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Micro Enterprise Template 2 -Form Fill

Household Identification
Q01

State
Q01A

Code
Q02

District
Q02A

Code
Q03

Block
Q03A

Code
Q04

EA/PSU

Q04A

Code
Q05

Structure ID
Q06

Language of interview
Q07

Enterprise Household Head Phone Num.
Q08

Enterprise Type
Q09A

Enumerator name
Q09B

Enumerator ID
Q10A

Supervisor name
Q10B

Supervisor ID
Q11

Date of Interview DD/MM/YY
ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE
A01

Name of the respondent:
A02

Age of the respondent/owner
A03

What is the sex of respondent?

A04

Is this shop/enterprise your primary source of Income?
A05

Is this shop/enterprise connected to your house or is it a separate building?

A06

What is the category of enterprise?
A07

What is the type of microenterprise?
A08

What is the religion of the respondent?

A09

Do you belong to a scheduled caste, scheduled tribe, other backward class or general class?

A10

Education Status of the enterprise owner
A11

What time does the enterprise open?

A12

What time does the enterprise close?
A13

Apart from the owner, how many people work at this enterprise?

A14

How much is your business dependant on electricity?
A15

Considering the current hours of electric supply in your locality, how comfortably would you say you are being able to run your business?
ENERGY ACCESS
B01

What are the sources of electricity supply for operating your enterprise?
B02

How are you billed for electricity?
B03

How much were you billed (total from all sources) for electricity in each of the last three months?

B03_1

Last month bill
B03_2

2nd last month bill
B03_3

3rd last month bill
B04

On average how many hours of electricity is available out of the hours for which this enterprise is open?

B04_1

Summer
B04_2

Winter
B05

Electricity based Backup system

B05_1

Invertor with battery

B05_2

Invertor without battery
B05_3

Battery

B05_4

Generator
B05_5

Solar based system
B06

What is the brand of this product?

B06_1

Invertor with battery

B06_2

Invertor without battery
B06_3

Battery

B06_4

Generator
B06_5

Solar based system
B07

How satisfied are you with this back up source?

B07_1

Invertor with battery

B07_2

Invertor without battery
B07_3

Battery

B07_4

Generator
B07_5

Solar based system
B08

Purchase Cost

B08_1

Invertor with battery

B08_2

Invertor without battery
B08_3

Battery

B08_4

Generator
B08_5

Solar based system
B09

Monthly expense in running the same

B09_1

Invertor with battery

B09_2

Invertor without battery
B09_3

Battery

B09_4

Generator
B09_5

Solar based system
B10

In summers, how frequently do you need to use this in a week?

B10_1

Invertor with battery

B10_2

Invertor without battery
B10_3

Battery

B10_4

Generator
B10_5

Solar based system
B11

On average how many hours per day do you need to use this backup source?

B11_1

Invertor with battery

B11_2

Invertor without battery
B11_3

Battery

B11_4

Generator
B11_5

Solar based system
B12

Now we will also about the presence of the following fuel-based sources at your enterprise

B13

Is this source used/not used?

B13_1

Candle
B13_2

Kerosene
B13_3

LPG for lighting
B14

Monthly expense in using this source

B14_1

Candle
B14_2

Kerosene
B14_3

LPG for lighting
B15

Apart from above which of these small backup sources for lighting do you have at your enterprise?
B16

If this appliance is available in the enterprise?

B16_1

Electricity bulb/tube light

B16_2

Ceiling Fan/table fan
B16_3

TV
B16_4

Refrigerator
B16_5

Mobile phone
B16_6

Laptop/Computer
B16_7

Heavy machinery
B16_8

Air cooler
B16_9

Air Conditioner
B17

Are you able to use this appliance whenever you require or use it less because of lack of access to electricity?

B17_1

Electricity bulb/tube light

B17_2

Ceiling Fan/table fan
B17_3

TV
B17_4

Refrigerator
B17_5

Mobile phone
B17_6

Laptop/Computer
B17_7

Heavy machinery
B17_8

Air cooler
B17_9

Air Conditioner
B18

Is this appliance essential for your business?

B18_1

Electricity bulb/tube light

B18_2

Ceiling Fan/table fan
B18_3

TV
B18_4

Refrigerator
B18_5

Mobile phone
B18_6

Laptop/Computer
B18_7

Heavy machinery
B18_8

Air cooler
B18_9

Air Conditioner
B19

Would definitely want it to be connected by electricity backup?

B19_1

Electricity bulb/tube light

B19_2

Ceiling Fan/table fan
B19_3

TV
B19_4

Refrigerator
B19_5

Mobile phone
B19_6

Laptop/Computer
B19_7

Heavy machinery
B19_8

Air cooler
B19_9

Air Conditioner
B20

RANK (1 would be highest priority)

B20_1

Electricity bulb/tube light

B20_2

Ceiling Fan/table fan
B20_3

TV
B20_4

Refrigerator
B20_5

Mobile phone
B20_6

Laptop/Computer
B20_7

Heavy machinery
B20_8

Air cooler
B20_9

Air Conditioner
B21

Now we will be reading out a few statements one by one. These were formed based on your discussions with people like yourself. We would like you to listen to each one carefully and decide whether or not what is being said applies to you and your enterprise. If it does, then tell us to what extent you agree or disagree with these statements. Not applicable will be coded if the statement is not applicable to the respondent, i.e. the situation being stated does not apply to your household.

