Ministry of Law and Justice of the Republic of India
Ministry of Law and Justice of the Republic of India
09/14/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 09/14/2026 04:34
PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR AUGUST, 2026
Highlights
Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index in August, 2026 is 4.82%
Year on year food inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, in August, 2026 is 5.95%
I. Key Statistics
National Level Indices
Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) with base year 2024 for the month of August, 2026 over August, 2025 is 4.82%(Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 5.23% and 4.31%, respectively.
July, 2026 (Final)
August, 2026 (Provisional)
Rural
Urban
Combined
Rural
Urban
Combined
Inflation (%)
CPI (General)
4.84
3.96
4.45
5.23
4.31
4.82
CFPI
5.79
5.05
5.52
6.13
5.64
5.95
Index
CPI (General)
108.34
107.45
107.95
109.27
108.07
108.74
CFPI
109.21
109.70
109.39
110.70
110.72
110.71
Food Inflation: - Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of August, 2026 over August, 2025 is 5.95% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 6.13% and 5.64%, respectively.
At National level, division wise inflation for the month of August, 2026 in the Combined sector may be seen from the graph below-
Top 5 key items with low inflation at All India combined level in August, 2026 are given in table below:
S.No.
Item
Weight
Inflation (%)
July, 2026
Inflation (%)
August, 2026
1
Tomato
0.4961
-4.60
-31.09
2
Potato
0.7549
-16.56
-13.14
3
Motor car and jeep
0.4665
-6.72
-6.72
4
Lady's finger
0.2488
-5.50
-5.41
5
Parwal/patal and Kundru
0.1235
-0.78
-3.60
Top 5 key items with high inflation at All India combined level in August, 2026 are given in table below:
S.No.
Item
Weight
Inflation (%)
July, 2026
Inflation (%)
August, 2026
1
Silver Jewellery
0.3127
109.89
107.11
2
Ginger
0.2556
83.57
73.82
3
Onion
0.7006
22.54
48.27
4
Garlic
0.3738
35.36
43.60
5
Gold/Diamond/Platinum Jewellery
0.6230
32.98
35.53
State level Indices
Top five States (having more than 50 lakh population as per Census 2011) with high headline and food
inflation in August, 2026 are given below-
Response Rate- Real time price data are collected from selected 1407 urban Markets (including online markets) and 1465 villages covering all States/UTs through personal visits by field staff of
Field Operations Division of NSO, MoSPI on a weekly roster. During August 2026, the response rate was 100% in both rural and urban markets.
CPI for September 2026 will be released on 12th October, 2026 (Monday) or the next working day in case of 12th being a holiday.
State and Item wise indices for August 2026 may be downloaded from eSankhyiki portal of MoSPI- https://esankhyiki.mospi.gov.in/
State-level item indices available on the portal should be interpreted and used with caution, as the indices for some items may have been compiled using thin samples of price quotations.
Indices at all levels and inflation rates are compiled using the actual index values without rounding off. However, the indices published are rounded off to two decimal places. Therefore, higher-level indices, if calculated from the published figures may observe minute differences.
The reference period for price reporting for petrol, diesel and LPG prices are 15th of the corresponding month.
III. Annexures
Annexure
Title
I
All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) division wise indices and inflation for August, 2026 (Provisional)
II
All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for August, 2026 (Provisional)
III
State/UT wise general index and inflation in August, 2026 (Provisional)
IV
All India Combined (General) level index and inflation
Annexure- I
All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) division wise indices and inflation for August, 2026 (Provisional)
Division code
Division name
Index
Inflation
Rural
Urban
Comb.
Rural
Urban
Comb.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
01
Food and beverages
110.41
110.30
110.37
5.86
5.30
5.66
02
Paan, tobacco and intoxicants
108.33
108.68
108.44
4.50
5.18
4.71
03
Clothing and footwear
110.03
107.18
108.94
4.17
2.57
3.56
04
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels
104.96
103.69
104.16
3.27
2.22
2.61
05
Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance
106.10
105.04
105.65
3.06
2.16
2.68
06
Health
104.73
105.42
104.99
1.34
1.33
1.34
07
Transport
106.05
105.73
105.90
4.70
4.49
4.60
08
Information and communication
106.09
105.21
105.71
2.22
1.74
2.01
09
Recreation, sport and culture
105.38
104.69
105.03
2.12
1.37
1.74
10
Education services
107.49
109.84
108.91
2.88
4.29
3.73
11
Restaurants and accommodation services
113.15
114.02
113.61
8.55
8.23
8.38
13
Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services
125.67
123.93
124.92
15.99
14.12
15.17
All India
109.27
108.07
108.74
5.23
4.31
4.82
Note: Comb.: Combined
Annexure- II
All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for August, 2026 (provisional)
S.No.
