{
  "id": "eco-cpi-002",
  "question": "What is retail inflation running at?",
  "topic": "Prices",
  "unit": "%",
  "decimals": 2,
  "measures": "Year-on-year change in the all-India Consumer Price Index (Combined, base 2024=100), released monthly by MoSPI. CPI was rebased to 2024 and year-on-year rates on the new base start in January 2026; rates on the old 2012 base are not comparable, so they are not shown. The latest month is provisional.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "MoSPI, Consumer Price Index (base 2024=100)",
    "url": "https://esankhyiki.mospi.gov.in/macroindicators?product=cpi",
    "table": "CPI 2024=100, All India, Combined, CPI (General)",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-10-12",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": "2026-11-12",
  "processing": "Copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "National Statistics Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation",
    "survey": "Consumer Price Index (Rural, Urban, Combined)",
    "baseYear": "2024",
    "frequency": "Monthly, on the 12th (next working day if a holiday); provisional, then final a month later",
    "measures": "Year-on-year change in the all-India CPI (Combined), general index",
    "notes": [
      "Base revised from 2012 to 2024; year-on-year rates on the new base start with January 2026.",
      "Prices are collected weekly by NSO field staff from 1,407 urban markets (including online markets) and 1,465 villages covering all states and UTs (September 2026 release).",
      "Petrol, diesel and LPG prices refer to the 15th of the month.",
      "Indices are published for rural, urban and combined (all-India); the combined index is the headline, and monetary policy targets CPI inflation (RBI Act, section 45ZA)."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "Jan 2026",
      "start": "2026-01",
      "end": "2026-01",
      "value": 2.74
    },
    {
      "period": "Feb 2026",
      "start": "2026-02",
      "end": "2026-02",
      "value": 3.21
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2026",
      "start": "2026-03",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 3.4
    },
    {
      "period": "Apr 2026",
      "start": "2026-04",
      "end": "2026-04",
      "value": 3.48
    },
    {
      "period": "May 2026",
      "start": "2026-05",
      "end": "2026-05",
      "value": 3.93
    },
    {
      "period": "Jun 2026",
      "start": "2026-06",
      "end": "2026-06",
      "value": 4.38
    },
    {
      "period": "Jul 2026",
      "start": "2026-07",
      "end": "2026-07",
      "value": 4.45
    },
    {
      "period": "Aug 2026",
      "start": "2026-08",
      "end": "2026-08",
      "value": 4.83
    },
    {
      "period": "Sep 2026",
      "start": "2026-09",
      "end": "2026-09",
      "value": 5.54
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/eco-cpi-002/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/eco-cpi-002/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/eco-cpi-002/versions.csv"
}