India - Particulars of Slums Survey: NSS 49th Round, Schedule 0.21, January - June 1993

IndiaParticulars of Slums Survey: NSS 49th Round, Schedule 0.21, January - June 1993 Socio-Economic/Household Survey Earlier, in the NSS 31st round, a nationwide survey on 'condition of slum areas in cities' was conducted covering a pe- riod of one year from July,1976 to June, 1977. The survey was restricted to all the class I cities of the whole of India having 1971 census population one lakh or more and to the two class II cities Shillong and Pondicherry having 1971 census population less than one lakh. Only the cities proper and not the urban agglomeration were considered for the survey coverage. For identifying 'undeclared slums', a slum was defined as an areal unit having twenty five or more katcha structures mostly of temporary nature, or fifty or more households residing mostly in katcha structures, huddled together, or inhabited persons with practically no private latrine and inadequate public latrine and water facilities. The survey results were published in NSS report number 290 : "Condition of Slum Areas in Cities".

The second nationwide survey on particulars of slums was conducted by the NSSO in its 49th round enquiry (January - June 1993), which covered rural as well as urban areas.

ID Number DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-49Rnd-Sch0dot21-1993

A nationwide survey on 'Particulars of slums' was conducted by National Sample Survey Organization (NSSO) in its 49th round covering a period of six months from January to June, 1993. Some general particulars like ownership, area type, type of structure, living facilities of the slums and their proximity to the nearest motorable road, primary school and hospital/health centre; change in the condition of slums during last five years etc. were col lected. Information was collected by contacting one or more knowledgeable persons in the FSU on the basis of predominant criterion in both declared and undeclared slums, and not through household approach. However ,the

information so obtained, was physically verified by the field officials to the extent possible. A compact area with a collection of poorly built tenements, mostly of temporary nature, crowded together usually with inadequate sanitary and drinking water facilities in unhygienic condi tions was considered as 'slum' in the 49th round. For the purpose of the survey, such an area was considered

as 'undeclared slum', if at least 20 households live in that area. Certain areas declared as 'slums by respective municipalities, orporations, local bodies or development authorities have been treated as 'declared slums'. It is worth mentioning that the results reflect only the availability and not the adequacy of the facilities available in the slums.

The schedule on 'particulars of slum' (schedule 0.21) framed for the 49th round consisted of 5 blocks. The different blocks of the schedule are as follows :

The identification particulars of the sample village/block having the slums for which the schedule was canvassed were recorded in blocks 0 & 1. Block 2 was meant for recording the particulars of the field operations. Any relevant remarks by the investigator were recorded in block 3 and the comments by the supervisory officer(s) in block 4. The particulars about slum was recorded in block 5. The information as to whether the slum is a declared one or not , ownership, area type and location, type of structure, approach, road to the slum, type of road within the slum, living facilities, distance from the nearest motorable road, primary school, hospital and any improvement/ change in the condition of the slum during the last 5 years etc. were collected and recorded in this block.Slums Survey, 49th Round, Schedule 0.21, January - June 1993The geographical coverage of the survey was the whole of the Indian Union except Ladakh & Kargil districts of Jammu & Kashmir, 768 interior villages of Nagaland and 172 villages in Andaman & Nicobar islands which remain inaccessible throughout the year. However, certain districts of Jammu & Kashmir viz. Doda, Anantanag, Pulwama, Srinagar, Badgam, Barmula & Kupwara, as well as Amritsar district in Punjab, had to be excluded from the survey coverage due to unfavourable field condi tions.

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