Clean energy and cooking
Installation, use and repair of solar lights, pumps and improved cookstoves, measured months after handover, not only on distribution day.
Development sector · Environment and climate
The human side of climate programmes, measured household by household
Bharat Survey is a survey agency for environment and climate change NGOs, CSR foundations and research partners. Satellite data can show a greener watershed or a hotter city. It cannot show whether a family's income recovered, whether a solar pump is still working, or who stopped using a clean cookstove. We collect that evidence with GPS-verified household, farm and community surveys.
- Climate vulnerability and adaptation surveys
- Adoption and continued-use checks for clean energy
- Natural resource and watershed programme monitoring
- Geo-tagged asset verification
Ram Kumar · shift on
26.8467 N · 80.9462 E · ±12 m
14
Received
12
Accepted
1
Review
1
Outside
3,000
Target households
2,184
Visits
1,962
Completed
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted interviewsLast 12 days
Quality
Accepted1871
In review64
Outside area19
Weak signal8
Key indicators · by block
Safe water62%
Toilet use48%
Enrolment31%
Immunisation24%
Heat stress in urban slumsSolar pump functionalityClean cooking continued useWatershed livelihoodsTree survival checksFlood-prone villagesPlastic waste behaviourCommunity forest resources
Why household data
Climate change is lived at home, on the farm and at work
Heat that stops a construction worker at noon, a well that dries a month earlier, a cookstove abandoned because the fuel pellets never arrived. These are survey questions, and they decide whether a programme worked.
Programme types
Watershed and natural resources
Water availability, cropping patterns and income in treated and untreated villages, plus community institutions that maintain structures.
Climate risk and adaptation
Household exposure to heat, floods or drought, coping strategies, migration and access to early warnings.
Waste and urban environment
Segregation practice, collection coverage and resident attitudes in wards and slums, with observed checks alongside self-report.
Baselines
Environmental outcomes move slowly and seasonally. A baseline collected in the monsoon cannot be compared with an endline collected in summer. We lock the survey season at the design stage, geo-tag every plot, structure and household so the same units can be revisited, and pair self-reported outcomes with simple observations such as whether a pump runs when switched on.
Why corporate funders ask for this
Many CSR-funded environmental projects feed into company sustainability disclosures. SEBI's Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report format asks listed companies to report on environmental and social parameters. Field evidence from community programmes helps those disclosures rest on verified records rather than activity counts.
Units we geo-tag
- Households
- Farm plots
- Water harvesting structures
- Solar installations
- Plantation sites
Our position
Delivery
Monitoring
Continued-use and functionality rounds
Scheduled revisits to a random sample of beneficiaries to check whether assets still work and are still used, with reasons for abandonment recorded.
- Random revisit samples
- Observed functionality check
- Repair and service access
Location evidence
Survey #BS-0412
- In areaInside approx. boundary
- Accuracy±12 m
- Time09:42 · fresh fix
- Mock GPSNot detected
- Interview length11 min
Added to accepted count
Software
Data collection app for Environment and Climate Change NGOs
Field staff record structures, plantations and household visits offline with GPS and photos, and supervisors see coverage on a map when data syncs.
- Offline Android forms
- GPS and photo per record
- Coverage map for supervisors
Survey 5/6 · Photo
Photo of a public issue
Camera · no faces
5 MB → 210 KB · with location/time
SkipTake photo
Evaluation
Endline with comparison villages
Outcome comparison between programme and similar non-programme villages, surveyed in the same season with the same tools.
- Matched comparison sites
- Same-season timing
- Clear statement of limits
3,000
Target households
2,184
Visits
1,962
Completed
1,871
Accepted
Daily accepted interviewsLast 12 days
Method choice
| Question | Household survey | Remote sensing |
|---|---|---|
| Did green cover increase? | Limited | Strong |
| Did household income recover? | Strong | Not possible |
| Is the solar pump in use? | Strong, with observation | Not possible |
| Did water tables change? | Perception only | Needs hydrological data |
| Who benefited and who did not? | Strong | Not possible |
We do not provide satellite analysis ourselves; we can work alongside your remote sensing partner.
Not the right fit if
- Carbon credit verification or validation
- Environmental impact assessments for project clearance
- Water or soil laboratory testing
- Drone or satellite surveys without a partner
A good fit if
- Household and community climate surveys
- Asset functionality and continued-use checks
- Geo-tagged monitoring for NRM programmes
- Baselines and endlines in matched seasons
FAQ
Straight answers to the questions people ask most about this topic.
Can you verify trees planted or structures built?
Yes, through geo-tagged field visits to a sample or all sites, recording existence, condition and photos. Survival counts use an agreed method, such as counting in marked plots. This is field verification for programme reporting, not certification for carbon markets.
Do you work in forest and hill areas with no network?
Yes. Forms work offline and sync later. Fieldwork in forest areas follows local permissions and seasonal access, and we plan revisits around monsoon when roads close.
Can your data support a CSR impact assessment?
Yes. Household and asset data from our surveys can feed a CSR impact assessment, and we can run the assessment itself where the scope fits. Methods, samples and limits are documented so your board and auditors can review them.
How do you handle seasonal differences?
By fixing the survey season at design stage and repeating it at endline. Where seasonal variation is the question, we plan multiple rounds in the same year instead of drawing conclusions from one visit.
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