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.

The Reserve Bank has launched the 104th round of the quarterly Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS) of the Indian manufacturing sector for the reference period October-December 2023. The survey assesses business sentiment for the current quarter (Q3:2023-24) and 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 of India has today released the data on Overseas Direct Investment, both under Automatic Route and the Approval Route, for the month of September 2023.

Ajit Prasad           
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1105

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item20222023Variation Oct. 7Sep. 29Oct. 6WeekYear 12345 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government00000 4.2 State Governments1083911606243031269713464 * Data are provisional.

2. Foreign Exchange Reserves*

ItemAs on October 6, 2023Variation over

WeekEnd-March 2023 Year

₹ Cr.US$ Mn.₹ Cr.US$ Mn.₹ Cr.US$ Mn.₹ Cr.US$ Mn.

12345678

1 Total Reserves4867956584742-14828-2166113691629248102051873

1.1 Foreign Currency Assets #4325067519529-3057-707135935983844342148033

1.2 Gold35220042306-11624-1425-19299-2894315003352

1.3 SDRs14921217923-31-15-1952-4694467342

1.4 Reserve Position in the IMF414774983-116-19-992-1831631147

* Difference, if any, is due to rounding off.
# Excludes (a) SDR holdings of the Reserve Bank, as they are included under the SDR holdings; (b) investment in bonds issued by IIFC (UK); and (c) amounts lent under the SAARC Currency swap arrangements.

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended September 22, 2023. Ajit Prasad Director (Communications) Press Release: 2023-2024/1002

The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 63rd round of its Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS). The survey is for the reference period July - September 2023 (Q2:2023-24).

The Reserve Bank has been conducting the Order Books, Inventories and Capacity Utilisation Survey (OBICUS) of the manufacturing sector on a quarterly basis since 2008. The information collected in the survey includes quantitative data on new orders received during the reference quarter, backlog of orders at the beginning of the quarter, pending orders at the end of the quarter, total inventories with a breakup between finished goods (FG), work-in-progress (WiP) and raw material (RM) inventories at the end of the quarter, item-wise production in terms of quantity and value during the quarter vis-à-vis the installed capacity from the targeted group and the reasons for changes in production / installed capacity during the quarter. The level of capacity utilisation (CU) is estimated from these responses. The survey provides valuable input for monetary policy formulation. The survey findings are released on the website of the Bank regularly.

During this quarter, selected manufacturing companies will be approached by the Bank. Other manufacturing companies may also participate in the survey by downloading the survey questionnaire from the Reserve Bank’s website https://www.rbi.org.in. The survey questionnaire is placed under the head ‘Forms’ (available under the ‘More Links’ at the bottom of the home page) and sub-head ‘Survey’. The duly authenticated filled-in survey schedule may be e-mailed as per contact details provided in the survey schedule.

Company level data are treated as confidential and never disclosed.

In case of any query/clarification, kindly contact us at the following address:

The Director,
Division of Enterprise Surveys,
Department of Statistics and Information Management,
Reserve Bank of India,
C-8, 2nd floor, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (East),
Mumbai - 400051,
Phone - 022-26578235/279;
Please click here to send email.

Ajit Prasad           
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1055

The Reserve Bank of India today released on its website the results of the following Surveys: Consumer Confidence Survey (CCS) – September 2023 Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) – September 2023 OBICUS Survey on manufacturing sector – Q1:2023-24 Industrial Outlook Survey of the Manufacturing Sector for Q2:2023-24 Survey of Professional Forecasters on Macroeconomic Indicators – Round1 84rd

Bank Lending Survey for Q2:2023-24

Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey for Q2:2023-24

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.

Ajit Prasad            
Director (Communications)

Press Release: 2023-2024/1070

1 The survey results reflect the respondents’ views, which are not necessarily shared by the Reserve Bank. Results of the previous survey round were released on the Bank’s website on August 10, 2023.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item20222023Variation Sep. 30Sep. 22Sep. 29WeekYear 12345 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government00000 4.2 State Governments56111348011606-18745995 * Data are provisional. 2. Foreign Exchange Reserves* ItemAs on September 29, 2023Variation over WeekEnd-March 2023Year ₹ Cr.US$ Mn.₹ Cr.US$ Mn.₹ Cr.US$ Mn.₹ Cr.US$ Mn. 12345678 1 Total Reserves4882783586908-15553 3794128519845854879654244 1.1 Foreign Currency Assets #4328124520236-11803-31271389921054548124247429

1.2 Gold36382443731-3586-576-7676-1469578606126

1.3 SDRs14924317939-123-74-1921-4537456512

1.4 Reserve Position in the IMF415935002-40-18-876-1642238176

* Difference, if any, is due to rounding off.
# Excludes (a) SDR holdings of the Reserve Bank, as they are included under the SDR holdings; (b) investment in bonds issued by IIFC (UK); and (c) amounts lent under the SAARC Currency swap arrangements.