[Population census form]
For persons aged 12 years and over.
(Questions 28 to 33 refer to the person's job or business during the past week. If person had no job last week, answer for his/her last job. If person had more than one job last week, answer for the job at which he/she worked the most hours.)
34. Income _ _ _ _ _ _
State the total cash income in rupees received from all sources by the person for the month of June 2000.
Please include:
- income from paid employment (wages and salaries, commissions, bonuses, etc. before any deductions)
- income from self-employment (gross receipts from trade, business, profession, crop cultivation, etc. less expenses of operation)
- income of members of producers' co-operatives
- property income (interests, dividends, rent received less current maintenance expenses)
- social security benefits (old age pension, widow's pension, invalid pension, child's allowance, unemployment hardship relief, etc.)
- other income (retirement pension from a funded pension plan or former employer, life insurance annuity benefit, widow's and children pension, alimony/maintenance, scholarship grants, gifts and remittances in cash, etc.)
Where any income is received daily, weekly, fortnightly, quarterly, half-yearly or yearly, insert income apportioned on a monthly basis.
If no income was received, write: 'nil'.
7. Instructions on how to fill in the census form
Column 34 - Income
Report the person's total cash income in rupees received from all sources for the month of June 2000.
Should be included:
income from paid employment (before any deductions such as taxes, social security contributions, insurance premiums, etc.):
- wages and salaries,
- commissions, gratuities, bonuses, cost of living allowances, etc.
income from self-employment:
- net income (i.e. gross receipts less expenses of operation) from trade, business, profession, crop cultivation, etc.
income of members of producers' co-operatives:
- wages, salaries, commissions, fees, bonuses, etc received by members employed by the cooperatives,
- share of profits made by the co-operatives.
property income:
- interests received on savings, deposits, bonds and loans given to others,
- dividends received,
- rent received (less current maintenance expenses} for the use of residential and non-residential buildings and lands.
social security benefits:
- old age pension,
- widow's pension and child's allowance,
- invalid pension,
- unemployment hardship relief,
- other social security benefits.
other income:
- retirement pension from a pension fund or from former employer,
- life insurance annuity benefit,
- widow's and children pension,
- alimony/maintenance,
- scholarship grants,
- regular cash gifts and remittances,
- other regular income.
In cases where income is received quarterly, half-yearly or yearly (e.g: net receipt from crop cultivation, distribution of profits from trade, profession and business, interests and dividends received, etc.), insert the income which would refer to a month.
Do not include lottery prizes, receipts from sales of possessions, withdrawals from savings, lump sum pension, lump sum insurance payments and lump sum inheritances.
For a person who has received no income, insert "Nil".