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An ISB survey finds that 10.4 per cent of vendors face additional charges from suppliers for UPI payments, even as the proposed MDR levy remains deferred until after Diwali

Reserve Bank on Tuesday announced three key surveys to capture inflation expectations of households and gauge consumer confidence in the country- the studies that provide input for bi-monthly monetary policy. The central bank has announced the launch of the November 2026 round of the Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH). "The November 2026 round of the survey is being launched. The survey aims at capturing subjective assessments on price movements and inflation, based on their individual consumption baskets," it said. The study will be conducted across 19 cities -- Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi and Thiruvananthapuram. In another statement, the RBI said the Urban Consumer Confidence Survey seeks qualitative responses from households regarding their sentiments on the general economic situation, employment scenario, price level, households'

The 22nd Ficci-IBA Bankers' Survey shows 96 per cent of respondents expect non-food credit growth of at least 12 per cent, with private banks expressing the strongest optimism

The annual survey of unincorporated enterprises will add questions on gender-specific business constraints and shift to an April-March cycle from 2027 to improve policy-relevant data

Across countries surveyed before, during and after the pandemic, 72% of people expressed at least some trust in science in 2025, down from 80% in 2020 and 77% in 2018

Researchers used household perceptions, expectations and past data to estimate missing state-wise urban inflation, with refined figures closely tracking the all-India series

Only 41.9 per cent of women workers commute 1 km or more for work, against 61.9 per cent of men, with the gender gap in commuting widest in rural India

The Centre has formally identified 28 strategic places and geographical features in Ladakh, including key border friction points along the LAC like Gogra and Hot Spring, on the official Indian map on Friday. The step, taken by the Government in consultation with the Ladakh Union Territory administration, aims to streamline official cartography, facilitate precise identification, and foster better public awareness regarding the sensitive border region. "Government of India, in consultation with the Union Territory of Ladakh, has identified a total of twenty-eight (28) places/features, located in the UT of Ladakh, by standard place and feature names on the official map of Survey of India (SoI)," a government statement said. It said formally identifying them on the Survey of India map of the UT of Ladakh aims to facilitate accurate recognition and greater public awareness. Gogra and Hot Spring are among the major strategic locations and were friction points during the 2020 standoff ..

Most of the 36 participating economists expected inflation-adjusted incomes to fall or stagnate in nearly every geography with India and South-East Asia being the notable exceptions

LocalCircles survey finds 41% of merchants unwilling to bear any MDR on UPI payments above Rs 2,000, while 9% do not accept UPI payments

Indore, which topped the Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan in 2025 with a perfect score, has been pushed to second place after Lucknow narrowly took the lead this year

Nationwide survey of 1,000 platform workers finds gaps in insurance and safety training, while extreme heat, road accidents and long working hours add to risks

LocalCircles survey finds 41% of merchants unwilling to bear any MDR on UPI payments above ₹2,000, while only 17% would accept a charge of 0.3% or more

LocalCircles mapped consumer experiences against the CCPA's dark pattern guidelines and found six categories on the railway ticketing platform

The survey also found that 76 per cent of finance teams lack dedicated in-house expertise to understand how AI agents work.

Latest National Family Health Survey, that covers over 679,000 households across 715 districts, has omitted several long-tracked indicators like anaemia, mortality, sex ratio at birth and clean fuel u

What India's statisticians will actually borrow from any of this, and how well they will replicate in the Indian context is, however, yet to be seen

India's first dedicated household income survey aims to fill a decades-old statistical gap, but experts warn that under-reporting, informal work and non-response could still distort the picture

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a plea seeking a direction to the Centre to stop caste Census, and slammed the petitioner for the language used in the PIL. "'Aapne apne petition me badtameezi ki bhasa likhi hai. Aapne kisse apna petition likhwaya hai' (You have written indecent language in your petition. Who has written your petition?)," a visibly angry Chief Justice Surya Kant told the petitioner, who was appearing in person. "Aap kahan se aisi bhasa likhte ho petition me (From where you write such language in your petition)," the CJI, who was heading the bench which also comprised Justices Joymalya Bagchi and Vipul M Pancholi, told the petitioner. The bench dismissed the plea, which also sought a direction to the Centre to formulate policies to provide economic incentives to families with a single child. On February 2, the top court had refused to entertain a separate PIL questioning the procedure to be adopted to record, classify and verify the caste data of citizens in th

More than 5.72 lakh households have availed the self-enumeration facility so far during the first phase of the Census 2027, the Registrar General of India (RGI) said on Friday. This reflects the growing participation in the digital initiative of the Census, it said. "By choosing to provide their details online, these families have embraced a faster, smarter and a more convenient way to contribute to nation-building," the RGI said in a post on X. The self-enumeration facility is available to citizens in states and Union territories which will start physical Houselisting and Housing Census (HLO) from April 16. The Census 2027 kick-started on April 1 in eight states and Union territories, including New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) and Delhi Cantt areas of the national capital, with a 15-day self-enumeration window -- a first in the history of the massive exercise. A specially developed portal for self-enumeration has been opened for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Goa, Karnataka,