India - Participation and Expenditure in Education: NSS 64th Round, Schedule 25.2, July 2007 - June 2008

This item will include expenditure in that academic session/year on stationery and other appliances,
instruments, tools and equipments etc. exclusively required for pursuing the particular course. This will cover
items like notebook, pen, pencil, eraser, geometry box, instruments required for engineering courses or
medical courses or vocational courses, etc. For the courses on Information Technology and related courses,
possession of personal computer is sometimes basic requirement. In such situation the expenditure incurred
on purchasing the personal computer and its accessories will be also included. It should be taken care that
the article should be purchased in that academic year and used exclusively for the purpose of the course. If
a same stationery is used for more than one course, currently the member is undergoing, then the
expenditure on it should be taken only once with highest priority to the basic course and then to the second
course. Like books, bulk of these stationary articles is also purchased at the early part of the academic
session. However, the requirement of stationeries and their purchases are sometimes sudden in nature.
Keeping a note on this fact, probing should be done in such a fashion that along with the expenditure on
already purchased articles the intended/expected expenditure on the items, required for the remaining part of the session can be captured.