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Data file: India_2014_2022_2025

India 2014, 2022, and 205 World Bank Enterprise Survey panel data

Cases: 29136
Variables: 585

Variables

idstd
WEB STD FIRMID
panelid
ID that is the same across the waves for panel firms
year
Year of survey
panel
Panel: Firm interviewed in these years
eligibility2025
Eligibility of 2022 firm in 2025
status2025
Status of 2022 firm in 2025
eligibility2022
Eligibility of 2014 firm in 2022
status2022
Status of 2014 firm in 2022
a0
Questionnaire
a7
Establishment part of a multi-establishment Firm?
a14d
Day
a14m
Month
a14y
Year
a14h
Hour
a14min
Minutes
a1
Country Code
a12
Interviewer Number
a7a
Number of Establishments In The Firm
a7b
Is This Establishment The Headquarters Location?
a7c
Does This Headquarters Location Engage In Production or Sales At This Location?
a11
If Hq, Financial Statements Independent of The Rest of Establishment
a9
Establishment'S Financial Statements Prepared Separately From Hq Statements
b1
Legal Status of The Firm
b1x
Other (Specify)
b2a
% Owned By Private Domestic Individuals, Companies or organizations
b2b
% Owned By Private Foreign Individuals, Companies or organizations
b2c
% Owned By Government/State
b2d
% Owned By Other
b4
Amongst The Owners of The Firm, Are There Any Women?
b4a
% of The Firm Owned By Women
b5
Year Establishment Began Operations
b6
Number of Full-Time Employees of The Establishment When It Started Operations
b6a
Was Establishment Formally Registered When It Began Operations?
b6b
In What Year Was This Establishment Formally Registered?
b7
How Many Years of Experience Working In This Sector Does The Top Manager Have?
b7a
Is The Top Manager a Woman?
b8
Does Establishment Have An Internationally-Recognized Quality Certification?
c3
Application To Obtain An Electrical Connection Submitted Over The Last 2 Years
c4
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Receive An Electrical Connection Service?
c5
Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested For An Electrical Connection?
c6
Over Last FY, Did This Establishment Experience Power Outages?
c7
Number of Power Outages Experienced In A Typical Month In Last Fiscal Year
c8
How Long Did The Average Power Outage Last?
c9a
In Last FY, Losses As % of Annual Sales Due To Power Outages
c9b
In Last FY, Value of Losses Due To Power Outages
c10
Generator Shared or Owned Over The Course of Last Fiscal Year?
c11
% Electricity From Generator Owned/Shared By The Establishment In Last FY
c12
Application To Obtain A Water Connection Submitted Over The Last 2 Years
c13
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Obtain A Water Connection?
c14
When You Applied For A Water Connection, Was An Informal Gift/Payment Requested?
c22b
Establishment Has Its Own Website
d1a1a
Establishment'S Main Product/Service Last FY
d1a3
Main Product/Service: Percent of Total Annual Sales
d2
In Last Fiscal Year, What Were This Establishment’S Total Annual Sales?
d2x
Please Also Write Out The Number
n3
What were the establishment's sales 3 years ago?
f1
In Last FY, What Was The Capacity Utilization (%) of This Establishment?
d3a
% of Sales: National Sales
d3b
% of Sales: Indirect Exports
d3c
% of Sales: Direct Exports
d4
In last FY, avg. num. of days for exported goods to clear customs?
d8
In What Year Did This Establishment First Export Directly or Indirectly?
d12a
% of Material Inputs And Supplies of Domestic origin In Last Fiscal Year
d12b
% of Material Inputs And Supplies of Foreign origin In Last Fiscal Year
d13
Were Any of These Material Inputs And Supplies Imported Directly?
d14
Avg. num. of Days For Imported Goods To Clear Customs In Last Fiscal Year
e1
In Last FY, Main Market For Establishment'S Main Product
e2b
Competitors For The Main Product/Service In The Main Market
e6
Do You Use Technology Licensed From A Foreign-Owned Company?
e11
Does This Establishment Compete Against Unregistered or Informal Firms?
h1
New Products/Services Introduced Over Last 3 Yrs
h2
New Products/Services Also New For Thr Establishment'S Main Market
h5
During Last 3 Yrs, Establishment Introduced New/Significantly Improved Process
g5a
What Is The Total Selling Area In This Establishment?
g5b
The Area Is Measured In:
g5bx
Specify Other Units (If Not Included Above) The Area Is Measured In
g2
Applic. To Obtain A Construction-Related Permit Submitted Over The Last 2 Years
g3
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Obtain A Construction-Related Permit?
g4
Informal Gift/Payment Expected or Requested For A Construction-Related Permit
k3a
% of Working Capital Financed From Internal Funds/Retained Earnings
k3bc
% of Working Capital Borrowed From Banks
k3e
% of Working Capital Borrowed From Non-Bank Financial Institutions
k3f
% of Working Capital Purchased On Credit/Advances From Suppliers /Customers
k3hd
% Of Working Capital Financed By Other (Money Lenders, Friends, Relatives, Etc)
k4
Did This Establishment Purchase Any Fixed Assets In Last FY?
n5a
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Equipment In Last FY
n5b
Total Annual Expenditure For Purchases of Land And Buildings In Last FY
k5a
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Internal Funds/Retained Earnings
k5i
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Owners’ Contributions or Issued New Equity
k5bc
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Bank Borrowing
k5e
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Non-Bank Financial Institutions
k5f
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Credit From Suppliers/Advances From Customers
k5hdj
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Other (Money Lenders\Friends\Relatives\Etc)
k5hdj1
Last FY, Fixed Assets Funded By: Other (Money Lenders\Friends\Relatives\Etc)
k6
Does This Establishment Have A Checking And\or Saving Account?
k8
Establishment has A Line Of Credit Or Loan From A Financial Institution?
k9
Type of Financial Institution That Granted The Line of Credit or Loan
k10
Year When The Most Recent Loan/Line of Credit Approved
k11
For The Most Recent Loan, What Was The Value At The Time of Approval?
k13
Financing Required For The Most Recent Line of Credit or Loan
k14a
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Land, Buildings
k14b
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Equipment
k14c
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Accounts
k14d
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Personal Assets
k14e
Type of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Loan? Other
k15a
Value of Collateral Required For The Most Recent Credit/Loan
k15d
Outstanding Personal Loans Used To Finance Establishment'S Business Activities?
k16
In Last Fiscal Yr, Did Establishment Apply For New Loans/Lines Of Credit?
k17
Main Reason For Not Applying For New Loans or New Lines of Credit
k21
Financial Statements Checked & Certified By External Auditor In Last FY?
j2
What % of Senior Management Time Was Spent In Dealing With Govt Regulations?
j3
Over The Last 12 Months, Was This Establishment Inspected By Tax officials?
j4
Frequency of Inspections/Requirement For Meeting By Tax officials
j5
In Any of These Inspections Was A Gift/Informal Payment Requested ?
j6a
Government Contract Secured (or Attempted) In The Last 12 Months?
j7a
Percent of Total Annual Sales Paid In Informal Payments
j7b
Total Annual Informal Payment
j10
Application To Obtain An Import License Submitted Over The Last 2 Years?
j11
How Many Days Did It Take To Obtain Your Import License?
j12
When You Applied For An Import License, Was An Informal Gift/Payment Requested?
j13
Application To Obtain An Operating License Submitted Over Last 2 Years?
j14
How Many Days Did It Take To Obtain Your Operating License?
j15
When You Applied For Operating License Was An Informal Gift/Payment Requested?
k30
How Much of An Obstacle: Access To Finance
g30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Access To Land?
j30c
How Much of An Obstacle: Business Licensing And Permits
j30f
How Much of An Obstacle: Corruption
h30
How Much of An Obstacle: Courts
i30
How Much of An Obstacle: Crime, Theft And Disorder?
d30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Customs And Trade Regulations?
c30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Electricity To Operations of This Establishment?
l30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Inadequately Educated Workforce?
l30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Labor Regulations?
j30e
How Much of An Obstacle: Political Instability
e30
How Much of An Obstacle: Practices of Competitors In Informal Sector?
j30b
How Much of An Obstacle: Tax Administrations
j30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Tax Rates
d30a
How Much of An Obstacle: Transport?
m1a
Biggest Obstacle Affecting The Operation of This Establishment
l1
Num. Permanent, Full-Time Employees At End of Last Fiscal Year
l2
Num. Permanent, Full-Time Employees At End of 3 Fiscal Years Ago
l9b
% of Full Time Workers Completed High School End of Last FY
l3a
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Production Workers
l3b
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Non-Production Workers
l5a
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Women Production Workers
l5b
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Women Non-Production Workers
l5
Num. Full-Time Employees At End of Last FY: Women
l4a
Num. Full-time Employees At End Of Last Fiscal Yr: Skilled Production Workers
l4b
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Low-skilled Production Workers, Last FY
l10
Formal Training Programs For Permanent, Full-Time Employees In Last FY
l11a1
Training Programs Amount: Production Full-Time Permanent Employees Trained
l11a
% Permanent Full-Time Production Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
l11b
% Permanent Fulltime Nonproduction Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
l6
Num. Full-Time Temporary Employees At End of Last FY
l6a
Women Temporary, Full-Time Workers Employed Throughout Last FY
l8
Avg. Length of Employment of All Full-Time Temporary Employees In Last FY
n2a
Total Labor Cost (Incl. Wages, Salaries, Bonuses, Etc) In Last Fiscal Year
n2e
Cost of Raw Materials And Intermediate Goods Used In Prod. In Last Fiscal Year
n2i
Total Annual Cost of Finished Goods/Materials Bought To Resell In Last FY
n7a
Cost For Establishment To Re-Purchase All of Its Machinery
a15d
Day
a15m
Month
a15y
Year
a15h
Hour
a15min
Minutes
a16
Perception of The Questions Regarding Opinions And Perceptions
a17
Responses To The Questions About Figures Are…
a18
This Questionnaire Was Completed In:
a19h
If Option 2 or 3 In A.18, Estimate Duration of The Whole Interview: Hours
a19m
If Option 2 or 3 In A.18, Estimate Duration of The Whole Interview: Minutes
a13
Supervisor Number
a3b
official Capital City?
a3c
Main Business City?
a3
Size of Locality
_2022_2025_a1c
Sample Frame Level
_2022_2025_a6c
Screener Size
_2022_2025_a20y
Close Year of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
_2022_2025_a20m
Close Month of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
_2022_2025_a20d
Close Day of The Last Completed Fiscal Year
_2022_2025_a7b
Is This Establishment The Headquarters Location?
_2022_2025_a7c
Does This Headquarters Location Engage In Production or Sales At This Location?
_2022_2025_b3a
Is the largest owner also the top manager
_2022_2025_b8x
Specify The Internationally-Recognized Quality Certifications
_2022_2025_c8a
Average Duration of Power Outages: Hours
_2022_2025_c8b
Average Duration of Power Outages: Minutes
_2022_2025_r1
What Happened When Problem In The Production Process/Services Provision Arose?
_2022_2025_r2
Did This Establishment Monitor Any Production/Service Performance Indicators?
_2022_2025_r3
How Many Production/Service Provision Performance Indicators Were Monitored?
_2022_2025_r4
Did This Establishment Have Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2022_2025_r5
What Best Describes The Time Frame of Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2022_2025_r6
How Easy To Achieve Its Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2022_2025_r7
Who Was Aware of The Production/Service Provision Targets At This Establishment?
_2022_2025_r8
Were There Performance Bonuses Based On Production/Service Provision Targets?
_2022_2025_r9
What Were Managers' Performance Bonuses Usually Based On?
_2022_2025_r10
What Was The Primary Way Non-Managers Were Promoted?
_2022_2025_r11
When Was An Under-Performing Non-Manager Reassigned or Dismissed?
_2022_2025_h8
During Last Fiscal Year, Establishment Spent On R&D (Excl Market Research)?
