The Reserve Bank of India has been conducting the Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) since 2008 and the summary data on IESH are released in the Bank’s website after finalisation of each round. In order to encourage research, it has been decided to disseminate unit-level data on the IESH through the Reserve Bank’s data warehouse, the ‘Database on Indian Economy’ (https://dbie.rbi.org.in), with a lag of one quarter, after the release of the consolidated results of each round of the survey. With this press release, unit-level data are being released for the March 2014 round onwards, which will be followed up by data prior to March 2014. Meta data on various items are also provided.

It may be noted that:

1. responses of households on price and inflation may be based on their own consumption baskets; and

2. households’ assessments are subjective, guided by their own understanding of the subject, and may lack internal consistency

For any clarifications, please contact:

The Director
Division of Household Surveys
Department of Statistics and Information Management
Reserve Bank of India
C-8, 6th Floor, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East)
Mumbai-400 051
Phone: 022-2657 8398, 022-2657 8520
Fax: 022-26571327
E-mail

Ajit Prasad
Assistant Adviser

Press Release : 2017-2018/1686