India - Informal Non-Agricultural Enterprises Survey, July 1999 - June 2000, NSS 55th Round

Start	End	Cycle
1999-07-01	1999-09-30	Sub-round-1
1999-10-01	1999-12-31	Sub-round-2
2000-01-01	2000-03-31	Sub-round-3
2000-04-01	2000-06-30	Sub-round-4

Face-to-face [f2f]
The fieldwork of the survey was carried out during 1st July 1999 to 30th June 2000. The entire survey period was divided into four sub-rounds of three months’ duration each and equal number of sample villages and blocks were allocated to each sub-round. Each FSU was surveyed during the sub-round period to which it is allocated. Within a particular sub-round, the fieldwork was spread out uniformly over different months to the extent possible.

Schedule 2.0 consisted of 14 blocks (blocks 0 to 13).
Blocks 0 and 1 were meant to record identification of the enterprise;
Blocks 11, 12 and 13 were for reporting particulars of field operation, remarks by the investigator and comments by the supervisory officers.
In the remaining 9 blocks, data were collected from the enterprises as given below.

Block 2 : Operational characteristics.
Block 3 & 3.1 : Principal and other operating expenses.
Block 4 & 4.1 : Principal and other receipts
Block 5 : Calculation of gross value added for the reference month
Block 6 : Employment particulars of the enterprise during the reference month
Block 7 : Compensation to workers during the reference month
Block 8 : Fixed assets owned and hired
Block 9 : Loan outstanding as on the date of survey
Block 10 : Factor income of the enterprise

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Field Operations Division of Naional Sample Survey Office	NSSO(FOD)	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation