The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS). The November 2023 round of the survey is being launched. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households, regarding their sentiments on general economic situation, employment scenario, price level, households’ income and spending. The survey is conducted regularly in 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended October 27, 2023 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended October 20, 2023.

Shweta Sharma     
Deputy General Manager

Press Release: 2023-2024/1218

Today, the Reserve Bank released the results1 of fourteenth round of its biennial survey on foreign collaboration in Indian industry (FCS) covering the financial years 2021-22 and 2022-23. This survey captures information on financial parameters and operations of the Indian companies having technical collaboration with foreign companies during the reference period, as per the attached schedule.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2022 2023 Variation Oct. 21 Oct. 13   Oct. 20 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5
4 Loans and Advances    

4.1 Central Government    0    0    0    0    0
4.2 State Governments    5092    20364    20227    -137    15135
* Data are provisional.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended October 13, 2023. Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1174

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item20222023Variation Oct. 14Oct. 6Oct. 13WeekYear 12345 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government00000 4.2 State Governments78362430320364-393912528 * Data are provisional.

SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs, SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 07-Oct-2222-SEP-2023*06-OCT-2023*07-Oct-2222-SEP-2023*06-OCT-2023* ILIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks191780.92238947.18233687.07194707.13241286.81236022.15 **

b) Borrowings from banks61002.31195119.2199276.661308.31195203.11199285.6

c) Other demand & time liabilities50315.1170559.3472142.7950858.9670625.03

Today, the Reserve Bank released the October 2023 issue of its monthly Bulletin. The Bulletin includes two speeches, six articles and current statistics.

The six articles are: I. State of the Economy; II. Measuring Uncertainty: An Indian Perspective; III. Impact of G-Sec Yield Movements on Bank Profitability in India; IV. Production Weighted Rainfall Index and Agriculture Production: Relationship Re-visited; V. Housing Finance Companies and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Does Size Matter?; and VI. COVID-19 Pandemic and the Resilience of India’s R&D Expenditure.

The Reserve Bank has launched the 39th round of the quarterly Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey (SIOS) for the reference period October-December 2023. The survey assesses the business situation for the current quarter (Q3:2023-24) from selected companies in the services and infrastructure sectors in India and their expectations for the ensuing quarter (Q4:2023-24) based on qualitative responses on a set of indicators pertaining to demand conditions, financial conditions, employment conditions and the price situation. The outlook on key parameters for the two subsequent quarters (Q1:2024-25 and Q2:2024-25) are also covered.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended October 13, 2023 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended October 06, 2023.