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CPI food and beverages inflation

Inflation in the food and beverages division of the CPI, all India, combined.

Sep 2026● Fresh
7.36%
Next release expected around 2026-11-12.
Previous5.68Aug 2026
Average, last 5 readings5.58May 2026 to Sep 2026
Highest14.45Nov 2013
Lowest−3.72Oct 2025

Over time

−5051015target 4%New base 2024 = 100 →7.36−3.72 · GST rate cuts12.16 · COVID-19 lockdown2014201620182020202220242026
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
2026-097.362024
2026-085.682024
2026-075.242024
2026-065.052024
2026-054.552024
2026-044.012024
2026-033.712024
2026-023.352024
2026-012.112024
2025-12−1.85final2012
2025-11−2.78final2012
2025-10−3.72final2012
2025-09−1.37final2012
2025-080.05final2012
2025-07−0.84final2012
2025-06−0.15final2012
2025-051.50final2012
2025-042.14final2012
2025-032.88final2012
2025-023.84final2012
2025-015.68final2012
2024-127.69final2012
2024-118.20final2012
2024-109.69final2012
2024-098.36final2012
2024-085.30final2012
2024-075.06final2012
2024-068.36final2012
2024-057.87final2012
2024-047.87final2012
2024-037.74final2012
2024-027.76final2012
2024-017.58final2012
2023-128.70final2012
2023-118.02final2012
2023-106.29final2012
2023-096.30final2012
2023-089.19final2012
2023-0710.57final2012
2023-064.69final2012
2023-053.35final2012
2023-044.16final2012
2023-035.11final2012
2023-026.26final2012
2023-016.19final2012
2022-124.58final2012
2022-115.07final2012
2022-107.10final2012
2022-098.41final2012
2022-087.57final2012
2022-076.71final2012
2022-067.56final2012
2022-057.84final2012
2022-048.10final2012
2022-037.47final2012
2022-025.93final2012
2022-015.58final2012
2021-124.47final2012
2021-112.60final2012
2021-101.82final2012
2021-091.61final2012
2021-083.73final2012
2021-074.46final2012
2021-065.58final2012
2021-055.24final2012
2021-042.60final2012
2021-035.24final2012
2021-024.25final2012
2021-012.67final2012
2020-123.87final2012
2020-118.89final2012
2020-1010.09final2012
2020-099.80final2012
2020-088.29final2012
2020-078.50final2012
2020-067.92final2012
2020-037.82final2012
2020-029.45final2012
2020-0111.72final2012
2019-1212.16final2012
2019-118.73final2012
2019-106.93final2012
2019-094.70final2012
2019-082.96final2012
2019-072.33final2012
2019-062.37final2012
2019-052.03final2012
2019-041.38final2012
2019-030.66final2012
2019-02−0.07final2012
2019-01−1.29final2012
2018-12−1.64final2012
2018-11−1.69final2012
2018-10−0.14final2012
2018-091.01final2012
2018-080.78final2012
2018-071.73final2012
2018-063.11final2012
2018-053.29final2012
2018-043.00final2012
2018-033.08final2012
2018-023.46final2012
2018-014.58final2012
2017-124.85final2012
2017-114.41final2012
2017-102.26final2012
2017-091.76final2012
2017-081.96final2012
2017-070.43final2012
2017-06−1.17final2012
2017-05−0.22final2012
2017-041.29final2012
2017-032.54final2012
2017-022.39final2012
2017-011.37final2012
2016-121.98final2012
2016-112.56final2012
2016-103.71final2012
2016-094.12final2012
2016-085.83final2012
2016-077.96final2012
2016-067.46final2012
2016-057.20final2012
2016-046.29final2012
2016-035.19final2012
2016-025.52final2012
2016-016.66final2012
2015-126.31final2012
2015-116.08final2012
2015-105.34final2012
2015-094.29final2012
2015-082.92final2012
2015-072.81final2012
2015-065.73final2012
2015-055.13final2012
2015-045.44final2012
2015-036.29final2012
2015-026.76final2012
2015-016.30final2012
2014-124.39final2012
2014-112.04final2012
2014-104.33final2012
2014-096.34final2012
2014-088.58final2012
2014-078.72final2012
2014-067.31final2012
2014-058.88final2012
2014-049.19final2012
2014-038.61final2012
2014-028.16final2012
2014-019.66final2012
2013-1211.97final2010
2013-1114.45final2010
2013-1012.36final2010
2013-0911.33final2010
2013-0810.95final2010
2013-0710.96final2010
2013-0611.72final2010
2013-0510.71final2010
2013-0410.67final2010
2013-0312.28final2010
2013-0213.40final2010
2013-0113.22final2010
2012-1212.99final2010
2012-1111.76final2010
2012-1011.40final2010
2012-0911.68final2010
2012-0812.00final2010
2012-0711.59final2010
2012-0610.77final2010
2012-0510.53final2010
2012-0410.15final2010
2012-038.30final2010
2012-026.98final2010
2012-014.55final2010
Why it matters

Food is the most volatile part of Indian inflation. Monsoons, vegetable prices and pulses drive most of the swings in the headline number.

What it leaves out

Interest rates act slowly on food prices; supply shocks dominate.

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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.food