household surveys

RBI launches latest round of surveys to get inputs for monetary policy

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RBI launches latest round of surveys to get inputs for monetary policy

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday announced the launch of the latest round of households’ surveys to capture inflation expectations and consumer confidence, which provides useful inputs for its monetary policy. The central bank has been regularly conducting these surveys. Announcing the launch of the May 2021 round of Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH), the … Read more

Labour bureau to conduct five nationwide surveys in five languages to check job data inaccuracies

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Labour bureau to conduct five nationwide surveys in five languages to check job data inaccuracies

In a first for India, the labour bureau under the ministry of labour and employment will conduct five nationwide surveys in five main regional languages along with English and Hindi, aimed at significantly reducing data inaccuracies in the past on the back of translation of responses in regional languages for data computation. These household surveys, … Read more