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Official TranscriptMinistry of Statistics & Programme Implementation PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR JULY, 2026 प्रव तथ: 12 AUG 2026 4:00PM by PIB Delhi 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 July, 2026 over July, 2025 is 4.45%(Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for...
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR JULY, 2026 प्रव तथ: 12 AUG 2026 4:00PM by PIB Delhi 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 July, 2026 over July, 2025 is
4.45%(Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 4.84% and 3.96%, respectively.
July, 2026 (Provisional) June, 2026 (Final) Rural Urban Combined Rural Urban Combined Inflation (%) CPI 4.84 3.96 4.45 4.74 3.93 4.38
(General) CFPI 5.79 5.05 5.52 5.45 5.09 5.32 Index CPI 108.34 107.45 107.94 107.24 106.69 107.00
(General) CFPI 109.21 109.70 109.`39 106.83 107.72 107.15
Food Inflation: - Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of July, 2026 over July, 2025 is 5.52% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 5.79% and 5.05%, respectively.Housing Inflation: - Year-on-year Housing inflation rate for the month of July, 2026 is 2.22% (Provisional) and the corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 2.80% and 2.01%, respectively.
At National level, division wise inflation for the month of July, 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 July, 2026 are given in table below:
S.No. Item Weight Inflation (%) Inflation (%) June, 2026 July, 2026 1 Potato 0.7549 -20.34 -16.56S.No. Item Weight Inflation (%) Inflation (%) June, 2026 July, 2026 2 Motor car and jeep 0.4665 -6.89 -6.72 3 Lady's finger 0.2488 5.54 -5.52 4 0.1254 -9.67 -5.27 Peas 5 Tomato 0.4961 31.92 -4.59 Top 5 key items with high inflation at All India combined level in July, 2026 are given in table below:
S.No. Item Weight Inflation (%) Inflation (%) June, 2026 July, 2026 1 Silver Jewellery 0.3127 133.24 109.84 2 Ginger 0.2556 50.41 83.62 3 Garlic 0.3738 17.93 35.36 4 Gold/Diamond/Platinum 0.6230 36.81 32.98 Jewellery 5 Onion 0.7006 4.73 22.54 B. State level Indices Top five States (having more than 50 lakhs population as per Census 2011) with highest inflation in July, 2026 are given below-II. June 2026 (Final) figures for CPI base 2024=100 All India CPI, CFPI and corresponding inflation rates for the month of June 2026 (Final) with base year 2024 are given as follows- June, 2026 (Final) at Base 2024=100 Rural Urban Combined Inflation (%) CPI (General) 4.74 3.93 4.38 CFPI 5.45 5.09 5.32 Index CPI (General) 107.24 106.69 107.00 CFPI 106.83 107.72 107.15 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 July 2026, the response rate was 100% in both rural and urban markets.
CPI for August 2026 will be released on 14th September, 2026 (Monday) or the next working day in case of 14th being a holiday.
State and Item wise indices for July 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.IV. Annexures Annexure Title I All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) division wise indices and inflation for July, 2026 (Provisional) II All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for July, 2026 (Provisional) III State/UT wise general index and inflation in July, 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 July, 2026 (Provisional) Division code Division name Index Inflation Rural Urban Comb. Rural Urban Comb.
