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Official TranscriptMinistry of Statistics & Programme Implementation PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR AUGUST, 2026 Posted On: 14 SEP 2026 4:00PM by PIB Delhi 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 A. National Level Indices Year-on-year...
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR AUGUST, 2026
Posted On: 14 SEP 2026 4:00PM by PIB Delhi 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 A. 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 4.84 3.96 4.45 5.23 4.31 4.82 (%) (General) CFPI 5.79 5.05 5.52 6.13 5.64 5.95 Index CPI 108.34 107.45 107.95 109.27 108.07 108.74
(General) 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 (%) Inflation (%) July, 2026 August, 2026 1 Tomato 0.4961 -4.60 -31.09S.No. Item Weight Inflation (%) Inflation (%) July, 2026 August, 2026 2 Potato 0.7549 -16.56 -13.14 3 Motor car and 0.4665 -6.72 -6.72 jeep 4 Lady's finger 0.2488 -5.50 -5.41 5 Parwal/patal and 0.1235 -0.78 -3.60 Kundru 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 (%) Inflation (%) July, 2026 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 0.6230 32.98 35.53 Jewellery B. State level IndicesTop five States (having more than 50 lakh population as per Census 2011) with high headline and food inflation in August, 2026 are given below- II.
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 Division name Index Inflation code 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 104.96 103.69 104.16 3.27 2.22 2.61 and other fuels 05 Furnishings, household 106.10 105.04 105.65 3.06 2.16 2.68 equipment and routine household maintenance 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 106.09 105.21 105.71 2.22 1.74 2.01 communication 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 3.7311 Restaurants and 113.15 114.02 113.61 8.55 8.23 8.38 accommodation services 13 Personal care, social 125.67 123.93 124.92 15.99 14.12 15.17 protection and miscellaneous goods and services 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 Group name Index Inflation code Rural Urban Comb. Rural Urban Comb.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix)
1. 01.1 Food 110.70 110.72 110.71 6.13 5.64 5.95
2. 01.2 Beverages 104.05 103.59 103.85 0.21 -0.04 0.10
3. 01.3 Services for processing 108.74 109.53 108.97 3.50 3.54 3.51 primary goods for food
4. 02.1 Alcoholic beverages 107.43 106.15 107.01 2.13 1.63 1.97
5. 02.3 Paan and tobacco 109.14 111.32 109.78 6.67 8.96 7.34
6. 03.1 Clothing 110.48 107.85 109.48 4.45 3.07 3.93
7. 03.2 Footwear 106.99 102.92 105.40 2.26 -0.65 1.12
8. 04.1 Actual rental payments 104.41 103.78 103.92 2.76 2.13 2.27 made for housing
9. 04.3 Maintenance, repair and 107.81 107.86 107.83 3.78 3.73 3.77 security of the dwellingS.No. Group Group name Index Inflation code Rural Urban Comb. Rural Urban Comb.
10. 04.4 Water supply and 102.12 103.58 103.13 1.09 1.78 1.57 miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling
11. 04.5 Electricity, gas and other 104.78 102.50 103.88 3.59 2.31 3.09 fuels
12. 05.1 Furniture, furnishings, and 108.53 107.09 107.98 4.27 3.45 3.96 loose carpets
13. 05.2 Household textiles 108.48 105.91 107.51 3.99 1.88 3.20
14. 05.3 Household appliances 106.18 103.63 104.99 3.45 1.45 2.52
15. 05.4 Glassware, tableware and 111.35 108.49 110.26 6.24 4.05 5.40 household utensils
16. 05.5 Tools and equipment for 98.99 99.64 99.20 -1.30 0.85 -0.59 house and garden
17. 05.6 Goods and services for 104.49 104.75 104.61 2.10 1.91 2.01 routine household maintenance
18. 06.1 Medicines and health 105.59 105.42 105.52 1.44 0.78 1.19 products
19. 06.2 Outpatient care services 102.87 105.55 103.96 1.25 2.48 1.75
20. 06.3 Inpatient care services 103.84 106.48 104.94 0.86 2.45 1.53
21. 06.4 Other health services 103.11 104.20 103.52 1.18 1.71 1.38
22. 07.1 Purchase of vehicles 99.48 98.28 98.87 -4.19 -4.56 -4.38
23. 07.2 Operation of personal 107.43 107.49 107.46 7.38 7.43 7.40 transport equipment
24. 07.3 Passenger transport 106.05 106.10 106.07 3.38 3.41 3.39 servicesS.No. Group Group name Index Inflation code Rural Urban Comb. Rural Urban Comb.
