Research and Data

The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website the results of the following Surveys: Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS) – November 2025 Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS) – November 2025 Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) – November 2025 Survey of Professional Forecasters on Macroeconomic Indicators – Round1 97th The Survey results are based on the feedback received from the respondents to the Surveys and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Reserve Bank of India.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Nov. 29 Nov. 21 Nov. 28 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 16465 27060 18966 -8094 2501 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the fortnight ended November 28, 2025.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the results1 of the fifteenth round of its biennial survey on foreign collaboration in Indian industry (FCS) covering the financial years 2023-24 and 2024-25. 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. In the latest survey round, 601 foreign technical collaboration (FTC) agreements were reported by 255 Indian entities, of which, 163 entities had participated in the previous survey round.

Today, the Reserve Bank of India released the balance of payments (BoP) data for the second quarter (Q2), i.e., July-September of 2025-26, on its website (www.rbi.org.in). On the basis of these data, the sources of variation in foreign exchange reserves during April-September

Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for the second quarter (Q2), i.e., July-September 2025-26, are presented in Statements I and II. Key Features of India’s BoP in Q2:2025-26 India’s current account deficit moderated to US$ 12.3 billion (1.3 per cent of GDP) in Q2:2025-26 from US$ 20.8 billion (2.2 per cent of GDP) in Q2:2024-25 (Table 1).1,2 Merchandise trade deficit at US$ 87.4 billion in Q2:2025-26 was lower than US$ 88.5 billion in Q2:2024-25. Net services receipts increased to US$ 5

Data on lending and deposit rates of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) (excluding regional rural banks and small finance banks) received during the month of November 2025 are set out in Tables 1 to 7

The value of exports and imports of services during October 2025 is presented in the following table. International Trade in Services (US$ million) Month Receipts (Exports) Payments (Imports) July – 2025 33,740 (10.2) 17,293 (8.5) August – 2025 31,191 (2.7) 15,591 (-5.3)

Today, the Reserve Bank released its web publication entitled ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Return (BSR)-1 on Credit by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs)1- September 20252 on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). It captures various classificatory characteristics of bank credit such as occupation/activity/organisational sector of the borrower, types of accounts and their interest rates based on account-level reporting. Data reported by SCBs {excluding Regional Rural Banks (RRBs)} are presented across bank groups, population groups3 and States.

Today, the Reserve Bank released the web publication ‘Quarterly Basic Statistical Return (BSR)-2 on Deposits with Scheduled Commercial Banks – September 2025 ’ on its ‘Database on Indian Economy’ portal (https://data.rbi.org.in Homepage > Publications). Scheduled commercial banks (SCBs