13.9 Type studies recommended on Gross Domestic Product

Appendix 13.1 :Type studies Recommended on Gross Domestic Product

Study No.	Area/Sector	Description of the topics	Benefits of the study	Year of last type study
I	Agriculture	Yield estimates of crops other than the principal crops, grass and fodder crops	These are presently not available. The study will enable in improvement of the quality of production estimates for these crops. These crops account for 28.3 % of the total output of the agriculture sector and 3.6 % of gross output of the entire economy in 1993-94.	Grass and fodder - NSS 1952-53 For other crops, estimates are made on the basis of value of output per hectare of similar crops.
II	Agriculture	Production of newly emerging commercial crops like mushrooms and other high valued herbs and spices; ancillary activities like cut and dried flowers.	No reliable estimates are presently available. The study will enable us to know the estimated production of these crops.	Not included in the GDP estimates.
III	Agriculture	Seed rates of crops other than those covered in the Cost of Cultivation Studies	These are presently available from the States or based on DMI 1958 studies The study will enable improvement in the quality of input-seed estimates of these crops. These account for 4.1 % of the inputs of the sector and 0.3 % of the total input of the economy.	For the crops masoor, other pulses, horsegram, other oilseeds, and sweet potato, seed rates are based on DMI, 1958. The State Governments furnish annually seed rates of crops other than those covered under CCS and mentioned above. These are ad hoc estimates.
IV	Livestock	Number of fallen animals, production of goat hair, camel hair and pig bristles and meat by-products	The study will enable in updating the rates of these items. These account for 18.6 % of the livestock sector's output and 0.8 % of the total output of the economy.	DMI studies of 1957, 1958, 1961
V	Livestock	Estimates of consumption of roughage and concentrates (including composition) consumed by different categories of cattle	The study will result in improving the quality of input estimates of livestock sector. These inputs account for 45.3 % of the inputs of the sector and 1.5 % of the aggregate inputs of the economy.	NSS 1975-76
VI	Forestry	Production of minor forest products.	These are currently based on royalty figures. The study will result in improving the quality of these estimates. These products account for 13 % of the output of the sector and 0.1 % of total output of economy.	State Governments furnish these estimates on the basis of royalty figures, annually.
VII	Forestry	Unrecorded industrial wood. Inputs in forestry sector	The study will help in updating the present ratio of 10 % of output. The inputs account for 0.1 % of total input of the economy.	Based on budget analysis in respect of Government forests by the States from time to time.
VIII	Fishing	Estimates of production of fish and prawns from fish ponds cultivation and subsistence fish.	No reliable estimates are available. These account for 5.1 % of sector's output and neg. proportion of output of total economy.	Estimates of cultivated fish are furnished by the States, but they are not considered reliable in the absence of a census of inland water bodies.
IX	Fishing	Inputs in fishing sector	The study will help in updating the present ratio of 10 to 22.5 % of output. The inputs account for 0.2 % of total input of the economy.	Based on the information provided by the State fisheries departments in 1993-94.
X	Banking	Information relating to the details of activities of unorganised non-banking financial undertakings and Own-account money lenders.	The study will result in improvement of quality of the sector's estimates. This accounts for 6.6 % of the sector's output and 0.3 % of total output of the economy.	Assumed ratio. AIDIS does not capture data on money lenders
XI	Local Bodies	Budgetary transactions of local bodies.	The study will result in improvement of quality of the sector's estimates. This accounts for 6.1 % of the public sector's output and 0.3 % of total GDP of the economy.	Only four States, Delhi, Meghalaya, U.P. and Maharashtra are doing annually, a complete analysis of local bodies accounts.