Group code
Group name
Index
Inflation
Rural
Urban
Comb.
Rural
Urban
Comb.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
01.1
Food
110.70
110.72
110.71
6.13
5.64
5.95
01.2
Beverages
104.05
103.59
103.85
0.21
-0.04
0.10
01.3
Services for processing primary goods for food
108.74
109.53
108.97
3.50
3.54
3.51
02.1
Alcoholic beverages
107.43
106.15
107.01
2.13
1.63
1.97
02.3
Paan and tobacco
109.14
111.32
109.78
6.67
8.96
7.34
03.1
Clothing
110.48
107.85
109.48
4.45
3.07
3.93
03.2
Footwear
106.99
102.92
105.40
2.26
-0.65
1.12
04.1
Actual rental payments made for housing
104.41
103.78
103.92
2.76
2.13
2.27
04.3
Maintenance, repair and security of the dwelling
107.81
107.86
107.83
3.78
3.73
3.77
04.4
Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling
102.12
103.58
103.13
1.09
1.78
1.57
04.5
Electricity, gas and other fuels
104.78
102.50
103.88
3.59
2.31
3.09
05.1
Furniture, furnishings, and loose carpets
108.53
107.09
107.98
4.27
3.45
3.96
05.2
Household textiles
108.48
105.91
107.51
3.99
1.88
3.20
05.3
Household appliances
106.18
103.63
104.99
3.45
1.45
2.52
05.4
Glassware, tableware and household utensils
111.35
108.49
110.26
6.24
4.05
5.40
05.5
Tools and equipment for house and garden
98.99
99.64
99.20
-1.30
0.85
-0.59
05.6
Goods and services for routine household maintenance
104.49
104.75
104.61
2.10
1.91
2.01
06.1
Medicines and health products
105.59
105.42
105.52
1.44
0.78
1.19
06.2
Outpatient care services
102.87
105.55
103.96
1.25
2.48
1.75
06.3
Inpatient care services
103.84
106.48
104.94
0.86
2.45
1.53
06.4
Other health services
103.11
104.20
103.52
1.18
1.71
1.38
07.1
Purchase of vehicles
99.48
98.28
98.87
-4.19
-4.56
-4.38
07.2
Operation of personal transport equipment
107.43
107.49
107.46
7.38
7.43
7.40
07.3
Passenger transport services
106.05
106.10
106.07
3.38
3.41
3.39
07.4
Transport services for goods
114.76
115.04
114.93
14.45
14.77
14.64
08.1
Information and communication equipment
102.71
101.60
102.20
3.53
2.27
2.95
08.3
Information and communication services
107.00
106.28
106.69
1.89
1.59
1.76
09.1
Recreational durables
98.78
101.00
100.34
-0.81
-1.43
-1.25
09.2
Other recreational goods
107.73
107.41
107.60
3.74
2.90
3.39
09.3
Garden products and pets
113.65
112.96
113.28
1.91
2.32
2.12
09.4
Recreational services
106.94
103.12
104.65
5.05
1.64
3.01
09.5
Cultural goods
104.53
105.87
105.20
2.83
2.05
2.44
09.6
Cultural services
105.14
105.84
105.57
2.69
2.10
2.33
09.7
Newspapers, books and stationery
103.15
102.71
102.95
0.96
0.53
0.77
10.1
Early childhood and primary education
110.03
111.29
110.81
3.86
4.70
4.39
10.2
Secondary education
109.29
111.66
110.80
3.81
4.58
4.30
10.4
Higher education
103.42
108.44
106.67
1.24
4.91
3.63
10.5
Education not defined by level
103.84
104.52
104.17
1.27
1.91
1.58
11.1
Food and beverage serving services
113.20
114.06
113.66
8.59
8.25
8.41
11.2
Accommodation services
103.97
106.22
104.98
1.79
2.14
1.95
13.1
Personal care
106.06
106.57
106.28
2.23
2.10
2.17
13.2
Other personal effects
178.41
168.42
173.99
47.52
40.80
44.56
13.9
Other services
104.19
102.88
103.67
2.28
1.16
1.84
Note: Comb.: Combined
Annexure-III
State/UT wise general index and inflation in August, 2026 (Provisional)
S.No.
