The Firm Analysis and Competitiveness Survey of India (FACS) 2002 is a joint undertaking of the Confederation of Indian Industry and the World Bank Group towards better understanding of the investment climate of States. It follows upon a similar survey of 1200 firms that the two institutions carried out in 2000.
In 2002, 1827 businesses from 12 states were surveyed. The study covered exporting industries, namely, textiles, garments, pharmaceuticals, electronics, electrical White goods, chemicals, metal and auto-components. As in the previous survey, the goal of the study is to advise state governments on ways to change policies that hinder the start up of more businesses, their expansion and competitiveness in potential export markets.
Firm-level surveys have been conducted since 1998 by different units within the World Bank. Since 2005-06, most data collection efforts have been centralized within the Enterprise Analysis Unit (FPDEA), which now implements Enterprise Surveys across all geographic regions.