes are:
scheduled commercial bank 01 non-bank linked SHG/JLG 12

regional rural bank 02 other institutional agencies 13
co-operative society 03 landlord 14
co-operative bank 04 agricultural moneylender 15
insurance companies 05 professional moneylender 16
provident fund 06 input supplier 17
employer 07 relatives and friends 18
financial corporation/institution 08 Chit fund 19
NBFCs including micro- 10 Market commission agent/traders 20
financing institution
bank linked SHG/JLG 11 Other 09
4.12.5.1 Codes 01-08 and 10-13 are applicable for loans from „institutional agencies‟. The
remaining codes are applicable for loans from „non-institutional agencies‟. The codes are
described below:
(i) Scheduled Commercial Bank: The scheduled commercial banks are those banks which
are included in the second schedule of RBI Act 1934 and which carry out the normal
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services. All loans taken from commercial banks, including nationalized banks, State Bank
of India and its associates like State Bank of Rajasthan and State Bank of Mysore, and
foreign commercial banks operating in India will be considered as loans taken from
„scheduled commercial banks‟.
(ii) Regional Rural Bank: Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) were setup with a view to
developing the rural economy by providing credit and other facilities, particularly to the
small and marginal farmers, agricultural labourers, artisans and small entrepreneurs. Being
local level institutions, RRBs together with commercial and co-operative banks, were
assigned a critical role to play in the delivery of agriculture and rural credit. The equity of
the RRBs was contributed by the Central Government, concerned State Government and
the sponsor bank. The function of financial regulation over RRBs is exercised by Reserve
Bank and the supervisory powers have been vested with NABARD.
(iii) Cooperative society: Loan may be obtained from agencies such as primary cooperative
credit societies, primary cooperative marketing societies, handloom weavers‟ cooperative
societies, other industrial or other types of cooperative societies. Loans from such
societies will be treated as from „cooperative society‟.
(iv) Cooperative bank: When a cooperative society gets banking license, they can have
cooperative banks, primary or central land development banks, or other types of
cooperative banks. Loans from such banks will be treated as from „cooperative bank‟.
(v) Insurance companies: All loans taken from different insurance companies like Life
Insurance Corporation, Postal Life Insurance and other will be considered as loans taken
from „insurance companies‟.
(vi) Provident fund: Loans taken from the Provident Fund account, such as Contributory
Provident Fund, and any other provident fund in the public/private sector offices and
companies, by the employees of the concern or account holder in case of Public Provident
Fund will be classified as loans taken from „Provident Fund‟.
(vii) Employer: If the employees of some organization (including Government) are taking loan
from the Employer, the credit agency may be entered as „Employer‟. These are meant for
those organizations (private /govt.) where loan is advanced to employees only not to
general public. Thus if bank employees takes loan from bank the code will be „scheduled
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(viii) Financial corporations/institutions: Institutions such as State Financial Corporations,

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), and Small Industries Development
Corporation (SIDC), which play a promotional and developmental role through extending
finance, may be grouped under this head. They were set up by some Act other than the
Companies Act. 1.7.63.
(ix) NBFCs including micro-financing institution: Please refer 4.3.10.1 to 4.3.10.3 for
definition of NBFC and micro-financing institutions/Self Help Groups (please refer
4.3.11.1 & 4.3.11.2).
(x) Self Help Group-Bank Linked: Please refer 4.3.11.1.
(xi) Self Help Group –Non Banking Financial Companies: Please refer 4.3.11.2.
The basic difference between SHGs under bank linkage and SHGs under NBFC is the
former are not for profit and the latter are for profit.
(xii) Other institutional agencies: Loans taken by households from institutions other than
those listed above.
(xiii) Landlord: The credit agency for loans given by landlords to their own tenants will be
taken as loan from „landlord‟. If the tenant takes a loan from a person who is not his
landlord, but belonging to the landlord class, the credit agency in such cases will be
„agriculturist money lender‟ or „professional money lender‟ etc., depending upon the types
of money lending business done by the landlord.
(xiv) Agricultural money lender: An agricultural moneylender is a person whose profession is

agriculture and who is also engaged in money lending business.
(xv) Professional moneylender: A professional moneylender is a person who earns the major
part of his income from money lending.
(xvi) Input supplier: Input supplier is a person who supplies goods to producers on credit.
(xvii) Relatives & friends: If a loan is received from one of the relatives or friends free of
interest it will be considered as a loan taken from „relatives and friends‟. If the loan bears
interest it will be considered as taken from an „agriculturist moneylender‟, „input supplier‟
etc., depending upon the type of business carried out by the relative or friend.
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schemes may be organized by financial institutions, or informally among friends, relatives,

or neighbours. In some variations of chit funds, the savings are for a specific purpose.
(xix) Market commission agent/traders: Commission agents are the key players between the
farmers and buyers for facilitating the auction, arranging for the payment to the farmers
(sellers) and other facilities like loading/unloading and cleaning of the produce and
delivery of the produce to the buyers. They also arrange the required equipments, machines
and labour for weighing, filling and stitching the grain bags for which the farmers and
buyers pay as per the rates prescribed under the Punjab Agricultural Produce Market Act,
1961. The capital intensive nature of green revolution technology increased the financial
needs of the farmers and the procurement needs of the state due to substantial increase in
the agricultural production. As a result, two inter-linked markets; credit market and product
market emerged, where commission agents played a dominant role. The institutional
sources alone could not meet the credit requirements of the farmers and they had to go for
non-institutional credit, especially from commission agents.
(xx) Other: Credit agencies not covered above will be recorded against this category.
4.12.6 Column (6): scheme of lending (code): Sometimes institutional agencies advance
loans under various programmes or schemes for development of particular community, area,
industry etc. The scheme under which loans are borrowed will be ascertained and will be
recorded in code in col. (6).
The codes are as mentioned below:
Mudra 1 exclusive bank scheme 6

Stand-Up India scheme 2 kisan credit card 7
NRLM/NULM (National 3 crop loan/ other agricultural 8
Rural/Urban Livelihood Mission) loan
other central govt. schemes 4 not covered under any scheme 9
exclusive State scheme 5
4.12.6.1 The codes are described below:
(i). Mudra Yojana: This is a scheme for providing loans upto Rs. 10 lakh to the non-
corporate, non-farm small/micro enterprises. These loans are classified as MUDRA
loans. These loans are given by Commercial Banks, RRBs, Small Finance Banks,
Cooperative Banks, MFIs and NBFCs. The borrower can approach any of the lending
institutions mentioned above or can apply online through this portal. MUDRA has
created three products namely 'Shishu', 'Kishore' and 'Tarun' to signify the stage of
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also provide a reference point for the next phase of graduation / growth.If any household
have taken loan under this scheme then code 1 should be recorded here.
(ii). Stand-Up India: It is a scheme to support entrepreneurship among women and SC & ST
communities. It is similar to but distinct from Startup India. Both are enabler and
beneficiary of other key Government of India schemes, such as Make in India, Industrial
corridor, Dedicated Freight Corridor, Sagarmala, Bharatmala, UDAN-RCS, Digital
India, Bharat Net and UMANG. The scheme offers bank loans of between Rs.10
lakh and Rs.1 crore for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and women setting up new
enterprises outside of the farm sector.If any household have taken loan under this scheme
then code 2 should be recorded here.
(iii). NRLM/NULM (National Rural/Urban Livelihood Mission): NRLM is

a poverty alleviation project implemented by Ministry of Rural Development,
Government of India. This scheme is focused on promoting self-employment and
organization of rural poor. The basic idea behind this programme is to organize the poor
into SHG (Self Help Groups) groups and make them capable for self-employment. In
1999 after restructuring Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP), Ministry of
Rural Development (MoRD) launched Swarna jayanti Grameen Swarojgar Yojana
(SGSY) to focus on promoting self-employment among rural poor. SGSY is now
remodelled to form NRLM thereby plugging the shortfalls of SGSY programme. The
scheme was succeeded by Deen Dayal Antyodaya Yojana on 25 September 2015.
National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM) to reduce poverty and vulnerability of the
urban poor households by enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled
wage employment opportunities, resulting in an appreciable improvement in their
livelihoods on a sustainable basis, through building strong grassroots level institutions of
the poor. The mission would aim at providing shelters equipped with essential services to
the urban homeless in a phased manner. In addition, the mission would also address
livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable spaces,
institutional credit, social security and skills to the urban street vendors for accessing
emerging market opportunities.If any household have taken loan under this scheme then
code 3 should be recorded here.
(iii). Other central govt. schemes: For all other central government schemes which are not
covered above code 4 is to be recorded.
(iv). Exclusive State scheme: There are some State specific schemes under which some loans
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(v). Exclusive bank scheme: All Scheduled Commercial banks have their own schemes (like
home loan, car loan etc.) which are very often taken by the household. In such cases code
6 is to be entered.
(vi). Kisan Credit Card: Kisan Credit Cards are issued by the Banks to farmers on the basis
of their land holdings so that the farmers may use them to readily purchase agricultural
inputs such as seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, etc. and draw cash for their production needs.
Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme aims at adequate and timely support from the banking
system to the farmers for their cultivation needs including purchase of inputs in a flexible
and cost effective manner. The Model scheme, prepared by NABARD, is being
implemented by commercial banks, RRBs and cooperative banks. The scheme primarily
caters to the short term credit requirements of the farmers. Under the scheme, banks
provide the Kisan Credit Cards to farmers who are eligible for sanction of production
credit of Rs. 5000/- and above. A credit card and a passbook or a credit card-cum-
passbook incorporating the name, address, particulars of land holding, borrowing limit,
validity period, etc. are issued to the beneficiaries under the scheme. This serves both as
an identity card as well as facilitates recording of the transactions on an ongoing basis. If
any household have taken loan under this scheme code 7 should be recorded here.
(vii). Crop loan/ other agricultural loan: The loan which is taken for production of crop or
any agricultural activity is considered as crop loan/agricultural loan. Code 8 is to be
recorded if loans are taken under such scheme.
(viii). Not covered under any scheme: If the scheme under which the loan is taken does not
fall into any of the above categories, code 9 may be given.
4.12.7 Column (7): tenure of loan (code): Loans are generally given for a specific period.
Short-term loans are advanced for a period of less than 1 year, medium-term for a period ranging
from 1 to 3 years and long-term loan for a period exceeding 3 years. Short-term loans are
sometimes given against pledge of commodities and sometimes without any pledge. The
relevant category of loans is to be ascertained and the appropriate code is to be given in col. (7).
The codes are:
short-term (less than 1 year)...1, medium-term (1 to 3 years)...2, long-term (3 years or more)....3
4.12.8 Column (8): nature of interest: For each loan, the nature of interest will be recorded in
code in col. (8) for institutional agencies only. The codes are:
interest-free ........1, simple ................ 2, compound ..........3

