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Audience Measurement Study On SUJAL MAHARASHTRA-NIRMAL MAHARASHTRA MISSION CAMPAIGN

(Water Supply & Sanitation Dept., Govt. of Maharashtra, Mumbai.) Prepared for:

VRITTI SOLUTIONS LIMITED

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GENESIS MANAGEMENT & MARKET RESEARCH (P) LTD

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March 2010

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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION . 3 1. SUMMARY .. 4 2. SCOPE OF WORK 5 3. METHODOLOGY . 6 4. SURVEY FINDINGS 7-13

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INTRODUCTION __________________________________________________
Genesis is a fast growing market research and consultancy organization based in Pune, India offering wide range of market research, KPO services & preparation of export marketing and potential plans for medium and large Indian companies to explore business in developed countries in the world. Genesis works in the areas like FMCG, Automobile, Durables, Telecom, Banking & Insurance, IT/ITes, Education, Chemicals, Engineering, etc

Vritti is a next generation IT Solutions company working towards fuelling the knowledge based economy by consulting and developing innovative IT solutions. In order to assess the recall of advertisements being played under Sujal Maharashtra-Nirmal Maharahstra Mission Campaign on various Bus Stands in the State of Maharashtra, Vritti felt the need to conduct a market research in those cities. With this background, Vritti approached Genesis to conduct the research on their behalf. The survey was successfully carried out in the select cities in the State of Maharashtra using quantitative method of survey by face to face interviews. Genesis thus has a pleasure in submitting this report to Vritti. The report is presented on the basis of survey findings, opinions and views from the passengers/commuters on the Bus Stands.

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1. SUMMARY __________________________________________________
The survey was carried out in select 6 cities in the State of Maharashtra on the basis of quantitative method of survey using face to face interviews The survey covered interviews of 100 passengers on each of the ST Stands i.e. total 600 interviews Percentage of respondents coming from Rural areas was high compared to that with the respondents from Urban or Semi Urban areas Students and Farmers were the most frequently travelling category of respondents Average rating for the campaign was 4.2 out of 5 which is Very Good 100% of the respondents felt that the messages spread through this campaign are useful 98% of the respondents said that the massages given through this campaign spread awareness and are implemented by the audiences All advertisements that are being played under Sujal Maharashtra-Nirmal Maharashtra Mission Campaign are recalled by the passengers Highest recalled advertisement was Conserve Water followed by Use Clean and Pure Water

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2. SCOPE OF WORK
___________________________________________________________ Number of Interviews: Sr. No. 1 2 3 Number of Interviews on each Bus Station 100 6 600

Type of Respondents Passengers/Commuters on Bus Stations Total Bus Stations Total Interviews

Geographical Coverage: Sr. No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 City / Name of the Bus Stands G-Pet, Nagpur Tuljapur, CBS Ahmednagar-CBS Solapur-CBS Jalgaon-CBS Parbhani-CBS

Out of list of 38 ST Stands in the State of Maharashtra, where Sujal Maharashtra-Nirmal Maharashtra Mission Campaign is working, representative sample of 6 ST Stands (mentioned in above table) were selected and 100 passengers/commuters each ST Stand were interviewed during the survey.

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3. METHODOLOGY __________________________________________________

Create the manual for research

Phase I FIELD WORK

Preparation of work plan and training to the project team

Conduct the pilot survey to know the probable changes required in questionnaire and/or methodology Carry out face to face interviews to get unbiased feedback from customers

Back checking and Scrutiny of feedback forms

Analysis of the data

Phase II DATA ANALYSIS

Coding and Data entry of the collected customer feedback

Report writing

Presentation of Report

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4. SURVEY FINDINGS ____________________________________________________

1. Classification of Respondents-Age Wise
Classification of Respondents-Age Wise 40 35 30 Responses in % 25 20 15 10 5 0 0 Below 1 5 1 5 to 20 20 to 25 25 to 35 35 to 45 45 to 55 6 16 22 20 34

Age Groups
Base: 6 ST Stands x 100 Respondents each

The above graph represents the type of passengers coming to the surveyed ST Stands. Percentage of respondents from Age Group 20 to 35 was highest. The survey covered maximum number of respondents from Rural areas and Age Group 20 to 35 represents working professionals and/or students who travel frequently to the nearby Urban areas for various reasons.

