Highlights Increase of 47 basis point in year on year inflation in February, 2026. Month over month decrease of more than 10% observed in the index of Tomato, Peas and Cauliflower in February, 2026 with respect to January, 2026 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 February, 2026 over February, 2025 is 3.21%(Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 3.37% and 3.02%, respectively. February, 2026 (Provisional) January, 2026 (Final) Rural Urban Combined Rural Urban Combined Inflation (%) CPI (General) 3.37 3.02 3.21 2.73 2.75 2.74 CFPI 3.46 3.48 3.47 1.96 2.44 2.13 Index CPI (General) 104.74 104.37 104.57 104.59 104.28 104.45 CFPI 103.79 104.04 103.88 103.89 104.31 10 4.04 Food Inflation : - Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of February, 2026 over February, 2025 is 3.47% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 3.46% and 3.48%, respectively. Housing Inflation : - Year-on-year Housing inflation rate for the month of February, 2026 is 2.12% (Provisional) and the corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 2.43% and 2.00%, respectively. At National level, division wise inflation for the month of February, 2026 in the Combined sector may be seen from the graph below- Top 5 items with low inflation at All India combined level in February, 2026 are given in table below: S.No. Item Weight Inflation (%) February, 2026 Inflation (%) January, 2026 1 Garlic 0.3738 -31.09 -53.03 2 Onion 0.7006 -28.20 -29.30 3 Potato 0.7549 -18.46 -28.98 4 Arhar, Tur 0.5333 -16.00 -24.90 5 Litchi 0.0102 -11.52 -12.67 Top 5 items with high inflation at All India combined level in February, 2026 are given in table below: S.No. Item Weight Inflation (%) February, 2026 Inflation (%) January, 2026 1 Silver Jewellery 0.3127 160.84 160.12 2 Gold/Diamond/Platinum Jewellery 0.6230 48.16 46.80 3 Coconut: copra 0.0854 46.16 47.17 4 Tomato 0.4961 45.29 64.58 5 Cauliflower 0.2330 43.77 37.83 State level Indices Top five States (having more than 50 lakhs population as per Census 2011) with highest inflation in February, 2026 are given below- January 2026 (Final) figures for CPI base 2024=100 All India CPI, CFPI and corresponding inflation rates for the month of January 2026 (Final) with base year 2024 are given as follows- January, 2026 (Final) at Base 2024=100 Rural Urban Combined Inflation (%) CPI (General) 2.73 2.75 2.74 CFPI 1.96 2.44 2.13 Index CPI (General) 104.59 104.28 104.45 CFPI 103.89 104.31 104.04 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 February, 2026, prices were collected from 100% rural and urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 99.89% for rural markets and 99.78% for urban markets. CPI for March 2026 will be released on 13th April, 2026 (Monday) or the next working day in case of 13th being a holiday. State and Item wise indices for February 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. IV. Annexures Annexure Title I All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) division wise indices and inflation for February, 2026 (Provisional) II All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for February, 2026 (Provisional) III State/UT wise general index and inflation in February, 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 February, 2026 (Provisional) Division code Division name Index Inflation Rural Urban Comb. Rural Urban Comb. 01 Food and beverages 103.80 103.99 103.87 3.36 3.33 3.35 02 Paan, tobacco and intoxicants 105.43 105.37 105.41 3.47 3.56 3.49 03 Clothing and footwear 106.81 104.98 106.11 3.24 2.11 2.81 04 Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 102.19 102.02 102.09 1.33 1.63 1.52 05 Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance 103.25 102.90 103.10 1.55 1.21 1.40 06 Health 103.63 104.32 103.90 1.77 2.10 1.90 07 Transport 100.70 100.67 100.69 -0.05 -0.05 -0.05 <span style="col