India - Annual Survey of Industries: 1998-99
Reference ID | IND-CSO-ASI-1998-99 |
Year | 1999 - 2000 |
Country | India |
Producer(s) | Central Statistics Office (Industrial Statistics Wing) |
Sponsor(s) | MOSPI, Government of India - GOI - |
Collection(s) | |
Metadata | Documentation in PDF |
Created on
Aug 09, 2016
Last modified
Sep 01, 2016
Page views
137147
Overview
Identification
IND-CSO-ASI-1998-99 |
Version
2012-04-29
Overview
IntroductionThe Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) is one of the large-scale sample survey conducted by Field Operation Division of National Sample Survey Office for more than three decades with the objective of collecting comprehensive information related to registered factories on annual basis. ASI is the primary source of data for facilitating systematic study of the structure of industries, analysis of various factors influencing industries in the country and creating a database for formulation of industrial policy.
The main objectives of the Annual Survey of Industries are briefly as follows:
(a) Estimation of the contribution of manufacturing industries as a whole and of each unit to national income.
(b) Systematic study of the structure of industry as a whole and of each type of industry and each unit.
(c) Casual analysis of the various factors influencing industry in the country: and
(d) Provision of comprehensive, factual and systematic basis for the formulation of policy.
The Annual Survey of Industries (ASI) is the principal source of industrial statistics in India. It provides statistical information to assess changes in the growth, composition and structure of organised manufacturing sector comprising activities related to manufacturing processes, repair services, gas and water supply and cold storage. The Survey is conducted annually under the statutory provisions of the Collection of Statistics Act 1953, and the Rules framed there-under in 1959, except in the State of Jammu & Kashmir where it is conducted under the State Collection of Statistics Act, 1961 and the rules framed there-under in 1964. Census and Sample survey data [cen/ssd]
The primary unit of enumeration in the survey is a factory in the case of manufacturing industries, a workshop in the case of repair services, an undertaking or a licensee in the case of electricity, gas & water supply undertakings and an establishment in the case of bidi & cigar industries. The owner of two or more establishments located in the same State and pertaining to the same industry group and belonging to same scheme (census or sample) is, however, permitted to furnish a single consolidated return. Such consolidated returns are common feature in the case of bidi and cigar establishments, electricity and certain public sector undertakings.
Scope
The survey covers all the factories registered under Sections 2(m)(i) and 2(m)(ii) of the Factories Act, 1948, i.e. 10 or more workers with the aid of power or 20 or more workers without the aid of power. The survey also covers bidi and cigar manufacturing establishments registered under the Bidi and Cigar Workers (Conditions of Employment) Act 1966. All electricity undertakings engaged in generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, but not registered with the Central Electricity Authority (CEA) are also covered under ASI. Defence establishments, oil storage and distribution depots etc. are excluded from the purview of the survey. However, certain activities like cold storage, water supply, gas production and distribution, motion picture production, laundry services, repair of motor vehicles and of other consumer durable are covered under the survey.Topic | Vocabulary | URI |
---|---|---|
Macroeconomics & Growth | World Bank | http://www.surveynetwork.org/toolkit |
Private Sector and Trade | World Bank | http://www.surveynetwork.org/toolki |
Public Sector | World Bank |
Coverage
The ASI is the principal source of industrial statistics in India and extends to the entire country except Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram & Sikkim and the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. It covers all factories registered under Sections 2m(i) and 2m(ii) of the Factories Act, 1948. The survey cover factories registered under the Factory Act 1948.Establishments under the control of the Defence Ministry,oil storage and distribution units, restaurants and cafes and technical training institutions not producing anything for sale or exchange were kept outside the coverage of the ASI.
Producers and Sponsors
Name | Affiliation |
---|---|
Central Statistics Office (Industrial Statistics Wing) | MOSPI, Government of India |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
---|---|---|
CSO(IS Wing), Kolkata | MOSPI | Analysis, Design and data processing |
Field Operation Division, NSSO | MOSPI | Data Collection |
Computer Centre | MOSPI | Data dissemination |
Name | Abbreviation | Role |
---|---|---|
MOSPI, Government of India | GOI |
Name | Affiliation | Role |
---|---|---|
Standing Committee on Industrial Statistics | GOI | Formulation and Finalisation of the survey study |
Computer Centre | MOSPI | Dissemination and web hosting |
Metadata Production
Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
---|---|---|---|
Computer Centre | MOSPI, CC | M | Documentation of the study |