Indebtedness of farmer households, 2003
Subtitle: situation asessment survey of farmers : NSS 59th round (January-December 2003)
By: National Sample Survey Organisation
Series: NSS report -- no. 498 (59/33/1); Report (National Sample Survey Organisation) -- no. 498
Publisher: National Sample Survey Organisation, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Calcutta
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] : /
Subjects: Household surveys; Statistics; Farmers; Agricultural surveys
Other titles: Situation asessment survey of farmers :
Notes: Title from cov_498final.doc file.

"May 2005"

The Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers was planned and conducted in 2003 by the National Sample Survey Organisation in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. The areas of interest included the educational level of farmer households; level of living as measured by consumer expenditure, income, productive assets and indebtedness; farming practices and preferences; resource availability; and, awareness and access to technological developments. The Central sample of the survey was conducted in the rural sector of the country. A total of 51,770 households spread over 6,638 villages were surveyed in the Central sample which covers the whole of the Indian Union except Leh (Ladakh) and Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir, interior villages of Nagaland situated beyond five kilometres of any bus route and, villages in Andaman and Nicobar Islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year. The State sample covers Andhra Pradesh, Chandigarh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Orissa and Tripura.

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