(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) 01 Food and beverages 108.97 109.33 109.10 5.53 4.75 5.24 02 Paan, tobacco and intoxicants 108.07 108.42 108.18 4.55 5.32 4.79 03 Clothing and footwear 109.47 106.80 108.45 3.97 2.41 3.38 04 Housing, water, electricity, gas and other 104.61 103.40 103.85 2.47 1.98 2.16 fuels 05 Furnishings, household equipment and 105.62 104.66 105.21 2.79 1.88 2.40 routine household maintenance 06 Health 104.49 105.15 104.75 1.33 1.37 1.34 07 Transport 105.73 105.51 105.63 4.49 4.37 4.43 08 Information and communication 104.55 103.89 104.26 0.76 0.46 0.63 09 Recreation, sport and culture 104.94 104.04 104.49 2.00 1.28 1.64 10 Education services 107.17 109.51 108.58 2.83 4.17 3.6411 Restaurants and accommodation services 112.04 113.24 112.68 7.77 7.68 7.72 13 Personal care, social protection and 124.28 122.50 123.51 15.57 13.74 14.77 miscellaneous goods and services All India 108.34 107.45 107.94 4.84 3.96 4.45
Note: Comb.: Combined Annexure- II All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for July, 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 109.21 109.70 109.39 5.79 5.05 5.52
2. 01.2 Beverages 103.85 103.42 103.66 0.13 -0.08 0.04
3. 01.3 Services for processing primary 108.42 108.78 108.52 3.50 3.50 3.50 goods for food
4. 02.1 Alcoholic beverages 107.29 106.05 106.89 2.50 2.03 2.35
5. 02.3 Paan and tobacco 108.78 110.88 109.39 6.43 8.81 7.12
6. 03.1 Clothing 109.95 107.47 109.01 4.29 2.92 3.78
7. 03.2 Footwear 106.33 102.61 104.87 1.80 -0.88 0.75
8. 04.1 Actual rental payments made for 104.08 103.50 103.63 2.61 1.96 2.11 housing
9. 04.3 Maintenance, repair and security of 107.31 106.62 107.06 3.54 3.18 3.40 the dwelling
10. 04.4 Water supply and miscellaneous 102.02 102.88 102.62 1.09 1.23 1.18 services relating to the dwelling
11. 04.5 Electricity, gas and other fuels 104.43 102.36 103.61 2.14 1.85 2.02
12. 05.1 Furniture, furnishings, and loose 107.95 106.48 107.38 3.92 2.97 3.56 carpets
13. 05.2 Household textiles 107.90 105.44 106.98 3.69 1.61 2.91S.No. Group Group name Index Inflation code Rural Urban Comb. Rural Urban Comb.
14. 05.3 Household appliances 105.66 103.26 104.54 2.94 0.96 2.02
15. 05.4 Glassware, tableware and 110.51 107.87 109.50 5.82 3.70 5.01 household utensils
16. 05.5 Tools and equipment for house and 98.98 99.35 99.10 -1.30 0.35 -0.76 garden
17. 05.6 Goods and services for routine 104.10 104.48 104.27 1.94 1.77 1.87 household maintenance
18. 06.1 Medicines and health products 105.35 105.16 105.28 1.51 0.86 1.26
19. 06.2 Outpatient care services 102.61 105.21 103.67 1.00 2.42 1.58
20. 06.3 Inpatient care services 103.59 106.21 104.68 0.93 2.46 1.57
21. 06.4 Other health services 102.91 103.98 103.31 1.02 1.63 1.25
22. 07.1 Purchase of vehicles 99.17 97.96 98.56 -4.30 -4.45 -4.37
23. 07.2 Operation of personal transport 107.39 107.43 107.41 7.35 7.37 7.36 equipment
24. 07.3 Passenger transport services 105.24 105.60 105.39 2.81 3.01 2.90
25. 07.4 Transport services for goods 107.83 108.13 108.01 7.55 7.91 7.77
26. 08.1 Information and communication 101.74 100.51 101.17 2.51 1.08 1.86 equipment
27. 08.3 Information and communication 105.30 104.89 105.12 0.31 0.29 0.30 services
28. 09.1 Recreational durables 97.97 101.31 100.31 -2.39 -0.40 -0.99
29. 09.2 Other recreational goods 107.07 106.90 107.00 3.32 2.77 3.09
(ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix)
(i)
30. 09.3 Garden products and pets 110.99 109.76 110.33 1.82 2.87 2.37
31. 09.4 Recreational services 106.52 102.28 103.97 4.65 0.90 2.40S.No. Group Group name Index Inflation code Rural Urban Comb. Rural Urban Comb.
