The Services and Infrastructure sectors play a pivotal role in economic development. Considering the increasing importance of these sectors, the Reserve Bank of India has initiated a regular survey to assess the business sentiments in Services and Infrastructure Sectors. The 10th pilot round of the Services and Infrastructure Outlook Survey, which seeks assessment of the business situation for the current quarter (July-September 2016 i.e. Q2:2016-17) from the services and infrastructure companies in India, and their perceptions for the ensuing quarter (October-December 2016 i.e. Q3:2016-17). The survey schedule is very short and simple, containing qualitative questions covering a set of seven business indicators, namely, overall business situation, turnover, part-time employees, cost of finance, availability of finance, cost of inputs and profit margin.

Companies in the Services and Infrastructure Sector are encouraged to participate in the survey by downloading the survey schedule from the Reserve Bank’s website www.rbi.org.in. The duly authenticated filled-in survey schedule may be e-mailed or faxed as per contact details given in the survey schedule. The responses of the individual companies will be kept strictly confidential.

In case of any query/clarification, kindly contact 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: 022-26578664, 022-26578279; Fax-022-26571555, E-mail - Please click here to send email.

Ajit Prasad
Assistant Adviser

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