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2. Classification of Respondents-Category Wise

Category of Respondents
75

R S U

Categories

16

20

40

60

80

Responses in %
Base: 6 ST Stands x 100 Respondents each (R: Rural, S: Semi Urban, U: Urban)

75% of the respondents are from Rural Category for whom the campaign is intended. 3. Classification of Respondents-Gender Wise
Classification of Respondents-Gender Wise

Female, 24

Male, 76

Base: 6 ST Stands x 100 Respondents each

The percentage of Male passengers is usually higher than Female passengers which gets reflected in the sample of respondents covered during the survey.
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4. Classification of Respondents-Occupation Wise

Classification of Respondnets-Occupation Wise
No Respon se Ot h er s Pr iv a t e Sect or Bu sin ess G ov . Em ploy ees Fa r m er s St u den t s 0 5 10 15 20 25

5 13 14 14 6 20 28
30

Students

Farmers

Gov . Employ ees

Business

Priv ate Sector

Others

No Response

Base: 6 ST Stands x 100 Respondents each

The graph depicts that the highest percentage of respondents were Students i.e. 28% of the total respondents followed by Farmers with a share of 20% of the total respondents. Students from Rural/Semi Urban areas travel to and fro Urban area/Cities nearby for higher studies and hence the percentage of respondents from this category is high.

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5. Frequency of Travelling

Frequency of Travelling

Frequenctly Once a Month Once a week

Frequenctly

22

Frequencies

Once a Month

42

Once a week

36

10

20

30

40

50

Responses in %
Base: 6 ST Stands x 100 Respondents each

Once a Month was observed to be highest chosen frequency of travelling by the respondents (42% of the total respondents). The reason could be occupations like Farmer, Students and Businessmen requiring frequent travelling to nearby Urban areas. 6. Average Waiting Time on the Bus Stand

Average Waiting Time on ST Stand

More than 1 Hour

35

Time

1 Hour

32

Half an Hour

57

10

20

30

40

50

60

Responses in %
Half an Hour 1 Hour More than 1 Hour
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7. Favorite Advertisements

Favorite Advertizements
35 30

34

Responses in %

25 20 15 10 5 0

24

23

14 9

Conserv e Using Pure Wat er and Clean Wat er

Con ser v e W a t er Usin g T oilet

Test ing Using Toilet Keep Wat er Surrounding Clean

Test in g W a t er

Advertizements
Usin g Pu r e a n d Clea n W a t er Keep Su r r ou n din g Clea n

Base: 6 ST Stands x 100 Respondents each

Advertisements about Water Conservation, Use of Clean and Pure Water and Keeping Surrounding Clean were observed to be Favorite Advertisements. According to the survey findings all the advertisements played under Sujal Maharashtra-Nirmal Maharashtra Mission Campaign were recalled by the passengers.

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8. Effectiveness of the Campaign

Effectiveness of the Campaign

Yes No
0

Messages are Usefull

100

Effects

Messages are Propagated Messages are Im plem ented

92

98

Spreads Aw areness

98

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

10 0

110

Responses in %
Base: 6 ST Stands x 100 Respondents each

As per the survey findings, 100% respondents felt that the Sujal Maharashtra-Nirmal Maharashtra Mission advertisements played on the ST Stands spread useful massages among the passengers/commuters on the Stands. According to 98% respondents, messages (given through Audio Advertisement Systems on ST Stands) spread awareness and were implemented by audience. This indicates that there is very good response to this advertisement campaign by MSRTC passengers.

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9. Rating given to Campaign (out of 5)

Rating Giv en to the Cam paign 5 43

Ratings (out of 5)

39

16

1 0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 1 40 2 3 4 45 5

Responses in %

Base: 6 ST Stands x 100 Respondents each

(5=Excellent, 4=Very Good, 3=Good, 2=Average, 1=Poor)

Highest (i.e. 43%) percentage of the respondents rated Sujal Maharashtra-Nirmal Maharashtra Mission Campaign 5 out of 5 which is excellent. 39% of the respondents rated it as Very Good i.e. 4 out of 5. Average ratings for the campaign is 4.2 ~ 4 which is very good.

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