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Official TranscriptMinistry of Statistics & Programme Implementation PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR MAY, 2026 प्रव तथ: 12 JUN 2026 4:00PM by PIB Delhi Highlights Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index in May, 2026 is 3.93% Year on year food inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, in May, 2026 is 4.78% I. Key Statistics A. National Level Indices Year-on-year inflation rate...
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR MAY, 2026 प्रव तथ: 12 JUN 2026 4:00PM by PIB Delhi Highlights Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index in May, 2026 is 3.93% Year on year food inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, in May, 2026 is 4.78% 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 May, 2026 over May, 2025 is 3.93%(Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 4.25% and 3.53%, respectively.
May, 2026 (Provisional) April, 2026 (Final) Rural Urban Combined Rural Urban Combined Inflation CPI 4.25 3.53 3.93 3.74 3.16 3.48 (%) (General) CFPI 4.85 4.66 4.78 4.26 4.10 4.20 Index CPI 106.11 105.66 105.91 105.28 104.92 105.12
(General) CFPI 105.07 105.83 105.35 104.17 104.77 104.39
Food Inflation: - Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of May, 2026 over May, 2025 is 4.78% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 4.85% and 4.66%, respectively.Housing Inflation: - Year-on-year Housing inflation rate for the month of May, 2026 is 2.12%
(Provisional) and the corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 2.73% and 1.91%, respectively.
At National level, division wise inflation for the month of May, 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 May, 2026 are given in table
below:S.No. Item Weight Inflation (%) Inflation (%) April, 2026 May, 2026 1 Potato 0.7549 -23.66 -23.71 2 Peas 0.1254 -6.54 -11.47 3 Motor car 0.4665 -7.12 -7.19 and jeep 4 Cumin (jeera) 0.3656 -5.03 -4.59 5 Motor cycle and 0.6581 -3.61 -3.56 scooter Top 5 key items with high inflation at All India combined level in May, 2026 are given in table
below:
S.No. Item Weight Inflation (%) Inflation (%) April, 2026 May, 2026 1 Silver Jewellery 0.3127 144.36 155.23 2 Tomato 0.4961 35.26 48.43 3 Gold/Diamond/Platinum 0.6230 40.74 40.93 Jewellery 4 Ginger 0.2556 14.36 32.495 Raisin (kishmish) and 0.1639 23.96 21.97 monacca B. State level Indices Top five States (having more than 50 lakhs population as per Census 2011) with highest inflation in May, 2026 are given below- II. April 2026 (Final) figures for CPI base 2024=100 All India CPI, CFPI and corresponding inflation rates for the month of April 2026 (Final) with base year 2024 are given as follows- April, 2026 (Final) at Base 2024=100 Rural Urban Combined Inflation (%) CPI 3.74 3.16 3.48
(General) CFPI 4.26 4.10 4.20 Index CPI 105.28 104.92 105.12
(General) CFPI 104.17 104.77 104.39Response 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 May 2026, the response rate was 100% in both rural and urban markets.
CPI for June 2026 will be released on 13th July, 2026 (Monday) or the next working day in case of 13th being a holiday.
State and Item wise indices for May 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 cautiously in view of thin samples of price used for index compilation in some of the cases.
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.
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IV. Annexures Annexure Title I All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) division wise indices and inflation for May, 2026 (Provisional) II All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for May, 2026 (Provisional) III State/UT wise general index and inflation in May, 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 May, 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 105.02 105.69 105.26 4.64 4.38 4.5502 Paan, tobacco and intoxicants 107.64 107.97 107.74 4.61 5.35 4.83 03 Clothing and footwear 108.31 105.96 107.41 3.49 2.16 2.98 04 Housing, water, electricity, gas 103.59 102.81 103.1 1.96 1.59 1.73 and other fuels 05 Furnishings, household 104.64 103.82 104.29 2.24 1.43 1.89 equipment and routine household maintenance 06 Health 104.04 104.7 104.3 1.44 1.57 1.49 07 Transport 102.8 102.64 102.73 1.81 1.68 1.75 08 Information and 104.12 103.49 103.84 0.36 0.21 0.3 communication 09 Recreation, sport and culture 104.56 103.85 104.2 2.24 1.72 1.98 10 Education services 105.55 106.64 106.21 2.77 3.14 2.99 11 Restaurants and 109.18 110.57 109.91 5.47 5.99 5.75 accommodation services 13 Personal care, social 126.53 124.22 125.53 19.52 17.07 18.46 protection and miscellaneous goods and services All India 106.11 105.66 105.91 4.25 3.53 3.93
Note: Comb.: Combined Annexure- II All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for May, 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 105.07 105.83 105.35 4.85 4.66 4.78S.No. Group Group name Index Inflation code Rural Urban Comb. Rural Urban Comb.
