OREANDA-NEWS. August 3, 2011. The Reserve Bank of India has launched the 55th round of the Industrial Outlook Survey (IOS) for reference period July – September 2011. M/s Centre for Research Planning and Action, New Delhi has been mandated to conduct the survey for this quarter on behalf of the Reserve Bank of India. Manufacturing companies will be approached by this agency during the quarter. Other manufacturing companies which are not approached by the agency can also participate in this survey by downloading the survey schedule from the Reserve Bank’s website (www.rbi.org.in). The survey schedule is placed under Forms >> Survey. The duly authenticated filled-in survey schedule may be e-mailed or fax as per contact details given in the survey schedule.

The Reserve Bank has been conducting the Industrial Outlook Survey on a quarterly basis since 1998. The survey covers non-financial private and public limited companies with a good size/industry representation. The survey gives an insight into the perception of public and private limited companies engaged in manufacturing activities about their own performance and prospects. The assessment of business sentiments for the current quarter and expectations for the ensuing quarter are based on qualitative responses to 20 major parameters covering overall business situation, financial situation, demand indicators, price and employment expectations, profit margins, etc. The survey provides useful forward looking inputs to policymakers, analysts and business alike.

The salient features of this survey results at the aggregate level are published in Monthly RBI Bulletin of the Reserve Bank. The article on 53rd round of the survey was published in June 2011 issue of the RBI Bulletin under the title “Quarterly Industrial Outlook Survey: January-March 2011 (53rd Round).

In case of any query/clarification, kindly contact::

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-022-26578275, 022-26578235; Fax- 022-26571555, E-mail.