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Consumer prices · India

They printed this. Their own price monitors saw that.

Left column: what MoSPI printed for the twelve months July 2025 → July 2026 — an item CPI rate when they printed one, else the parent division, labelled as a division, never a fake packet rupee. Right column: government-observed retail prices — national averages from the Price Monitoring Division (and PPAC for fuel) — for 10 Sep 2025 → 10 Sep 2026. The two periods do not match: the observed prices run two months after the CPI months, so read the columns side by side, not as one checking the other. Neither column is any one household’s bill. Combined CPI is +4.5%.MoSPI CPI 2026-27Source: Consumer Price Index on base 2024=100 for July 2026 (provisional), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, FY 2026-27, PIB 12 Aug 2026: Combined CPI 4.45% (index 107.94); CFPI 5.52%; Potato −16.56%; Tomato −4.59%; Onion 22.54%

Item by item

Eggs, rice, onion, petrol — every kitchen and pump line we typed. Two cited series. Not a third “true CPI.”

Official bulletin

Combined CPI, the 2024 basket, and the rooms MoSPI printed. Not a substitute for the kitchen rupees above.

One month

+0.9%

Combined index 107 (June) → 107.94 (July).MoSPI CPI 2026-27Source: Consumer Price Index on base 2024=100 for July 2026 (provisional), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, FY 2026-27, PIB 12 Aug 2026: Combined CPI 4.45% (index 107.94); CFPI 5.52%; Potato −16.56%; Tomato −4.59%; Onion 22.54%

Twelve months

+4.5%

July 2025 → July 2026. Food (CFPI) +5.5%.

Since Dec 2025

+3.7%

Combined index 104.1 (Dec 2025) → 107.94 (July).

Twelve-month change by division

Combined CPI, July 2025 → July 2026. The vertical mark is the all-items rate +4.5%. Click a bar for that room.MoSPI CPI 2026-27Source: Consumer Price Index on base 2024=100 for July 2026 (provisional), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, FY 2026-27, PIB 12 Aug 2026: Combined CPI 4.45% (index 107.94); CFPI 5.52%; Potato −16.56%; Tomato −4.59%; Onion 22.54%

  1. Personal care and miscellaneous+14.8%
  2. Restaurants and accommodation+7.7%
  3. Food and beverages+5.2%
  4. Paan, tobacco and intoxicants+4.8%
  5. Transport+4.4%
  6. Education+3.6%
  7. Clothing and footwear+3.4%
  8. Furnishings and household+2.4%
  9. Housing, water, electricity, gas+2.2%
  10. Recreation, sport and culture+1.6%
  11. Health+1.3%
  12. Information and communication+0.6%

This month’s note

  • All-India Combined rose +4.5% over twelve months. Rural +4.8%; urban +4.0%.
  • Highest official division: Personal care and miscellaneous +14.8%. Lowest: Information and communication +0.6%.
  • Observed onion: ₹27.88 / kg on 10 Sep 2025 → ₹53.10 / kg on 10 Sep 2026. They printed a CPI item rate of +22.5% for July — an index, not that rupee.
  • Core / regulated / seasonal splits are not in the July note. Empty, not zero.

The basket they use

Combined CPI 2024 weights. Each colour is one division. The square in front of the name is the same colour as that wedge. Hover a wedge or a row — the hole names it.CPI 2024 basket 2024-25Source: CPI 2024 series — Combined division-wise weights (HCES 2023-24), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, FY 2024-25, Annex V FAQ table — Combined CPI 2024 column (Food 36.75, Housing 17.66, Transport 8.80, Health 6.10, …)

Food and beverages

36.75%

of the official basket

  1. Food and beverages36.75%
  2. Housing, water, electricity, gas17.66%
  3. Transport8.80%
  4. Health6.10%
  5. Clothing and footwear6.38%
  6. Personal care and miscellaneous5.04%
  7. Furnishings and household4.47%
  8. Information and communication3.61%
  9. Restaurants and accommodation3.35%
  10. Education3.33%
  11. Paan, tobacco and intoxicants2.99%
  12. Recreation, sport and culture1.52%

Rural and urban

Combined 12-month rates, July 2026. Not a state map — those CPI prints are not typed here.

  • Rural+4.8%
  • Urban+4.0%
  • Combined+4.5%

Twelve-month rate, month by month

Combined CPI printed in the July 2026 press note.

  1. 01

    +2.7%

  2. 02

    +3.2%

  3. 03

    +3.4%

  4. 04

    +3.5%

  5. 05

    +3.9%

  6. 06

    +4.4%

  7. 07

    +4.5%

Smaller baskets

Each room is one slice of the official basket, or the fuel rupees PPAC printed. Empty observed cells are unread, not ₹0.

Footnotes

  1. All India Average Retail Price of essential commodities as on 10/09/2026 — Price Monitoring Division — All India Average Retail Price — units as printed (kg / litre / dozen)

    Department of Consumer Affairs, Government of India. Fiscal year 2026-27. Daily average retail report https://fcainfoweb.nic.in/Reports/DB/Dailyprices.aspx (as on 10/09/2026; 1 month 10/08/2026; 1 year 10/09/2025). Homepage grids match the latest column.. Extracted 2026-09-11.

    Open the official document

    Observed rupees, not CPI. Additional commodities (eggs, bajra, ghee, …) print only the day on the homepage. Broken rice 1-year column prints 0 — not taken as a price.

  2. RSP of Petrol and Diesel in Delhi as per IOCL outlet as on 10-September-2026 — Retail selling price, Delhi IOCL outlet — not an all-India average

    Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Fiscal year 2026-27. Metro RSP table posted 10-Sep-26: Delhi petrol ₹102.12 (also 10-Aug-26); ₹94.77 on 10-Sep-25. Diesel ₹95.20 / ₹95.20 / ₹87.67. Also listed on https://ppac.gov.in/all-imp-news. Extracted 2026-09-11.

    Open the official document

    Delhi outlet only. LPG not typed from this PDF.

  3. Consumer Price Index on base 2024=100 for July 2026 (provisional) — All India Combined CPI / CFPI / selected item inflation — index, not a rupee

    Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Fiscal year 2026-27. PIB 12 Aug 2026: Combined CPI 4.45% (index 107.94); CFPI 5.52%; Potato −16.56%; Tomato −4.59%; Onion 22.54%. Extracted 2026-09-11.

    Open the research summary (not the official book)

    INDEX. Basket rebased 2012→2024. August 2026 CPI due 14 Sep 2026 — not typed. Never the hero of the inflation bulletin.

  4. CPI 2024 series — Combined division-wise weights (HCES 2023-24) — Division-wise weights Combined 2024 — the official basket, not observed rupees

    Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Fiscal year 2024-25. Annex V FAQ table — Combined CPI 2024 column (Food 36.75, Housing 17.66, Transport 8.80, Health 6.10, …). Extracted 2026-09-11.

    Open the research summary (not the official book)

    INDEX. Weights from Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24. Food share fell from 42.62 (2012 Combined) to 36.75 (2024 Combined). Pie uses the Combined 2024 column.

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