2. 01.2 Beverages 103.56 103.15 103.38 0.36 0.05 0.23
3. 01.3 Services for processing 107.45 107.63 107.50 3.17 3.34 3.22 primary goods for food
4. 02.1 Alcoholic beverages 107.11 106.01 106.75 3.11 2.64 2.96
5. 02.3 Paan and tobacco 108.11 110.02 108.67 5.96 8.22 6.62
6. 03.1 Clothing 108.82 106.62 107.98 3.87 2.68 3.42
7. 03.2 Footwear 104.94 101.84 103.72 0.95 -1.18 0.12
8. 04.1 Actual rental payments 103.58 103.07 103.19 2.56 1.89 2.04 made for housing
9. 04.3 Maintenance, repair and 106.50 105.58 106.16 3.43 2.37 3.04 security of the dwelling
10. 04.4 Water supply and 101.60 102.46 102.20 1.00 1.42 1.29 miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling
11. 04.5 Electricity, gas and 102.97 101.24 102.29 1.19 0.23 0.81 other fuels
12. 05.1 Furniture, furnishings, 106.62 105.40 106.15 3.16 2.43 2.89 and loose carpets
13. 05.2 Household textiles 106.95 104.73 106.12 3.26 1.19 2.48
14. 05.3 Household appliances 104.18 102.17 103.25 1.83 0.09 1.02
15. 05.4 Glassware, tableware 108.86 106.46 107.94 4.91 2.90 4.15 and household utensils
16. 05.5 Tools and equipment for 98.69 99.05 98.81 -1.39 -0.13 -0.98 house and gardenS.No. Group Group name Index Inflation code Rural Urban Comb. Rural Urban Comb.
17. 05.6 Goods and services for 103.47 103.83 103.63 1.65 1.56 1.61 routine household maintenance
18. 06.1 Medicines and health 104.91 104.79 104.87 1.77 1.15 1.54 products
19. 06.2 Outpatient care services 102.10 104.59 103.11 0.73 2.39 1.41
20. 06.3 Inpatient care services 102.98 105.65 104.09 0.85 2.95 1.73
21. 06.4 Other health services 102.65 103.46 102.95 0.98 1.45 1.16
22. 07.1 Purchase of vehicles 98.29 97.32 97.80 -4.60 -4.97 -4.79
23. 07.2 Operation of personal 103.04 103.04 103.04 3.07 3.05 3.06 transport equipment
24. 07.3 Passenger transport 104.12 104.70 104.36 2.07 2.51 2.25 services
25. 07.4 Transport services for 107.73 107.89 107.83 7.48 7.74 7.63 goods
26. 08.1 Information and 99.94 99.03 99.52 0.53 -0.12 0.23 communication equipment
27. 08.3 Information and 105.24 104.81 105.05 0.32 0.31 0.32 communication services
28. 09.1 Recreational durables 99.02 100.67 100.17 -0.49 -0.15 -0.25
29. 09.2 Other recreational goods 106.17 106.10 106.14 3.02 2.69 2.88
30. 09.3 Garden products and 110.73 109.42 110.03 5.18 4.19 4.65 pets
31. 09.4 Recreational services 106.30 102.11 103.78 4.55 0.91 2.37S.No. Group Group name Index Inflation code Rural Urban Comb. Rural Urban Comb.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix)
32. 09.5 Cultural goods 102.78 105.12 103.94 1.52 2.04 1.78
33. 09.6 Cultural services 104.30 104.81 104.61 2.21 2.03 2.10
34. 09.7 Newspapers, books and 102.78 102.75 102.77 0.95 1.26 1.09 stationery
35. 10.1 Early childhood and 107.26 107.21 107.23 3.69 2.80 3.13 primary education
36. 10.2 Secondary education 106.46 107.94 107.40 3.28 3.83 3.63
37. 10.4 Higher education 102.57 106.05 104.82 1.56 4.77 3.64
38. 10.5 Education not defined 103.43 103.84 103.63 1.36 1.65 1.50 by level
39. 11.1 Food and beverage 109.22 110.59 109.95 5.50 6.01 5.77 serving services
40. 11.2 Accommodation 102.80 105.39 103.96 1.02 2.65 1.76 services
41. 13.1 Personal care 105.23 105.76 105.46 2.39 2.50 2.44
42. 13.2 Other personal effects 183.79 171.46 178.33 60.78 50.74 56.35
43. 13.9 Other services 103.20 102.34 102.86 1.63 1.08 1.41
Note: Comb.: Combined Annexure-III State/UT wise general index and inflation in May, 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 109.05 105.64 107.38 5.67 3.06 4.40 Nicobar Islands
2. Andhra Pradesh 106.04 106.10 106.06 5.09 4.61 4.90
3. Arunachal Pradesh 104.36 104.36 104.36 2.56 2.64 2.58
4. Assam 105.05 103.69 104.76 3.79 2.09 3.44
5. Bihar 104.57 103.79 104.46 3.07 2.14 2.94
6. Chandigarh * 105.93 105.93 * 3.80 3.80
7. Chhattisgarh 102.94 102.85 102.90 3.25 2.14 2.87
8. Goa 104.63 104.99 104.86 2.00 2.72 2.47
9. Gujarat 105.02 104.66 104.80 3.73 2.95 3.27
10. Haryana 105.85 105.45 105.65 3.42 2.77 3.09
11. Himachal Pradesh 105.33 106.93 105.58 2.87 4.03 3.05
12. Jammu And 105.91 105.23 105.72 2.80 2.95 2.84 Kashmir
13. Jharkhand 104.90 103.46 104.41 4.25 3.10 3.86
14. Karnataka 107.59 106.69 107.14 4.83 4.35 4.59
15. Kerala 108.03 106.65 107.27 4.72 3.96 4.30
16. Ladakh 106.60 105.92 106.43 3.21 2.90 3.14
17. Lakshadweep 105.33 106.67 106.30 2.99 3.79 3.57
18. Madhya Pradesh 106.40 105.76 106.15 4.33 3.93 4.17
19. Maharashtra 106.45 105.19 105.68 4.20 2.80 3.35
20. Manipur 103.27 104.04 103.52 3.06 2.22 2.7921. Meghalaya 105.45 104.45 105.19 2.78 2.45 2.70
22. Mizoram 103.99 102.64 103.22 1.42 0.74 1.03
23. Nagaland 106.26 104.06 105.42 3.70 2.64 3.30
24. NCT of Delhi 103.31 103.90 103.89 3.53 2.47 2.50
25. Odisha 105.28 104.80 105.15 4.83 3.74 4.54
26. Puducherry 107.24 107.19 107.21 5.16 4.93 5.00
27. Punjab 106.68 105.63 106.20 3.64 2.99 3.34
28. Rajasthan 106.53 105.95 106.32 4.52 3.54 4.17
29. Sikkim 107.10 106.60 106.93 4.34 4.01 4.23
30. Tamil Nadu 107.38 106.96 107.14 5.58 4.75 5.11
31. Telangana 109.10 108.51 108.76 6.59 5.81 6.15
32. The Dadra And 104.99 105.73 105.55 3.36 4.20 3.99 Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu
33. Tripura 102.83 103.40 102.96 1.78 2.80 2.02
34. Uttar Pradesh 106.24 105.58 106.03 4.30 3.27 3.97
35. Uttarakhand 107.13 105.04 106.37 4.29 2.72 3.72
36. West Bengal 105.19 104.80 105.02 3.94 2.80 3.44 *: 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 *Index and Inflation for the month of May 2026 are provisional.
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