The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS). The September 2025 round of the survey is being launched. The survey collects current perceptions and one year ahead expectations of households on general economic situation, employment scenario, overall price situation, own income and spending from the households residing in the rural and semi-urban areas across 31 states/ UTs viz., Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, NCT of Delhi, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Union Territory of Ladakh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

The Reserve Bank of India has been regularly conducting Urban Consumer Confidence Survey (UCCS). The September 2025 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 of India has been regularly conducting Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). The September 2025 round of the survey is being launched. The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets, across 19 cities, viz., Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. The survey seeks qualitative responses from households on price changes (general prices as well as prices of specific product groups) in the three months ahead as well as in the one year ahead period and quantitative responses on current, three months ahead and one year ahead inflation rates. The results of this survey provide useful inputs for monetary policy.

1. Reserve Bank of India - Liabilities and Assets* (₹ Crore) Item 2024 2025 Variation Aug. 16 Aug. 08 Aug. 15 Week Year 1 2 3 4 5 4 Loans and Advances 4.1 Central Government - 0 0 0 0 4.2 State Governments 26767 42792 34130 -8662 7363 * Data are provisional; difference, if any, is due to rounding off.

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 July 2025.

(Amount in ₹ crore) SCHEDULED COMMERCIAL BANKS (Including RRBs,SFBs and PBs) ALL SCHEDULED BANKS 09-Aug-2024 25-Jul-2025* 08-Aug-2025* 09-Aug-2024 25-Jul-2025* 08-Aug-2025* LIABILITIES TO THE BKG.SYSTEM (A) a) Demand & Time deposits from banks 291422.53 342422.14 341955.78 295618.64 347963.84 349533.04** b) Borrowings from banks 130962.87 105206.09 100840.03 130982.37 105216.43 100849.93 c) Other demand & time liabilities 76963.73 22326.92 25575.97 77260.46 22827.68 26107.24 LIABILITIES TO OTHERS (A) a) Deposits (other than from banks) 21329643.09 23349826.99 23473888.12 21780903.56 23843714.65 23970007.08

The Reserve Bank has today released data on Reserve Money for the week ended August 15, 2025 and Money Supply for the fortnight ended August 08, 2025.