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CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS ON BASE 2012=100 FOR RURAL, URBAN AND COMBINED FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS ON BASE 2012=100 FOR RURAL, URBAN AND COMBINED FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST 2024

I. Key highlights:

August 2024 over August 2023), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India year-on-year inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI: August 2024 over August

2023

 

August 2024 (Prov.)

July 2024 (Final)

August2023

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Inflation

CPI (General)

4.16

3.14

3.65

4.10

3.03

3.60

7.02

6.59

6.83

CFPI

6.02

4.99

5.66

5.89

4.63

5.42

9.67

10.42

9.94

Index

CPI (General)

195.4

190.3

193.0

195.3

190.3

193.0

187.6

184.5

186.2

CFPI

200.8

208.1

203.4

201.3

210.0

204.3

189.4

198.2

192.5

Notes: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. – Combined

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: August 2024 over July 2024

Indices

August 2024 (Prov.)

July 2024 (Final)

Monthly change (%)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

195.4

190.3

193.0

195.3

190.3

193.0

0.05

0.00

0.00

CFPI

200.8

208.1

203.4

201.3

210.0

204.3

-0.25

-0.90

-0.44

                Note: Figures of August 2024 are provisional.

 

List of Annex

Annex

Title

I

All-India General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for July 2024 (final) and August 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined.

II

All-India inflation rates (%) for  General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for August 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for July 2024(Final) and August 2024 (Provisional)

IV

Year-on-year inflation rates (%) of major States for Rural, Urban and Combined for August 2024 (Provisional)

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Annex I

All-India General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for July 2024 (Final) and August 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

July 24 Index
(Final)

Aug. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

July 24 Index
(Final)

Aug. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

July 24 Index
(Final)

Aug. 24 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

191.4

192.6

6.59

191.2

191.9

9.67

191.3

192.4

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

227.1

220.1

2.73

237.4

229.1

3.61

230.7

223.3

 

1.1.03

Egg

0.49

192.5

188.1

0.36

197.2

190.7

0.43

194.3

189.1

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

185.6

186.3

5.33

186.6

187.1

6.61

186.0

186.6

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

163.4

164.0

2.81

157.1

157.1

3.56

161.1

161.5

 

1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

181.4

186.1

2.90

192.4

197.4

2.89

186.5

191.4

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

248.8

245.0

4.41

303.4

291.0

6.04

267.3

260.6

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

211.5

212.5

1.73

218.0

219.0

2.38

213.7

214.7

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

130.4

130.7

0.97

132.3

132.7

1.36

131.0

131.4

 

1.1.10

Spices

3.11

229.4

229.5

1.79

225.0

224.9

2.50

227.9

228.0

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

183.0

183.8

1.13

172.1

172.8

1.26

178.4

179.2

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

197.6

198.5

5.54

207.2

208.3

5.55

202.1

203.0

1

 

Food and beverages

54.18

200.4

200.2

36.29

208.3

207.0

45.86

203.3

202.7

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

206.5

206.8

1.36

212.9

213.1

2.38

208.2

208.5

 

3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

197.5

198.0

4.72

187.6

188.1

5.58

193.6

194.1

 

3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

191.8

192.3

0.85

173.8

174.1

0.95

184.3

184.7

3

 

Clothing and footwear

7.36

196.7

197.2

5.57

185.5

186.0

6.53

192.3

192.8

4

 

Housing

21.67

180.0

181.1

10.07

180.0

181.1

5

 

Fuel and light

7.94

180.0

180.8

5.58

169.5

169.8

6.84

176.0

176.6

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

184.3

184.9

3.87

175.6

176.4

3.80

180.2

180.9

 

6.1.02

Health

6.83

196.5

197.3

4.81

191.4

192.2

5.89

194.6

195.4

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

175.5

176.0

9.73

164.8

165.3

8.59

169.9

170.4

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

179.0

179.6

2.04

174.2

174.8

1.68

176.3

176.9

 

6.1.05

Education

3.46

190.6

191.7

5.62

185.0

186.2

4.46

187.3

188.5

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

199.8

199.0

3.47

201.3

200.9

3.89

200.4

199.8

6

 

