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Government of India
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
12 JUN 2026 4:00PM by PIB Delhi
PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR MAY, 2026

Highlights

Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index in May, 2026 is 3.93%

Year on year food inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, in May, 2026 is 4.78%

 

I.  Key Statistics

  1. National Level Indices

    • Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) with base year 2024 for the month of May, 2026 over May, 2025 is 3.93%(Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 4.25% and 3.53%, respectively.

 

May, 2026 (Provisional)

April, 2026 (Final)

Rural

Urban

Combined

Rural

Urban

Combined

Inflation (%)

CPI (General)

4.25

3.53

3.93

3.74

3.16

3.48

CFPI

4.85

4.66

4.78

4.26

4.10

4.20

Index

CPI (General)

106.11

105.66

105.91

105.28

104.92

105.12

CFPI

105.07

105.83

105.35

104.17

104.77

104.39

 

    • Food Inflation: - Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of May, 2026 over May, 2025 is 4.78% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 4.85% and 4.66%, respectively.

    • Housing Inflation: - Year-on-year Housing inflation rate for the month of May, 2026 is 2.12% (Provisional) and the corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 2.73% and 1.91%, respectively.

    • At National level, division wise inflation for the month of May, 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 May, 2026 are given in table below:

 

S.No.

Item

 

Weight

Inflation (%)

April, 2026

Inflation (%)

May, 2026

1

Potato

Image of fresh raw potatoes on white background

0.7549

 

-23.66

-23.71

2

Peas

0.1254

 

-6.54

-11.47

3

Motor car  

and jeep

 

0.4665

-7.12

-7.19

4

Cumin (jeera)

0.3656

-5.03

-4.59

5

Motor cycle and scooter

0.6581

-3.61

-3.56

 

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

 

S.No.

Item

Weight

Inflation (%)

April, 2026

Inflation (%)

May, 2026

1

Silver Jewellery   

Image of elegant silver jewelry sets necklace earrings and bracelets on white background

0.3127

 

144.36

155.23

2

Tomato              

Image of fresh red tomatoes

0.4961

 

35.26

48.43

3

Gold/Diamond/Platinum Jewellery    

0.6230

 

 

40.74

40.93

4

Ginger

0.2556

14.36

32.49

5

Raisin (kishmish) and monacca

0.1639

23.96

21.97

 

  1. State level Indices

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

 

  1. April 2026 (Final) figures for CPI base 2024=100

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

 

April, 2026 (Final) at Base 2024=100

Rural

Urban

Combined

Inflation (%)

CPI (General)

3.74

3.16

3.48

CFPI

4.26

4.10

4.20

Index

CPI (General)

105.28

104.92

105.12

CFPI

104.17

104.77

104.39

 

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

    CPI for June 2026 will be released on 13th July, 2026 (Monday) or the next working day in case of 13th being a holiday.

    State and Item wise indices for May 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.

    The reference period for price reporting for petrol, diesel and LPG prices are 15th of the corresponding month.

 

IV. Annexures

Annexure

Title

I

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

II

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

III

State/UT wise general index and inflation in May, 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 May, 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

105.02

105.69

105.26

4.64

4.38

4.55

02

Paan, tobacco and intoxicants

107.64

107.97

107.74

4.61

5.35

4.83

03

Clothing and footwear

108.31

105.96

107.41

3.49

2.16

2.98

04

Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels

103.59

102.81

103.1

1.96

1.59

1.73

05

Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance

104.64

103.82

104.29

2.24

1.43

1.89

06

Health

104.04

104.7

104.3

1.44

1.57

1.49

07

Transport

102.8

102.64

102.73

1.81

1.68

1.75

08

Information and communication

104.12

103.49

103.84

0.36

0.21

0.3

09

Recreation, sport and culture

104.56

103.85

104.2

2.24

1.72

1.98

10

Education services

105.55

106.64

106.21

2.77

3.14

2.99

11

Restaurants and accommodation services

109.18

110.57

109.91

5.47

5.99

5.75

13

Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services

126.53

124.22

125.53

19.52

17.07

18.46

 

All India

106.11

105.66

105.91

4.25

3.53

3.93

Note: Comb.: Combined

 

Annexure- II

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

S.No.

