Interviewer instructions
Item 214: Social group of the working owner: For the proprietary or partnership enterprises, the social group of the working owner should be entered through following codes:
ST-1, SC - 2, OBC - 3, others - 9
For items 213 and 214, 'working owner' in case of partnership enterprises will be the major partner, major being For all partnership enterprises, 'working owner' will be the major working owner, the criterion for determining 'major' will be the partner getting maximum share of the profit of the enterprise, or bearing the maximum part of the loss. If all the partners share the profit/ loss of the enterprise equally, the partner taking major decisions will be the major partner. If this also does not relate to a single individual, major partner will be the senior most partner by age.