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RBI Launches Inflation Expectations Survey for September 2025 Across 19 Cities
RBI: RBI has started the IESH survey in 19 Indian cities to know the inflation situation. Its objective is to assess consumer views on inflation and general price movements of products. The RBI survey is also available online for wider public participation.
Reserve Bank of India has initiated the Inflation Expectations Survey (IESH) for September 2025. As a part of this survey, views will be sought from household consumers in 19 cities of the nation so that they can express their opinions regarding the state of prices and inflation.
RBI undertakes this survey on a quarterly basis. Its aim is to gauge consumer perception about inflation and overall price movements of products. It has been framed with the idea to know the sentiments of households towards the variation in prices of various products.
Under the survey, both qualitative and quantitative inputs will be elicited from households about changes in overall prices and prices of individual groups of products. In this, the participants will be asked for their opinion about prices for the next three months and one year period, as well as the estimate of inflation rate for the current, three months ahead and one year ahead. According to the RBI, the findings of this survey provide important inputs for monetary policy, so that policy decisions can be made in line with ground reality.
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This survey is being conducted in 19 cities, including Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. These cities have been selected to reflect the diverse consumption patterns of different regions of the country.
Apart from this, the Reserve Bank has also started the Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS) and Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS). The central bank conducts these surveys to know the perceptions and expectations of people living in urban and rural areas. This survey, conducted on a quarterly basis, assesses the views of families on general price-economic conditions and spending capacity.
The RBI survey is also available online for wider public participation. Individuals who have not been contacted by the agency can also contribute by filling the survey form available through the link provided on the RBI website. The central bank has emphasised that such inputs are important in understanding how people view changes in everyday costs, from essential commodities to services.