Group code

Group name

Index

Inflation

Rural

Urban

Comb.

Rural

Urban

Comb.

     (i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

  1.  

01.1

Food

105.07

105.83

105.35

4.85

4.66

4.78

  1.  

01.2

Beverages

103.56

103.15

103.38

0.36

0.05

0.23

  1.  

01.3

Services for processing primary goods for food

107.45

107.63

107.50

3.17

3.34

3.22

  1.  

02.1

Alcoholic beverages

107.11

106.01

106.75

3.11

2.64

2.96

  1.  

02.3

Paan and tobacco

108.11

110.02

108.67

5.96

8.22

6.62

  1.  

03.1

Clothing

108.82

106.62

107.98

3.87

2.68

3.42

  1.  

03.2

Footwear

104.94

101.84

103.72

0.95

-1.18

0.12

  1.  

04.1

Actual rental payments made for housing

103.58

103.07

103.19

2.56

1.89

2.04

  1.  

04.3

Maintenance, repair and security of the dwelling

106.50

105.58

106.16

3.43

2.37

3.04

  1.  

04.4

Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling

101.60

102.46

102.20

1.00

1.42

1.29

  1.  

04.5

Electricity, gas and other fuels

102.97

101.24

102.29

1.19

0.23

0.81

  1.  

05.1

Furniture, furnishings, and loose carpets

106.62

105.40

106.15

3.16

2.43

2.89

  1.  

05.2

Household textiles

106.95

104.73

106.12

3.26

1.19

2.48

  1.  

05.3

Household appliances

104.18

102.17

103.25

1.83

0.09

1.02

  1.  

05.4

Glassware, tableware and household utensils

108.86

106.46

107.94

4.91

2.90

4.15

  1.  

05.5

Tools and equipment for house and garden

98.69

99.05

98.81

-1.39

-0.13

-0.98

  1.  

05.6

Goods and services for routine household maintenance

103.47

103.83

103.63

1.65

1.56

1.61

  1.  

06.1

Medicines and health products

104.91

104.79

104.87

1.77

1.15

1.54

  1.  

06.2

Outpatient care services

102.10

104.59

103.11

0.73

2.39

1.41

  1.  

06.3

Inpatient care services

102.98

105.65

104.09

0.85

2.95

1.73

  1.  

06.4

Other health services

102.65

103.46

102.95

0.98

1.45

1.16

  1.  

07.1

Purchase of vehicles

98.29

97.32

97.80

-4.60

-4.97

-4.79

  1.  

07.2

Operation of personal transport equipment

103.04

103.04

103.04

3.07

3.05

3.06

  1.  

07.3

Passenger transport services

104.12

104.70

104.36

2.07

2.51

2.25

  1.  

07.4

Transport services for goods

107.73

107.89

107.83

7.48

7.74

7.63

  1.  

08.1

Information and communication equipment

99.94

99.03

99.52

0.53

-0.12

0.23

  1.  

08.3

Information and communication services

105.24

104.81

105.05

0.32

0.31

0.32

  1.  

09.1

Recreational durables

99.02

100.67

100.17

-0.49

-0.15

-0.25

  1.  

09.2

Other recreational goods

106.17

106.10

106.14

3.02

2.69

2.88

  1.  

09.3

Garden products and pets

110.73

109.42

110.03

5.18

4.19

4.65

  1.  

09.4

Recreational services

106.30

102.11

103.78

4.55

0.91

2.37

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

(ix)

  1.  

09.5

Cultural goods

102.78

105.12

103.94

1.52

2.04

1.78

  1.  

09.6

Cultural services

104.30

104.81

104.61

2.21

2.03

2.10

  1.  

09.7

Newspapers, books and stationery

102.78

102.75

102.77

0.95

1.26

1.09

  1.  

10.1

Early childhood and primary education

107.26

107.21

107.23

3.69

2.80

3.13

  1.  

10.2

Secondary education

106.46

107.94

107.40

3.28

3.83

3.63

  1.  

10.4

Higher education

102.57

106.05

104.82

1.56

4.77

3.64

  1.  

10.5

Education not defined by level

103.43

103.84

103.63

1.36

1.65

1.50

  1.  

