India’s CPI Inflation Rises to 6.09% in October 2026 – Rural Inflation at 6.63%, Urban at 5.41%

Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR OCTOBER, 2026

Posted On: 12 NOV 2026 4:00PM by PIB Delhi

Highlights

Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index in October, 2026 is 6.09%

Year on year food inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, in October, 2026 is 8.94%

I. Key Statistics

National Level Indices

Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) with base year 2024 for the month of October, 2026 over October, 2025 is 6.09%(Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 6.63% and 5.41%, respectively.

		September, 2026 (Final)			October, 2026 (Provisional)
		Rural	Urban	Combined	Rural	Urban	Combined
Inflation (%)	CPI (General)	6.08	4.88	5.54	6.63	5.41	6.09
	CFPI	8.06	7.18	7.74	9.09	8.68	8.94
	CFPI	8.06	7.18	7.74	9.09	8.68	8.94
Index	CPI (General)	110.11	108.71	109.49	110.73	109.22	110.05
Index	CFPI	112.21	112.10	112.17	113.22	113.24	113.23

Food Inflation: – Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of October, 2026 over October, 2025 is 8.94% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 9.09% and 8.68%, respectively.

cpi_based_inflation_and_food_inflation

At National level, division wise inflation for the month of October, 2026 in the Combined sector may be seen from the graph below-

national_level_division_wise_inflation_rate

Top 5 key items with low inflation at All India combined level in October, 2026 are given in table below:

S.No.	Item	Weight	Inflation (%) September, 2026	Inflation (%) October, 2026
1	Potato	0.7549	-11.52	-14.24
3	Cauliflower	0.2330	-2.88	-10.57
3	Coconut	0.1931	-3.99	-5.60
4	Brinjal	0.2912	2.21	-3.34
5	Cabbage	0.1518	5.58	-1.92

Top 5 key items with high inflation at All India combined level in October, 2026 are given in table below:

S.No.	Item	Weight	Inflation (%) September, 2026	Inflation (%) October, 2026
1	Onion	0.7006	108.13	116.22
2	Garlic	0.3738	54.62	60.74
3	Silver Jewellery	0.3127	87.82	52.39
4	Ginger	0.2556	62.85	48.32
5	Lemon	0.1367	36.41	47.30

State level Indices

Top five States (having more than 50 lakh population as per Census 2011) with high headline and food

Inflation in October, 2026 are given below-

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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 October 2026, the response rate was 100% in both rural and urban markets.

CPI for November 2026 will be released on 14th December, 2026 (Monday) or the next working day in case of 14th being a holiday.

State and Item wise indices for October, 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. Annexures

Annexure	Title
I	All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) division wise indices and inflation for October, 2026 (Provisional)
II	All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for October, 2026 (Provisional)
III	State/UT wise general index and inflation in October, 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 October, 2026 (Provisional)

Division code	Division name	Weights	Index			Inflation
Division code	Division name	Weights	Rural	Urban	Comb.	Rural	Urban	Comb.
(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)	(v)	(vi)	(vii)	(viii)	(ix)
01	Food and beverages	36.75	112.83	112.70	112.78	8.70	8.19	8.51
02	Paan, tobacco and intoxicants	2.99	108.80	109.28	108.95	4.70	5.42	4.93
03	Clothing and footwear	6.38	111.80	108.45	110.52	5.61	3.89	4.96
04	Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels	17.66	105.62	104.11	104.67	3.73	2.41	2.90
05	Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance	4.47	107.27	105.98	106.72	4.37	3.36	3.94
06	Health	6.10	105.35	106.18	105.67	1.98	2.16	2.05
07	Transport	8.80	106.49	106.10	106.31	5.95	5.71	5.84
08	Information and communication	3.61	106.83	106.14	106.53	3.22	3.09	3.16
09	Recreation, sport and culture	1.52	106.42	105.45	105.93	2.99	2.05	2.52
10	Education services	3.33	107.82	110.09	109.19	3.10	4.61	4.02
11	Restaurants and accommodation services	3.35	115.09	116.20	115.68	10.24	9.90	10.06
13	Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services	5.04	125.25	123.52	124.50	10.84	9.24	10.14
	All India	100.00	110.73	109.22	110.05	6.63	5.41	6.09