State/UT
CPI
Inflation
Rural
Urban
Combined
Rural
Urban
Combined
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
110.57
107.71
109.17
4.09
3.58
3.84
Andhra Pradesh
108.10
107.83
108.00
5.88
4.98
5.53
Arunachal Pradesh
106.34
106.20
106.30
3.00
3.44
3.11
Assam
107.76
105.41
107.27
5.26
3.19
4.84
Bihar
108.23
106.66
108.00
4.28
3.86
4.22
Chandigarh*
-
108.14
108.14
-
4.02
4.02
Chhattisgarh
107.08
105.81
106.64
4.12
3.14
3.78
Goa
106.78
106.70
106.73
3.20
3.76
3.56
Gujarat
108.22
107.81
107.98
5.32
4.68
4.94
Haryana
109.56
108.14
108.85
4.46
3.38
3.92
Himachal Pradesh
108.79
109.37
108.88
3.72
4.56
3.85
Jammu And Kashmir
108.76
107.89
108.51
3.97
4.39
4.09
Jharkhand
108.37
105.81
107.50
3.37
2.67
3.14
Karnataka
109.62
108.46
109.04
5.73
4.74
5.23
Kerala
111.12
108.81
109.85
5.32
4.13
4.67
Ladakh
109.41
107.51
108.94
5.59
4.24
5.26
Lakshadweep
107.51
108.98
108.58
3.66
2.95
3.14
Madhya Pradesh
109.95
108.67
109.45
5.93
4.96
5.55
Maharashtra
109.70
107.62
108.44
5.67
4.21
4.78
Manipur
105.81
106.70
106.10
4.92
3.51
4.47
Meghalaya
106.79
105.53
106.46
2.78
2.65
2.74
Mizoram
105.65
104.03
104.72
2.85
1.98
2.35
Nagaland
107.16
105.03
106.35
2.86
2.90
2.88
NCT of Delhi
106.05
106.03
106.03
4.17
2.57
2.61
Odisha
108.75
107.34
108.37
5.90
4.47
5.52
Puducherry
110.33
109.53
109.78
6.13
5.72
5.85
Punjab
110.53
108.67
109.67
5.08
3.72
4.45
Rajasthan
110.13
108.58
109.58
5.70
4.40
5.24
Sikkim
108.82
108.14
108.59
4.93
3.97
4.60
Tamil Nadu
109.51
109.45
109.48
6.10
5.78
5.92
Telangana
110.75
109.96
110.30
6.79
5.88
6.27
The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu
109.02
109.39
109.30
5.45
6.48
6.22
Tripura
105.24
105.61
105.32
3.32
4.28
3.54
Uttar Pradesh
110.06
108.43
109.55
5.58
4.04
5.09
Uttarakhand
110.50
107.46
109.38
5.09
3.88
4.65
West Bengal
108.25
106.99
107.69
3.62
2.85
3.28
*: No rural market in Chandigarh
Annexure-IV
All India Combined (General) level index and inflation
Month
Index
Inflation (%)
Rural
Urban
Combined
Rural
Urban
Combined
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
Jan-25
101.81
101.49
101.67
Feb-25
101.33
101.30
101.32
Mar-25
101.34
101.47
101.39
Apr-25
101.49
101.71
101.58
May-25
101.78
102.06
101.90
Jun-25
102.39
102.66
102.51
Jul-25
103.34
103.36
103.35
Aug-25
103.84
103.60
103.74
Sep-25
103.80
103.66
103.74
Oct-25
103.85
103.61
103.74
Nov-25
104.16
103.83
104.01
Dec-25
104.19
103.98
104.10
Jan-26
104.59
104.28
104.45
2.73
2.75
2.74
Feb-26
104.74
104.36
104.57
3.37
3.02
3.21
Mar-26
105.02
104.62
104.84
3.63
3.11
3.40
Apr-26
105.28
104.92
105.12
3.74
3.16
3.48
May-26
106.11
105.66
105.91
4.25
3.53
3.93
June-26
107.24
106.69
107.00
4.74
3.93
4.38
Jul-26
108.34
107.45
107.95
4.84
3.96
4.45
Aug-26*
109.27
108.07
108.74
5.23
4.31
4.82
*Index and Inflation for the month of August 2026 are provisional.
