India CPI inflation: headline, food, core, rural and urban

India CPI inflation: headline, food, core, rural and urban: 17 lines from the India — Inflation Watch snapshot, Jan 2014 – Sep 2026. Latest Food and beverages: 7.36% in Sep 2026 (provisional), from Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), National Statistics Office.

2 charts · 17 lines · Monthly · Jan 2014 – Sep 2026 · snapshot india-cpi-942e7763807cdcf5 · published 15 Oct 2026

The 12-month change in the combined CPI (base 2024=100, linked back to 2014), food, core, and the rural and urban all-items indices, with a second chart for each COICOP division. Core excludes food and household fuels. The headline is the combined index, so it is not drawn again. The discontinued 2012-base series stays on the topic page.

Inflation by division

Includes provisional data
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per cent

January 2026 Food and beverages: 2.11% Paan, tobacco and intoxicants: 2.86% Clothing and footwear: 2.97% Housing and fuels: 1.47% Furnishings and equipment: 1.45% Health: 2.19% Transport: 0.09% Information and communication: 0.16% Recreation: 2.32% Education: 3.35% Restaurants and accommodation: 2.87% Personal care and miscellaneous: 19.06%February 2026 Food and beverages: 3.35% Paan, tobacco and intoxicants: 3.50% Clothing and footwear: 2.81% Housing and fuels: 1.52% Furnishings and equipment: 1.37% Health: 1.90% Transport: −0.05% Information and communication: 0.25% Recreation: 2.21% Education: 3.33% Restaurants and accommodation: 2.73% Personal care and miscellaneous: 19.65%March 2026 Food and beverages: 3.71% Paan, tobacco and intoxicants: 4.24% Clothing and footwear: 2.75% Housing and fuels: 1.96% Furnishings and equipment: 1.39% Health: 1.75% Transport: 0.00% Information and communication: 0.33% Recreation: 2.47% Education: 3.31% Restaurants and accommodation: 2.88% Personal care and miscellaneous: 18.63%April 2026 Food and beverages: 4.01% Paan, tobacco and intoxicants: 4.77% Clothing and footwear: 2.80% Housing and fuels: 1.71% Furnishings and equipment: 1.61% Health: 1.65% Transport: −0.01% Information and communication: 0.50% Recreation: 2.11% Education: 3.15% Restaurants and accommodation: 4.22% Personal care and miscellaneous: 17.66%May 2026 Food and beverages: 4.55% Paan, tobacco and intoxicants: 4.83% Clothing and footwear: 2.98% Housing and fuels: 1.73% Furnishings and equipment: 1.89% Health: 1.49% Transport: 1.75% Information and communication: 0.30% Recreation: 1.98% Education: 2.99% Restaurants and accommodation: 5.74% Personal care and miscellaneous: 18.46%June 2026 Food and beverages: 5.05% Paan, tobacco and intoxicants: 4.82% Clothing and footwear: 3.22% Housing and fuels: 2.00% Furnishings and equipment: 2.19% Health: 1.42% Transport: 4.32% Information and communication: 0.43% Recreation: 1.73% Education: 3.35% Restaurants and accommodation: 6.91% Personal care and miscellaneous: 16.72%July 2026 Food and beverages: 5.24% Paan, tobacco and intoxicants: 4.79% Clothing and footwear: 3.38% Housing and fuels: 2.16% Furnishings and equipment: 2.40% Health: 1.34% Transport: 4.44% Information and communication: 0.63% Recreation: 1.64% Education: 3.66% Restaurants and accommodation: 7.72% Personal care and miscellaneous: 14.78%August 2026 Food and beverages: 5.68% Paan, tobacco and intoxicants: 4.67% Clothing and footwear: 3.56% Housing and fuels: 2.62% Furnishings and equipment: 2.68% Health: 1.33% Transport: 4.61% Information and communication: 2.00% Recreation: 1.73% Education: 3.74% Restaurants and accommodation: 8.38% Personal care and miscellaneous: 15.15%September 2026 Food and beverages: 7.36% Paan, tobacco and intoxicants: 4.80% Clothing and footwear: 3.93% Housing and fuels: 2.74% Furnishings and equipment: 3.11% Health: 1.40% Transport: 5.01% Information and communication: 2.44% Recreation: 2.16% Education: 3.94% Restaurants and accommodation: 9.36% Personal care and miscellaneous: 13.75%