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4.12.9 Column (9): annual rate of interest (%): The rate of interest expressed as number of
rupees of interest per 100 rupees per annum actually charged by the lender will be recorded in
col. (9) for both institutional agencies & non- institutional agencies in two places of decimal.
4.12.10 Column (10): purpose of loan (code): The purpose for which the loan was incurred by
the household will be recorded in code against this item. The purpose of loan is defined as the
occasion which prompted the households to contract the loan. Even if the loan is utilised for a
purpose other than that for which it is borrowed, only the original purpose of borrowing will be
recorded here. If more than one purpose is involved, the purpose for which the major part of the
loan was originally intended to be spent will be recorded.
4.12.10.1 The codes for various purposes range from 01 to 12 and are explained as follows:
(i) Capital expenditure in farm business (01): The expenditure incurred on account of
purchase of land, land rights, reclamation of land for farm business, new purchases,
additions, major repairs and alterations and improvement of barns & animal sheds,
orchards and plantations, wells, borewells, tubewells, irrigation resources, agricultural
machinery and implements, transport equipment for farm business, purchase and other
capital expenditure incurred on milch or working/breeding cows and buffaloes, egg-laying
ducks and hens, etc. constitute the capital expenditure in farm business.
(ii) Revenue expenditure in farm business (02): The expenditure incurred on account of
purchase of seeds, manure, fodder, payment of wages, rent, land revenue, cess, water
charges etc., hire charges of pumps, implements, etc. constitute the revenue expenditure in
farm business.
(iii) Capital expenditure in non-farm business (03): The expenditure incurred on account of
purchase of land, purchase and constructions, additions and alterations, major repairs of
workplaces, workshops/manufacturing units, shops and other construction in relation to
non-farm business, transport equipment, non-farm business equipment and accessories,
etc. constitute the capital expenditure in non-farm business.
(iv) Revenue expenditure in non-farm business (04): The expenditure incurred on account
of purchase of raw materials, merchandise, fuel & lubricants, payments of rent, salaries
and wages, hire charges of implements and machinery, etc. constitute the revenue
expenditure in non-farm business.
(v) Expenditure on litigation (05): The expenditure incurred on account of litigation i.e., the
cost of the process of taking a case to a court of law so that a judgment can be made
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(vi) Repayment of debt (06): It is possible that to repay an existing loan the household need
to take another loan. In such cases code 06 is to be entered.
(vii) Financial investment expenditure (07): The expenditure incurred on payment of

insurance premium; deposits in co-operative societies and banks; contribution to chit
funds; purchase of Govt. securities, etc. constitute financial investment expenditure.
(viii) Expenditure on education (08): The expenditure incurred by the household on account
of tuition fees, admission fees, purchase of books, notebooks & stationery, etc. for
education constitute the expenditure on education.
(ix) Expenditure on medical treatment (10): The expenditure incurred by the household on
hospitalization, doctor‟s fees, purchase of medicines, medical diagnostic tests like scans,
X-rays, ECG, EEG and other pathological tests constitute the expenditure on medical
treatment.
(x) Expenditure on housing (11): The expenditure incurred by the household on account of
purchase of residential plots; purchases, repairs, additions & alterations, and new
construction of buildings for residential purposes constitute the expenditure on housing.
(xi) Other household expenditure (12): The expenditure incurred by the household on
account of purchase of durable household assets, clothing for use of the household;
expenditure on death ceremonies, marriages, etc., which are not covered under codes
„08‟, „10‟ & „11‟, constitute the other household expenditure.
(xii) Other (09): If the purpose does not fall under to any of the purposes (codes 1-10, 11-12)
mentioned above, code 09 is to be recorded.
4.12.11 Column (11): whether the loan is secured (yes -1 no 2): If the loan is secured (with
land/building/bullion/ornaments /financial asset etc.), code 1 may be entered otherwise code 2
should be recorded. In a secured loan the borrower pledges some asset (e.g. a car or property) as
collateral or guaranty for the loan. In those cases the loan becomes a secured one, owed to the
creditor who gives the loan.
4.12.12 Column (12): amount (including interest) repaid during 01.07.2018 /01.07.2019 to
date of survey: For each loan, the total amount, including interest repaid during 01.07.2018 to
the date of survey for Visit 1 and 01.07.2019 to the date of survey for Visit 2 will be recorded in
rupees.
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and subsidy. Usually, the household is given the benefit of subsidy, if it strictly adheres to the
repayment schedule fixed by the lending agency. The original amount borrowed, in such cases,
will include the amount of subsidy too. Now, if the household repays the entire amount of the
loan (excluding subsidy) as per contract and the last installment is paid during the reference
period mentioned in the heading of col. (12), the amount of subsidy will be considered to have
been repaid (notionally) during the said period and amount of subsidy and the last installment
taken together will be recorded in col. (12).
4.12.13 Column (13): amount written off (including interest) during 01.07.2018/
01.07.2019 to date of survey: Sometimes, to provide debt relief to farmers and others, the
government agencies, banks, etc. exempt the households from repaying a loan fully or partly and
consider such loans cleared up under its debt relief programmes. If such exemption of debt
repayment is granted during the period mentioned in the column heading of col. (13), the total
amount (including interest, if any) written off will be recorded in the column.
4.12.14 Column (14): amount outstanding (including interest) as on date of survey:

Corresponding to each of the loans considered in this block, amount outstanding, if any, on the
date of survey including interest will be ascertained and recorded in col. (14). In case, a loan is
fully repaid or written off during the reference period (01.07.2018 or 01.07.2019 to the date of
survey), the corresponding entries against these items will be „0‟. If the exact amount as on the
date of survey cannot be obtained, an assessment of the value of „amount outstanding including
interest‟ will be recorded.
4.12.15 Column (15): amount outstanding (including interest) as on 30.06.2018/30.06.2019:

The total amount outstanding on 30.06.2018/30.06.2019 will be recorded in col. (15) only for
those loans which were taken before 30.06.2018 for Visit 1 and for loans taken prior to
30.06.2019 in Visit 2. In view of long time lag between reference date and, eliciting direct
response to this item may not be feasible. Further, since eliciting separate information on
interest, be it for amounts repaid, written off or outstanding, was found to be operationally
infeasible by the field, each of these amounts are to be reported along with their corresponding
interest components. Accordingly, amount outstanding (including interest) as on 30.06.2018 in
Visit 1 or as on 30.06.2019in Visit 2 in col.(15) will be derived from the reported values (in
whole number of Rs.) of cols. (12), (13) and (14) as
col. (15) = col. (12) + col. (13) + col. (14)
Block 13: Kind loans payable by the household as on the date of survey
4.13.0 In this block, information will be collected in respect of all kind loans as described in
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account of any kind loan (explained in para 4.12.0.5) taken, entries are to be made in this block
separately for each transaction when the source (the agency to which the liability is due) of such
liabilities is different. It is to be noted that if a household is liable to pay on the date of survey to
two different input suppliers (or two different doctors, etc.), the number of liabilities to be
considered for recording entries in this block will be two, even though the source code (see
paragraph 4.13.3 below) will be same for both the loans.
4.13.1 Column (1): serial number: For all kind loans recorded in this block, a running serial
number starting from 1 will be put in col. (1).
4.13.2 Column (2): period: For each kind loan, the period for which the loan is outstanding
will be recorded in code in col. (2). The codes are:
less than 1 month 1 6 month & above but less than 1 year 4
1 month & above but less than 3 months 2 one year & above 5
3 month & above but less than 6 months 3
4.13.3 Column (3): source: For each liability, the agency to which the liability is due will be
recorded in code in col. (3). The codes are:
input supplier 1 doctors, lawyers & other professionals 3
relatives & friends 2 other 9
4.13.3.1 It is to be noted that the same source code may appear against two or more loans, since
two or more loans will be recorded separately in this block for loans outstanding to two or more
persons belonging to the same source type. Again, the source code for „input supplier‟ and
„doctor‟ etc., will be given only when the liability of the household arises on account of goods
and professional services received by the household from agencies belonging to the appropriate
source type. For example, when the household is liable to pay some amount to a doctor for
medical advice or for medicines received, the source code will be 3.
4.13.4 Column (4): purpose: For each loan, the purpose for which the loan taken will be
recorded in code in col. (4).
The codes are:
revenue expenditure in farm business 1
revenue expenditure in non-farm business 2
household expenditure 3
other expenditure 9
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4.13.5 Column (5): amount outstanding as on date of survey: For each of the liabilities, the
amount outstanding including interest on the date of survey is to be ascertained and recorded in
col. (5) in whole number of rupees.
Block 14: Value (Rs.) of transactions by the household on specified items

during 01.07.2018 to 31.12.2018 in Visit 1 and during 01.01.2019 to
30.06.2019 in Visit 2
4.14.1 This block has been designed to record

(a) capital expenditure (in Rs.) incurred for new purchase, constructions, additions,
major repairs and alterations, improvement of physical assets and
(b) value of sale, disposal and loss of physical assets during the reference period (July-
December 2018 in Visit 1 and January-June 2019 in Visit 2).
4.14.2 The information will be collected under the broad heads (a) residential land and buildings
(b) farm business and (c) non-farm business, with detailed items under each broad head. The
following points are to be noted while making entry in this block.
 Expenditure on items for household use is not to be considered here, except for the items
specified in this block, e.g. „transport equipment‟ (srl. no. 15, 20) and „wells‟ (srl. no. 9).
 All expenditure incurred by the household on the items in this block shall be considered
regardless of (i) whether the work is completed or is in progress and (ii) whether the item
is for the use of the household or for giving away as gift or whether it is subsequently lost
or sold after being in use.
 However, assets constructed/purchased by the household for the purpose of trade will not
be considered here.
 In the case of gifts received by the household during the reference period, the gift item
will not be considered for making entry in this block.
 If a household undertakes construction, improvement or repairing of an asset with
household materials and/or household labour, then the household is deemed to have some
expenditure on construction, improvement or repairing and the assessed value will be
recorded.
 In case of building and other constructions, whether in use for residential purpose or for
farm business or for non-farm business, addition and major repairs & alterations also
indicate improvement. Therefore, to avoid confusion, the column for expenditure in
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4.14.3 Expenditure: A physical asset may be purchased or constructed or improved upon

