India - Trade Survey: NSS 53rd Round, Schedule 2.41.2, January 1997 - December 1997

Start	End	Cycle
1997-01-01	1997-03-31	N/A
1997-04-01	1997-06-30	N/A
1997-07-01	1997-09-30	N/A
1997-10-01	1997-12-31	N/A

Face-to-face [f2f]
The survey period of one year duration, starting from 1st January 1997 & ending on 31st December 1997, was divided into four parts called sub-rounds. Equal number of sample FSUs are allotted to each sub-round by sub-samples at each level of NSS region separately for rural & urban sectors. This restriction was not enforced in A & N Is­lands, Lakshadweep and rural areas of Arunachal Pradesh & Naga­land because of difficult field conditions.
The schedule 2.41.2 consists of 10 blocks as given below,

Block 0 : Descriptive identification of sample enterprise
Block 1 : Identification of sample enterprise
Block 2 : Particulars of operation and background infor­mation
Block 3 : Employment particulars during reference month
Block 4: Account of commodities purchased and sold
Block 5: Expenditure of the enterprise during reference month
Block 6: Calculation of gross value added during reference month
Block 7: Trade Margin for different commodities traded
Block 8 The particulars of field operation.
Blocks 9 and 10:Remarks by the investigator and comments by the supervisory officers.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Field Operations Division of Naional Sample Survey Office	NSSO(FOD)	Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation