Economic Census 2005
India, 2005
Identification
IND_2005_EC_v01_M
Economic Census 2005
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| India | IND |
Enterprise Census [en/census]
Economic Census is a complete count of all economic units in the country.
The First Economic Census was conducted through-out the country, except Lakshadweep, during 1977 in collaboration with the Directorate of Economics & Statistics (DES) in the States/Union Territories (UT). The coverage was restricted to only nonagricultural establishments employing at least one hired worker on a fairly regular basis. Data on items such as description of activity, number of persons usually working, type of ownership, etc. were collected.
The Second Economic Census was conducted in 1980 along with the house-listing operations of 1981 Population Census. This was done with a view to economizing resources, manpower, time and money. The scope and coverage were enlarged. This time all establishments engaged in economic activities - both agricultural and non-agricultural whether employing any hired worker or not - were covered, except those engaged in crop production and plantation. All States/UTs were covered with the sole exception of Assam, where Population Census, 1981 was not conducted.
The Third Economic Census was synchronized with the house listing operations of the Population Census 1991 on the same pattern as EC- 1980. The coverage was similar to that of EC-1980. All States/UTs except Jammu & Kashmir, where Population Census 1991 was not undertaken, were covered.
Fourth economic census was planned during 1996. But due to various reasons the scheme could be launched in 1998.
The Fifth Economic Census was conducted in 2005 covering all activities except crop production and plantation and covered the whole country
The overall responsibility for organisation and conduct of Economic Census rested with the CSO. The DESs of respective States and UTs were made responsible for conducting the field work and preparing the report concerning their States.
The Central Statistical Organization (CSO) conducted fifth Economic Census in 2005 in all the States/UTs in collaboration with State Directorates of Economics and Statistics. The first Economic Census was conducted in 1977 covering only non- agricultural establishments and the three Economic Censuses subsequently carried out in 1980, 1990 and 1998 covered all agricultural and non-agricultural enterprises excepting those engaged in crop production and plantation. There was no change in the coverage of the fifth Economic Census as compared to the fourth Economic Census. Economic Census not only provides updated frame for detailed follow-up surveys but also gives basic entrepreneurial data for planning and development specially for unorganized sector of the economy.
There are certain new features in the fifth Economic Census. Addresses of the enterprises employing 10 workers or more were collected for the first time in the fifth Economic Census through Address Slip. At present the country does not maintain a Business Register. The directory of enterprises to be generated from the Address Slip would be the basic input for preparation of a Business Register. For the first time, data collected in the fifth Economic Census are processed through Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) Technology.
The results of EC-2005 "ALL INDIA REPORT" contains the all India figures on the number of enterprises and their employment, cross-classified according to their locations, major activity groups, type of the establishments, size-class of the employment, etc. The disaggregated data for States/UTs are also included in the report.
Census/enumeration data [cen]
Establishment
Version
- v01: Edited, anonymous dataset for public distribution.
2008-05-27
Scope
The Fifth Economic Census was conducted in all the States/UTs. All economic activities (agricultural and non-agricultural), except those involved in crop production and plantation, related to production and/or distribution of goods and/or services other than for the sole purpose of own consumption were covered.
However, as were done in earlier censuses, the following activities were kept out of the purview of the Fifth Economic Census.
(i) Establishments of shelter-less and nomadic population, which keep on moving from place to place and camp either without shelter or with shelter
(ii) Establishments engaged in some activities like smuggling, gambling, beggary, prostitution, etc.
(iii) Domestic servants, whether they work in one household or in a number of households, drivers, etc. who undertake jobs for others on wages.
(iv) All wage-paid employees of casual nature.
(v) Household members engaged in household chores.
(vi) Persons doing different types of jobs depending on the availability of work e.g. loading, unloading, helping a mason, carpenter, doing earthwork for contractor
(vii) Household members working for other households and earning some money which is insignificant.
(viii) Households in which none of the members is engaged in any gainful activity i.e. households depending on remittance, rent, interest, pension etc.
(ix) Owners of tube-wells, tractors, bullock carts, etc. who utilise their spare capacity to earn extra money, if the spare capacity utilisation is occasional and not on regular basis.
Coverage
All the States/UTs. in the country
Census villages will be the primary unit in rural areas where as in urban areas the Urban Frame Survey Block (UFS) formed by the Field Operations Division (FOD) of National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) will be the primary units
Economic Census (EC) is the complete count of all entrepreneurial units located within the geographical boundaries of the country.
All units engaged in the production or distribution of goods or services other than for the sole purpose of own consumption are counted. While all units engaged in nonagricultural activities are covered, in the agricultural sector units in crop production and plantation activities are excluded.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Office | Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| State, Directorate of Economics and Statistics | State Government | Field Work |
| Name |
|---|
| Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation |
| Name |
|---|
| The field works of EC-2005 was carried out by the States/UTs employing ad hoc staff . All the revenue villages in the rural areas and the urban frame survey blocks prepared by NSSO(FOD) were taken as the basic enumeration blocks for the census. |
Survey instrument
All questionaires are provided as external resources
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2005-04-01 | 2005-04-30 | Second Quarter |
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 2005 |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Central Statistical Office | MOSPI |
CSO
The fieldwork of Fifth Economic Census started in April 2005 and was over by December 2005 except in Bihar and Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Because of elections in Bihar and Tsunami rehabilitation work in Andaman & Nicobar Islands, the fieldwork was completed by early March 2006. About four (4) lakh enumerators were deployed to collect information from about 42 million establishments. Establishments with fixed premises were covered at the place of their operation. On the other hand, economic activities that are carried out without any fixed premises or location were covered through households.
All types of establishments (both perennial and seasonal) were covered in the census. The reference period for data collection in respect of perennial establishment was the last calendar year ( i.e Jan-Dec.2004) and for seasonal establishments, it was last working season. For the establishments that have started operation recently, ( i.e operated less than a year for perennial establishments and did not complete a season for seasonal establishments) , the information as on the date of the census was collected. The work of the enumerators was supervised by high level officers.
A separate address slip was canvassed to collect data on the establishments employing 10 or more workers for compilation of a directory of larger establishments. Intelligence Character Recognition (ICR) Technology was adopted in collaboration with the Office of Registrar General of India and Bureau of Economics and Statistics of State/UTs to process the data to avoid any possible error in transcription of the data.
Data processing
Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR) technology, which is also known as Automated Forms Processing, was used to process the EC-2005 data. Automated Forms Processing technology enables the user to process documents from their images or directly from paper and convert them to computer readable data.
The schedules of the Fifth EC were scanned/digitized at the fifteen regional Data Processing Centres of Registrar General of India (RGI). After running the edit programme, the error list files were handed over to the State Governments for corrections. The DES officials of the State Government corrected the error files in two/three cycles and then sent the data files to RGI Headquarters to give final touch before sending to Computer Centre, MOSPI. The data files were made further error free by applying auto corrections at the Computer Centre.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESD | CSO | www.mospi.gov.in | meena.ps@nic.in |
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
Central Statistical Office. India Economic Census 2005. Ref. IND_2005_EC_v01_M. Data downloaded from [web] on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Metadata production
DDI_IND_2005_EC_v01_M_WBDG
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Centre | Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation | Documentation of Economic Census 2005 |
| Development Data Group | The World Bank | Documentation of the DDI |
2011-08-14
Metadata version
Version 01 (August 2013) - Adapted version of a DDI "DDI-IND-CC-EC-2005-v1.00" received from Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.