Note: Comb.: Combined

Annexure- II

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

S.No.	Group code	Group name	Weights	Index			Inflation
S.No.	Group code	Group name	Weights	Rural	Urban	Comb.	Rural	Urban	Comb.
(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)	(v)	(vi)	(vii)	(viii)	(ix)	(x)
	01.1	Food	34.78	113.22	113.24	113.23	9.09	8.68	8.94
2.	01.2	Beverages	1.77	104.53	104.11	104.35	0.68	0.51	0.61
3.	01.3	Services for processing primary goods for food	0.20	110.01	110.61	110.18	4.28	4.46	4.33
4.	02.1	Alcoholic beverages	1.45	107.74	106.42	107.31	2.17	1.51	1.96
5.	02.3	Paan and tobacco	1.54	109.74	112.27	110.48	7.03	9.60	7.78
6.	03.1	Clothing	5.53	112.28	109.14	111.09	5.80	4.11	5.16
7.	03.2	Footwear	0.85	108.62	104.15	106.87	4.30	2.48	3.60
8.	04.1	Actual rental payments made for housing	10.88	104.91	104.18	104.35	2.79	2.23	2.36
9.	04.3	Maintenance, repair and security of the dwelling	1.19	108.97	108.64	108.85	4.31	4.39	4.34
10.	04.4	Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling	0.23	102.40	104.44	103.82	1.31	2.45	2.11
11.	04.5	Electricity, gas and other fuels	5.36	105.46	102.83	104.42	4.36	2.70	3.71
12.	05.1	Furniture, furnishings, and loose carpets	0.43	110.07	108.39	109.43	5.76	4.79	5.39
13.	05.2	Household textiles	0.36	109.97	107.20	108.93	5.08	3.20	4.38
14.	05.3	Household appliances	0.74	107.32	104.56	106.04	5.78	4.06	4.98
15.	05.4	Glassware, tableware and household utensils	0.56	113.34	109.96	112.05	8.04	5.56	7.10
16.	05.5	Tools and equipment for house and garden	0.24	99.23	100.06	99.50	-0.15	2.15	0.61
17.	05.6	Goods and services for routine household maintenance	2.15	105.41	105.52	105.46	2.92	2.52	2.74
18.	06.1	Medicines and health products	3.90	106.27	106.15	106.23	2.24	1.94	2.13
19.	06.2	Outpatient care services	1.10	103.42	106.59	104.70	1.58	2.71	2.05
20.	06.3	Inpatient care services	0.49	104.51	107.11	105.59	1.33	2.57	1.85
21.	06.4	Other health services	0.61	103.48	104.79	103.98	1.47	2.07	1.70
22.	07.1	Purchase of vehicles	1.18	100.38	98.72	99.53	3.19	2.12	2.65
23.	07.2	Operation of personal transport equipment	5.04	107.51	107.61	107.56	7.49	7.56	7.52
24.	07.3	Passenger transport services	2.57	106.97	106.94	106.96	4.21	3.75	4.02
25.	07.4	Transport services for goods	0.01	114.95	115.23	115.12	7.25	7.41	7.34
26.	08.1	Information and communication equipment	0.79	105.40	104.60	105.03	7.88	7.60	7.75
27.	08.3	Information and communication services	2.82	107.21	106.59	106.94	2.06	1.85	1.96
28.	09.1	Recreational durables	0.00	100.03	101.13	100.81	1.55	0.10	0.53
29.	09.2	Other recreational goods	0.12	108.83	108.57	108.72	4.70	3.88	4.36
30.	09.3	Garden products and pets	0.16	117.31	115.45	116.32	5.36	4.81	5.06
31.	09.4	Recreational services	0.29	108.75	103.35	105.51	6.17	1.64	3.45
32.	09.5	Cultural goods	0.01	105.12	106.73	105.92	3.18	3.24	3.21
33.	09.6	Cultural services	0.17	106.16	106.86	106.59	3.30	3.08	3.17
34.	09.7	Newspapers, books and stationery	0.76	103.51	103.17	103.36	1.31	0.93	1.14
35.	10.1	Early childhood and primary education	1.58	110.41	111.66	111.19	4.09	5.42	4.92
36.	10.2	Secondary education	0.60	109.52	111.77	110.96	3.95	4.61	4.37
37.	10.4	Higher education	0.51	103.57	108.41	106.70	1.38	4.82	3.62
38.	10.5	Education not defined by level	0.64	104.27	104.79	104.53	1.56	1.80	1.67
39.	11.1	Food and beverage serving services	3.33	115.16	116.24	115.73	10.28	9.93	10.09
40.	11.2	Accommodation services	0.02	104.50	107.30	105.76	2.54	3.38	2.92
41.	13.1	Personal care	3.46	106.74	107.22	106.94	2.55	2.47	2.52
42.	13.2	Other personal effects	1.39	175.02	165.37	170.75	27.59	22.68	25.44
43.	13.9	Other services	0.18	104.92	103.18	104.23	2.89	1.23	2.24
Note: Comb.: Combined

Annexure-III

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

S.No.	State	Weights	CPI			Inflation
S.No.	State	Weights	Rural	Urban	Combined	Rural	Urban	Combd.
(i)	(ii)	(iii)	(iv)	(v)	(vi)	(vii)	(viii)	(ix)
	Andaman And Nicobar Islands	0.06	111.43	108.55	110.02	3.86	3.03	3.46
2.	Andhra Pradesh	4.32	110.07	109.52	109.85	7.81	6.37	7.25
3.	Arunachal Pradesh	0.14	107.92	106.80	107.63	4.62	3.50	4.33
4.	Assam	2.07	108.90	106.42	108.39	4.94	3.23	4.59
5.	Bihar	6.37	109.69	107.67	109.40	5.79	5.18	5.71
6.	Chandigarh	0.23	—	109.37	109.37	—	5.23	5.23
7.	Chhattisgarh	1.29	109.30	107.14	108.56	6.72	4.59	5.99
8.	Goa	0.25	107.71	107.59	107.63	4.33	4.72	4.58
9.	Gujarat	5.31	108.94	108.55	108.71	6.06	5.46	5.71
10.	Haryana	3.12	110.41	108.76	109.59	5.20	3.56	4.38
11.	Himachal Pradesh	0.66	109.70	109.60	109.69	4.28	4.21	4.27
12.	Jammu And Kashmir	1.10	109.97	108.82	109.65	4.87	4.91	4.88
13.	Jharkhand	1.84	111.10	107.91	110.01	6.44	4.86	5.90
14.	Karnataka	6.29	111.44	110.44	110.93	7.54	6.60	7.07
15.	Kerala	4.37	111.88	109.78	110.72	7.01	5.58	6.22
16.	Ladakh	0.02	111.27	108.66	110.62	6.80	4.95	6.34
17.	Lakshadweep	0.01	109.05	110.07	109.79	5.68	4.92	5.13
18.	Madhya Pradesh	4.70	111.45	109.85	110.82	7.66	6.46	7.19
19.	Maharashtra	10.59	111.32	108.82	109.80	6.86	5.20	5.85
20.	Manipur	0.25	107.50	107.67	107.56	5.51	3.66	4.91
21.	Meghalaya	0.23	108.60	106.29	107.99	3.80	3.16	3.63
22.	Mizoram	0.11	106.46	104.61	105.40	3.19	2.58	2.85
23.	Nagaland	0.17	108.84	106.02	107.76	4.00	3.10	3.66
24.	NCT of Delhi	2.29	106.54	106.70	106.70	5.24	3.77	3.80
25.	Odisha	2.55	110.93	108.51	110.28	7.74	5.63	7.17
26.	Puducherry	0.17	111.97	111.56	111.68	8.03	7.93	7.96
27.	Punjab	2.87	111.43	110.15	110.84	5.75	5.42	5.60
28.	Rajasthan	5.84	111.12	109.31	110.48	6.33	5.09	5.89
29.	Sikkim	0.11	110.08	109.27	109.80	5.65	4.48	5.25
30.	Tamil Nadu	8.00	111.37	110.73	111.01	7.86	6.84	7.29
31.	Telangana	4.14	112.65	111.31	111.88	8.05	6.68	7.26
32.	The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu	0.07	109.38	111.07	110.65	6.61	7.92	7.59
33.	Tripura	0.41	107.46	106.81	107.31	5.00	4.17	4.80
34.	Uttar Pradesh	12.53	111.26	109.18	110.60	7.20	4.88	6.47
35.	Uttarakhand	1.00	111.28	107.96	110.07	5.84	4.66	5.41
36.	West Bengal	6.50	109.94	108.33	109.22	5.08	4.13	4.66

–: No rural market in Chandigarh

Annexure-IV

All India Combined (General) level index and inflation

Month	Index			Inflation (%)
Month	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
Jun-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	109.28	108.07	108.74	5.24	4.31	4.83
Sep-26	110.11	108.71	109.49	6.08	4.88	5.54
Oct-26*	110.73	109.22	110.05	6.63	5.41	6.09
*Index and Inflation for the month of October, 2026 are provisional.

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