Item Summary

“The All-India Debt and Investment Survey (AIDIS), conducted by National Statistical Office (NSO) is the primary source of data on various indicators of stock of assets, incidence of indebtedness, capital formation and other indicators of rural/urban economy. These are used for planning, policy formulation, and as input for further analytical studies by various Government organizations, academicians, researchers and scholars. The National Statistical Office (NSO) first collected information on Debt and Investment in NSS 26th round (1971 - 1972). Thereafter, data on Debt & Investment have been collected in periodic surveys carried out in NSS 3 7th round, 481h round, 59ᵗʰ round and 70th round prior to the present survey. The present survey on Debt & Investment conducted during NSS 77th round (January - December, 2019) collected information on the assets and liabilities of the households as on 30.6.2018. Besides, the survey gathered information on the amount of capital expenditure incurred by the households during the Agricultural Year 2018-19 (July-June)., under different heads, like residential buildings, farm business and non-farm business. This report on All-India Debt and Investment Survey includes important indicators on household assets and liabilities like average value of assets, average amount of debt, incidence of indebtedness and debt asset ratio. At all-India level, these important indicators are tabulated separately for different social-groups as well as for different 1sset holding classes. The Survey Design and Research division (SORO) of the NSO undertook the development of the survey methodology, survey instruments and the preparation of this document. The field work was carried out by the Field Operations Division (FOO) of NSO while the data processing and tabulation work was taken care of by the Data quality Assurance Division (DQAD) of NSO. The Survey Coordination Division (SCD) coordinated various activities pertaining to the survey.”