(including major repairs, additions, etc.) by the household. Actual expenditure incurred
during the reference period on physical assets purchased by the household shall be
reported here irrespective of whether the full amount is paid or not during the reference
period. In other cases, the expenditure will mean the value of actual construction, improvement
and maintenance work done during the reference period. The expenditure in kind will be
evaluated at the current market price prevailing in the locality or its neighbouring areas. All the
entries in columns 4 to 14 will be made in whole number of rupees.
4.14.4 Columns (1) and (2): The description and serial number of the items on which
information is to be collected in columns (3) to (14) have been specified in columns (1) and (2)
respectively.
4.14.5 Columns (3) to (7): Guidelines for collecting information on expenditure on different
items under columns (3) to (7) are described below.
4.14.6 Item 1, column (4): purchase of residential land: This will relate to the purchase of
full ownership rights or improvement to tenural status of the plots meant for residential purposes
alone or along with farm and/or non-farm business. If any expenditure is made during the
reference period, the actual expenditure shall be recorded here.
4.14.7 Item 1, column (7): improvement of residential land: This will relate only to the
expenditure incurred for various land improvement works like fencing etc., on residential plots
only. The actual expenditure made during the reference period shall be recorded here.
4.14.8 Items 2 & 3, column (3): floor area (0.00 sq. m. – urban only): For urban
households, approximate floor area of all newly purchased and constructed houses, buildings and
other constructions during the reference period will be recorded in this column irrespective of
whether these have been disposed of subsequently or remain owned on the date of survey. Area
will be recorded in sq. m. in two places of decimals. Floor area is defined as the covered area
under a roof. It will thus include the area of all types of rooms, including kitchens and latrines,
and covered verandah, and will exclude uncovered area both inside and outside the structure, e.g.
terrace, uncovered stairways and landings, etc.
4.14.9 Item 2, column (4): Purchase of residential houses, buildings and other
constructions (including farmhouses): If a new residential building, farmhouse or other
construction is purchased during the reference period for the household‟s own use or for the use
of others (and not meant for trading), the expenditure to be recorded will be the purchase price,
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4.14.10 Item 2, columns (5) & (6): addition/ major repair and alteration of residential
houses, buildings or other constructions: If expenditure was incurred during the reference
period for construction of a new residential building, farmhouse or other construction, or any
addition involving increase in the floor area of the existing residential structure for the purpose
of the household‟s own use or for the use of others (and not meant for sale), the actual
expenditure incurred shall be recorded in col. (5). Expenditure incurred for major repair and
alteration of residential houses, buildings, farmhouses or other constructions during the reference
period, incurred shall be recorded in col. (6).
4.14.11 Item 4, column (4): purchase of land for farm business: Whether any expenditure
has been incurred for purchasing land for farm business will be ascertained and the actual
expenditure incurred shall be recorded against this item.
4.14.12 Item 4, column (5): addition of land for farm business: Here the addition of land
implies reclamation of land for farm business. The reclamation of land may take place either (a)
bringing the new land under cultivation or (b) bringing the land which had earlier been under
cultivation but had temporarily gone out of cultivation. The reclamation of jungle land or other
uncultivated land by cleaning trees and shrubs, the reclamation of marshy or low-lying
uncultivated land by draining out, etc., are examples of new land brought under cultivation. The
reclamation of cultivated land which had gone out of use on account of one or more factors, like
salinity, growth of weeds, large-scale soil erosion, large deposition of desert sand brought in by
the wind, etc. are examples of reclamation of land temporarily gone out of cultivation. The actual
cost of reclamation of such land shall be considered here for entry.
4.14.13 Item 4, column (7): improvement of land for farm business: Improvement of land
can take place by constructing bunds around the land. Bunds are generally constructed to
demarcate one field from the other, or to sub-divide a field into plots to facilitate irrigation and
moisture conservation, or for prevention of soil erosion, or for protecting the crops in the low-
lying fields from flood. Actual expenditure incurred on account of this shall be recorded here.
4.14.14 Item 5, column (4): purchase of land rights: Purchase of land rights means
expenditure for improving tenural status. Installment payment made to government towards
purchase price of land settled on tenants in terms of land reform legislation will also be covered
here.
4.14.15 Item 6, columns (4)-(6): purchase/ addition/ major repair & alteration of barns
and animal sheds: Any expenditure incurred on new purchase, construction, additions, major
repair & alteration of the barns (grain golas) and animal sheds will be recorded in columns 4 to 6
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 Sometimes temporary sheds, hutments, machans, etc., are erected on the farm during
the season to guard against theft and also to safeguard the standing crops from wild
animals, birds, etc. In such cases, if the constructions are of a purely temporary nature,
that is, built to last only one season, such constructions are not to be considered here.
 Major alterations to the existing structure may mean replacement of a thatched roof by
a tiled roof, a mud wall by a stone wall, a kutcha floor by a pucca floor, etc.
Rebuilding of structures destroyed on account of any natural calamity will also be
considered as major alteration.
 The construction of a new structure may be for own use or for the purpose of gift.
4.14.16 Item 7, columns (4)-(5) & (7): purchase/ addition /improvement of orchards and
plantations: The term „orchard‟ means a garden of fruit plants and trees, like orange, fig, betel,
vines, apples, etc., while the term „plantation‟ covers gardens of coconut, cashew nut, tea, coffee,
rubber, cardamom, etc. Expenditure towards annual replanting (in place of plants or trees which
have ceased to yield due to the process of ageing) will be entered in col. (7), and new plantations
and additions during the reference period will be entered in cols. (4) and (5). The case of addition
will arise only when a part of the field had been prepared and planted earlier and work on the
remaining part was undertaken during the reference period. In case of new orchards and
plantations, expenditure incurred up to the time these start yielding produce will be entered in
col. (4). Care should be taken to see that expenditure on bund and other land improvements
relating to the orchards and plantations are not considered here. These are to be recorded against
item 4, in col. (7). Similarly, the value of land of orchards and plantations will be shown in item
4, col. (4). Any expenditure incurred for improvement of orchard and plantations will be
recorded in col. (7).
4.14.17 Item 8, columns (4)-(7): fish tanks (all types): Fish tank refers to ponds, lakes and
other small confined water bodies used for farming of fish and other commercial important
aquatic organism. Considerable investment is needed for converting natural water bodies like
ponds and lakes for commercial fish farming. Man-made tanks/ structures used for farming of
fish are also treated as fish tanks for the purpose of this item.
4.14.18 Item 9, columns (4)-(5) & (7)-(8): wells, bore-wells, tube-wells, FDS, other
construction & irrigation resources
a) well, tube well, bore well etc. (item 9): Any expenditure incurred for constructions,
major repairs and alterations of wells will be reported against this item.
 Construction of new tubewells, borewells, field distribution systems (FDS), etc.
will be considered for entry in col. (5).
 Improvement of existing wells will mean broadening and deepening and the other
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been rendered useless by an earthquake or on account of any other natural calamity

like flood etc., will be considered in col. (7).
b) other irrigation resources (item 9): This will include irrigation resources other than
wells, such as small tanks, water canal, etc. Widening of field distribution network is a
case of improvement and will be considered in col. (7).
c) other construction – farm business (item 9): Any construction work other than those
listed already would be covered under this item, e.g. hedges, fences, paths, etc. for the
purpose of permanent protection or improvement of the farm.
4.14.19 Items 10, 11, 12 columns (4)-(6): pump and other water lifting equipment; sickle,
chaff-cutter, axe, spade, chopper, plough, harrow etc., power tiller, thresher, cane crusher,
oil crusher combined harvester etc.: Any implement or machinery used in farm business as
well as for processing agricultural produce, including those which were hired out, will be
considered here. Some of these implements/equipment may be used partly in farm business and
partly in non-farm business or even for household purposes. Even in such cases, the machinery
and implements in question will be considered against under farm business, that is, items 10, 11
& 12 only.
4.14.20 Item 13, columns (4)-(5) & (7): livestock: working/breeding cattle & buffaloes:
When adult cows or buffaloes are kept for repeated use such as for breeding, for work, etc., they
will be considered here. Natural addition by way of birth will be recorded in col. (5) only for
those cases which are reported to be saleable, valuation being at current market price. Expenses
on hormonal treatment to increase the milk production would be covered under „improvement‟.
4.14.21 Item 14, columns (4)-(5) & (7): livestock: egg-laying ducks and hens: Only egg-
laying ducks and hens will be considered here.
4.14.22 Item 15, columns (4) & (6): purchase/ major repair & alteration of transport
equipment: Transport equipment used for farm business including those which were hiring out
will be recorded under this item. A list of different kinds of transport equipment is given in col.
(1) of Block 8 of the schedule.
As in case of agricultural machinery and implements, any transport equipment which is used
for farm business and, additionally, for non-farm business and/or household purposes as
well, will be treated as “transport equipment used for farm business” and, therefore,
recorded against item 15.
4.14.23 Item 16, columns (4) & (6): other expenditure on farm business: Expenditure
incurred on any other item of farm business, which is not covered by any of items 4 to 15 above,
will be considered here. Expenditure incurred for converting sugarcane field into paddy field, or
orchard land into wheat land, will also be covered. Some examples of major repairs and
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(i) replacement of wooden pillars of fences by stone or iron pillars

(ii) replacement of a wooden fence by an iron fence etc.
Expenditure incurred for raising the height of an existing fence is an example of „addition‟.
4.14.24 Items 17-21, columns (4)-(7): non-farm business: Non-farm business has been
defined in Chapter One, para 1.5.32. Any capital expenditure incurred by the household to run
the non-farm business during the reference period will be considered here for recording against
the appropriate item in the relevant column. Entries will be made against the items under „non-
farm business‟ only if the relevant item(s) is exclusively used in non-farm business. The items
have already been explained in connection with „farm business‟ and „residential land and
buildings‟.
4.14.25 Columns (9) and (10): amount financed from borrowings: Sometimes expenditure
on certain items is financed partly or wholly from borrowings. From the total expenditure
incurred during the reference period, the amount financed from borrowings is to be recorded in
columns 9 and/or 10 depending on whether the lending agency is an institutional or a non-
institutional one. Institutional agencies have already been defined in paragraph 4.12.5.
 In case of credit purchase of an asset or the materials for construction, etc. of an asset, the
amount outstanding at the end of the reference period will be considered as the amount
financed from borrowings.
 Again, if at the end of the reference period, some amount remains payable to the hired
labour used during the reference period for construction of a physical asset, the amount
will be treated as financed from borrowings.
4.14.26 Column (11): value (Rs.) of „sale‟: The term „sale‟ here will mean all transfer of assets
to others in return for payment received in cash or in kind. Payments received in kind will be
evaluated at the current market prices prevailing in the locality during the period under reference.
The amount received from sale will be recorded in col. (11) for each category of items sold.
4.14.27 Column (12): value (Rs.) of „disposal/loss‟: Loss of assets may be due to natural
calamities such as floods, earthquake, fire, etc. or other reasons such as accident, theft, damage
by termites, etc. The value of the loss should be estimated as the expenditure required to restore
the asset to its earlier condition. If an asset is totally discarded by the household during the
reference period, the entire earlier value of the asset will be the loss to the household. An asset
having no use to the household may be discarded or disposed of during the reference period.
This asset may be in very poor condition and is not likely to be sold for its intended purpose.
Still it may have had some scrap value, which will be recorded in col. (12).
4.14.28 Column (14): net addition (Rs.): The net addition during the reference period will be
derived as col. (14) = col. (8) – col. (13).

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Block 15: Remarks by investigator (FI/JSO)
4.15.1 Any problems encountered in canvassing the schedule, the attitude of the respondent,
etc. that may have affected the data reported (e.g., causing under-reporting of assets) should be
mentioned here by the FI/JSO. If any information reported and recorded appears doubtful to the
FI/JSO, that should be mentioned here. Conversely, any entry in the earlier blocks that might
appear abnormal but can be explained by the FI/JSO should be explained here for the benefit of
the supervisory officer.
Block 16: Comments by SSOs
4.16.1 This block is to be used by the supervisory officers to record their suggestions and
comments. They should particularly draw attention to implausible entries and give explanations,
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and their replies, Sch.18.2
sl. item/
block column query reply
no. sl. no.
1 1General - - If the senior most member of If the senior most member of the
household goes out of village parent household goes out of the
due to partition of the parent village due to partition, the
household, will the schedule be schedule will be canvassed in the
canvassed in the household household of the next senior
living in the village/block? member residing in the sample
village/block.
2 General - - A man has taken an educational Here the father‟s household is not
loan from a bank in the name of a loanee household. Hence it is
his son who resides in a hostel. not to be considered in the
The father is repaying the loan father‟s household.
amount to the bank. Is this block
to be filled in the father‟s
household?
3 General - - The instructions contained in (d) Shares which are acquired by
under para 4.0.3 say “If they are (i) by inheritance
acquired during the reference (ii) as bonus
period by ways other than (iii) as gift
purchase, then the market price are examples of “acquiring shares
prevailing on the date of survey by ways other than purchase”.
will be recorded”. What is meant
by “other than purchase”?
4 General - - NBFCs are performing functions NBFCs lend and make
similar to banks. What is the investments and hence their
difference between banks and activities are akin to that of banks;
NBFCs? however there are a few
differences as given below:
(a) NBFC cannot accept demand
deposits;
(b) NBFCs do not form part of
the payment and settlement
system and cannot issue
cheques drawn on itself;
(c) deposit insurance facility of
Deposit Insurance and Credit
Guarantee Corporation is not
available to depositors of
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no. sl. no.
5 General - - There are many jewellery shops It depends on whether the money
taking money from the public in is received as advance for
instalments. Does this amount to delivering jewellery at a future
acceptance of deposits? date or whether the money is
received with a promise to return
the same with interest. The money
accepted by jewellery shops in
instalments for the purpose of
delivering jewellery at the end of
the period of contract is not a
deposit. It will amount to
acceptance of deposits if, in return
for the money received, the
jewellery shop promises to return
the principal amount along with
interest.
6 3 - 11 If Mr. X has a deposit in a chit All chit fund contribution whether
fund (regulated), where to record regulated or informal should be
this item? recorded against col. (11) of
Block 3.
7 5.1 - - A household is in possession of No, it should not be recorded in
government land in a village. Block 5.1, item 5.
Will such type of land be It should be recorded in Block 4,
considered as owned? item 6.3.
8 5.1 - - If some land is received by a Yes, the land will be considered as
& household under long-term land owned and all the appropriate
5.2 lease, will it be considered for entries are to be made in this
entry? block for this land.
9 5.1 - - How to record area/value of land It is to be apportioned among all
& for a household staying on the the owners of the multi-storeyed
5.2 upper floor of a multi-storeyed building in proportion to area
building? occupied by the owners.
10 5.1 - 3 What will be the code in col. (3) Code „09‟ will be given for Block
& for the plot used for livestock/ 5.1 and code „02‟ will be given
5.2 bee-keeping/ sericulture? for Block 5.2.
11 5.1 - 5 Is the value of the land The value registered in the
& registered in the registrar office registrar office is to be taken.
5.2 to be taken or the market value?

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12 5.1 98 - A rural household has another No. „Homestead‟ is to be recorded
& house in an urban area, which is once for the site where the
5.2 used for residential purpose of household is selected (either rural
household members whenever or urban). The area of other
necessary. Whether „homestead‟ homestead is to be recorded like
is to be recorded for both Blocks other plots.
5.1 and 5.2?
13 5.1 98 - A person owns and resides on a Yes, provided the vegetable
& piece of land on which there is a plants, coconut trees, pond, etc.
5.2 building, some vegetable plants, are not located on a clearly
coconut trees, a small pond, etc. distinct piece of land with
Will the whole area be separate survey number.
considered as residential area
including homestead land?
14 5.2 96- 98 - In an urban FSU a household Homestead land will be recorded
owns a plot containing the in Block 5.2, serial no 98, and
homestead land and it owns (i) all other urban plots within the
another plot containing another FSU will be shown in Block
house (presently vacant) 5.2, starting with serial. no. 1
(i) in the same FSU (using one line for each plot).
(ii) outside FSU (urban area) (ii) it should be recorded in serial
(iii) outside FSU (rural area). no. 97 (Block 5.2)
How to make entries in Block (iii) it should be recorded in serial
5.2? no. 96 (Block 5.1)
15 1 6 - - In case of multiple ways of use In case of buildings and other
4 of structure, how will use constructions, first priority will be
(residential building/ farm for use as residential building,
business/ non-farm business) be then for use in farm business, and
determined? then for use in non-farm business.
16 1 6 - - For a building purchased on For any building purchased on

5 instalment basis, is the full value instalment basis, total cost of the
of the item or the actual amount building will be reported in Block
paid to be recorded? 6.
The amount outstanding
(instalment yet to be paid) will be
considered as cash loan and will
be recorded in Block 12.
Moreover, instalment paid during
July-Dec 18 for Visit 1 and during
Jan-June 19 for Visit 2 is to be
recorded in Block 14 as capital
formation in sl. no. 2 in the
appropriate columns.

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17 6 - - If a building is constructed on No. Also, the value of the leased-
leased-in or encroached land, in/ encroached land will not be
will the value of the building be reported in Block 5.1/5.2. A
reported in Block 6? remark may be put to that effect.
18 6 - - Residential building of Such type of possession will not
somebody else is occupied and be treated as owned and will not
possessed since last 40 years come in this block/item. This
without any right, registration, building will be considered for
etc. Will this be considered as entry in the household of the
owned? actual owner, if selected.
19 6 1, 8 - As on 30.06.18 the sample Case 1: The members of the
household has completed selected household do not reside
construction of a residential within the same site as that of
building up to its lintel level. the incomplete residential
Should this be reported against construction. Then the
item 1 or 8? construction will be reported
against item 8 (work-in-
progress).
Case 2: The members reside
within the same site. Then the
construction will be reported
against item 1.
20 7 - - If some livestock is possessed as No. Livestock for trading is
on 30.06.2018 for trading outside the purview of AIDIS.
purpose by the household, is the
value of such livestock
considered as asset?
21 7 - 3, 4 If out of four cattle of the same Col. 3: 4 will be recorded.
category one is fully owned by Col. 4: Assuming that each of the
the household and the remaining cattle has value = Rs.2000, the
3 cattle are shared equally with entry will be (2000×1+1000×3) =
another household, how are 5000
entries in col. 3 & 4 to be made?
22 7 - 16 A sample household owns a Yes.
monkey performing for money
which goes to the household‟s
earning. Will the monkey be
accounted in sl. no. 16 of Bl. 7?
23 2 8 - - In case an item of transport In case of transport equipment put
equipment is used in more than to multiple uses, main use will be
one way, how to decide its main determined by the major time
use? criterion.

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24 8 - - Transport equipment used for Transport equipment which was
more than 25 years has become obsolete & unusable on 30.6.2018
obsolete and not in a usable will not be considered in this
condition. What value will be block.
recorded?
25 8 1 5 (i) One sample household has 2 For both the cases (i) & (ii) it is
tractors which are used for for renting out only, and code 2 is
renting out without operator. applicable.
(ii) Another sample household
has 1 tractor which is used for
renting out with operator, for
ploughing purpose.
Which code is applicable in
situation (i) and (ii)?
26 8 5 - A van is mainly used for All transport equipment
transporting agricultural
irrespective of its use (farm/non-
produce. Whether this
farm/household use) will be
equipment is considered for considered in Block 8 only. Main
entry in Block 8 or 9. use will be recorded in col. (5) of
bl. 8.
27 9 - - Water pump used for household It will not be taken in any block.
purpose will come under which
block?
28 10 - - Will this block be kept blank in Yes, only non-farm business
case of a partnership non-farm equipment wholly owned by the
business? selected household will be
considered here.
29 10 - - A household has a grocery shop. No. Items for trading are outside
Are the stock values of the the purview of AIDIS. However,
grocery items to be reported as value of land and structures, if
asset? owned, will be reported in
appropriate blocks. Equipment
like scales, weights, etc. will be
reported in this block.

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30 10 - - A sample household member is These will not be reported here.
a painter of state acclaim (self- Please see paragraph 4.10.2, (iii),
employed) and in possession of Instructions to Field Staff, Vol. I.
5 finished paintings as on
30.06.2018 carried out all by
him and continues to possess
them as on the date of survey.
Each painting may fetch him
lakhs of rupees if sold as on the
date of survey. Can these be
considered here for reporting?
31 11a - - A household has gold ornaments The total value of the ornaments,
worth Rs.60,000. By pledging i.e., Rs.60, 000 is to be recorded.
these ornaments, the household
has taken a loan of Rs.40,000.
What is to be recorded against
item 20?
32 11a 1 - Should the cash in hand Yes, against item 1.
(currency) be recorded?
33 11a 1 - Where the amount in e-wallet If cash withdrawal facility is
should be recorded? available with the e-wallet, the
amount in e-wallet will be
recorded against item 1, col. (3) of
Block 11a.
34 11a 20 - A sample household is in Yes, in both the situations the
possession of a few utensils value will be recorded in item 20
made of gold and silver. of Block 11a.
Can the value of such golden or
silver utensils be considered for
this item in both the 2 situations
given below:
(i) used as utensils rarely
(ii) used as utensils on a daily
basis
35 12 - - How should a loan fully repaid For a loan fully repaid during the
during the reference period be reference period, all requisite
treated? entries will be made in Block 12.
36 12 - - A loan of Rs. 400 is retained for If the loan is taken against a
15 days. Should entries be made security, then the entries will be
or not? made irrespective of amount and
period for which it is outstanding;
otherwise, it will not be
considered.

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37 12 - - A loan of less than Rs. 500 is Yes.
repaid after one month. Will it
be covered or not?
38 12 - - The household has deposited (i) Yes, it will be considered as
Rs.6000 in a fixed deposit for a secured loan.
period of 1 year at the rate of 9%
interest. Against this fixed (ii) Rate of interest will be 10%
deposit he has taken a loan of on the loan amount of Rs. 5,000.
Rs. 5000 at the rate of 10%
interest. Will (i) this be treated
as loan and (ii) if so, what will
be the rate of interest?
39 12 - 10 A household has taken loan for Code for the purpose for which
purchase of animals, but utilized the loan is borrowed is to be
the amount for the marriage of a recorded. Code 1 is to be recorded
member. What code will be here.
given?
40 13 - - Will tuition fee, bus fee, electric
These are not cash liabilities.
bill etc. outstanding on the date They will be considered as kind
of survey be considered as cash loan from the due date and
liabilities? recorded in Block 13.
41 14 - - Where are taxes and other Expenses like direct taxes, etc.
related expenses incurred during will not be recorded in this block.
the reference period for farm as However, value of physical assets
well as non-farm business to be will be recorded inclusive of
reported? taxes/fees etc. if any, in Blocks
5.1 to 10.
42 14 - - Will second-hand purchase of No.
assets be reported in this block?
43 14 - 5-7 Will expenditure incurred on Yes.

repairing or addition or
improvement by tenants come in
this block?
44 14 - 6 A household has paid Rs.10,000 Yes. This expenditure will be
for purchase of bricks for taken since it has been incurred
undertaking major repairs to the during the reference period.
house, and the material was not
received during the reference
period. Should such expenditure
be accounted in this block?

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APPENDIX - I
LIST OF FOD SUB-REGIONS
regional office sub-regional office name of district & code state/u.t. name &
sl. no name (code) sl. no. name code sl. no. name code code
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1. Cuddapah (281) 1. Cuddapah 2810 1. Y.S.R. (Cuddapah) 10 Andhra Pradesh
2. Chittoor 13 (28)
2. Anantapur 2811 3. Anantapur 12
3. Guntur 2812 4. Guntur 07
4. Kurnool 2813 5. Kurnool 11
5. Nellore 2814 6. Prakasam 08
7. Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore 09
2. Vijayawada (282) 6. Vijayawada 2820 8. West Godavari 05 Andhra Pradesh

9. Krishna 06 (28)
7. Kakinada 2821 10. East Godavari 04
11. Yanam 01 Puducherry (34)
8. Visakhapatnam 2822 12. Srikakulam 01 Andhra Pradesh
13. Vizianagaram 02 (28)
14. Visakhapatnam 03
3. Guwahati (181) 9. Guwahati 1810 15. Kokrajhar 01 Assam

16. Dhubri 02 (18)
17. Goalpara 03
18. Barpeta 04
19. Bongaigaon 20
20. Chirang 21
21. Kamrup 22
22. Kamrup Metropolitan 23
23. Nalbari 24
24. Baksa 25
10. Silchar 1811 25. Karbi Anglong 15
26. Dima Hasao 16
27. Cachar 17
28. Karimganj 18
29. Hailakandi 19
4. Dibrugarh (182) 11. Dibrugarh 1820 30. Tinsukia 10 Assam

31. Dibrugarh 11 (18)
12. Jorhat 1821 32. Morigaon 05
33. Nagaon 06
34. Sivasagar 12
35. Jorhat 13
36. Golaghat 14
13. Tezpur 1822 37. Sonitpur 07
38. Lakhimpur 08
39. Dhemaji 09
40. Darrang 26
41. Udalguri 27
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Appendix I list of FOD Sub-regions
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
5. Muzaffarpur (101) 14. Muzaffarpur 1010 42. Sheohar 03 Bihar
43. Sitamarhi 04 (10)
44. Muzaffarpur 14
45. Saran 17
46. Vaishali 18
15. Darbhanga 1011 47. Madhubani 05
48. Darbhanga 13
49. Samastipur 19
50. Begusarai 20
16. Motihari 1012 51. Pashchim Champaran 01
52. Purba Champaran 02
53. Gopalganj 15
54. Siwan 16
17. Purnia 1013 55. Supaul 06
56. Araria 07
57. Kishanganj 08
58. Purnia 09
59. Katihar 10
60. Madhepura 11
61. Saharsa 12
62. Khagaria 21
6. Patna (102) 18. Patna 1020 63. Nalanda 27 Bihar

64. Patna 28 (10)
65. Bhojpur 29
66. Buxar 30
67. Kaimur (Bhabua) 31
68. Rohtas 32
19. Bhagalpur 1021 69. Bhagalpur 22
70. Banka 23
71. Munger 24
72. Lakhisarai 25
73. Sheikhpura 26
74. Jamui 36
20. Gaya 1022 75. Aurangabad 33
76. Gaya 34
77. Nawada 35
78. Jehanabad 37
79. Arwal 38
7. Raipur (221) 21. Raipur 2210 80. Raipur 11 Chhattisgarh

