India, May 12 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

Highlights

April, 2026 (Provisional)

Rural

Urban

Combined

Rural

Urban

Combined

Inflation (%)

CPI (General)

3.74

3.16

3.48

3.63

3.11

3.40

CFPI

4.26

4.10

4.20

3.95

3.71

3.87

Index

CPI (General)

105.28

104.92

105.12

105.02

104.62

104.84

CFPI

104.17

104.78

104.39

104.01

104.38

104.14

S.No.

Item

Weight

Inflation (%)

Inflation (%)

1

Potato

0.7549

-19.03

-23.69

2

Onion

0.7006

-27.78

-17.67

3

Motor car and jeep

0.4665

-6.91

-7.12

4

Peas, chickpeas

0.0516

-7.88

-6.75

5

Air conditioner

0.0446

-5.81

-5.06

S.No.

Item

Weight

Inflation (%)

Inflation (%)

1

Silver Jewellery

0.3127

148.42

144.34

2

Coconut: copra

0.0854

45.54

44.55

3

Gold/Diamond/Platinum Jewellery

0.6230

45.88

40.72

4

Tomato

0.4961

36.00

35.28

5

Cauliflower

0.2330

34.16

25.58

March, 2026 (Final) at Base 2024100

Rural

Urban

Combined

Inflation (%)

CPI (General)

3.63

3.11

3.40

CFPI

3.95

3.71

3.87

Index

CPI (General)

105.02

104.62

104.84

CFPI

104.01

104.38

104.14

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 the month of April, 2026, prices were collected from 100% rural and urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 99.44% for rural markets and 99.82% for urban markets.

Annexure

Title

I

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

II

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

III

State/UT wise general index and inflation in April, 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