_2022_2025_h9
How Much Spent On R&D, Either In-House or External?
_2022_2025_d1a6a
Total number of hotel rooms in the last FY
_2022_2025_d1a6b
Total areas of rooms in the last FY
_2022_2025_d1a6c
Specify units
_2022_2025_d1a6cx
Other (Specify)
_2022_2025_k5a1
Fixed Assets - Value Internal Funds or Retained Earnings
_2022_2025_k5i1
Fixed Assets - Value Owners’ Contribution or Issued New Equity Shares
_2022_2025_k5bc1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Banks
_2022_2025_k5e1
Fixed Assets - Value Borrowed From Non-Bank Financial Institutions
_2022_2025_k5f1
Fixed Assets - Value Purchases On Credit From Suppliers, Advances From Customers
_2022_2025_k20a1
What Was The Outcome of That Most Recent Application For Loan/Line of Credit?
_2022_2025_j30_permit_pos
M30: rotation position 3
_2022_2025_j30_corruption_pos
M30: rotation position 4
_2022_2025_j30_courts_pos
M30: rotation position 5
_2022_2025_j30_instability_pos
M30: rotation position 11
_2022_2025_j30_taxadmin_pos
M30: rotation position 13
_2022_2025_j30_taxrate_pos
M30: rotation position 14
_2022_2025_l9b1
Number of Full Time Workers Completed High School
_2022_2025_l4a1
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Skilled Production Workers, Last FY
_2022_2025_l4a2
Num. of Permanent, Full-Time Semi-skilled Production Workers, Last FY
_2022_2025_l11b1
Training Programs Amount:Non-Production Full-Time Permanent Employees Trained
_2022_2025_l12a1
Training Programs Amount: Full-Time Permanent Women Employees Trained
_2022_2025_l12a
% Permanent Full-Time Women Employees Received Formal Training In Last FY
_2022_2025_SARl31
Provides childcare facilities or a cash grant / stipend for childcare?
_2022_2025_d1a2_v4
Main Product/Service ISIC (Rev. 4) Code
_2014_2022_a6b
Screener Size, Categorical
_2014_2022_b3
What Percentage of This Firm Does The Largest Owner(S) Own?
_2014_2022_c15
Did You Experience Insufficient Water Supply For Production In Last FY?
_2014_2022_c16
Frequency of Incidents of Water Shortages In A Typical Month In Last FY
_2014_2022_c17
Average Length of Water Shortages (Affecting Production) In Last Fiscal Year
_2014_2022_d10
In Last FY, % of Value of Products Lost In Transit Due To Theft
_2014_2022_d11
In Last FY, % of Value of Products Lost In Transit Due To Breakage or Spoilage?
_2014_2022_f2
Number of Hours Per Week Operated By The Establishment In Last Fiscal Year
_2014_2022_g6a
Percentage of The Building Occupied: Owned By This Establishment
_2014_2022_g1a
Percentage of The Land Occupied: Owned By This Establishment
_2014_2022_i1
In Last FY, Did This Establishment Pay For Security?
_2014_2022_i2a
Percentage of Total Annual Sales Paid For Security In Last Fiscal Year
_2014_2022_i2b
In Last Fiscal Year, What Is The Total Annual Cost of Security?
_2014_2022_i3
Losses Due To Theft, Robbery, Vandalism or Arson Experienced In Last Fiscal Year
_2014_2022_i4a
Losses Due To Theft, Robbery, Vandalism or Arson In Last FY (% of Sales)
_2014_2022_i4b
Value of Losses Due To Theft, Robbery, Vandalism or Arson In Last FY
_2014_2022_IND14
Last FY, Sold Goods or Services On Credit?
_2014_2022_k7
At This Time, Does This Establishment Have An Overdraft Facility?
_2014_2022_k15b
Total Number of Open Lines of Credit and Outstanding Loans
_2014_2022_k15c
Total Outstanding Balance of All Open Lines of Credit and Loans (LCU)
_2014_2022_h7a
The Court System Is Fair, Impartial And Uncorrupted
_2014_2022_j6
% of Value Avg. Establishment Pays In Informal Gifts To Govt To Secure Contract?
