Study of Village Artisans Government of India Planning Commission

Abstract

In the Bench-Mark Survey, in addition to the general schedule which was canvassed for all the families in the selected villages (over 1,000 families in each Block), special schedules designed to obtain detailed information on certain economic aspects were canvassed for a limited number of families of cultivators and agricultural labourers. the cultivators’ schedules (‘C’ series) related to such items as assets and liabilities, capital formation and production and disposal of produce, and were canvassed for 60 families of sample cultivators in each Block. The agricultural labourer schedule related to employment and earnings of all earners in the selected families and was canvassed for approximately 30 to 40 families of agricultural labourers in each Block.