B21_1

My microenterprise is crucially dependent on electricity for functioning
B21_2

I get sufficient electricity from GRID for my enterprise to function everyday
B21_3

I get sufficient electricity from my back up source whenever required

B21_4

I am aware about solar energy system

B21_5

I am concerned about the high grid electricity bill

B21_6

I would be willing to consider purchasing any product that gives me better electricity supply for longer hours
B21_7

I would be open to consider HH level solar energy solution provided I find its price appropriate

B21_8

Considering what I pay for electricity, I am very happy with the quality (hours and voltage) of electricity supply I get at home all around the year
FINANCIAL PROFILE
C01

Do you have Bank/Post office Saving account?
C02

How many such account do you have?
C03

Do you use your personal account or use a separate account for business transactions?
C04

Do you have Aadhar card
C05

On average, what is your monthly business turnover/sales?

C06

After excluding your fixed annually expenses (which includes rent, material cost, repaying loans etc.), how much profit were you able you able to make within the last year

C07

What did you do with these profits

C08

Do you think that uninterrupted access to electricity will would have a positive impact on your business?

C09

How to you think it will impact your business?
C10

How many extra hours you will be able to open your enterprise with uninterrupted access to electricity?
C11

On average by how much amount do you think the annually turnover can increase with availability of electricity as per your requirement?

C12

Would you have expanded your business in case there were no electricity issues of like irregular supply, bad voltage, and high cost of backup energy sources?

C13

Does your HH have any other source of income?

C14

Have you ever taken a loan from any of the following sources?
C15

Is there any outstanding loan?
C16

What is the total value of your outstanding loan?
C17

What was the purpose for which you had taken this loan?
C18

Is some part of this debt inherited?

C19

Is there any asset (home, land, jewelry, etc.) that is currently under mortgage because it has been used as collateral for securing any loan in the past?)
SIMPA USERS
D01

Category of Customer
D02

Which Product do you have from SIMPA?
D03

Have you taken the product on cash payment or on lease /EMI based payment?
D04

How many months ago did you purchase/Lease the product?
D05

How did you come to know about the SIMPA product for the first time ?
D06

What were the different options which you had considered (to improve your electricity supply) before buying this SIMPA product?

D07

How much would you say was the influence of SIMPA representatives (RSA/CRA/Urja Mitra) in convincing you to purchase the product?
D08

A person might get interested and consider buying a SIMPA product after hearing about it from a relative, or after he notices his neighbour purchase it (D10), but he only decides to purchase it once the demonstration is given by the SIMPA staff (D11).

D09

A person was interested in such product after his child complained regarding need of reliable electricity for evening study, and he got more intrigued when his neighbour purchased it. In this case both these options will be marked in D10. But he finally purchased it cause his children’s study was very dear to him, thus marking the same in D11.

D10

What the key reasons because of which you decided to consider investing in an alternative source of energy?
D11

What was the most influential factors which persuaded you to purchase this product?
D12

Now please tell us with your satisfaction level on these various parameters of the SIMPA product that you are using

D12_1

Overall quality of the SIMPA product

D12_2

Hours of electricity backup available from the SIMPA product once it is full charged

D12_3

Stability of voltage of electricity available from the product

D12_4

Service of the product

D12_5

Servicing time (response time in case of issue in product)

D12_6

Hours taken to get full charge

D13_1

Compared to the time I didn’t had SIMPA solar product, my total spend on electricity has Increased, Decreased, or No change

D13_2

Compared to the time I didn’t had SIMPA solar product, the number of hours of electricity I get has Increased, Decreased, or No change
D13_3

Compared to the time I didn’t had SIMPA solar product, the income from my enterprise has increased, Decreased, or No change
D14

Please answer the following in reference to SIMPA product

D14_1

I am satisfied with the correctness information provided during sales pitch by sales person
D14_2

I am very satisfied with the ease of usage of the product
D14_3

Considering what in paid for the product/pay in EMI, I am very satisfied with the hours of electricity I get
D14_4

The maintenance requirement for the product is very low

D14_5

I use the product on the regular basis
D14_6

I am very happy with the decision to buy this product
D14_7

I will certainly recommend this product to my friends

SIMPA HARD BUCKET
E01

Which is the most important reason you stopped paying EMI for the product?
E02

What changed from the time you purchased the product?
E03

Did you try to contact the customer service?
E04

What happened when you tried to contact them
E05

How many EMIs did you pay before deciding to stop the payment?
E06

Would you have kept the products it if the EMI was lower?
E07

At what EMI would you have continued with the payments?
POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS
F01

Will you be willing to consider spending some time to learn about some of the solar products developed for household usage?

F02

Exposure to product architecture before exposure to price

F03

Which of the following products are you likely to be interested in purchasing?
F03A

What is the primary reason that you don’t want to purchase any of these products?
F03B

How much would you be willing to pay upfront if could get a product which fulfills yours need as answered in last question?
F04

After exposure to pricing

F05

Now that you know the prices of each product, which of the following are you likely to be interested in purchasing?
F06

After exposure to EMI option

F07

Now that you know that easy financing is available, which of the following are you likely to be interested in purchasing?
F08

Why are you not interested to purchase any of these products ?
F09

Which other electricity back up source will you be interested to buy?

F10

What is the reason for preferring this back up source?
F11

What are the key reasons because of which you are interested to buy this SIMPA solar product?