_2014_2022_n2b
Total Annual Costs of Electricity In Last Fiscal Year
_2014_2022_d1a2
Main Product/Service ISIC (Rev. 3.1) Code
_2014_2022_a4b
Industry Screener Sector, ISIC 3.1
_2025_a4a
Industry Sampling Sector
_2025_a6a
Sampling Size
_2025_a2
Sampling Region
_2025_a3a
Region of The Establishment
_2025_a1a
Language of The Interview
_2025_b1_IND
Legal Status of The Firm
_2025_c31
Cost to obtain electrical connection
_2025_c33
Cost to obtain water connection
_2025_c45
Which best characterizes quality of piped water received from utility provider
_2025_c152
Did You Experience Insufficient Water Supply In Last FY?
_2025_c162
Frequency of Incidents of Water Shortages In A Typical Month In Last FY
_2025_c172
Average Length of Water Shortages In Last Fiscal Year
_2025_c36
Application To Obtain Fixed Broadband Internet Connection Over The Last 2 Years
_2025_c37
How Many Days Did It Take For You To Obtain Internet Connection?
_2025_c39
Did You Experience Internet Disruptions In Last FY?
_2025_c42
How difficult to switch internet providers?
_2025_n3x
Please Also Write Out The Number
_2025_IND1
Degree of Effectiveness in Resolving or Preventing Problems
_2025_d31x
Main destination of exports (country code)
_2025_d42
When goods exported directly, was any inspection, certification, or licensing do
_2025_d43a
Average duration to conduct inspections, certifications, and licensing: days
_2025_d43b
Average duration to conduct inspections, certifications, and licensing: hours
_2025_d4a
In Last FY, Avg. Num. of Days For Exported Goods To Clear Customs?
_2025_d4b
If less than a day, total hours for exported goods to clear customs
_2025_d342
Costs to Comply with all Export Requirements (% of value of goods exported)
_2025_d352
Any online orders that didn't require custom duties in destination
_2025_d38x
Main origin of imports (country code)
_2025_d44
Inspection, certification or licensing prior to point of entry
_2025_d45a
Average duration to clear customs: Days
_2025_d45b
Average duration to clear customs: Hours
_2025_d14a
Avg. Num. of Days For Imported Goods To Clear Customs In Last Fiscal Year
_2025_d14b
If less than a day, total hours for imported goods to clear customs
_2025_d412
Costs to Comply with all Import Requirements (% of value of goods imported)
_2025_o1
In the last three years, establishment had any commercial dispute?
_2025_o2
Use of courts, arbitration etc. to (or attempt to ) resolve commercial dispute?
_2025_o3a2
Reliable mechanism to resolve commercial disputes: Arbitration?
_2025_o3b2
Reliable mechanism to resolve commercial disputes:Mediation?
_2025_j31
In resolving commercial disputes, courts are independent and impartial
_2025_e312
Which Best Descibes Establishment's Main Market
_2025_e32
Change in competition in the last year?
_2025_e33
Establishment can increase prices more than competitors without losing customers
_2025_h32x
Describe In Detail The Main New or Significantly Improved Product or Service
_2025_h62x
Describe Main New/Significantly Improved Process This Establishment Introduced
_2025_g34
Land disputes and the sale of property: Deeds, Title certificates etc recognized
_2025_ge3
Experience damage of physical assets due to extreme weather events?
_2025_ge3a
Monetary damage of physical assets?
_2025_ge7
Over the last 3 years, establishment monitor its CO2 emissions?
_2025_ge8d
Over last 3 years, establishment adopt energy management measures?
_2025_k3i
% of Working Capital Financed From Owners’ Contributions or Issued New Equity
_2025_k3j
% of Working Capital Financed From Bonds
_2025_k3dgh
% of Working Capital Financed By Friends, Relatives, Informal Money Lenders, Oth
_2025_k5j
Last FY, % Fixed Assets Funded By: Bonds
_2025_k5j1
Fixed Assets - Value Bonds
Total: 585
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