India - Debt and Investment Survey, January - December 1992, NSS 48th Round, Household Assets and Indebtedness of Social Groups

India Debt and Investment Survey, January - December 1992, NSS 48th Round

Household Assets and Indebtedness of Social Groups

Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey The All-India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS), which was carried out as part of the 48th round of the NSSO during the period January to December 1992, was the fifth such survey

conducted at the all-India level. Prior to 1971-72, two surveys viz. “All-India Rural Credit Survey” and “All-India Rural Debt and Investment Survey” had been completed in 1951-52 and in 1961-62 respectively by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for rural areas only.

The reserve Bank of India (RBI) conducted, for the first time during November 1951 to August 1952, the “All India Rural Credit Survey” in 75 selected districts spread all over the country. The main objective of this survey was to study two aspects namely (i) the demand for credit from rural families and (ii) the supply of credit by credit agencies both institutional and non-institutional. The data were collected mainly for formulating the banking policies. The design of the survey was not suitable for providing estimates of indebtedness at state and national level. The second such survey on rural “Debt and Investment” was conducted by the RBI in the year 1961-62 for obtaining etc. The third comprehensive enquiry in this series of decennial surveys was entrusted by the RBI to the National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) and was conducted along with the survey on “Land Holdings” during the year 1971-72, as a part of the NSSO programme in its 26th round survey operation. In this round, the coverage of the survey was extended to the urban areas. Fourth such survey was conducted in the 37th round(January to December 1982) along with Land Holdings as per the ten years programme charted by the Governing Council. In the 48th round (January to December, 1992) also “All India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS)” has been carried out along with “Land and Livestock Holdings”. The objectives of the AIDIS remain the same as those of the earlier surveys, namely, to obtain quantitative information on the incidence of indebtedness, capital formation and other indicators or rural/urban economy which will be of value in developing the credit structure in particular and also for obtaining other allied information required in the field of planning and development. Further since the survey is kind of a repeat survey of that of the NSS 37th round, it is considered necessary to plan the survey in such a way as to ensure, as far as practicable, comparability with the estimates of the various characteristics generated from the earlier rounds.

ID Number IND-NSSO-DIS-1992-v1

The description of different blocks appearing in visit -1 and visit-2 schedules of 18.2.

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block block heading appearing in

no. the sch. for

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(1) (2) (3)

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0 descriptive identification of sample household visit 1 & 2

1 identification of sample household visit 1 & 2

2 particulars of field operation visit 1 & 2

3 remarks by investigator visit 1 & 2

4 remarks by supervisory officer(s) visit 1 & 2

5 household characteristics visit 1 & 2

5.1 particulars of partitioned household visit 2 only

6. household members and their activity visit 1 only

particulars

7 area of land owned as on date of survey and visit 1 only

transactions during 1.7.91 to date of survey

8 livestock and poultry owned as on the date of visit 1 only

survey and their transactions during 1.7.91

to date of survey.

9 agricultural machinery and implements owned visit 1 only

as on the date of survey and their transactions

during 1.7.91 to date of survey

10 owned buildings and other constructions as visit 1 only

on the date of survey and their transactions

during 1.7.91 to date of survey.

11 non-farm business equipments owned on the visit 1 only

date of survey and their transactions during

1.7.91 to date of survey

12 transport equipments owned as on the date of visit 1 only

date of survey and their transactions during

1.7.91 to date of survey

13 household durable assets owned on the date of visit 1 only

survey and their transactions during 1.7.91

to date of survey

14 ownership of shares/debentures etc. in co-operative visit 1 only

societies & companies as on the date of survey and

their transactions during 1.7.91 to date of survey.

15 other financial assets owned as on the date visit 1 only

of survey and their transactions during

1.7.91 to date of survey

16 cash loans and kind loans receivable by household visit 1 & 2

on the date of survey and their transactions during

1.7.91/1.7.92 to date of survey

17.1 number of cash loans outstanding as on the date of visit 1 & 2

survey and number of loans repaid and written off

during 1.7.91/1.1.92 to date of survey

17.2 particulars of cash loans payable by the household visit 1 & 2

as on the date survey and transactions of loans during

1.7.91/1.1.92 to date of survey

18 other cash loans and kind loans payable by the visit 1 & 2

household as on the date of survey

19.1 specified items on which expenditure incurred during visit 1 & 2

1.7.91 to 31.12.91/1.1.92 to 30.6.92

19.2 expenditure on specified items during 1.7.91 visit 1 & 2

to 31.12.91/1.1.92 to 30.6.92

20 acquisition, disposal and loss of assets during visit 1 & 2

1.7.91 to 31.12.91/1.1.92 to 30.6.92

21 unit-price (last transaction) of reported items visit 1 & 2

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State and all-India level in rural and urban sectors.

The 48th Round was planned to cover the whole of Indian Union except

(i) Ladakh and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir,

(ii) 768 interior villages of Nagaland (out of a total of 1119 villages ) located beyond 5 kms. of a bus route,

(iii) 172 villages in Andaman & Nicobar Islands (out of a total of 520 villages) which are inaccessible throughout the year.

However, the survey could not be conducted in certain districts of Jammu & Kashmir viz. Anantnag, Pulwana, Srinagar, Badgam, Baramula and Kupwara, and the district of Amritsar in Punjab due to unfavourable field conditions.

Households (self employed and others) in state and all-India level in rural and urban sectors.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Computer Centre	MOSPI, CC	M/O Statistics & Programme Implementation	Documentation of the study

2012-07-15 Version 1.0 (June 2012)

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-48Rnd-Sch18pt2-1992