81. Mahasamund 12 (22)
82. Dhamtari 13
83. Uttar Bastar Kanker 14
84. Bastar 15
85. Narayanpur 16
86. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada 17
87. Bijapur 18
88. Balodabazar 19
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
89. Gariyaband 20 Chhattisgarh
90. Kondagaon 21 (22)
91. Sukama 22
22. Ambikapur 2211 92. Koriya 01
93. Surguja 02
94. Jashpur 03
95. Surajpur 26
96. Balrampur 27
23. Bilaspur 2212 97. Raigarh 04
98. Korba 05
99. Janjgir-Champa 06
100. Bilaspur 07
101. Mungeli 25
24. Durg 2213 102. Kabeerdham 08
103. Rajnandgaon 09
104. Durg 10
105. Bemetara 23
106. Balod 24
8. Ahmedabad (241) 25. Ahmedabad 2410 107. Gandhinagar 06 Gujarat

108. Ahmadabad 07 (24)
26. Bhavnagar 2411 109. Amreli 13
110. Bhavnagar 14
111. Botad 28
112. Diu 01 Daman & Diu (25)
27. Jamnagar 2412 113. Jamnagar 10 Gujarat
114. Porbandar 11 (24)
115. Dev Bhumi-Dwarka 30
28. Rajkot 2413 116. Rajkot 09
117. Junagadh 12
118. Gir Somnath 31
119. Morbi 33
29. Surendranagar 2414 120. Kachchh 01
121. Surendranagar 08
9. Vadodara (242) 30. Vadodara 2420 122. Panch Mahals 17 Gujarat

123. Dohad 18 (24)
124. Vadodara 19
125. Narmada 20
126. Bharuch 21
127. Chhota Udepur 29
128. Mahisagar 32
31. Mahesana 2421 129. Banas Kantha 02
130. Patan 03
131. Mahesana 04
32. Nadiad 2422 132. Sabar Kantha 05
133. Anand 15

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
134. Kheda 16 Gujarat (24)
135. Arvalli 27
33. Surat 2423 136. The Dangs 22
137. Surat 25
138. Tapi 26
34. Valsad 2424 139. Navsari 23
140. Valsad 24
141. Daman 02 Daman & Diu (25)
142. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 01 D & N Haveli (26)
10. Panaji (301) 35. Panaji 3010 143. North Goa 01 Goa
144. South Goa 02 (30)
11. Chandigarh (061) 36. Chandigarh 0610 145. Chandigarh 01 Chandigarh (04)
146. Panchkula 01 Haryana
37. Ambala 0611 147. Ambala 02 (06)
148. Yamunanagar 03
149. Kurukshetra 04
150. Kaithal 05
38. Hisar 0612 151. Fatehabad 10
152. Sirsa 11
153. Hisar 12
154. Bhiwani 13
39. Karnal 0613 155. Karnal 06
156. Panipat 07
157. Sonipat 08
158. Jind 09
40. Rohtak 0614 159. Rohtak 14
160. Jhajjar 15
161. Mahendragarh 16
162. Rewari 17
41. Faridabad 0615 163. Gurgaon 18
164. Mewat 19
165. Faridabad 20
166. Palwal 21
12. Shimla (021) 42. Shimla 0210 167. Solan 09 Himachal Pradesh
168. Sirmaur 10 (02)
169. Shimla 11
170. Kinnaur 12
43. Hamirpur 0211 171. Hamirpur 06
172. Una 07
173. Bilaspur 08
44. Dharamshala 0212 174. Chamba 01
175. Kangra 02
45. Mandi 0213 176. Lahul & Spiti 03
177. Kullu 04
178. Mandi 05

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
13. Jammu (011) 46. Jammu 0110 179. Punch 05 Jammu &
180. Rajouri 06 Kashmir (01)
181. Kathua 07
182. Jammu 21
183. Samba 22
47. Udhampur 0111 184. Doda 16
185. Ramban 17
186. Kishtwar 18
187. Udhampur 19
188. Reasi 20
14. Srinagar (012) 48. Srinagar 0120 189. Badgam 02 Jammu &
190. Leh 03 Kashmir (01)
191. Kargil 04
192. Srinagar 10
193. Ganderbal 11
49. Anantnag 0121 194. Pulwama 12
195. Shupiyan 13
196. Anantnag 14
197. Kulgam 15
50. Baramula 0122 198. Kupwara 01
199. Baramula 08
200. Bandipore 09
15. Ranchi (201) 51. Ranchi 2010 201. Lohardaga 11 Jharkhand

202. Ranchi 19 (20)
203. Khunti 20
204. Gumla 21
205. Simdega 22
52. Dumka 2011 206. Deoghar 05
207. Godda 06
208. Sahibganj 07
209. Pakur 08
210. Dumka 17
53. Hazaribagh 2012 211. Chatra 02
212. Kodarma 03
213. Hazaribagh 15
214. Ramgarh 16
54. Jamshedpur 2013 215. Purbi Singhbhum 12
216. Pashchimi Singhbhum 23
217. Saraikela-Kharsawan 24
55. Daltonganj 2014 218. Garhwa 01
219. Palamu 13
220. Latehar 14
56. Dhanbad 2015 221. Giridih 04
222. Dhanbad 09
223. Bokaro 10
224. Jamtara 18

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
16. Bangalore (291) 57. Bangalore 2910 225. Tumkur 17 Karnataka
226. Bangalore 18 (29)
227. Kolar 27
228. Chikkaballapura 28
229. Bangalore Rural 29
230. Ramanagara 30
58. Mangalore 2911 231. Udupi 15
232. Hassan 20
233. Dakshina Kannada 21
234. Kodagu 22
59. Mysore 2912 235. Mandya 19
236. Mysore 23
237. Chamarajanagar 24
60. Shimoga 2913 238. Shimoga 14
239. Chikmagalur 16
17. Hubli (292) 61. Hubli 2920 240. Gadag 07 Karnataka

241. Dharwad 08 (29)
242. Uttara Kannada 09
243. Haveri 10
244. Davanagere 13
62. Belgaum 2921 245. Belgaum 01
246. Bagalkot 02
247. Bijapur 03
63. Bellary 2922 248. Raichur 05
249. Koppal 06
250. Bellary 11
251. Chitradurga 12
64. Gulbarga 2923 252. Bidar 04
253. Gulbarga 25
254. Yadgir 26
18. Kozhikode(321) 65. Kozhikode 3210 255. Wayanad 03 Kerala

256. Kozhikode 04 (32)
257. Malappuram 05
258. Mahe 03 Puducherry (34)
66. Kannur 3211 259. Kasaragod 01 Kerala
260. Kannur 02 (32)
67. Palakkad 3212 261. Palakkad 06
68. Thrissur 3213 262. Thrissur 07
19. Thiruvanantha- 69. Thiruvanantha- 3220 263. Thiruvananthapuram 14 Kerala

puram (322) puram (32)
puram
70. Kochi 3221 264. Ernakulam 08
265. Lakshadweep 01 Lakshadweep (31)

71. Kollam 3222 266. Alappuzha 11 Kerala
267. Pathanamthitta 12 (32)

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
268. Kollam 13 Kerala
72. Kottayam 3223 269. Idukki 09 (32)
270. Kottayam 10
20. Bhopal (231) 73. Bhopal 2310 271. Vidisha 26 Madhya Pradesh
272. Bhopal 27 (23)
273. Sehore 28
274. Raisen 29
275. Hoshangabad 32
74. Chhindwara 2311 276. Betul 30
277. Harda 31
278. Chhindwara 38
279. Balaghat 40
75. Indore 2312 280. Dhar 21
281. Indore 22
76. Khandwa 2313 282. Khargone 23
(West Nimar)
283. Barwani 24
284. Khandwa (East Nimar) 49
285. Burhanpur 50
21. Gwalior (232) 77. Gwalior 2320 286. Sheopur 01 Madhya Pradesh
287. Morena 02 (23)
288. Bhind 03
289. Gwalior 04
290. Datia 05
78. Ratlam 2321 291. Neemuch 15
292. Mandsaur 16
293. Ratlam 17
294. Jhabua 47
295. Alirajpur 48
79. Shivpuri 2322 296. Shivpuri 06
297. Tikamgarh 07
298. Chhatarpur 08
299. Guna 41
300. Ashoknagar 42
80. Ujjain 2323 301. Ujjain 18
302. Shajapur 19
303. Dewas 20
304. Rajgarh 25
22. Jabalpur (233) 81. Jabalpur 2330 305. Katni 33 Madhya Pradesh
306. Jabalpur 34 (23)
307. Dindori 36
308. Mandla 37
82. Rewa 2331 309. Panna 09
310. Satna 12
311. Rewa 13
312. Umaria 14

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
313. Shahdol 43 Madhya Pradesh
314. Anuppur 44 (23)
315. Sidhi 45
316. Singrauli 46
83. Sagar 2332 317. Sagar 10
318. Damoh 11
319. Narsimhapur 35
320. Seoni 39
23. Aurangabad (271) 84. Aurangabad 2710 321. Jalna 18 Maharashtra

322. Aurangabad 19 (27)
323. Bid 27
85. Jalgaon 2711 324. Nandurbar 01
325. Dhule 02
326. Jalgaon 03
86. Nanded 2712 327. Nanded 15
328. Hingoli 16
329. Parbhani 17
330. Latur 28
87. Nashik 2713 331. Nashik 20
24. Mumbai (272) 88. Mumbai 2720 332. Mumbai Suburban 22 Maharashtra
333. Mumbai 23 (27)
89. Thane 2721 334. Thane 21
335. Raigarh 24
25. Nagpur (273) 90. Nagpur 2730 336. Wardha 08 Maharashtra

337. Nagpur 09 (27)
338. Bhandara 10
339. Gondiya 11
340. Gadchiroli 12
341. Chandrapur 13
91. Akola 2731 342. Buldana 04
343. Akola 05
344. Washim 06
92. Amravati 2732 345. Amravati 07
346. Yavatmal 14
26. Pune (274) 93. Pune 2740 347. Pune 25 Maharashtra

348. Ahmadnagar 26 (27)
349. Satara 31
350. Ratnagiri 32
94. Kolhapur 2741 351. Sindhudurg 33
352. Kolhapur 34
353. Sangli 35
95. Solapur 2742 354. Osmanabad 29
355. Solapur 30

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
27. Shillong (171) 96. Shillong 1710 356. West Khasi Hills 04 Meghalaya
357. Ribhoi 05 (17)
358. East Khasi Hills 06
359. Jaintia Hills 07
97. Tura 1711 360. West Garo Hills 01
361. East Garo Hills 02
362. South Garo Hills 03
98. Agartala 1712 363. West Tripura 01 Tripura

364. South Tripura 02 (16)
365. Dhalai 03
366. North Tripura 04
28. Kohima (131) 99. Kohima 1310 367. Mon 01 Nagaland

368. Mokokchung 02 (13)
369. Zunheboto 03
370. Wokha 04
371. Dimapur 05
372. Phek 06
373. Tuensang 07
374. Longleng 08
375. Kiphire 09
376. Kohima 10
377. Peren 11
100. Imphal 1311 378. Senapati 01 Manipur

379. Tamenglong 02 (14)
380. Churachandpur 03
381. Bishnupur 04
382. Thoubal 05
383. Imphal West 06
384. Imphal East 07
385. Ukhrul 08
386. Chandel 09
29. Bhubaneswar (211) 101. Bhubaneswar 2110 387. Nayagarh 16 Odisha

388. Khordha 17 (21)
389. Puri 18
102. Baripada 2111 390. Kendujhar 06
391. Mayurbhanj 07
392. Baleshwar 08
103. Berhampur 2112 393. Ganjam 19
394. Gajapati 20
395. Kandhamal 21
396. Baudh 22
104. Cuttack 2113 397. Bhadrak 09
398. Kendrapara 10
399. Jagatsinghapur 11
400. Cuttack 12
401. Jajapur 13

