Reserve Bank opens a fresh round of its Inflation Expectations Survey of Households in 19 cities

3 November 2026

The Reserve Bank of India has launched the November round of its Inflation Expectations Survey of Households. The survey asks households what they expect prices to do, judged against their own consumption basket, and its results feed into monetary policy. It is run in 19 cities. Thiruvananthapuram is one of them, and the list also takes in Chennai, Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Jammu. Respondents give qualitative answers on expected price changes over the next three months and the next one year, and quantitative answers on the current inflation rate and the rates they expect three months and one year ahead. Hansa Research Group Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, is carrying out this round on the central bank's behalf and will approach selected households directly. Others may fill in the survey schedule put up on the Reserve Bank's website and send it by email. The work is handled by the Division of Household Surveys in the Department of Statistics and Information Management.