India - Common Property Resources and Village Facilities, January - June 1998, NSS 54th Round

Reference ID

IND-NSSO-CPRVF-1998-v01

Year

1998

Country

India

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office - Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI), Government of India (GOI)

Sponsor(s)

M/o Statistics & Programme Implementation, GOI - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

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Jan 17, 2018

Last modified

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exclusive for specified caste (B5_q2_1)
File: Block 5_Particulars of common water resources in the village

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is there any source of potable water for exclusive use of specific caste?

Categories

Value	Category
1	yes
2	no

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

A common feature of Indian villages has been the presence of caste-specific or religion-specific sources of drinking water. It is still a widely prevalent feature. For Items 2.1 & 2.2, it has to be carefully ascertained whether such sources of potable water meant for a specific caste group or religious group exist in the village. Matters relating to religion and caste being rather sensitive under certain circumstances, it is advisable to adopt a cautious but effective approach in collecting this information. In many cases, it appears, information received from one quarter should be cross-verified with that from other sources. Note that there are instances where a public tubewell for drinking water or a kundi constructed by the government is, in practice, reserved for a particular caste or religious group. The actual position has to be ascertained and recorded in these items.