32. 09.5 Cultural goods 103.73 105.98 104.85 2.20 2.40 2.30
33. 09.6 Cultural services 104.95 105.42 105.24 2.72 2.11 2.35
34. 09.7 Newspapers, books and stationery 103.10 102.68 102.91 0.97 0.58 0.79
35. 10.1 Early childhood and primary 109.56 110.87 110.37 3.71 4.58 4.25 education
36. 10.2 Secondary education 108.88 111.35 110.46 3.85 4.59 4.33
37. 10.4 Higher education 103.28 108.22 106.48 1.31 4.71 3.52
38. 10.5 Education not defined by level 103.75 104.31 104.03 1.29 1.75 1.52
39. 11.1 Food and beverage serving 112.09 113.27 112.72 7.80 7.71 7.75 services
40. 11.2 Accommodation services 103.91 106.02 104.86 1.95 2.80 2.33
41. 13.1 Personal care 105.75 106.29 105.98 2.25 2.22 2.24
42. 13.2 Other personal effects 174.11 164.07 169.66 46.57 39.69 43.54
43. 13.9 Other services 103.88 102.74 103.43 2.09 1.24 1.76
Note: Comb.: Combined Annexure-III State/UT wise general index and inflation in July, 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 Nicobar 111.13 107.44 109.32 4.99 3.26 4.15 Islands
2. Andhra Pradesh 107.81 107.55 107.71 6.13 5.09 5.723. Arunachal Pradesh 105.13 105.09 105.12 2.48 2.80 2.56
4. Assam 106.03 104.45 105.71 3.74 2.53 3.49
5. Bihar 107.01 105.86 106.85 3.72 2.84 3.59
6. Chandigarh* 108.04 108.04 4.30 4.30
7. Chhattisgarh 105.88 105.04 105.59 3.84 2.46 3.37
8. Goa 106.27 106.30 106.29 2.87 3.62 3.35
9. Gujarat 107.42 107.11 107.23 4.22 3.87 4.01
10. Haryana 108.52 107.52 108.02 4.29 3.37 3.83
11. Himachal Pradesh 107.67 108.70 107.83 3.45 4.63 3.63
12. Jammu And Kashmir 107.94 107.22 107.74 3.74 4.22 3.87
13. Jharkhand 107.41 105.51 106.76 3.91 2.72 3.50
14. Karnataka 108.99 107.85 108.41 5.42 4.37 4.89
15. Kerala 110.75 108.42 109.46 4.91 3.27 4.01
16. Ladakh 108.88 106.88 108.38 5.55 4.03 5.17
17. Lakshadweep 106.95 108.30 107.93 3.40 3.16 3.22
18. Madhya Pradesh 108.77 107.91 108.43 5.12 4.58 4.91
19. Maharashtra 108.89 106.93 107.70 4.95 3.54 4.09
20. Manipur 104.14 104.92 104.39 3.42 2.40 3.09
21. Meghalaya 105.90 104.94 105.65 2.31 2.33 2.31
22. Mizoram 105.07 103.60 104.23 2.27 1.52 1.84
23. Nagaland 106.61 104.52 105.81 2.82 2.82 2.82
24. NCT of Delhi 105.89 105.36 105.38 4.12 2.65 2.68
25. Odisha 107.35 106.28 107.06 5.12 4.02 4.83
26. Puducherry 109.56 109.09 109.24 5.76 5.26 5.4127. Punjab 109.54 108.10 108.87 4.63 3.71 4.21
28. Rajasthan 109.15 107.89 108.70 5.36 3.84 4.82
29. Sikkim 108.21 107.55 107.98 4.86 4.07 4.59
30. Tamil Nadu 108.81 108.74 108.77 5.59 5.31 5.44
31. Telangana 110.56 109.69 110.06 6.86 5.92 6.32
32. The Dadra And Nagar 108.00 108.05 108.04 3.49 4.22 4.03 Haveli And Daman And Diu
33. Tripura 104.55 104.75 104.59 2.11 3.04 2.32
34. Uttar Pradesh 108.92 107.58 108.50 5.25 3.62 4.74
35. Uttarakhand 109.41 106.75 108.44 4.66 3.43 4.21
36. West Bengal 107.39 106.76 107.11 4.20 3.50 3.89 *: 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-25 103.80 103.66 103.74Oct-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 July-26* 108.34 107.45 107.94 4.84 3.96 4.45 *Index and Inflation for the month of July 2026 are provisional.
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