4.1 Scheme for improvement of Crop Statistics (ICS) Review of findings 1994-1999

STATEMENT 1: Submission of crop statements by the patwari
Percentage of villages	Season	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99
1	2	3	4	5	6
Statement submitted by due date after completing girdawari	Kharif	41	44	46	45
Statement submitted by due date after completing girdawari	Rabi	41	36	41	43
Statements submitted without completing girdawari	Kharif	11	11	10	9
Statements submitted without completing girdawari	Rabi	11	11	8	9
Total Statements submitted for processing	Kharif	77	78	80	78
Total Statements submitted for processing	Rabi	80	79	78	77

STATEMENT 2: Percentage Survey numbers in which crop entries by the supervisor and the patwari tally with each other
State	1996-97		1997-98		1998-99
State	Kharif	Rabi	Kharif	Rabi	Kharif	Rabi
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Andhra Pradesh	80	89	80	90	85	92
Assam	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Bihar	100	100	97	96	100	100
Gujarat	60	58	65	66	67	73
Haryana	84	80	86	85	85	82
Himachal Pradesh	81	79	76	72	77	76
Jammu & Kashmir	89	83	91	89	97	97
Karnataka	44	24	42	39	45	51
Kerala	94	90	91	NA	88	91
Madhya Pradesh	59	60	63	63	62	63
Maharashtra	36	39	38	42	44	45
Orissa	99	99	100	NA	100	100
Punjab	93	92	95	97	93	94
Rajasthan	75	77	74	79	71	76
Tamil Nadu	56	46	59	32	50	46
Uttar Pradesh	67	68	62	68	70	64
West Bengal	83	53	88	64	87	71
All states	63	68	64	71	66	64

STATEMENT 3: Impact of recording errors at cluster level: Ratio between the crop area totals of patwari over supervisor
Crop	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99
1	2	3	4
Rice (Autumn)	0.94	0.92	0.92
Rice (Winter)	0.97	0.98	0.98
Rice (Summer)	0.99	0.97	0.97
Jowar (Kharif)	0.99	0.98	0.96
Jowar (Rabi)	0.94	0.94	0.95
Bajra	1.00	1.01	0.98
Maize	0.97	0.93	0.99
Ragi	0.98	0.96	1.03
Wheat	0.95	0.96	0.96
Barley	0.94	0.94	0.94
Gram	0.94	0.96	0.94

STATEMENT 4: Crop area comparison: Crop area according to TRS and as Estimated from Supervisor Records of Sample Clusters, both Expressed as per cent of Final Estimates
Crop	No. of States	TRS over final estimates			Sample check over final Estimates
Crop	No. of States	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Rice (Kharif)	17	101.1	99.5	101.1	100.8	96.2	90.8
Rice (Summer)	7	104.8	111.7	108.4	131.5	128.7	80.1
Jowar (Kharif)	9	97.7	96.7	102.3	93.1	97.5	84.2
Jowar (Rabi)	4	104.8	106.8	84.9	93.1	99.6	64.6
Bajra	11	96.9	101.1	102.5	110.4	99.6	65.7
Maize	11	97.3	97.7	100.5	88.2	98.1	80.4
Ragi	6	93.9	107.6	92.1	97.8	105.2	108.1
Wheat	14	100.5	99.6	100.4	105.2	118.5	87.7
Barley	7	101.0	100.4	99.6	92.9	93.3	57.9
Gram	10	96.5	97.7	102.6	78.1	83.9	55.0

STATEMENT 5: Percentage of Crop Cutting Experiments Found Correctly Conducted During Spot Check Under I.C.S.
State	1996-97		1997-98		1998-99
State	Kharif	Rabi	Kharif	Rabi	Kharif	Rabi
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Andhra Pradesh	86	91	85	83	80	93
Assam	100	100	94	97	91	97
Bihar	72	90	92	96	89	91
Gujarat	62	92	92	92	71	73
Haryana	91	87	78	94	80	93
Himachal Pradesh	84	95	68	74	76	78
Jammu & Kashmir	80	20	75	74	66	91
Karnataka	86	100	79	86	82	88
Kerala	96	83*	99	96*	97	80*
Madhya Pradesh	87	82	92	85	92	91
Maharashtra	55	47	44	57	47	65
Orissa	94	100*	96	99*	99	98*
Punjab	91	97	92	99	94	86
Rajasthan	63	71	76	70	73	74
Tamil Nadu#	70	NA	75	NA	70	NA
Uttar Pradesh	83	81	53	72	72	82
West Bengal	97	84	98	91	99	99
All States	79	79	76	80	77	84

Notes: NA-Not Applicable, "*": Figures pertain to Summer Season, "#": Figures pertain to ‘Whole Year’
Source: NSSO’s reports on the Status of Estimation of Crop Production in India for the years 1996-97,1997-98 & 1998-99