Interviewer instructions
Item 218 and 219: Data of blocks 3 to 5(non-financial)/6(financial) collected for the period: Please rectify this description in schedule 2.345. From the discussion on the reference period, it is clear that if the enterprise is ready to provide information from their books of accounts, data will be collected from it for the entire accounting year, which, in most of the cases will be one year. On the other hand, if the enterprise provides information orally, data on operating expenses, receipts, employment, emoluments, etc. will be collected for a one-month period prior to the date of survey. The actual period for which information from the enterprise is collected will be recorded here. There are two sets of six cells in these items for recording the first(item 218) and last dates(item 219) of this period in date-month-year (DD-MM-YY) format. For example, if data is collected for 1st April 2005 to 31st March 2006, entry in item 218 will be 010405 and that in item 219 will be 310306. Similarly, if data is collected from 1st November 2006 to 30th November 2006, item 218 will be 011106 and item 219 will be 301106. If a seasonal enterprise has worked for less than 30 days in the current season, this entry may be given as '- - - - - -'. This may, however, be reflected through remarks.