104.16

104.69

104.35

4.09

3.88

4.01

02

Paan, tobacco and intoxicants

107.21

107.30

107.24

4.65

5.02

4.76

03

Clothing and footwear

107.63

105.55

106.84

3.27

2.04

2.80

04

Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels

103.22

102.61

102.83

1.77

1.67

1.71

05

Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance

104.04

103.43

103.78

1.87

1.27

1.61

06

Health

103.90

104.56

104.15

1.57

1.77

1.64

07

Transport

100.89

100.78

100.84

0.01

-0.04

-0.01

08

Information and communication

103.95

103.29

103.66

0.64

0.33

0.50

09

Recreation, sport and culture

104.44

103.86

104.15

2.39

1.84

2.11

10

Education services

105.29

106.34

105.93

2.92

3.30

3.15

11

Restaurants and accommodation services

107.27

108.60

107.98

3.84

4.51

4.20

13

Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services

124.83

122.95

124.02

18.51

16.55

17.66

All India

105.28

104.92

105.12

3.74

3.16

3.48

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

104.17

104.78

104.39

4.26

4.10

4.20

01.2

Beverages

103.56

103.12

103.36

0.62

0.29

0.48

01.3

Services for processing primary goods for food

106.96

107.35

107.07

3.09

3.55

3.23

02.1

Alcoholic beverages

106.71

105.82

106.42

3.46

2.89

3.27

02.3

Paan and tobacco

107.66

108.85

108.01

5.72

7.28

6.18

03.1

Clothing

108.14

106.20

107.40

3.66

2.58

3.25

03.2

Footwear

104.30

101.44

103.17

0.65

-1.34

-0.12

04.1

Actual rental payments made for housing

103.35

102.88

102.99

2.45

1.92

2.04

04.3

Maintenance, repair and security of the dwelling

106.14

105.31

105.83

3.45

3.00

3.28

04.4

Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling

101.56

102.43

102.17

1.10

1.54

1.40

04.5

Electricity, gas and other fuels

102.48

100.98

101.89

0.88

0.41

0.69

05.1

Furniture, furnishings, and loose carpets

105.87

104.86

105.48

2.75

2.17

2.53

05.2

Household textiles

106.49

104.34

105.68

3.01

1.07

2.28

05.3

Household appliances

103.07

101.50

102.34

1.15

-0.22

0.51

05.4

Glassware, tableware and household utensils

107.61

105.73

106.89

4.06

2.47

3.46

05.5

Tools and equipment for house and garden

98.67

99.47

98.94

-1.60

0.02

-1.07

05.6

Goods and services for routine household maintenance

103.17

103.57

103.35

1.50

1.51

1.50

06.1

Medicines and health products

104.80

104.67

104.75

1.98

1.40

1.76

06.2

Outpatient care services

101.88

104.39

102.90

0.64

2.39

1.36

06.3

Inpatient care services

102.72

105.45

103.86

0.87

3.22

1.85

06.4

Other health services

102.49

103.36

102.82

1.02

1.62

1.25

07.1

Purchase of vehicles

97.89

97.07

97.47

-4.66

-4.96

-4.81

07.2

Operation of personal transport equipment

100.08

100.08

100.08

0.13

0.12

0.12

07.3

Passenger transport services

103.54

104.29

103.86

1.64

2.31

1.92

07.4

Transport services for goods

107.71

107.81

107.77

7.50

7.66

7.60

08.1

Information and communication equipment

99.23

98.22

98.77

-0.25

-1.14

-0.66

08.3

Information and communication services

105.21

104.79

105.03

0.86

0.75

0.81

09.1

Recreational durables

98.97

100.68

100.17

0.50

0.15

0.25

09.2

Other recreational goods

105.62

105.58

105.61

2.75

2.54

2.67

09.3

Garden products and pets

111.61

110.72

111.14

6.46

5.43

5.90

09.4

Recreational services

105.94

102.11

103.64

4.26

1.09

2.36

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

09.5

Cultural goods

102.58

104.68

103.62

1.39

2.01

1.70

09.6

Cultural services

103.85

104.30

104.13

2.01

1.46

1.67

09.7

Newspapers, books and stationery

102.68

102.67

102.68

1.14

1.33

1.23

10.1

Early childhood and primary education

106.90

106.82

106.85

3.81

3.01

3.31

10.2

Secondary education

106.14

107.69

107.13

3.39

4.17

3.89

10.4

Higher education

102.45

105.98

104.74

1.61

4.85

3.71

10.5

Education not defined by level

103.31

103.57

103.44

1.66

1.55

1.61

11.1

Food and beverage serving services

107.31

108.61

108.00

3.86

4.52

4.21

11.2

Accommodation services

102.50

104.79

103.53

1.13

2.26

1.64

13.1

Personal care

105.02

105.55

105.25

2.53

2.64

2.58

13.2

Other personal effects

178.10

167.50

173.40

57.26

48.98

53.61

13.9

Other services

103.02

102.23

102.71

1.57

1.10

1.39

S.No.

CPI

Inflation

Rural

Urban

Combined

Rural

Urban

Combined

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

106.83

105.07

105.97

3.79

2.66

3.24

Andhra Pradesh

104.92

105.32

105.08

4.29

4.06

4.20

Arunachal Pradesh

103.38

103.49

103.41

2.12

1.95

2.07

Assam

104.33

103.40

104.13

3.43

2.41

3.22

Bihar

104.17

103.09

104.01

2.88

1.87

2.74

Chandigarh

*

104.97

104.97

*

3.52

3.52

Chhattisgarh

101.77

102.00

101.85

1.89

1.53

1.77

Goa

104.07

104.40

104.28

1.68

2.49

2.20

Gujarat

104.19

103.86

104.00

3.22

2.60

2.85

Haryana

105.33

104.91

105.12

3.32

2.61

2.96

Himachal Pradesh

105.32

106.31

105.48

3.58

4.15

3.67

Jammu And Kashmir

105.60

104.89

105.40

2.64

2.74

2.67

Jharkhand

104.28

102.83

103.78

3.30

2.05

2.88

Karnataka

106.63

105.84

106.23

4.24

3.77

4.00

Kerala

106.78

105.48

106.07

4.32

3.32

3.77

Ladakh

105.69

105.79

105.71

1.95

2.24

2.02

Lakshadweep

104.76

105.99

105.65

2.79

3.65

3.42

Madhya Pradesh

105.47

105.04

105.30

3.80

3.47

3.67

Maharashtra

105.50

104.66

104.99

3.72

2.75

3.13

Manipur

102.83

103.73

103.12

2.40

2.19

2.33

Meghalaya

104.97

103.63

104.62

3.31

2.00

2.97

Mizoram

103.56

102.30

102.84

1.02

0.44

0.69

Nagaland

106.17

103.86

105.29

3.75

3.00

3.46

NCT of Delhi

102.37

103.23

103.22

2.71

1.95

1.96

Odisha

104.07

103.74

103.98

3.64

2.89

3.44

Puducherry

106.28

105.90

106.02

4.71

4.27

4.41

Punjab

106.25

105.09

105.72

3.57

2.99

3.30

Rajasthan

105.74

105.19

105.54

4.03

3.29

3.77

Sikkim

106.62

106.11

106.45

4.29

3.90

4.16

Tamil Nadu

105.78

105.84

105.81

4.41

4.00

4.18

Telangana

108.21

107.78

107.96

6.23

5.51

5.81

The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu

103.76

104.66

104.44

2.90

3.45

3.31

Tripura

102.63

102.86

102.68

2.17

2.90

2.34

Uttar Pradesh

105.55

105.02

105.38

3.83

3.08

3.59

Uttarakhand

106.69

104.50

105.88

3.98

2.66

3.50

West Bengal

104.33

104.16

104.26

3.36

2.45

2.95

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

Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index in April, 2026 is 3.48%

March, 2026 (Final)

March, 2026

April, 2026

March, 2026

April, 2026

CPI for May 2026 will be released on 12th June, 2026 (Friday) or the next working day in case of 12th being a holiday.

State/UT

Year on year food inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, in April, 2026 is 4.20%

State and Item wise indices for April 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.

I. Key Statistics

Top five States (having more than 50 lakhs population as per Census 2011) with highest inflation in April, 2026 are given below-

All India CPI, CFPI and corresponding inflation rates for the month of March 2026 (Final) with base year 2024 are given as follows-

IV. Annexures

Annexure- I

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

Note: Comb.: Combined

Annexure- II

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

Note: Comb.: Combined

Annexure-III

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

*: No rural market in Chandigarh

Annexure-IV

All India Combined (General) level index and inflation

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

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