25. 07.4 Transport services for 114.76 115.04 114.93 14.45 14.77 14.64 goods
26. 08.1 Information and 102.71 101.60 102.20 3.53 2.27 2.95 communication equipment
27. 08.3 Information and 107.00 106.28 106.69 1.89 1.59 1.76 communication services
28. 09.1 Recreational durables 98.78 101.00 100.34 -0.81 -1.43 -1.25
29. 09.2 Other recreational goods 107.73 107.41 107.60 3.74 2.90 3.39
30. 09.3 Garden products and pets 113.65 112.96 113.28 1.91 2.32 2.12
31. 09.4 Recreational services 106.94 103.12 104.65 5.05 1.64 3.01
32. 09.5 Cultural goods 104.53 105.87 105.20 2.83 2.05 2.44
33. 09.6 Cultural services 105.14 105.84 105.57 2.69 2.10 2.33
34. 09.7 Newspapers, books and 103.15 102.71 102.95 0.96 0.53 0.77 stationery
35. 10.1 Early childhood and 110.03 111.29 110.81 3.86 4.70 4.39 primary education
36. 10.2 Secondary education 109.29 111.66 110.80 3.81 4.58 4.30
37. 10.4 Higher education 103.42 108.44 106.67 1.24 4.91 3.63
38. 10.5 Education not defined by 103.84 104.52 104.17 1.27 1.91 1.58 level
39. 11.1 Food and beverage serving 113.20 114.06 113.66 8.59 8.25 8.41 services
40. 11.2 Accommodation services 103.97 106.22 104.98 1.79 2.14 1.95
41. 13.1 Personal care 106.06 106.57 106.28 2.23 2.10 2.17S.No. Group Group name Index Inflation code Rural Urban Comb. Rural Urban Comb.
42. 13.2 Other personal effects 178.41 168.42 173.99 47.52 40.80 44.56
43. 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. CPI Inflation State/UT Rural Urban Combined Rural Urban Combined
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii)
1. Andaman And 110.57 107.71 109.17 4.09 3.58 3.84 Nicobar Islands
2. Andhra Pradesh 108.10 107.83 108.00 5.88 4.98 5.53
3. Arunachal Pradesh 106.34 106.20 106.30 3.00 3.44 3.11
4. Assam 107.76 105.41 107.27 5.26 3.19 4.84
5. Bihar 108.23 106.66 108.00 4.28 3.86 4.22
6. Chandigarh* - 108.14 108.14 - 4.02 4.02
7. Chhattisgarh 107.08 105.81 106.64 4.12 3.14 3.78
8. Goa 106.78 106.70 106.73 3.20 3.76 3.56
9. Gujarat 108.22 107.81 107.98 5.32 4.68 4.94
10. Haryana 109.56 108.14 108.85 4.46 3.38 3.92
11. Himachal Pradesh 108.79 109.37 108.88 3.72 4.56 3.85
12. Jammu And 108.76 107.89 108.51 3.97 4.39 4.09 Kashmir13. Jharkhand 108.37 105.81 107.50 3.37 2.67 3.14
14. Karnataka 109.62 108.46 109.04 5.73 4.74 5.23
15. Kerala 111.12 108.81 109.85 5.32 4.13 4.67
16. Ladakh 109.41 107.51 108.94 5.59 4.24 5.26
17. Lakshadweep 107.51 108.98 108.58 3.66 2.95 3.14
18. Madhya Pradesh 109.95 108.67 109.45 5.93 4.96 5.55
19. Maharashtra 109.70 107.62 108.44 5.67 4.21 4.78
20. Manipur 105.81 106.70 106.10 4.92 3.51 4.47
21. Meghalaya 106.79 105.53 106.46 2.78 2.65 2.74
22. Mizoram 105.65 104.03 104.72 2.85 1.98 2.35
23. Nagaland 107.16 105.03 106.35 2.86 2.90 2.88
24. NCT of Delhi 106.05 106.03 106.03 4.17 2.57 2.61
25. Odisha 108.75 107.34 108.37 5.90 4.47 5.52
26. Puducherry 110.33 109.53 109.78 6.13 5.72 5.85
27. Punjab 110.53 108.67 109.67 5.08 3.72 4.45
28. Rajasthan 110.13 108.58 109.58 5.70 4.40 5.24
29. Sikkim 108.82 108.14 108.59 4.93 3.97 4.60
30. Tamil Nadu 109.51 109.45 109.48 6.10 5.78 5.92
31. Telangana 110.75 109.96 110.30 6.79 5.88 6.27
32. The Dadra And 109.02 109.39 109.30 5.45 6.48 6.22 Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu
33. Tripura 105.24 105.61 105.32 3.32 4.28 3.5434. Uttar Pradesh 110.06 108.43 109.55 5.58 4.04 5.09
35. Uttarakhand 110.50 107.46 109.38 5.09 3.88 4.65
36. 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 3.21Mar-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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