Headline, food, core, rural and urban

Includes estimates
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per cent

January 2014 Headline: 8.60% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 8.66% Urban: 8.56%February 2014 Headline: 7.88% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.75% Urban: 8.02%March 2014 Headline: 8.25% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 8.11% Urban: 8.29%April 2014 Headline: 8.48% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 8.46% Urban: 8.51%May 2014 Headline: 8.33% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 8.21% Urban: 8.44%June 2014 Headline: 6.77% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.44% Urban: 6.11%July 2014 Headline: 7.39% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.95% Urban: 6.73%August 2014 Headline: 7.03% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.67% Urban: 6.39%September 2014 Headline: 5.63% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.87% Urban: 5.30%October 2014 Headline: 4.62% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.76% Urban: 4.47%November 2014 Headline: 3.27% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.15% Urban: 3.48%December 2014 Headline: 4.28% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.16% Urban: 4.50%January 2015 Headline: 5.19% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.34% Urban: 4.96%February 2015 Headline: 5.37% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.79% Urban: 4.95%March 2015 Headline: 5.25% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.67% Urban: 4.75%April 2015 Headline: 4.87% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.29% Urban: 4.36%May 2015 Headline: 5.01% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.52% Urban: 4.41%June 2015 Headline: 5.40% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.07% Urban: 4.55%July 2015 Headline: 3.69% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.35% Urban: 2.94%August 2015 Headline: 3.74% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.47% Urban: 2.75%September 2015 Headline: 4.41% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.05% Urban: 3.61%October 2015 Headline: 5.00% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.54% Urban: 4.28%November 2015 Headline: 5.41% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.95% Urban: 4.71%December 2015 Headline: 5.61% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.32% Urban: 4.73%January 2016 Headline: 5.69% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.48% Urban: 4.81%February 2016 Headline: 5.26% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.05% Urban: 4.30%March 2016 Headline: 4.83% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.70% Urban: 3.95%April 2016 Headline: 5.47% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.17% Urban: 4.68%May 2016 Headline: 5.76% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.45% Urban: 4.89%June 2016 Headline: 5.77% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.29% Urban: 5.26%July 2016 Headline: 6.07% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.66% Urban: 5.39%August 2016 Headline: 5.05% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.87% Urban: 4.22%September 2016 Headline: 4.39% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.04% Urban: 3.64%October 2016 Headline: 4.20% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.78% Urban: 3.54%November 2016 Headline: 3.63% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.13% Urban: 3.13%December 2016 Headline: 3.41% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.83% Urban: 2.90%January 2017 Headline: 3.17% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.36% Urban: 2.90%February 2017 Headline: 3.65% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.67% Urban: 3.55%March 2017 Headline: 3.89% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.75% Urban: 3.96%April 2017 Headline: 2.99% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.02% Urban: 3.03%May 2017 Headline: 2.18% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 2.30% Urban: 2.13%June 2017 Headline: 1.46% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.52% Urban: 1.41%July 2017 Headline: 2.36% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 2.41% Urban: 2.17%August 2017 Headline: 3.28% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.22% Urban: 3.35%September 2017 Headline: 3.28% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.15% Urban: 3.44%October 2017 Headline: 3.58% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.36% Urban: 3.81%November 2017 Headline: 4.88% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.79% Urban: 4.90%December 2017 Headline: 5.21% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.27% Urban: 5.09%January 2018 Headline: 5.07% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.21% Urban: 4.93%February 2018 Headline: 4.44% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.45% Urban: 4.52%March 2018 Headline: 4.28% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.44% Urban: 4.12%April 2018 Headline: 4.58% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.67% Urban: 4.42%May 2018 Headline: 4.87% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.88% Urban: 4.72%June 2018 Headline: 4.92% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.93% Urban: 4.85%July 2018 Headline: 4.17% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.11% Urban: 4.32%August 2018 Headline: 3.69% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.41% Urban: 3.99%September 2018 Headline: 3.70% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.27% Urban: 4.31%October 2018 Headline: 3.38% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 2.82% Urban: 4.04%November 2018 Headline: 2.33% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.71% Urban: 3.12%December 2018 Headline: 2.11% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.50% Urban: 2.91%January 2019 Headline: 1.97% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.22% Urban: 2.91%February 2019 Headline: 2.57% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.81% Urban: 3.43%March 2019 Headline: 2.86% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.80% Urban: 4.10%April 2019 Headline: 2.99% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.87% Urban: 4.30%May 2019 Headline: 3.05% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.86% Urban: 4.51%June 2019 Headline: 3.18% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 2.21% Urban: 4.33%July 2019 Headline: 3.15% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 2.19% Urban: 4.22%August 2019 Headline: 3.28% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 2.25% Urban: 4.49%September 2019 Headline: 3.99% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.24% Urban: 4.78%October 2019 Headline: 4.62% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.29% Urban: 5.11%November 2019 Headline: 5.54% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.27% Urban: 5.76%December 2019 Headline: 7.35% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.33% Urban: 7.46%January 2020 Headline: 7.59% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.73% Urban: 7.39%February 2020 Headline: 6.58% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.67% Urban: 6.57%March 2020 Headline: 5.84% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.09% Urban: 5.59%April 2020 Headline: 