Mumbai, April 11 -- RBI has released the results of its bi-monthly Rural Consumer Confidence Survey (RCCS) for the first time. This survey is being conducted on regular basis since September 2023. In each round, the survey targets to cover 9,000 rural and semi urban households from all Indian states and three major union territories (UTs). The survey collects current perceptions (vis-vis a year ago) 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-urban4 areas. This survey also collates information on households' current inflation perception and their expectation for the year ahead.

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