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Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index in August, 2026 is 4.82%
Year on year food inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, in August, 2026 is 5.95%
I. Key Statistics
National Level Indices
Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) with base year 2024 for the month of August, 2026 over August, 2025 is 4.82%(Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 5.23% and 4.31%, respectively.
July, 2026 (Final)
August, 2026 (Provisional)
Rural
Urban
Combined
Rural
Urban
Combined
Inflation (%)
CPI (General)
4.84
3.96
4.45
5.23
4.31
4.82
CFPI
5.79
5.05
5.52
6.13
5.64
5.95
Index
CPI (General)
108.34
107.45
107.95
109.27
108.07
108.74
CFPI
109.21
109.70
109.39
110.70
110.72
110.71
Food Inflation: - Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of August, 2026 over August, 2025 is 5.95% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 6.13% and 5.64%, respectively.
At National level, division wise inflation for the month of August, 2026 in the Combined sector may be seen from the graph below-
Top 5 key items with low inflation at All India combined level in August, 2026 are given in table below:
S.No.
Item
Weight
Inflation (%)
July, 2026
Inflation (%)
August, 2026
1
Tomato
0.4961
-4.60
-31.09
2
Potato
0.7549
-16.56
-13.14
3
Motor car and jeep
0.4665
-6.72
-6.72
4
Lady's finger
0.2488
-5.50
-5.41
5
Parwal/patal and Kundru
0.1235
-0.78
-3.60
Top 5 key items with high inflation at All India combined level in August, 2026 are given in table below:
S.No.
Item
Weight
Inflation (%)
July, 2026
Inflation (%)
August, 2026
1
Silver Jewellery
0.3127
109.89
107.11
2
Ginger
0.2556
83.57
73.82
3
Onion
0.7006
22.54
48.27
4
Garlic
0.3738
35.36
43.60
5
Gold/Diamond/Platinum Jewellery
0.6230
32.98
35.53
State level Indices
Top five States (having more than 50 lakh population as per Census 2011) with high headline and food
inflation in August, 2026 are given below-
Response Rate- Real time price data are collected from selected 1407 urban Markets (including online markets) and 1465 villages covering all States/UTs through personal visits by field staff of
Field Operations Division of NSO, MoSPI on a weekly roster. During August 2026, the response rate was 100% in both rural and urban markets.
CPI for September 2026 will be released on 12th October, 2026 (Monday) or the next working day in case of 12th being a holiday.
State and Item wise indices for August 2026 may be downloaded from eSankhyiki portal of MoSPI- https://esankhyiki.mospi.gov.in/
State-level item indices available on the portal should be interpreted and used with caution, as the indices for some items may have been compiled using thin samples of price quotations.
Indices at all levels and inflation rates are compiled using the actual index values without rounding off. However, the indices published are rounded off to two decimal places. Therefore, higher-level indices, if calculated from the published figures may observe minute differences.
The reference period for price reporting for petrol, diesel and LPG prices are 15th of the corresponding month.
III. Annexures
Annexure
Title
I
All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) division wise indices and inflation for August, 2026 (Provisional)
II
All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for August, 2026 (Provisional)
III
State/UT wise general index and inflation in August, 2026 (Provisional)
IV
All India Combined (General) level index and inflation
Annexure- I
All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) division wise indices and inflation for August, 2026 (Provisional)
Division code
Division name
Index
Inflation
Rural
Urban
Comb.
Rural
Urban
Comb.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
01
Food and beverages
110.41
110.30
110.37
5.86
5.30
5.66
02
Paan, tobacco and intoxicants
108.33
108.68
108.44
4.50
5.18
4.71
03
Clothing and footwear
110.03
107.18
108.94
4.17
2.57
3.56
04
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels
104.96
103.69
104.16
3.27
2.22
2.61
05
Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance
106.10
105.04
105.65
3.06
2.16
2.68
06
Health
104.73
105.42
104.99
1.34
1.33
1.34
07
Transport
106.05
105.73
105.90
4.70
4.49
4.60
08
Information and communication
106.09
105.21
105.71
2.22
1.74
2.01
09
Recreation, sport and culture
105.38
104.69
105.03
2.12
1.37
1.74
10
Education services
107.49
109.84
108.91
2.88
4.29
3.73
11
Restaurants and accommodation services
113.15
114.02
113.61
8.55
8.23
8.38
13
Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services
125.67
123.93
124.92
15.99
14.12
15.17
All India
109.27
108.07
108.74
5.23
4.31
4.82
Note: Comb.: Combined
Annexure- II
All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for August, 2026 (provisional)
S.No.
