RBI launches CCS
Published: Oct 26, 2017
By TIOLCORP News Service
MUMBAI, OCT 26, 2017: The November 2017 round of the Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) is now being launched by Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The survey seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on general economic conditions, income, spending, prices, employment scenario etc. The survey is conducted regularly in Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai. From the September 2017 round, it has been extended to 7 more cities viz ., Ahmedabad, Bhopal, Guwahati, Jaipur, Lucknow, Patna, and Thiruvananthapuram, on an experimental basis. The survey covers around 6,650 respondents across 13 cities. The results of this survey provide useful information for monetary policy formulation.
The Agency M/s Hansa Research Group Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai has been engaged to conduct the field work of this round of the survey on behalf of the RBI. For this purpose, the households will be approached by the agency and the selected households are requested to provide their response. RBI has been regularly conducting this Survey.