7.22% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.20% Urban: 7.33%May 2020 Headline: 6.27% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.18% Urban: 6.43%June 2020 Headline: 6.23% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.34% Urban: 6.12%July 2020 Headline: 6.73% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.76% Urban: 6.70%August 2020 Headline: 6.69% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.66% Urban: 6.80%September 2020 Headline: 7.27% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.36% Urban: 7.26%October 2020 Headline: 7.61% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.75% Urban: 7.33%November 2020 Headline: 6.93% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.20% Urban: 6.73%December 2020 Headline: 4.59% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.07% Urban: 5.19%January 2021 Headline: 4.06% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.23% Urban: 5.13%February 2021 Headline: 5.03% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.19% Urban: 5.96%March 2021 Headline: 5.52% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.61% Urban: 6.52%April 2021 Headline: 4.23% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.75% Urban: 4.71%May 2021 Headline: 6.30% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.55% Urban: 5.91%June 2021 Headline: 6.26% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.16% Urban: 6.37%July 2021 Headline: 5.59% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.49% Urban: 5.82%August 2021 Headline: 5.30% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.28% Urban: 5.32%September 2021 Headline: 4.35% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.13% Urban: 4.57%October 2021 Headline: 4.48% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.07% Urban: 5.04%November 2021 Headline: 4.91% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.29% Urban: 5.54%December 2021 Headline: 5.66% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.36% Urban: 5.90%January 2022 Headline: 6.01% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.12% Urban: 5.91%February 2022 Headline: 6.07% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.38% Urban: 5.75%March 2022 Headline: 6.95% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.66% Urban: 6.12%April 2022 Headline: 7.79% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 8.38% Urban: 7.09%May 2022 Headline: 7.04% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.08% Urban: 7.08%June 2022 Headline: 7.01% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.09% Urban: 6.86%July 2022 Headline: 6.71% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.80% Urban: 6.49%August 2022 Headline: 7.00% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.15% Urban: 6.72%September 2022 Headline: 7.41% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.56% Urban: 7.27%October 2022 Headline: 6.77% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.98% Urban: 6.50%November 2022 Headline: 5.88% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.09% Urban: 5.68%December 2022 Headline: 5.72% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.05% Urban: 5.39%January 2023 Headline: 6.52% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.85% Urban: 6.00%February 2023 Headline: 6.44% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.72% Urban: 6.10%March 2023 Headline: 5.66% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.51% Urban: 5.89%April 2023 Headline: 4.70% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.68% Urban: 4.85%May 2023 Headline: 4.31% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.23% Urban: 4.33%June 2023 Headline: 4.87% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.78% Urban: 4.96%July 2023 Headline: 7.44% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.63% Urban: 7.20%August 2023 Headline: 6.83% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 7.02% Urban: 6.59%September 2023 Headline: 5.02% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.33% Urban: 4.65%October 2023 Headline: 4.87% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.12% Urban: 4.62%November 2023 Headline: 5.55% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.85% Urban: 5.26%December 2023 Headline: 5.69% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.93% Urban: 5.46%January 2024 Headline: 5.10% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.34% Urban: 4.92%February 2024 Headline: 5.09% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.34% Urban: 4.78%March 2024 Headline: 4.85% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.51% Urban: 4.14%April 2024 Headline: 4.83% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.43% Urban: 4.11%May 2024 Headline: 4.80% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.34% Urban: 4.21%June 2024 Headline: 5.08% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.66% Urban: 4.39%July 2024 Headline: 3.60% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.10% Urban: 3.03%August 2024 Headline: 3.65% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.16% Urban: 3.14%September 2024 Headline: 5.49% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.87% Urban: 5.05%October 2024 Headline: 6.21% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 6.68% Urban: 5.62%November 2024 Headline: 5.48% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.95% Urban: 4.89%December 2024 Headline: 5.22% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 5.76% Urban: 4.58%January 2025 Headline: 4.06% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 4.10% Urban: 3.99%February 2025 Headline: 3.49% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.50% Urban: 3.47%March 2025 Headline: 3.56% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.30% Urban: 3.86%April 2025 Headline: 3.34% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 3.14% Urban: 3.47%May 2025 Headline: 3.03% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 2.91% Urban: 3.30%June 2025 Headline: 2.31% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.98% Urban: 2.76%July 2025 Headline: 1.62% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.31% Urban: 2.13%August 2025 Headline: 2.01% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.80% Urban: 2.37%September 2025 Headline: 1.41% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 1.07% Urban: 1.83%October 2025 Headline: 0.04% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: −0.34% Urban: 0.59%November 2025 Headline: 0.49% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 0.06% Urban: 1.00%December 2025 Headline: 1.17% Food: not published Core: not published Rural: 0.57% Urban: 1.84%January 2026 Headline: 2.74% Food: 2.13% Core: 3.36% Rural: 2.73% Urban: 2.75%February 2026 Headline: 3.21% Food: 3.47% Core: 3.40% Rural: 3.37% Urban: 3.02%March 2026 Headline: 3.40% Food: 3.87% Core: 3.37% Rural: 3.63% Urban: 3.11%April 2026 Headline: 3.48% Food: 4.20% Core: 3.42% Rural: 3.74% Urban: 3.16%May 2026 Headline: 3.93% Food: 4.78% Core: 3.84% Rural: 4.25% Urban: 3.53%June 2026 Headline: 4.38% Food: 5.32% Core: 4.20% Rural: 4.74% Urban: 3.93%July 2026 Headline: 4.45% Food: 5.52% Core: 4.16% Rural: 4.84% Urban: 3.96%August 2026 Headline: 4.83% Food: 5.97% Core: 4.43% Rural: 5.24% Urban: 4.31%September 2026 Headline: 5.54% Food: 7.74% Core: 4.59% Rural: 6.08% Urban: 4.88%

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