New Delhi, May 2 (KNN)  The 70^th round of National Sample Survey will be devoted to land and livestock holdings, debt and investment and situation assessment of agricultural households.
 
“The survey aims at collecting data for deriving different indicators such as ownership of land holdings, operational holdings, pattern of land use, details of crop production/animal farming activities of the holdings, seasonal variation in operational holdings of household, ownership of livestock, poultry and duckery in rural areas, quantitative information on stock of household assets, incidence of indebtedness, capital formation, etc. in both rural and urban areas and comprehensive picture of farming community to assess/analyse impact of transformation induced by public policy, investment and technological changes on farmer’s access to resources and income as well as of farmer households,” the Minister of State for Statistics and Programme Implementation, Srikant Kumar Jena said in the Lok Sabha today.
 
The survey will be conducted during January-December 2013 all over the country.

Data will be collected from the sampled households by interviewing the head of household or any other member who is better informed in the family about the subjects of the survey.

Although the survey will be completed by December 2013, processing of massive data collected during the survey will take about a year and key results are expected to be released by December 2014.   
 
The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) carries out surveys on socio-economic, demographic, agricultural and industrial subjects for collecting data from households and from enterprises located in villages and towns.
 
A focal agency of the Government of India, it collects statistical data in areas which are vital for development planning.  (KNN)