India, Sept. 14 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Highlights

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

S.No.

Item

Weight

Inflation (%)

Inflation (%)

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

S.No.

Item

Weight

Inflation (%)

Inflation (%)

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

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

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

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

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

S.No.

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

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

Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index in August, 2026 is 4.82%

July, 2026

August, 2026

July, 2026

August, 2026

Field Operations Division of NSO, MoSPI on a weekly roster. During August 2026, the response rate was 100% in both rural and urban markets.

State/UT

Year on year food inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, in August, 2026 is 5.95%

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.

I. Key Statistics

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-

III. Annexures

Annexure- I

All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) division wise indices and inflation for August, 2026 (Provisional)

Note: Comb.: Combined

Annexure- II

All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for August, 2026 (provisional)

Note: Comb.: Combined

Annexure-III

State/UT wise general index and inflation in August, 2026 (Provisional)

*: No rural market in Chandigarh

Annexure-IV

All India Combined (General) level index and inflation

*Index and Inflation for the month of August 2026 are provisional.

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