11.1

Food and beverage serving services

109.22

110.59

109.95

5.50

6.01

5.77

  1.  

11.2

Accommodation services

102.80

105.39

103.96

1.02

2.65

1.76

  1.  

13.1

Personal care

105.23

105.76

105.46

2.39

2.50

2.44

  1.  

13.2

Other personal effects

183.79

171.46

178.33

60.78

50.74

56.35

  1.  

13.9

Other services

103.20

102.34

102.86

1.63

1.08

1.41

Note: Comb.: Combined

 

Annexure-III

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

S.No.

 

State/UT

CPI

Inflation

 

 

Rural

Urban

Combined

Rural

Urban

Combined

 

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

(iv)

(v)

(vi)

(vii)

(viii)

 

  1.  

Andaman And Nicobar Islands

109.05

105.64

107.38

5.67

3.06

4.40

 

  1.  

Andhra Pradesh

106.04

106.10

106.06

5.09

4.61

4.90

 

  1.  

Arunachal Pradesh

104.36

104.36

104.36

2.56

2.64

2.58

 

  1.  

Assam

105.05

103.69

104.76

3.79

2.09

3.44

 

  1.  

Bihar

104.57

103.79

104.46

3.07

2.14

2.94

 

  1.  

Chandigarh

*

105.93

105.93

*

3.80

3.80

 

  1.  

Chhattisgarh

102.94

102.85

102.90

3.25

2.14

2.87

 

  1.  

Goa

104.63

104.99

104.86

2.00

2.72

2.47

 

  1.  

Gujarat

105.02

104.66

104.80

3.73

2.95

3.27

 

  1.  

Haryana

105.85

105.45

105.65

3.42

2.77

3.09

 

  1.  

Himachal Pradesh

105.33

106.93

105.58

2.87

4.03

3.05

 

  1.  

Jammu And Kashmir

105.91

105.23

105.72

2.80

2.95

2.84

 

  1.  

Jharkhand

104.90

103.46

104.41

4.25

3.10

3.86

 

  1.  

Karnataka

107.59

106.69

107.14

4.83

4.35

4.59

 

  1.  

Kerala

108.03

106.65

107.27

4.72

3.96

4.30

 

  1.  

Ladakh

106.60

105.92

106.43

3.21

2.90

3.14

 

  1.  

Lakshadweep

105.33

106.67

106.30

2.99

3.79

3.57

 

  1.  

Madhya Pradesh

106.40

105.76

106.15

4.33

3.93

4.17

 

  1.  

Maharashtra

106.45

105.19

105.68

4.20

2.80

3.35

 

  1.  

Manipur

103.27

104.04

103.52

3.06

2.22

2.79

 

  1.  

Meghalaya

105.45

104.45

105.19

2.78

2.45

2.70

 

  1.  

Mizoram

103.99

102.64

103.22

1.42

0.74

1.03

 

  1.  

Nagaland

106.26

104.06

105.42

3.70

2.64

3.30

 

  1.  

NCT of Delhi

103.31

103.90

103.89

3.53

2.47

2.50

 

  1.  

Odisha

105.28

104.80

105.15

4.83

3.74

4.54

 

  1.  

Puducherry

107.24

107.19

107.21

5.16

4.93

5.00

 

  1.  

Punjab

106.68

105.63

106.20

3.64

2.99

3.34

 

  1.  

Rajasthan

106.53

105.95

106.32

4.52

3.54

4.17

 

  1.  

Sikkim

107.10

106.60

106.93

4.34

4.01

4.23

 

  1.  

Tamil Nadu

107.38

106.96

107.14

5.58

4.75

5.11

 

  1.  

Telangana

109.10

108.51

108.76

6.59

5.81

6.15

 

  1.  

The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu

104.99

105.73

105.55

3.36

4.20

3.99

 

  1.  

Tripura

102.83

103.40

102.96

1.78

2.80

2.02

 

  1.  

Uttar Pradesh

106.24

105.58

106.03

4.30

3.27

3.97

 

  1.  

Uttarakhand

107.13

105.04

106.37

4.29

2.72

3.72

 

  1.  

West Bengal

105.19

104.80

105.02

3.94

2.80

3.44

 

*: 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

103.74

 

 

 

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

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

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