India - Economic Activities of the Tribals: NSS 44th Round, Schedule 29.2, July 1988 - June 1989

IndiaEconomic Activities of the Tribals: NSS 44th Round, Schedule 29.2, July 1988 - June 1989 Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey The survey period of forty-fourth round was July 1988 to June 1989. The object of the enquiry in the present round is to throw light on as many aspects as possible of the tribal population of this country. This relates to aspects of their “level of the living” including demographic and activity particulars, family expenditure etc. as well as to their entrepreneurial activities.

For the purpose of this enquiry, “tribal population” mean the members of the Scheduled Tribes declared under the Article 342 of the Constitution of India. At present they form one of the economically weakest sections of the society. So far there has not been any systematic study of their living conditions covering the whole country. Whatever data are available are derived from the decennial censuses, apart from some micro studies carried out by social anthropologists. In the NSS the tribal population has always been covered as part of the general population. In NSS 32nd and 33rd rounds special surveys had been carried out through an integrated schedule (schedule 16.4) in the North-Eastern region. The survey was conducted in the rural areas of the following States:- 32nd round : Arunachal Pradesh, Assam (N. Cachar and Karbi Anglong districts only), Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura; 33rd round : In addition to the above States, Mizoram also. Even though this covered many aspects specially related to the life of the people of this region (who are mostly tribals), no such survey has so far been undertaken about the life of the tribals living in the main tribal belt stretching from West Bengal through Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh to Gujarat and Rajasthan. It is the object of the enquiry on the living condition of the tribals living in the main tribal belt stretching from West Bengal through Bihar, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh to Gujarat and Rajasthan.)

The objective of the survey on housing condition is to collect data on the living accommodation available to the households including aspects relating to their immediate environment. Prior to this a detailed enquiry on housing condition with a separate schedule was carried out in NSS 28th round. Some data on housing condition had been however collected in the consumer expenditure schedule canvassed in 32nd, 38th and 43rd rounds.

The objective of the survey on current construction activity is to collect data on expenditure on building construction (new buildings as well as additions, alterations and improvements) and the source of the finance for the same. The scope of the enquiry is confined mainly to building constructions in the household sector. Constructions undertaken by housing cooperative societies and other non-household institutions such as clubs have also been covered. However, constructions by government, public sector undertakings and the private corporate sector are outside the scope of the enquiry.

Because of the importance of the tribal enquiry in this round, it has been decided to extend the enquiry to the rural areas of Nagaland also which has so far been outside the coverage NSS.

ID Number DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-44Rnd-Sch29pt2-July1988-June1989

NSS Round 44 Schedule 29.2 has been designed to collect information on enterprise accounts, economic activity, land particulars and other related aspects of the tribal households. The major items include in this schedule are ownership particulars of land, alienation of land during last five years, input and output of the enterprises run by the household, materials collected from the forest, inventory of assets owned and indebtedness of the household. The schedule consists of 17 blocks as enumerated below:

Block 1: identification of sample household

Block 2: particulars of field operations

Block 3: remarks by investigator

Block 4: remarks by supervisory officer (s)

Block 5: household characteristics

Block 6: demographic particulars of household members

Block 7: particulars of assistance received by the household during last 3 years

Block 8: particulars of land owned and possessed

Block 9: particulars of disposal of land during last 5 years

Block 10: information on input items for cultivation during 1987-88

Block 11: particulars of crops produced during 1987-88

Block 12: particulars of wage employment in forest and forestry operation

Block 13: particulars of forest produce collected, consumed at home and sold by household members during last 30 days as self-employed

Block 14: particulars of household enterprise (other than cultivation) during last 30 days

Block 15: particulars of products (other than forest products) marketed during last 30 days

Block 16 : inventory of assets owned on the date of survey

Block 17 : cash dues and grain & other commodity dues payable by the household as on the date of survey and particulars of transaction of loans during last 365 daysEconomic activities, Tribals, 44th Round, Schedule 29.2, July 1988 - June 1989The survey covered the whole of Indian Union except Ladakh and Kargil districts of Jammu and Kashmir state. The rural areas of Nagaland, so far outside NSS coverage up to the 43rd round, have also been brought in this round.The survey used the interview method of data collection from a sample of randomly selected households and members of the household.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Computer Centre	MOSPI, CC	M	Documentation of the study

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