India - Village Facilities Survey , July 2002-December 2002, NSS 58th Round

India Village Facilities Survey , July 2002-December 2002

NSS 58th Round

Living Standard Measurement-Village Facility Survey The National Sample Survey (NSS) used to collect data on availability of various infrastructure facilities in the villages more or less regularly till the NSS 22nd round (July '67 to June '68). Thereafter such information has been collected only in a few rounds. A detailed survey on village facilities was conducted by the NSSO during its 47th round. Some of the facilities available in the villages were collected along with the listing operation during the 52nd round also. The Governing Council of the NSSO decided to collect information on village facilities along with some information on availability of facilities for the disabled persons in the villages, as per recommendations of the Working Group for the 58th round.

ID Number IND-NSSO-58Rnd-Sch3.1-VF-2002

A large section of India's population lives in rural areas. It was thus pertinent to know the quality of life of the people in the villages, which in turn largely depended on the facilities available to the villages.

Also, policy interventions aimed at improving the quality of life in the villages demanded information on the facilities available to the people of rural India.

Information on the availability of various infrastructural facilities in the villages used to be collected by the National Sample Survey, more or less regularly, till the NSS 22nd round. Thereafter such information had been collected only in a few NSS rounds. During the NSS 47th round (July-December 1991), the main subject of which was ‘Disability and Culture’, a detailed survey on the facilities available to the villages was conducted. Similar information on village facilities was also collected along with the listing operations during the 52nd round (1995-96).

Since then there was not much information collected on the village facilities in India. Therefore, urgent need was felt by the Government to undertake the collection of information on village facilities led to an enquiry on availability of facilities in villages through the 58th round of NSS (July-December 2002).

The enquiry included the collection of of various infrastructural facilities in the village. the main thrust was on availability of some general facilities to the villagers like electricity connection, drinking water, government development programmes, etc., and also some specified

facilities relating to education, health and rehabilitation of the disabled persons.

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
Education	World Bank
Health	World Bank
Infrastructure	World Bank
Social Development	World Bank
Energy	World Bank

Availability of electricity, Non-conventional energy:Energy generated through other means was treated as non-conventional energy for the purpose of this survey Energy generated through other means was treated as non-conventional energy for the purpose of this survey Non-conventional energy, bio-gas, solar energy, wind energy, Drainage system, Community TV centre, Cable TV, Cooperative Society, Self-help Group, Distance of location of a facility, Educational Facilities, Pre-Primary School;Primary School;Middle School;Secondary School;Higher Secondary School/Junior College, College with Degree Courses;Industrial Training Institute (ITI):, Non-formal Education Centre (NFEC);, Health Facilities, Sub-centre/ Dispensary;Primary Health Centre;Community Health Centre/ Government Hospital, Private Hospital;Private Clinic/ Doctor;Medicine Shop, Other Facilities, Integrated Child Development Service Centre (Anganwadi/ Balwadi):, Telegraph Office/ PCO/ E-mail, Bank, Veterinary Hospital/Dispensary, Fertilizer/ Pesticide Shop, Fair Price Shop, Facilities for Disabled Persons, Integrated Educational Centre, Special School for the Blind, Special School for the Deaf and Dumb, Special School for the Mentally Retarded:, Vocational Training Centre, Institution / Organization for the Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons, Mobile Rehabilitation Services Geographical coverage: The survey covered the whole of the Indian Union except (i) Leh and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir, (ii) interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of the bus route and (iii) villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year.

The survey used the interview method of data collection from a sample of randomly selected villages.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Computer Centre	CC	MInistry of Statistics and PI (MOSPI)	Documentation of the study

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