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
402. Dhenkanal 14 Odisha
403. Anugul 15 (21)
30. Sambalpur (212) 105. Sambalpur 2120 404. Bargarh 01 Odisha

405. Jharsuguda 02 (21)
406. Sambalpur 03
407. Debagarh 04
408. Sundargarh 05
409. Subarnapur 23
410. Balangir 24
106. Bhawanipatna 2121 411. Nuapada 25
412. Kalahandi 26
413. Rayagada 27
414. Nabarangapur 28
415. Koraput 29
416. Malkangiri 30
31. Jalandhar (031) 107. Jalandhar 0310 417. Kapurthala 02 Punjab

418. Jalandhar 03 (03)
419. Shahid Bhagat Singh 05
Nagar
420. Pathankot 21
108. Amritsar 0311 421. Gurdaspur 01
422. Amritsar 15
109. Hoshiarpur 0312 423. Hoshiarpur 04
424. Tarn Taran 16
32. Mohali (032) 110. Mohali 0320 425. Fatehgarh Sahib 06 Punjab
426. Patiala 14 (03)
427. Rupnagar 17
428. Sahibzada Ajit Singh 18
Nagar
111. Ludhiana 0321 429. Ludhiana 07
430. Sangrur 19
431. Barnala 20
112. Bhatinda 0322 432. Muktsar 10
433. Bhatinda 12
434. Mansa 13
113. Faridkot 0323 435. Moga 08
436. Firozpur 09
437. Faridkot 11
438. Fazilka 22
33. Ajmer (081) 114. Ajmer 0810 439. Nagaur 14 Rajasthan

440. Ajmer 21 (08)
441. Bhilwara 24
115. Jodhpur 0811 442. Jodhpur 15
443. Jaisalmer 16

E-10
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
444. Barmer 17 Rajasthan
445. Jalor 18 (08)
446. Pali 20
116. Udaipur 0812 447. Sirohi 19
448. Rajsamand 25
449. Dungarpur 26
450. Banswara 27
451. Chittaurgarh 28
452. Udaipur 32
453. Pratapgarh 33
34. Jaipur (082) 117. Jaipur 0820 454. Churu 04 Rajasthan
455. Jhunjhunun 05 (08)
456. Dausa 11
457. Jaipur 12
458. Sikar 13
459. Tonk 22
118. Alwar 0821 460. Alwar 06
461. Bharatpur 07
462. Dhaulpur 08
119. Sri Ganganagar 0822 463. Sri Ganganagar 01
464. Hanumangarh 02
465. Bikaner 03
120. Kota 0823 466. Karauli 09
467. Sawai Madhopur 10
468. Bundi 23
469. Kota 29
470. Baran 30
471. Jhalawar 31
35. Gangtok (111) 121. Gangtok 1110 472. North District 01 Sikkim
473. West District 02 (11)
474. South District 03
475. East District 04
36. Coimbatore (331) 122. Coimbatore 3310 476. Erode 09 Tamil Nadu
477. The Nilgiris 10 (33)
478. Coimbatore 31
479. Tiruppur 32
123. Dharmapuri 3311 480. Dharmapuri 29
481. Krishnagiri 30
124. Salem 3312 482. Salem 07
483. Namakkal 08
125. Tiruchirappalli 3313 484. Karur 12
485. Tiruchirappalli 13
486. Perambalur 14
487. Ariyalur 15
488. Pudukkottai 20
37. Chennai (332) 126. Chennai 3320 489. Thiruvallur 01 Tamil Nadu
490. Chennai 02 (33)
E-11
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
491. Kancheepuram 03 Tamil Nadu
127. Cuddalore 3321 492. Viluppuram 06 (33)
493. Cuddalore 16
128. Vellore 3322 494. Vellore 04
495. Tiruvannamalai 05
129. Puducherry 3323 496. Puducherry 02 Puducherry
497. Karaikal 04 (34)
38. Madurai (333) 130. Madurai 3330 498. Dindigul 11 Tamil Nadu
499. Madurai 22 (33)
500. Theni 23
131. Thanjavur 3331 501. Nagapattinam 17
502. Thiruvarur 18
503. Thanjavur 19
132. Tirunelveli 3332 504. Thoothukkudi 26
505. Tirunelveli 27
506. Kanniyakumari 28
133. Virudhunagar 3333 507. Sivaganga 21
508. Virudhunagar 24
509. Ramanathapuram 25
39. Hyderabad (361) 134. Hyderabad 3610 510. Yadadri 20 Telangana

511. Medchal-Malkajgiri 21 (36)
512. Hyderabad 22
513. Rangareddy 23
514. Vikarabad 24
515. Mahbubnagar 25
516. Jogulamba 26
517. Wanaparthy 27
518. Nagarkurnool 28
519. Nalgonda 29
520. Suryapet 30
135. Karimnagar 3611 521. Jagtial 06
522. Peddapalli 07
523. Karimnagar 13
524. Rajanna 14
525. Sangareddy 16
526. Medak 17
527. Siddipet 18
136. Nizamabad 3612 528. Adilabad 01
529. Komaram Bheem 02
530. Mancherial 03
531. Nirmal 04
532. Nizamabad 05
533. Kamareddy 15
137. Warangal 3613 534. Jayashankar 08
535. Bhadradri 09
536. Mahabubabad 10
E-12
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
537. Warangal Rural 11 Telangana
538. Warangal Urban 12 (36)
539. Jangaon 19
540. Khammam 31
40. Dehradun (051) 138. Dehradun 0510 541. Uttarkashi 01 Uttarakhand

542. Chamoli 02 (05)
543. Rudraprayag 03
544. Tehri Garhwal 04
545. Dehradun 05
546. Garhwal 06
547. Hardwar 13
139. Almora 0511 548. Pithoragarh 07
549. Bageshwar 08
550. Almora 09
551. Champawat 10
552. Nainital 11
553. Udham Singh Nagar 12
41. Agra (091) 140. Agra 0910 554. Mathura 14 Uttar Pradesh
555. Agra 15 (09)
556. Firozabad 16
557. Mainpuri 17
558. Farrukhabad 28
559. Kannauj 29
560. Etawah 30
561. Auraiya 31
141. Aligarh 0911 562. Bulandshahr 11
563. Aligarh 12
564. Mahamaya Nagar 13
565. Etah 70
566. Kanshiram Nagar 71
142. Meerut 0912 567. Meerut 07
568. Baghpat 08
569. Ghaziabad 09
570. Gautam Buddha Nagar 10
42. Allahabad (092) 143. Allahabad 0920 571. Pratapgarh 42 Uttar Pradesh
572. Kaushambi 43 (09)
573. Allahabad 44
144. Azamgarh 0921 574. Azamgarh 60
575. Mau 61
576. Ballia 62
577. Jaunpur 63
145. Faizabad 0922 578. Faizabad 46
579. Ambedkar Nagar 47
580. Sultanpur 48
581. Siddharthnagar 53
582. Basti 54

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
146. Gorakhpur 0923 583. Sant Kabir Nagar 55 Uttar Pradesh
584. Mahrajganj 56 (09)
585. Gorakhpur 57
586. Kushinagar 58
587. Deoria 59
147. Varanasi 0924 588. Ghazipur 64
589. Chandauli 65
590. Varanasi 66
591. Sant Ravidas Nagar 67
(Bhadohi)
592. Mirzapur 68
593. Sonbhadra 69
43. Bareilly (093) 148. Bareilly 0930 594. Budaun 18 Uttar Pradesh
595. Bareilly 19 (09)
596. Pilibhit 20
597. Shahjahanpur 21
149. Moradabad 0931 598. Bijnor 03
599. Moradabad 04
600. Rampur 05
601. Jyotiba Phule Nagar 06
150. Saharanpur 0932 602. Saharanpur 01
603. Muzaffarnagar 02
151. Sitapur 0933 604. Kheri 22
605. Sitapur 23
606. Hardoi 24
44. Lucknow (094) 152. Lucknow 0940 607. Unnao 25 Uttar Pradesh
608. Lucknow 26 (09)
609. Bara Banki 45
153. Fatehpur 0941 610. Rae Bareli 27
611. Banda 39
612. Chitrakoot 40
613. Fatehpur 41
154. Gonda 0942 614. Bahraich 49
615. Shrawasti 50
616. Balrampur 51
617. Gonda 52
155. Jhansi 0943 618. Jalaun 34
619. Jhansi 35
620. Lalitpur 36
621. Hamirpur 37
622. Mahoba 38
156. Kanpur 0944 623. Kanpur Dehat 32
624. Kanpur Nagar 33
45. Barddhaman (191) 157. Barddhaman 1910 625. Purba Barddhaman 09 West Bengal
626. Paschim Barddhaman 23 (19)
158. Bankura 1911 627. Bankura 13

E-14
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
628. Puruliya 14 West Bengal
159. Chinsura 1912 629. Nadia 10 (19)
630. Hugli 12
160. Medinipur 1913 631. Paschim Medinipur 18
632. Purba Medinipur 19
633. Jhargram 22
46. Kolkata (192) 161. Kolkata 1920 634. North Twenty Four 11 West Bengal
Parganas (19)
635. Kolkata 16
636. South Twenty Four 17
Parganas
162. Howrah 1921 637. Haora 15
47. Maldah (193) 163. Maldah 1930 638. Uttar Dinajpur 04 West Bengal
639. Dakshin Dinajpur 05 (19)
640. Maldah 06
164. Barhampur 1931 641. Murshidabad 07
642. Birbhum 08
165. Siliguri 1932 643. Darjiling 01
644. Jalpaiguri 02
645. Koch Bihar 03
646. Alipurduar 20
647. Kalimpong 21
48. Port Blair (351) 166. Port Blair 3510 648. Nicobars 01 A & N Islands
649. North & Middle 02 (35)
Andaman
650. South Andaman 03
49. Delhi (071) 167. Delhi 0710 651. North West 01 Delhi
652. North 02 (07)
653. North East 03
654. East 04
655. New Delhi 05
656. Central 06
657. West 07
658. South West 08
659. South 09

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Appendix II list of NSS regions
APPENDIX - II
LIST OF NSS REGIONS AND THEIR COMPOSITION
sl. NSS region detailed composition of region

state/u.t. (code)
no code description sl. no. name of district code
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1. Andaman & 351 Andaman & 1. Nicobars (01)
Nicobar Islands Nicobar 2. North & Middle Andaman (02)
(35) Islands 3. South Andaman (03)
2. Andhra Pradesh 281 Coastal 4. Srikakulam (01)

(28) Northern 5. Vizianagaram (02)
6. Visakhapatnam (03)
7. East Godavari (04)
8. West Godavari (05)
3. 282 Coastal 9. Krishna (06)

Southern 10. Guntur (07)
11. Prakasam (08)
12. Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore (09)
4. 283 Inland 13. Y.S.R. (Cuddapah) (10)

Southern 14. Kurnool (11)
15. Anantapur (12)
16. Chittoor (13)
5. Arunachal 121 Arunachal 17. Tawang (01)

Pradesh Pradesh 18. West Kameng (02)
(12) 19. East Kameng (03)
20. Papum Pare (04)
21. Upper Subansiri (05)
22. West Siang (06)
23. East Siang (07)
24. Upper Siang (08)
25. Changlang (09)
26. Tirap (10)
27. Lower Subansiri (11)
28. Kurung Kumey (12)
29. Dibang Valley (13)
30. Lower Dibang Valley (14)
31. Lohit (15)
32. Anjaw (16)
6. Assam 181 Plains 33. Lakhimpur (08)

(18) Eastern 34. Dhemaji (09)
35. Tinsukia (10)
36. Dibrugarh (11)
37. Sivasagar (12)
38. Jorhat (13)
39. Golaghat (14)
7. 182 Plains 40. Kokrajhar (01)

Western 41. Dhubri (02)
42. Goalpara (03)
43. Barpeta (04)
44. Bongaigaon (20)

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state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
45. Chirang (21)
46. Kamrup (22)
47. Kamrup Metropolitan (23)
48. Nalbari (24)
49. Baksa (25)
8. 183 Cachar Plain 50. Karbi Anglong (15)

51. Dima Hasao (16)
52. Cachar (17)
53. Karimganj (18)
54. Hailakandi (19)
9. 184 Central 55. Morigaon (05)

Brahamputra 56. Nagaon (06)
Plains 57. Sonitpur (07)
58. Darrang (26)
59. Udalguri (27)
10. Bihar 101 Northern 60. Pashchim Champaran (01)

(10) 61. Purba Champaran (02)
62. Sheohar (03)
63. Sitamarhi (04)
64. Madhubani (05)
65. Supaul (06)
66. Araria (07)
67. Kishanganj (08)
68. Purnia (09)
69. Katihar (10)
70. Madhepura (11)
71. Saharsa (12)
72. Darbhanga (13)
73. Muzaffarpur (14)
74. Gopalganj (15)
75. Siwan (16)
76. Saran (17)
77. Vaishali (18)
78. Samastipur (19)
79. Begusarai (20)
80. Khagaria (21)
11. 102 Central 81. Bhagalpur (22)

82. Banka (23)
83. Munger (24)
84. Lakhisarai (25)
85. Sheikhpura (26)
86. Nalanda (27)
87. Patna (28)
88. Bhojpur (29)
89. Buxar (30)
90. Kaimur (Bhabua) (31)
91. Rohtas (32)
92. Aurangabad (33)
93. Gaya (34)
94. Nawada (35)
95. Jamui (36)
96. Jehanabad (37)
97. Arwal (38)

E-17

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
12. Chandigarh 041 Chandigarh 98. Chandigarh (01)
(04)
13. Chhattisgarh 221 Northern 99. Koriya (01)

(22) Chhattisgarh 100. Surguja (02)
101. Surajpur (26)
102. Balrampur (27)
14. 222 Mahanadi 103. Jashpur (03)

Basin 104. Raigarh (04)
105. Korba (05)
106. Janjgir-Champa (06)
107. Bilaspur (07)
108. Kabeerdham (08)
109. Rajnandgaon (09)
110. Durg (10)
111. Raipur (11)
112. Mahasamund (12)
113. Dhamtari (13)
114. Balodabazar (19)
115. Gariyaband (20)
116. Bemetara (23)
117. Balod (24)
118. Mungeli (25)
15. 223 Southern 119. Uttar Bastar Kanker (14)

Chhattisgarh 120. Bastar (15)
121. Narayanpur (16)
122. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada (17)
123. Bijapur (18)
124. Kondagaon (21)
125. Sukama (22)
16. Dadra & 261 Dadra & 126. Dadra & Nagar Haveli (01)
Nagar Haveli Nagar Haveli
(26)
17. Daman & Diu 251 Daman & Diu 127. Diu (01)
(25) 128. Daman (02)
18. Delhi 071 Delhi 129. North West (01)

(07) 130. North (02)
131. North East (03)
132. East (04)
133. New Delhi (05)
134. Central (06)
135. West (07)
136. South West (08)
137. South (09)
19. Goa 301 Goa 138. North Goa (01)

(30) 139. South Goa (02)
20. Gujarat 241 South 140. Panch Mahals (17)

(24) Eastern 141. Dohad (18)
142. Vadodara (19)
143. Narmada (20)

E-18

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
144. Bharuch (21)
145. The Dangs (22)
146. Navsari (23)
147. Valsad (24)
148. Surat (25)
149. Tapi (26)
150. Chhota Udepur (29)
151. Mahisagar (32)
21. 242 Plains 152. Mahesana (04)

Northern 153. Sabar Kantha (05)
154. Gandhinagar (06)
155. Ahmadabad (07)
156. Anand (15)
157. Kheda (16)
158. Arvalli (27)
22. 243 Dry areas 159. Banas Kantha (02)

160. Patan (03)
23. 244 Kachchh 161. Kachchh (01)
24. 245 Saurashtra 162. Surendranagar (08)

163. Rajkot (09)
164. Jamnagar (10)
165. Porbandar (11)
166. Junagadh (12)
167. Amreli (13)
168. Bhavnagar (14)
169. Botad (28)
170. Dev Bhumi-Dwarka (30)
171. Gir Somnath (31)
172. Morbi (33)
25. Haryana 061 Eastern 173. Panchkula (01)

(06) 174. Ambala (02)
175. Yamunanagar (03)
176. Kurukshetra (04)
177. Kaithal (05)
178. Karnal (06)
179. Panipat (07)
180. Sonipat (08)
181. Rohtak (14)
182. Jhajjar (15)
183. Gurgaon (18)
184. Mewat (19)
185. Faridabad (20)
186. Palwal (21)
26. 062 Western 187. Jind (09)

188. Fatehabad (10)
189. Sirsa (11)
190. Hisar (12)
191. Bhiwani (13)
192. Mahendragarh (16)
193. Rewari (17)

E-19

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
27. Himachal 021 Central 194. Kangra (02)

Pradesh 195. Kullu (04)
(02) 196. Mandi (05)
197. Hamirpur (06)
198. Una (07)
28. 022 Trans 199. Chamba (01)

Himalayan 200. Lahul & Spiti (03)
& Southern 201. Bilaspur (08)
202. Solan (09)
203. Sirmaur (10)
204. Shimla (11)
205. Kinnaur (12)
29. Jammu & 011 Mountainous 206. Kathua (07)

Kashmir 207. Jammu (21)
(01) 208. Samba (22)
30. 012 Outer Hills 209. Punch (05)

210. Rajouri (06)
211. Doda (16)
212. Ramban (17)
213. Kishtwar (18)
214. Udhampur (19)
215. Reasi (20)
31. 013 Jhelam Valley 216. Kupwara (01)

217. Badgam (02)
218. Baramula (08)
219. Bandipore (09)
220. Srinagar (10)
221. Ganderbal (11)
222. Pulwama (12)
223. Shupiyan (13)
224. Anantnag (14)
225. Kulgam (15)
32. 014 Ladakh 226. Leh (03)

227. Kargil (04)
33. Jharkhand 201 Ranchi 228. Garhwa (01)

(20) Plateau 229. Lohardaga (11)
230. Purbi Singhbhum (12)
231. Palamu (13)
232. Latehar (14)
233. Ranchi (19)
234. Khunti (20)
235. Gumla (21)
236. Simdega (22)
237. Pashchimi Singhbhum (23)
238. Saraikela-Kharsawan (24)
34. 202 Hazaribagh 239. Chatra (02)

Plateau 240. Kodarma (03)
241. Giridih (04)

E-20

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
242. Deoghar (05)
243. Godda (06)
244. Sahibganj (07)
245. Pakur (08)
246. Dhanbad (09)
247. Bokaro (10)
248. Hazaribagh (15)
249. Ramgarh (16)
250. Dumka (17)
251. Jamtara (18)
35. Karnataka 291 Coastal & 252. Uttara Kannada (09)

(29) Ghats 253. Udupi (15)
254. Dakshina Kannada (21)
36. 292 Inland 255. Shimoga (14)

Eastern 256. Chikmagalur (16)
257. Hassan (20)
258. Kodagu (22)
37. 293 Inland 259. Tumkur (17)

Southern 260. Bangalore (18)
261. Mandya (19)
262. Mysore (23)
263. Chamarajanagar (24)
264. Kolar (27)
265. Chikkaballapura (28)
266. Bangalore Rural (29)
267. Ramanagara (30)
38. 294 Inland 268. Belgaum (01)

Northern 269. Bagalkot (02)
270. Bijapur (03)
271. Bidar (04)
272. Raichur (05)
273. Koppal (06)
274. Gadag (07)
275. Dharwad (08)
276. Haveri (10)
277. Bellary (11)
278. Chitradurga (12)
279. Davanagere (13)
280. Gulbarga (25)
281. Yadgir (26)
39. Kerala 321 Northern 282. Kasaragod (01)

(32) 283. Kannur (02)
284. Wayanad (03)
285. Kozhikode (04)
286. Malappuram (05)
287. Palakkad (06)
40. 322 Southern 288. Thrissur (07)

289. Ernakulam (08)
290. Idukki (09)
291. Kottayam (10)
292. Alappuzha (11)

E-21

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
293. Pathanamthitta (12)
294. Kollam (13)
295. Thiruvananthapuram (14)
41. Lakshadweep 311 Lakshadweep 296. Lakshadweep (01)

(31)
42. Madhya 231 Vindhya 297. Tikamgarh (07)

Pradesh 298. Chhatarpur (08)
(23) 299. Panna (09)
300. Satna (12)
301. Rewa (13)
302. Umaria (14)
303. Shahdol (43)
304. Anuppur (44)
305. Sidhi (45)
306. Singrauli (46)
43. 232 Central 307. Sagar (10)

308. Damoh (11)
309. Vidisha (26)
310. Bhopal (27)
311. Sehore (28)
312. Raisen (29)
44. 233 Malwa 313. Neemuch (15)

314. Mandsaur (16)
315. Ratlam (17)
316. Ujjain (18)
317. Shajapur (19)
318. Dewas (20)
319. Dhar (21)
320. Indore (22)
321. Rajgarh (25)
322. Jhabua (47)
323. Alirajpur (48)
45. 234 South 324. Katni (33)

325. Jabalpur (34)
326. Narsimhapur (35)
327. Dindori (36)
328. Mandla (37)
329. Chhindwara (38)
330. Seoni (39)
331. Balaghat (40)
46. 235 South 332. Khargone (West Nimar) (23)

Western 333. Barwani (24)
334. Betul (30)
335. Harda (31)
336. Hoshangabad (32)
337. Khandwa (East Nimar) (49)
338. Burhanpur (50)
47. 236 Northern 339. Sheopur (01)

E-22

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
340. Morena (02)
341. Bhind (03)
342. Gwalior (04)
343. Datia (05)
344. Shivpuri (06)
345. Guna (41)
346. Ashoknagar (42)
48. Maharashtra 271 Coastal 347. Thane (21)

(27) 348. Mumbai Suburban (22)
349. Mumbai (23)
350. Raigarh (24)
351. Ratnagiri (32)
352. Sindhudurg (33)
49. 272 Inland 353. Pune (25)

Western 354. Ahmadnagar (26)
355. Solapur (30)
356. Satara (31)
357. Kolhapur (34)
358. Sangli (35)
50. 273 Inland 359. Nandurbar (01)

Northern 360. Dhule (02)
361. Jalgaon (03)
362. Nashik (20)
51. 274 Inland 363. Nanded (15)

Central 364. Hingoli (16)
365. Parbhani (17)
366. Jalna (18)
367. Aurangabad (19)
368. Bid (27)
369. Latur (28)
370. Osmanabad (29)
52. 275 Inland 371. Buldana (04)

Eastern 372. Akola (05)
373. Washim (06)
374. Amravati (07)
375. Wardha (08)
376. Nagpur (09)
377. Yavatmal (14)
53. 276 Eastern 378. Bhandara (10)

379. Gondiya (11)
380. Gadchiroli (12)
381. Chandrapur (13)
54. Manipur 141 Plains 382. Bishnupur (04)

(14) 383. Thoubal (05)
384. Imphal West (06)
385. Imphal East (07)
55. 142 Hills 386. Senapati (01)

387. Tamenglong (02)

E-23

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
388. Churachandpur (03)
389. Ukhrul (08)
390. Chandel (09)
56. Meghalaya 171 Meghalaya 391. West Garo Hills (01)

(17) 392. East Garo Hills (02)
393. South Garo Hills (03)
394. West Khasi Hills (04)
395. Ribhoi (05)
396. East Khasi Hills (06)
397. Jaintia Hills (07)
57. Mizoram 151 Mizoram 398. Mamit (01)

