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Prices · monthly

CPI inflation (combined)

The change in the Consumer Price Index, all India, rural and urban combined, compared with the same month a year earlier.

Sep 2026● Fresh
5.54%
Next release expected around 2026-11-12.
Previous4.83Aug 2026
Average, last 5 readings4.63May 2026 to Sep 2026
Highest11.16Nov 2013
Lowest0.25Oct 2025

Over time

024681012target 4%New base 2024 = 100 →5.540.25 · GST rate cuts2014201620182020202220242026
Faded: earlier bases, as last published. Never joined to the 2024 base.CSV

Circled points are the largest swings, labelled with the nearest event in our timeline. That is when it happened, not proof of cause.

View as a table
PeriodValueStatusBase
2026-095.542024
2026-084.832024
2026-074.452024
2026-064.382024
2026-053.932024
2026-043.482024
2026-033.402024
2026-023.212024
2026-012.742024
2025-121.33final2012
2025-110.71final2012
2025-100.25final2012
2025-091.44final2012
2025-082.07final2012
2025-071.61final2012
2025-062.10final2012
2025-052.82final2012
2025-043.16final2012
2025-033.34final2012
2025-023.61final2012
2025-014.26final2012
2024-125.22final2012
2024-115.48final2012
2024-106.21final2012
2024-095.49final2012
2024-083.65final2012
2024-073.60final2012
2024-065.08final2012
2024-054.80final2012
2024-044.83final2012
2024-034.85final2012
2024-025.09final2012
2024-015.10final2012
2023-125.69final2012
2023-115.55final2012
2023-104.87final2012
2023-095.02final2012
2023-086.83final2012
2023-077.44final2012
2023-064.87final2012
2023-054.31final2012
2023-044.70final2012
2023-035.66final2012
2023-026.44final2012
2023-016.52final2012
2022-125.72final2012
2022-115.88final2012
2022-106.77final2012
2022-097.41final2012
2022-087.00final2012
2022-076.71final2012
2022-067.01final2012
2022-057.04final2012
2022-047.79final2012
2022-036.95final2012
2022-026.07final2012
2022-016.01final2012
2021-125.66final2012
2021-114.91final2012
2021-104.48final2012
2021-094.35final2012
2021-085.30final2012
2021-075.59final2012
2021-066.26final2012
2021-056.30final2012
2021-044.23final2012
2021-035.52final2012
2021-025.03final2012
2021-014.06final2012
2020-124.59final2012
2020-116.93final2012
2020-107.61final2012
2020-097.27final2012
2020-086.69final2012
2020-076.73final2012
2020-066.23final2012
2020-035.84final2012
2020-026.58final2012
2020-017.59final2012
2019-127.35final2012
2019-115.54final2012
2019-104.62final2012
2019-093.99final2012
2019-083.28final2012
2019-073.15final2012
2019-063.18final2012
2019-053.05final2012
2019-042.99final2012
2019-032.86final2012
2019-022.57final2012
2019-011.97final2012
2018-122.11final2012
2018-112.33final2012
2018-103.38final2012
2018-093.70final2012
2018-083.69final2012
2018-074.17final2012
2018-064.92final2012
2018-054.87final2012
2018-044.58final2012
2018-034.28final2012
2018-024.44final2012
2018-015.07final2012
2017-125.21final2012
2017-114.88final2012
2017-103.58final2012
2017-093.28final2012
2017-083.28final2012
2017-072.36final2012
2017-061.46final2012
2017-052.18final2012
2017-042.99final2012
2017-033.89final2012
2017-023.65final2012
2017-013.17final2012
2016-123.41final2012
2016-113.63final2012
2016-104.20final2012
2016-094.39final2012
2016-085.05final2012
2016-076.07final2012
2016-065.77final2012
2016-055.76final2012
2016-045.47final2012
2016-034.83final2012
2016-025.26final2012
2016-015.69final2012
2015-125.61final2012
2015-115.41final2012
2015-105.00final2012
2015-094.41final2012
2015-083.74final2012
2015-073.69final2012
2015-065.40final2012
2015-055.01final2012
2015-044.87final2012
2015-035.25final2012
2015-025.37final2012
2015-015.19final2012
2014-124.28final2012
2014-113.27final2012
2014-104.62final2012
2014-095.63final2012
2014-087.03final2012
2014-077.39final2012
2014-066.77final2012
2014-058.33final2012
2014-048.48final2012
2014-038.25final2012
2014-027.88final2012
2014-018.60final2012
2013-129.87final2010
2013-1111.16final2010
2013-1010.17final2010
2013-099.84final2010
2013-089.52final2010
2013-079.64final2010
2013-069.87final2010
2013-059.31final2010
2013-049.39final2010
2013-0310.39final2010
2013-0210.91final2010
2013-0110.79final2010
2012-1210.56final2010
2012-119.90final2010
2012-109.75final2010
2012-099.73final2010
2012-0810.03final2010
2012-079.86final2010
2012-069.93final2010
2012-0510.36final2010
2012-0410.26final2010
2012-039.38final2010
2012-028.83final2010
2012-017.65final2010
Why it matters

Since 2016 the RBI has a legal target for it: 4%, with 2% and 6% as the limits (now set for April 2026 to March 2031). The Monetary Policy Committee moves the repo rate to steer it.

What it leaves out

Retail prices of a fixed basket. It is not producer prices (that is WPI) and says nothing about whether incomes kept up. MoSPI published no CPI for April and May 2020, when the lockdown stopped price collection, so those months are missing from the 2012-base history.

Independent check

India's figure and the World Bank's

Over the last 8 years both cover, the two differ by 0.4 percentage points on average, and by 1.0 at most (2019-20). The World Bank's figure is the annual average inflation; ours averages the twelve monthly year-on-year readings, which is close but not identical.

24681012India, FY average 2.07World Bank 2.40201420162018202020222024
Solid: India · dashed: World Bank · by financial year · World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0) · India: average of the twelve monthly readings
YearIndiaWorld BankGap
2025-262.072.40−0.33
2024-254.634.95−0.32
2023-245.365.65−0.29
2022-236.666.70−0.04
2021-225.515.13+0.38
2019-204.763.73+1.03
2018-193.433.94−0.51
2017-183.583.33+0.25
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Source · MoSPI, Consumer Price Index · Official statistics, attributed to MoSPI
Unit · %, base 2024 · as published
Release · 12th of the following month.
Break · New base 2024 = 100 from 2026-01-01
Last checked · 2026-11-08 · freshness of every number →
Series id · prices.cpi