Group code
Group name
Index
Inflation
Rural
Urban
Comb.
Rural
Urban
Comb.
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
(ix)
01.1
Food
110.70
110.72
110.71
6.13
5.64
5.95
01.2
Beverages
104.05
103.59
103.85
0.21
-0.04
0.10
01.3
Services for processing primary goods for food
108.74
109.53
108.97
3.50
3.54
3.51
02.1
Alcoholic beverages
107.43
106.15
107.01
2.13
1.63
1.97
02.3
Paan and tobacco
109.14
111.32
109.78
6.67
8.96
7.34
03.1
Clothing
110.48
107.85
109.48
4.45
3.07
3.93
03.2
Footwear
106.99
102.92
105.40
2.26
-0.65
1.12
04.1
Actual rental payments made for housing
104.41
103.78
103.92
2.76
2.13
2.27
04.3
Maintenance, repair and security of the dwelling
107.81
107.86
107.83
3.78
3.73
3.77
04.4
Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling
102.12
103.58
103.13
1.09
1.78
1.57
04.5
Electricity, gas and other fuels
104.78
102.50
103.88
3.59
2.31
3.09
05.1
Furniture, furnishings, and loose carpets
108.53
107.09
107.98
4.27
3.45
3.96
05.2
Household textiles
108.48
105.91
107.51
3.99
1.88
3.20
05.3
Household appliances
106.18
103.63
104.99
3.45
1.45
2.52
05.4
Glassware, tableware and household utensils
111.35
108.49
110.26
6.24
4.05
5.40
05.5
Tools and equipment for house and garden
98.99
99.64
99.20
-1.30
0.85
-0.59
05.6
Goods and services for routine household maintenance
104.49
104.75
104.61
2.10
1.91
2.01
06.1
Medicines and health products
105.59
105.42
105.52
1.44
0.78
1.19
06.2
Outpatient care services
102.87
105.55
103.96
1.25
2.48
1.75
06.3
Inpatient care services
103.84
106.48
104.94
0.86
2.45
1.53
06.4
Other health services
103.11
104.20
103.52
1.18
1.71
1.38
07.1
Purchase of vehicles
99.48
98.28
98.87
-4.19
-4.56
-4.38
07.2
Operation of personal transport equipment
107.43
107.49
107.46
7.38
7.43
7.40
07.3
Passenger transport services
106.05
106.10
106.07
3.38
3.41
3.39
07.4
Transport services for goods
114.76
115.04
114.93
14.45
14.77
14.64
08.1
Information and communication equipment
102.71
101.60
102.20
3.53
2.27
2.95
08.3
Information and communication services
107.00
106.28
106.69
1.89
1.59
1.76
09.1
Recreational durables
98.78
101.00
100.34
-0.81
-1.43
-1.25
09.2
Other recreational goods
107.73
107.41
107.60
3.74
2.90
3.39
09.3
Garden products and pets
113.65
112.96
113.28
1.91
2.32
2.12
09.4
Recreational services
106.94
103.12
104.65
5.05
1.64
3.01
09.5
Cultural goods
104.53
105.87
105.20
2.83
2.05
2.44
09.6
Cultural services
105.14
105.84
105.57
2.69
2.10
2.33
09.7
Newspapers, books and stationery
103.15
102.71
102.95
0.96
0.53
0.77
10.1
Early childhood and primary education
110.03
111.29
110.81
3.86
4.70
4.39
10.2
Secondary education
109.29
111.66
110.80
3.81
4.58
4.30
10.4
Higher education
103.42
108.44
106.67
1.24
4.91
3.63
10.5
Education not defined by level
103.84
104.52
104.17
1.27
1.91
1.58
11.1
Food and beverage serving services
113.20
114.06
113.66
8.59
8.25
8.41
11.2
Accommodation services
103.97
106.22
104.98
1.79
2.14
1.95
13.1
Personal care
106.06
106.57
106.28
2.23
2.10
2.17
13.2
Other personal effects
178.41
168.42
173.99
47.52
40.80
44.56
13.9
Other services
104.19
102.88
103.67
2.28
1.16
1.84
Note: Comb.: Combined
Annexure-III
State/UT wise general index and inflation in August, 2026 (Provisional)
S.No.