(15) 399. Kolasib (02)
400. Aizwal (03)
401. Champhai (04)
402. Serchhip (05)
403. Lunglei (06)
404. Lawngtlai (07)
405. Saiha (08)
58. Nagaland 131 Nagaland 406. Mon (01)

(13) 407. Mokokchung (02)
408. Zunheboto (03)
409. Wokha (04)
410. Dimapur (05)
411. Phek (06)
412. Tuensang (07)
413. Longleng (08)
414. Kiphire (09)
415. Kohima (10)
416. Peren (11)
59. Odisha 211 Coastal 417. Baleshwar (08)

(21) 418. Bhadrak (09)
419. Kendrapara (10)
420. Jagatsinghapur (11)
421. Cuttack (12)
422. Jajapur (13)
423. Nayagarh (16)
424. Khordha (17)
425. Puri (18)
60. 212 Southern 426. Ganjam (19)

427. Gajapati (20)
428. Kandhamal (21)
429. Baudh (22)
430. Subarnapur (23)
431. Balangir (24)
432. Nuapada (25)
433. Kalahandi (26)
434. Rayagada (27)
435. Nabarangapur (28)
436. Koraput (29)

E-24

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
437. Malkangiri (30)
61. 213 Northern 438. Bargarh (01)

439. Jharsuguda (02)
440. Sambalpur (03)
441. Debagarh (04)
442. Sundargarh (05)
443. Kendujhar (06)
444. Mayurbhanj (07)
445. Dhenkanal (14)
446. Anugul (15)
62. Puducherry 341 Puducherry 447. Yanam (01)

(34) 448. Puducherry (02)
449. Mahe (03)
450. Karaikal (04)
63. Punjab 031 Northern 451. Gurdaspur (01)

(03) 452. Kapurthala (02)
453. Jalandhar (03)
454. Hoshiarpur (04)
455. Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar (05)
456. Amritsar (15)
457. Tarn Taran (16)
458. Rupnagar (17)
459. Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (18)
460. Pathankot (21)
64. 032 Southern 461. Fatehgarh Sahib (06)

462. Ludhiana (07)
463. Moga (08)
464. Firozpur (09)
465. Muktsar (10)
466. Faridkot (11)
467. Bhatinda (12)
468. Mansa (13)
469. Patiala (14)
470. Sangrur (19)
471. Barnala (20)
472. Fazilka (22)
65. Rajasthan 081 Western 473. Bikaner (03)

(08) 474. Jodhpur (15)
475. Jaisalmer (16)
476. Barmer (17)
477. Jalor (18)
478. Sirohi (19)
479. Pali (20)
66. 082 North- 480. Alwar (06)

Eastern 481. Bharatpur (07)
482. Dhaulpur (08)
483. Karauli (09)
484. Sawai Madhopur (10)

E-25

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
485. Dausa (11)
486. Jaipur (12)
487. Ajmer (21)
488. Tonk (22)
489. Bhilwara (24)
67. 083 Southern 490. Rajsamand (25)

491. Dungarpur (26)
492. Banswara (27)
493. Udaipur (32)
68. 084 South- 494. Bundi (23)

Eastern 495. Chittaurgarh (28)
496. Kota (29)
497. Baran (30)
498. Jhalawar (31)
499. Pratapgarh (33)
69. 085 Northern 500. Sri Ganganagar (01)

501. Hanumangarh (02)
502. Churu (04)
503. Jhunjhunun (05)
504. Sikar (13)
505. Nagaur (14)
70. Sikkim 111 Sikkim 506. North District (01)

(11) 507. West District (02)
508. South District (03)
509. East District (04)
71. Tamil Nadu 331 Coastal 510. Thiruvallur (01)

(33) Northern 511. Chennai (02)
512. Kancheepuram (03)
513. Vellore (04)
514. Tiruvannamalai (05)
515. Viluppuram (06)
516. Cuddalore (16)
72. 332 Coastal 517. Karur (12)

518. Tiruchirappalli (13)
519. Perambalur (14)
520. Ariyalur (15)
521. Nagapattinam (17)
522. Thiruvarur (18)
523. Thanjavur (19)
524. Pudukkottai (20)
73. 333 Southern 525. Dindigul (11)

526. Sivaganga (21)
527. Madurai (22)
528. Theni (23)
529. Virudhunagar (24)
530. Ramanathapuram (25)
531. Thoothukkudi (26)
532. Tirunelveli (27)

E-26

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
533. Kanniyakumari (28)
74. 334 Inland 534. Salem (07)

535. Namakkal (08)
536. Erode (09)
537. The Nilgiris (10)
538. Dharmapuri (29)
539. Krishnagiri (30)
540. Coimbatore (31)
541. Tiruppur (32)
75. Telangana 361 Inland 542. Adilabad (01)

(36) North Western 543. Komaram Bheem (02)
544. Mancherial (03)
545. Nirmal (04)
546. Nizamabad (05)
547. Kamareddy (15)
548. Sangareddy (16)
549. Medak (17)
550. Siddipet (18)
551. Medchal-Malkajgiri (21)
552. Hyderabad (22)
553. Rangareddy (23)
554. Vikarabad (24)
555. Mahbubnagar (25)
556. Jogulamba (26)
557. Wanaparthy (27)
558. Nagarkurnool (28)
76. 362 Inland 559. Jagtial (06)

North Eastern 560. Peddapalli (07)
561. Jayashankar (08)
562. Bhadradri (09)
563. Mahabubabad (10)
564. Warangal Rural (11)
565. Warangal Urban (12)
566. Karimnagar (13)
567. Rajanna (14)
568. Jangaon (19)
569. Yadadri (20)
570. Nalgonda (29)
571. Suryapet (30)
572. Khammam (31)
77. Tripura 161 Tripura 573. West Tripura (01)

(16) 574. South Tripura (02)
575. Dhalai (03)
576. North Tripura (04)
78. Uttarakhand 051 Uttarakhand 577. Uttarkashi (01)

(05) 578. Chamoli (02)
579. Rudraprayag (03)
580. Tehri Garhwal (04)
581. Dehradun (05)
582. Garhwal (06)
583. Pithoragarh (07)
584. Bageshwar (08)
585. Almora (09)
E-27

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
586. Champawat (10)
587. Nainital (11)
588. Udham Singh Nagar (12)
589. Hardwar (13)
79. Uttar Pradesh 091 Northern 590. Saharanpur (01)

(09) Upper 591. Muzaffarnagar (02)
Ganga 592. Bijnor (03)
Plains 593. Moradabad (04)
594. Rampur (05)
80. 092 Central 595. Jyotiba Phule Nagar (06)

596. Meerut (07)
597. Baghpat (08)
598. Ghaziabad (09)
599. Gautam Buddha Nagar (10)
600. Sitapur (23)
601. Hardoi (24)
602. Unnao (25)
603. Lucknow (26)
604. Rae Bareli (27)
605. Kanpur Dehat (32)
606. Kanpur Nagar (33)
607. Fatehpur (41)
608. Bara Banki (45)
81. 093 Eastern 609. Pratapgarh (42)

610. Kaushambi (43)
611. Allahabad (44)
612. Faizabad (46)
613. Ambedkar Nagar (47)
614. Sultanpur (48)
615. Bahraich (49)
616. Shrawasti (50)
617. Balrampur (51)
618. Gonda (52)
619. Siddharthnagar (53)
620. Basti (54)
621. Sant Kabir Nagar (55)
622. Maharajganj (56)
623. Gorakhpur (57)
624. Kushinagar (58)
625. Deoria (59)
626. Azamgarh (60)
627. Mau (61)
628. Ballia (62)
629. Jaunpur (63)
630. Ghazipur (64)
631. Chandauli (65)
632. Varanasi (66)
633. Sant Ravidas Nagar(Bhadohi) (67)
634. Mirzapur (68)
635. Sonbhadra (69)

E-28

state/u.t. (code)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
82. 094 Southern 636. Jalaun (34)

637. Jhansi (35)
638. Lalitpur (36)
639. Hamirpur (37)
640. Mahoba (38)
641. Banda (39)
642. Chitrakoot (40)
83. 095 Southern 643. Bulandshahr (11)
Upper 644. Aligarh (12)
Ganga 645. Mahamaya Nagar (13)
Plains 646. Mathura (14)
647. Agra (15)
648. Firozabad (16)
649. Mainpuri (17)
650. Budaun (18)
651. Bareilly (19)
652. Pilibhit (20)
653. Shahjahanpur (21)
654. Kheri (22)
655. Farrukhabad (28)
656. Kannauj (29)
657. Etawah (30)
658. Auraiya (31)
659. Etah (70)
660. Kanshiram Nagar (71)
84. West Bengal 191 Himalayan 661. Darjiling (01)

(19) 662. Jalpaiguri (02)
663. Koch Bihar (03)
664. Alipurduar (20)
665. Kalimpong (21)
85. 192 Eastern 666. Uttar Dinajpur (04)

Plains 667. Dakshin Dinajpur (05)
668. Maldah (06)
669. Murshidabad (07)
670. Birbhum (08)
671. Nadia (10)
86. 193 Southern 672. North Twenty Four Parganas (11)

Plains 673. Kolkata (16)
674. South Twenty Four Parganas (17)
87. 194 Central 675. Purba Barddhaman (09)

Plains 676. Hugli (12)
677. Haora (15)
678. Paschim Barddhaman (23)
88. 195 Western 679. Bankura (13)

Plains 680. Puruliya (14)
681. Paschim Medinipur (18)
682. Purba Medinipur (19)
683. Jhargram (22)

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Instructions to Field Staff

Design, Concepts, Definitions and Procedures

NSS 77th ROUND

National Sample Survey Office

Title Page No.

Chapter One : Introduction: Coverage, Concepts, Design and A1 – A33

Chapter Two : Schedule: 0.0: List of Households B1 – B40

Chapter Three : Schedule 33.1: Land and Livestock Holdings of C1 – C100

Chapter Four : Schedule 18.2: Debt and Investment D1 – D71

Appendix I & II : E1 – E29

1.1 Objectives of the survey

1.2 Outline of the Survey programme

Schedule 0.0 : list of households

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State/UT Extent of matching

1.3 Contents of Volume I

1.4 Sample Design

1.4.1 Formation of sub-units (SUs):

projected population of the village no. of SUs to be formed

1.4.1.4 Special case:

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projected population of the village no. of SUs to be formed

1.4.3 Sampling Frame for First Stage Units (FSUs):

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1.4.4 Stratification of FSUs:

Group 3: remaining villages

1.4.10 Allocation to sub-strata:

1.4.11 Selection of FSUs within a stratum/sub-stratum:

1.4.12 Formation of sub-units and listing of households

1.4.12.2 Procedure of formation of SUs: After identification of the boundaries of the

Composition SSS number of

1.4.13.2 Schedule 18.2: Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS):

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Composition SSS number of

1.5 Concepts and Definitions:

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(ii) In deciding the composition of a household, more emphasis is to be placed on 'normally

1.5.4 Household size: The number of members of a household is its size.

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deriving usual monthly consumer expenditure of the household. However, expenditure on

The sum of A+B+C+(D/12) is to be entered as usual monthly consumer expenditure of the

a) Self-employed in agriculture/non-agriculture: Persons who operate their own farm or non-

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c) Casual labour household in agriculture/non-agriculture: Persons working in farm or non-

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1.5.13 Agricultural production: Agricultural production includes:

b) Production of plantation crops like tea, coffee, cocoa, rubber etc.

1.5.14 Shifting/jhum cultivation: Shifting cultivation is a primitive nature of cultivation

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1.5.24 Household operational holding: Within a household, different household members

1.5.26 Parcels: A parcel of a household operational holding is a piece of land surrounded

1.5.27 Agricultural household: An agricultural household is defined as a household having

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1.5.27.2 Further, to eliminate households pursuing agricultural activities of insignificant

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Instructions to Field Staff, Vol. I: NSS 77th Round

1.5.36 Financial Company: A financial company is an institution which has to be (i) a

Types of financial companies:

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