Miscellaneous

27.26

187.9

188.3

29.53

179.3

180.0

28.32

183.7

184.3

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

195.3

195.4

100.00

190.3

190.3

100.00

193.0

193.0

Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)

47.25

201.3

200.8

29.62

210.0

208.1

39.06

204.3

203.4

Notes:

Annex II

All-India year-on-year inflation rates (%) for General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for August 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Aug.23 Index
(Final)

Aug. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Aug.23 Index
(Final)

Aug.24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Aug. 23 Index
(Final)

Aug. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

1.1.01

Cereals and products

179.0

192.6

7.60

179.8

191.9

6.73

179.3

192.4

7.31

1.1.02

Meat and fish

211.1

220.1

4.26

219.7

229.1

4.28

214.1

223.3

4.30

1.1.03

Egg

174.2

188.1

7.98

180.1

190.7

5.89

176.5

189.1

7.14

1.1.04

Milk and products

181.2

186.3

2.81

181.1

187.1

3.31

181.2

186.6

2.98

1.1.05

Oils and fats

165.2

164.0

-0.73

159.0

157.1

-1.19

162.9

161.5

-0.86

1.1.06

Fruits

174.2

186.1

6.83

186.2

197.4

6.02

179.8

191.4

6.45

1.1.07

Vegetables

216.4

245.0

13.22

272.3

291.0

6.87

235.4

260.6

10.71

1.1.08

Pulses and products

187.8

212.5

13.15

191.5

219.0

14.36

189.0

214.7

13.60

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

124.8

130.7

4.73

127.0

132.7

4.49

125.5

131.4

4.70

1.1.10

Spices

242.1

229.5

-5.20

231.4

224.9

-2.81

238.5

228.0

-4.40

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

180.3

183.8

1.94

167.7

172.8

3.04

175.0

179.2

2.40

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

192.9

198.5

2.90

200.0

208.3

4.15

196.2

203.0

3.47

1

Food and beverages

189.5

200.2

5.65

197.6

207.0

4.76

192.5

202.7

5.30

2

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

201.7

206.8

2.53

206.7

213.1

3.10

203.0

208.5

2.71

3.1.01

Clothing

192.9

198.0

2.64

182.8

188.1

2.90

188.9

194.1

2.75

3.1.02

Footwear

189.1

192.3

1.69

169.7

174.1

2.59

181.0

184.7

2.04

3

Clothing and footwear

192.3

197.2

2.55

180.8

186.0

2.88

187.7

192.8

2.72

4

Housing

176.4

181.1

2.66

176.4

181.1

2.66

5

Fuel and light

185.9

180.8

-2.74

187.4

169.8

-9.39

186.5

176.6

-5.31

6.1.01

Household goods and services

181.3

184.9

1.99

171.3

176.4

2.98

176.6

180.9

2.43

6.1.02

Health

189.8

197.3

3.95

184.3

192.2

4.29

187.7

195.4

4.10

6.1.03

Transport and communication

171.1

176.0

2.86

161.2

165.3

2.54

165.9

170.4

2.71

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

175.6

179.6

2.28

170.8

174.8

2.34

172.9

176.9

2.31

6.1.05

Education

184.5

191.7

3.90

179.8

186.2

3.56

181.7

188.5

3.74

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

184.7

199.0

7.74

185.7

200.9

8.19

185.1

199.8

7.94

6

Miscellaneous

181.2

188.3

3.92

173.4

180.0

3.81

177.4

184.3

3.89

General Index (All Groups)

187.6

195.4

4.16

184.5

190.3

3.14

186.2

193.0

3.65

Consumer Food Price Index

189.4

200.8

6.02

198.2

208.1

4.99

192.5

203.4

5.66

Notes:

Annex III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for July 2024 (Final) and August 2024 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

July 24 Index
(Final)

Aug. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

July 24 Index
(Final)

Aug. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

July 24 Index
(Final)