State/UT
CPI
Inflation
Rural
Urban
Combined
Rural
Urban
Combined
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
(viii)
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
110.57
107.71
109.17
4.09
3.58
3.84
Andhra Pradesh
108.10
107.83
108.00
5.88
4.98
5.53
Arunachal Pradesh
106.34
106.20
106.30
3.00
3.44
3.11
Assam
107.76
105.41
107.27
5.26
3.19
4.84
Bihar
108.23
106.66
108.00
4.28
3.86
4.22
Chandigarh*
-
108.14
108.14
-
4.02
4.02
Chhattisgarh
107.08
105.81
106.64
4.12
3.14
3.78
Goa
106.78
106.70
106.73
3.20
3.76
3.56
Gujarat
108.22
107.81
107.98
5.32
4.68
4.94
Haryana
109.56
108.14
108.85
4.46
3.38
3.92
Himachal Pradesh
108.79
109.37
108.88
3.72
4.56
3.85
Jammu And Kashmir
108.76
107.89
108.51
3.97
4.39
4.09
Jharkhand
108.37
105.81
107.50
3.37
2.67
3.14
Karnataka
109.62
108.46
109.04
5.73
4.74
5.23
Kerala
111.12
108.81
109.85
5.32
4.13
4.67
Ladakh
109.41
107.51
108.94
5.59
4.24
5.26
Lakshadweep
107.51
108.98
108.58
3.66
2.95
3.14
Madhya Pradesh
109.95
108.67
109.45
5.93
4.96
5.55
Maharashtra
109.70
107.62
108.44
5.67
4.21
4.78
Manipur
105.81
106.70
106.10
4.92
3.51
4.47
Meghalaya
106.79
105.53
106.46
2.78
2.65
2.74
Mizoram
105.65
104.03
104.72
2.85
1.98
2.35
Nagaland
107.16
105.03
106.35
2.86
2.90
2.88
NCT of Delhi
106.05
106.03
106.03
4.17
2.57
2.61
Odisha
108.75
107.34
108.37
5.90
4.47
5.52
Puducherry
110.33
109.53
109.78
6.13
5.72
5.85
Punjab
110.53
108.67
109.67
5.08
3.72
4.45
Rajasthan
110.13
108.58
109.58
5.70
4.40
5.24
Sikkim
108.82
108.14
108.59
4.93
3.97
4.60
Tamil Nadu
109.51
109.45
109.48
6.10
5.78
5.92
Telangana
110.75
109.96
110.30
6.79
5.88
6.27
The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu
109.02
109.39
109.30
5.45
6.48
6.22
Tripura
105.24
105.61
105.32
3.32
4.28
3.54
Uttar Pradesh
110.06
108.43
109.55
5.58
4.04
5.09
Uttarakhand
110.50
107.46
109.38
5.09
3.88
4.65
West Bengal
108.25
106.99
107.69
3.62
2.85
3.28
*: No rural market in Chandigarh
Annexure-IV
All India Combined (General) level index and inflation
Month
Index
Inflation (%)
Rural
Urban
Combined
Rural
Urban
Combined
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
(iv)
(v)
(vi)
(vii)
Jan-25
101.81
101.49
101.67
Feb-25
101.33
101.30
101.32
Mar-25
101.34
101.47
101.39
Apr-25
101.49
101.71
101.58
May-25
101.78
102.06
101.90
Jun-25
102.39
102.66
102.51
Jul-25
103.34
103.36
103.35
Aug-25
103.84
103.60
103.74
Sep-25
103.80
103.66
103.74
Oct-25
103.85
103.61
103.74
Nov-25
104.16
103.83
104.01
Dec-25
104.19
103.98
104.10
Jan-26
104.59
104.28
104.45
2.73
2.75
2.74
Feb-26
104.74
104.36
104.57
3.37
3.02
3.21
Mar-26
105.02
104.62
104.84
3.63
3.11
3.40
Apr-26
105.28
104.92
105.12
3.74
3.16
3.48
May-26
106.11
105.66
105.91
4.25
3.53
3.93
June-26
107.24
106.69
107.00
4.74
3.93
4.38
Jul-26
108.34
107.45
107.95
4.84
3.96
4.45
Aug-26*
109.27
108.07
108.74
5.23
4.31
4.82
*Index and Inflation for the month of August 2026 are provisional.
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