India - Common Property Resources, Sanitation Hygiene Services: NSS 54th Round, Schedule 31, January 1998 - June 1998

This will be ascertained for households answering “yes” (code 2 or 3) to any of the questions in items 15 to 17. The code are :

Farm business ........................................................1
Non-farm business .................................................2
Financial investment by household members…………3
Residential land or building ………..............................4
Marriage ………………………....................................5
Medical…………………………...................................6
Education …………………………............................7
Debt repayment………………………….......................8
Other ..………………………........................................9



Codes 1 and 2 cover all enterprise purposes. Financial asset formation is covered by code 3 and debt repayment by code 8. Purchase, construction, improvement and repair of residential land and building come under code 4. Certain specific consumption purposes are covered by items 5,6,7 and 9. Purchase of consumer durables, and other consumption, for purposes not related to marriage, medical treatment or education would be given code 9.

(I) The true purpose for which the money sought was intended to be used should be ascertained and recorded. This may not be the same as the purpose mentioned in the application made by the household to the bank/CCS/SHG.


(ii) In case the money was intended to be used for more than one of the purpose categories listed, so that more than one of the codes 1 to 9 appear to be applicable, the entry will be made according to the major purpose. This will be understood to mean that purpose for which the maximum amount of money was meant to be used. If the money was to be spent on one item, say, a tractor, to be used for both household and enterprise purposes, then the enterprise purpose is to be given priority for making the entry.