| Year/ Month | Apr. | May | Jun. | Jul. | Aug. | Sep. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | | CPI Rural: All India General Index (All Groups) | (Base : 2012 = 100) | | 2024-25 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 5.9 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | | 2025-26 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 0.8 | - | - | - | | | (Base : 2024 = 100) | | 2025-26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | | 2026-27 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | CPI Urban: All India General Index (All Groups) | (Base : 2012 = 100) | | 2024-25 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 3.4 | | 2025-26 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 2.0 | - | - | - | | | (Base : 2024 = 100) | | 2025-26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.1 | | 2026-27 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | CPI Combined: All India General Index (All Groups) | (Base : 2012 = 100) | | 2024-25 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 | | 2025-26 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | - | - | - | | | (Base : 2024 = 100) | | 2025-26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 | | 2026-27 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | CPI Combined: All India Food and beverages | (Base : 2012 = 100) | | 2024-25 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 9.7 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 5.7 | 3.8 | 2.9 | | 2025-26 | 2.1 | 1.5 | -0.2 | -0.8 | 0.0 | -1.4 | -3.7 | -2.8 | -1.8 | - | - | - | | | (Base : 2024 = 100) | | 2025-26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | | 2026-27 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | CPI Combined: Core: CPI excluding Food and Fuel# | (Base : 2024 = 100) | | 2025-26 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | | 2026-27 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | CPI - Industrial Workers (IW) : All India General Index | (Base : 2016 = 100) | | 2024-25 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.0 | | 2025-26 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.3 | | 2026-27 | 4.5 | 4.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | CPI - Agricultural Labourers (AL) : All India General Index | (Base : 1986-87 = 100) | | 2024-25 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | | 2025-26 | 3.5 | 2.8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | | | (Base : 2019 = 100) | | 2025-26 | - | - | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 | -0.1 | -1.4 | -0.7 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | | 2026-27 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Notes : 1. In case of CPI Rural, CPI Urban and CPI Combined data for the last month is provisional.
2. .#’: ‘Fuel’ in this table represents two categories, viz., ‘electricity, gas and other fuels’; and ‘Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment’ which includes ‘petrol’, ‘diesel’, and ‘other natural gas (CNG)’. For details, refer to Box Item IV.2 in Monetary Policy Report April 2026.
3. CPI (Rural, Urban and Combined) indices with base 2024 =100 are available from January-2025.
4. CPI (Rural, Urban and Combined) indices with base 2012 =100 are available till December-2025.
5. CPI-AL indices with base 2019 =100 are available from June-2025.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Sources : 1. National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India
2. Labour Bureau, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India.
3. #: RBI Staff estimates. | |