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The Reserve Bank of India has launched its September 2025 round of consumer confidence surveys for both urban and rural households. These quarterly surveys gather public perceptions about the economy, employment, prices, income, and spending patterns. The urban survey covers 19 major cities while the rural survey spans all 31 states and union territories. Selected households will be directly approached, though voluntary online participation is also available through RBI's website.

Key Points: RBI Launches Urban and Rural Consumer Confidence Surveys September 2025

  • Surveys assess household views on economic situation and employment scenario
  • Measures current perceptions versus year-ago circumstances
  • Collects expectations for economic conditions one year ahead
  • Covers price levels, income changes, and spending behavior patterns
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RBI launches Consumer Confidence Surveys for Rural and Urban households

RBI conducts quarterly surveys across 19 cities and 31 states to gather household views on economy, jobs, income, and prices for monetary policy insights.

"These consumer confidence surveys provide valuable insights for monetary policy decisions - Reserve Bank of India"

New Delhi, August 26

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has begun the September 2025 round of its Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS) and Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS), inviting households across the country to share their views on the economy, jobs, income, prices, and spending. These surveys provide valuable insights for RBI's monetary policy decisions.

The central bank conducts these surveys to gather public perceptions and expectations, residing in the urban and rural areas. Done on a quarterly basis, the survey assesses households' views on general price economic situations and spending prowess.

The urban survey will be held across 19 cities, including major urban centres such as Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram.

This round of survey will capture how urban households feel about the general economic situation, the employment scenario, price levels, and their own income and spending behaviour.

To ensure broader participation, the central bank has engaged a Mumbai-based agency to conduct the field survey on its behalf.

The survey asks households to compare their current circumstances with one year ago and share their expectations for the year ahead. Respondents are asked to state whether they feel the country's economic situation, their household income, and employment opportunities have improved, remained the same, or worsened. They are also asked to express views on overall spending, among other questions.

On the other hand, the rural survey will be held across 31 states/ UTs namely, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, NCT of Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Union Territory of Ladakh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.

The survey will collect current perceptions and one-year-ahead expectations of households on the general economic situation, employment scenario, overall price situation, own income and spending from the families residing in the rural and semi-urban areas

Selected households in these cities will be approached directly for responses. At the same time, other individuals who the agency does not contact can also participate voluntarily by filling in the survey schedule available online through the RBI's official website.

The central bank has requested that selected participants extend full cooperation to the agencies involved, emphasising that these consumer confidence surveys provide valuable insights for monetary policy decisions.

- ANI

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Rohit P
Filled out the online survey from Mumbai. Took only 10 minutes. Everyone should participate - this is our chance to tell RBI directly about inflation concerns and job market realities. Better than just complaining on social media! 👍
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Arjun K
While the intention is good, I hope RBI ensures proper representation. Often these surveys only reach educated, urban English speakers. They need to include regional languages and reach actual grassroots level people in villages.
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Sarah B
As someone who has lived in both urban and rural India, I appreciate this dual approach. The economic realities are completely different in villages versus cities. This data will help create more balanced policies. Good move, RBI!
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Vikram M
Hope they actually act on the survey findings. Last time when people expressed concerns about price rise, the policy response was delayed. Actions speak louder than surveys! 🎯
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Kavya N
Great to see Jammu and Ladakh included in the rural survey! Often remote areas get neglected in such exercises. Our hill states have unique economic challenges that need policy attention.

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