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Prices · monthly

CPI inflation, rural

CPI inflation for rural India.

Sep 2026● Fresh
6.08%
Next release expected around 2026-11-12.
Previous5.24Aug 2026
Average, last 5 readings5.03May 2026 to Sep 2026
Highest8.66Jan 2014
Lowest−0.25Oct 2025

Over time

−20246810target 4%New base 2024 = 100 →6.08−0.25 · GST rate cuts8.38 · Russia invades Ukraine201620182020202220242026
Faded: 2012 base, 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
2026-096.082024
2026-085.242024
2026-074.842024
2026-064.742024
2026-054.252024
2026-043.742024
2026-033.632024
2026-023.372024
2026-012.732024
2025-120.76final2012
2025-110.10final2012
2025-10−0.25final2012
2025-091.07final2012
2025-081.69final2012
2025-071.18final2012
2025-061.72final2012
2025-052.59final2012
2025-042.92final2012
2025-033.25final2012
2025-023.79final2012
2025-014.59final2012
2024-125.76final2012
2024-115.95final2012
2024-106.68final2012
2024-095.87final2012
2024-084.16final2012
2024-074.10final2012
2024-065.66final2012
2024-055.34final2012
2024-045.43final2012
2024-035.51final2012
2024-025.34final2012
2024-015.34final2012
2023-125.93final2012
2023-115.85final2012
2023-105.12final2012
2023-095.33final2012
2023-087.02final2012
2023-077.63final2012
2023-064.78final2012
2023-054.23final2012
2023-044.68final2012
2023-035.51final2012
2023-026.72final2012
2023-016.85final2012
2022-126.05final2012
2022-116.09final2012
2022-106.98final2012
2022-097.56final2012
2022-087.15final2012
2022-076.80final2012
2022-067.09final2012
2022-057.08final2012
2022-048.38final2012
2022-037.66final2012
2022-026.38final2012
2022-016.12final2012
2021-125.36final2012
2021-114.29final2012
2021-104.07final2012
2021-094.13final2012
2021-085.28final2012
2021-075.49final2012
2021-066.16final2012
2021-056.55final2012
2021-043.75final2012
2021-034.61final2012
2021-024.19final2012
2021-013.23final2012
2020-124.07final2012
2020-117.20final2012
2020-107.75final2012
2020-097.36final2012
2020-086.66final2012
2020-076.76final2012
2020-066.34final2012
2020-036.09final2012
2020-026.67final2012
2020-017.73final2012
2019-127.33final2012
2019-115.27final2012
2019-104.29final2012
2019-093.24final2012
2019-082.25final2012
2019-072.19final2012
2019-062.21final2012
2019-051.86final2012
2019-041.87final2012
2019-031.80final2012
2019-021.81final2012
2019-011.22final2012
2018-121.50final2012
2018-111.71final2012
2018-102.82final2012
2018-093.27final2012
2018-083.41final2012
2018-074.11final2012
2018-064.93final2012
2018-054.88final2012
2018-044.67final2012
2018-034.44final2012
2018-024.45final2012
2018-015.21final2012
2017-125.27final2012
2017-114.79final2012
2017-103.36final2012
2017-093.15final2012
2017-083.22final2012
2017-072.41final2012
2017-061.52final2012
2017-052.30final2012
2017-043.02final2012
2017-033.75final2012
2017-023.67final2012
2017-013.36final2012
2016-123.83final2012
2016-114.13final2012
2016-104.78final2012
2016-095.04final2012
2016-085.87final2012
2016-076.66final2012
2016-066.29final2012
2016-056.45final2012
2016-046.17final2012
2016-035.70final2012
2016-026.05final2012
2016-016.48final2012
2015-126.32final2012
2015-115.95final2012
2015-105.54final2012
2015-095.05final2012
2015-084.47final2012
2015-074.35final2012
2015-066.07final2012
2015-055.52final2012
2015-045.29final2012
2015-035.67final2012
2015-025.79final2012
2015-015.34final2012
2014-124.16final2012
2014-113.15final2012
2014-104.76final2012
2014-095.87final2012
2014-087.67final2012
2014-077.95final2012
2014-067.44final2012
2014-058.21final2012
2014-048.46final2012
2014-038.11final2012
2014-027.75final2012
2014-018.66final2012
Why it matters

Food and household energy weigh more in rural budgets, so rural inflation reacts first when they rise.

What it leaves out

As for combined CPI.

RelatedCPI inflation →Urban inflation →
Past-paper questionsInflation, unemployment and the Phillips curve →Indian economic data, surveys and reports →Indian statistical system and national accounts →
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.rural