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

The instructions given here must be read carefully in order to understand this item; the schedule in not self-explanatory. Suppose for a particular tour, the informant reposts that there is no difference between “outward” and “return” journeys in respect of


(a) mode of journey
(b) number of members who took part
(c) distance
(d) total expenditure on transport, and
(f) whether subsidized.


In other words, consider the case when these particulars, for the return journey, are identical with the outward journey. In such cases the following option is open to the investigator. Instead of making two lines of entries, one for “outward” and the other for 'return” journey, the investigator may make one line of entries only, the record 2 (“double journey”) in col. 10: “whether single journey entry”.


(I) The choice of whether to make a “double-journey” entry (one line of entries with code 2 in col. 10), or two separate and identical single-journey entry (two lines of entries with code 1 in col. 10) lines with the investigator.

(ii) However, when the two journeys are not identical in every respect, for instance, if the mode of journey differs (say, the outward journey is by rail and the return journey by bus) than option to make a double-journey entry does not exist, and two single-journey entries must necessary be made. Single-journey entries will have code 1 in col. 10.

(ii) In double-journey entries, the particulars recorded in columns other than col. 10 will relate to “one way' only; for instance, distance will be one-way distance, similarly, duration, expenses, etc. will relate to only one of the journeys (outward/return). They are not to be multiplied by 2.