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

Posted On: 12 MAY 2026 4:00PM by PIB Delhi Highlights Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index in April, 2026 is 3.48% Year on year food inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, in April, 2026 is 4.20% 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 April, 2026 over April, 2025 is 3.48%(Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 3.74% and 3.16%, respectively. April, 2026 (Provisional) March, 2026 (Final) Rural Urban Combined Rural Urban Combined Inflation (%) CPI (General) 3.74 3.16 3.48 3.63 3.11 3.40 CFPI 4.26 4.10 4.20 3.95 3.71 3.87 Index CPI (General) 105.28 104.92 105.12 105.02 104.62 104.84 CFPI 104.17 104.78 104.39 104.01 104.38 104.14 Food Inflation : - Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of April , 2026 over April , 2025 is 4.20% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 4.26% and 4.10%, respectively. Housing Inflation : - Year-on-year Housing inflation rate for the month of April , 2026 is 2.15% (Provisional) and the corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 2.65% and 1.96%, respectively. At National level, division wise inflation for the month of April , 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 April , 2026 are given in table below: S.No. Item Weight Inflation (%) March, 2026 Inflation (%) April, 2026 1 Potato 0.7549 -19.03 -23.69 2 Onion 0.7006 -27.78 -17.67 3 Motor car and jeep 0.4665 -6.91 -7.12 4 Peas, chickpeas 0.0516 -7.88 -6.75 5 Air conditioner 0.0446 -5.81 -5.06 Top 5 key items with high inflation at All India combined level in April , 2026 are given in table below: S.No. Item Weight Inflation (%) March, 2026 Inflation (%) April, 2026 1 Silver Jewellery 0.3127 148.42 144.34 2 Coconut: copra 0.0854 45.54 44.55 3 Gold/Diamond/Platinum Jewellery 0.6230 45.88 40.72 4 Tomato 0.4961 36.00 35.28 5 Cauliflower 0.2330 34.16 25.58 State level Indices Top five States (having more than 50 lakhs population as per Census 2011) with highest inflation in April , 2026 are given below- March 2026 (Final) figures for CPI base 2024=100 All India CPI, CFPI and corresponding inflation rates for the month of March 2026 (Final) with base year 2024 are given as follows- March, 2026 (Final) at Base 2024=100 Rural Urban Combined Inflation (%) CPI (General) 3.63 3.11 3.40 CFPI 3.95 3.71 3.87 Index CPI (General) 105.02 104.62 104.84 CFPI 104.01 104.38 104.14 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 April, 2026, prices were collected from 100% rural and urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 99.44% for rural markets and 99.82% for urban markets. CPI for May 2026 will be released on 12th June, 2026 (Friday) or the next working day in case of 12th being a holiday. State and Item wise indices for April 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 April , 2026 (Provisional) II All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for April , 2026 (Provisional) III State/UT wise general index and inflation in April , 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 April, 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 104.16 104.69 104.35 4.09 3.88 4.01 02 Paan, tobacco and intoxicants 107.21 107.30 107.24 4.65 5.02 4.76 03 Clothing and footwear 107.63 105.55 106.84 3.27 2.04 2.80 04 Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 103.22 102.61 <span style=