Structure of MSEs in the NCR of India: Features Emerging from a Sample Study

The objective of this work is to provide an empirical basis to the investigation at hand. First, a description of the primary data collected from the field (NCR or National Capital Region in and around Delhi and its adjoining areas in Haryana, UP and Rajasthan) has been presented. The primary data have been collected by the researcher through visiting the (sample) enterprises and filling in the schedules with the response to a set of questions eliciting quantitative or qualitative data from the respondents or the relevant information gathered from the records of the enterprises in the sample. The data and information so obtained have been coded so as to render themselves to the relevant statistical/quantitative analysis. Secondly, relevant statistical analysis has been carried out to test the hypotheses formulated with reference to the objectives of this investigation.