Aug. 24 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

198.7

196.6

3.64

198.0

197.0

4.58

198.4

196.7

2

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

196.2

197.6

0.06

0.10

196.2

197.6

3

Assam

2.63

196.3

197.1

0.79

191.6

193.2

1.77

195.3

196.3

4

Bihar

8.21

190.4

192.4

1.62

197.3

199.1

5.14

191.4

193.4

5

Chhattisgarh

1.68

186.0

188.3

1.22

182.2

183.3

1.46

184.5

186.4

6

Delhi

0.28

173.2

174.0

5.64

173.7

174.6

2.77

173.7

174.6

7

Goa

0.14

177.5

179.9

0.25

178.7

179.8

0.19

178.2

179.8

8

Gujarat

4.54

190.8

190.8

6.82

182.0

182.3

5.60

185.8

186.0

9

Haryana

3.30

197.6

198.1

3.35

185.6

185.2

3.32

192.0

192.1

10

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

180.5

181.0

0.26

183.6

184.9

0.67

181.1

181.7

11

Jharkhand

1.96

187.2

189.3

1.39

192.4

192.9

1.69

189.2

190.7

12

Karnataka

5.09

196.8

195.3

6.81

198.4

197.8

5.89

197.7

196.6

13

Kerala

5.50

200.5

199.1

3.46

196.5

196.1

4.55

199.1

198.0

14

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

192.3

192.3

3.97

193.9

193.9

4.48

193.0

193.0

15

Maharashtra

8.25

193.8

193.2

18.86

185.7

185.8

13.18

188.4

188.3

16

Manipur

0.23

221.7

225.0

0.12

187.0

188.3

0.18

210.7

213.4

17

Meghalaya

0.28

176.7

177.3

0.15

182.9

183.5

0.22

178.6

179.2

18

Mizoram

0.07

204.8

206.2

0.13

178.5

179.3

0.10

188.8

189.8

19

Nagaland

0.14

198.4

200.2

0.12

182.7

184.1

0.13

191.7

193.4

20

Odisha

2.93

200.3

201.7

1.31

190.2

191.3

2.18

197.5

198.8

21

Punjab

3.31

186.9

188.6

3.09

180.2

180.7

3.21

183.9

185.1

22

Rajasthan

6.63

191.0

191.5

4.23

190.7

191.0

5.51

190.9

191.3

23

Sikkim

0.06

201.9

202.3

0.03

190.2

189.3

0.05

198.1

198.1

24

Tamil Nadu

5.55

200.4

199.1

9.20

198.5

196.9

7.25

199.3

197.8

25

Telangana

3.16

207.8

205.2

4.41

200.5

198.7

3.74

203.8

201.6

26

Tripura

0.35

210.6

218.0

0.14

202.8

206.3

0.25

208.6

215.0

27

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

196.0

196.7

9.54

192.0

192.7

12.37

194.6

195.3

28

Uttarakhand

1.06

189.8

188.1

0.73

191.2

192.8

0.91

190.3

189.9

29

West Bengal

6.99

200.1

200.1

7.20

193.7

193.8

7.09

197.1

197.1

30

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.05

207.2

201.9

0.07

187.9

185.1

0.06

197.4

193.4

31

Chandigarh

0.02

190.1

190.6

0.34

178.1

179.5

0.17

178.8

180.1

32

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.02

184.7

183.3

0.04

189.8

188.8

0.03

188.1

187.0

33

Daman & Diu

0.02

197.6

195.4

0.02

188.5

188.5

0.02

193.8

192.5

34

Jammu & Kashmir*

1.14

200.4

201.7

0.72

195.5

197.3

0.94

198.7

200.1

35

Lakshadweep

0.01

202.1

202.4

0.01

187.8

182.3

0.01

194.8

192.1

36

Puducherry

0.08

203.4

203.0

0.27

196.0

195.3

0.17

197.9

197.3

All India

100.00

195.3

195.4

100.00

190.3

190.3

100.00

193.0

193.0

Notes:

and Ladakh (erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir).

 

Annex IV

Year-on-year inflation rates (%) of major@ States for Rural, Urban and Combined for August 2024 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Aug.23 Index
(Final)

Aug. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Aug.23 Index
(Final)

Aug. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Aug.23 Index
(Final)

Aug. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

190.6

196.6

3.15

191.9

197.0

2.66

191.1

196.7

2.93

2

Assam

187.4

197.1

5.18

184.8

193.2

4.55

186.9

196.3

5.03

3

Bihar

180.2

192.4

6.77

188.6

199.1

5.57

181.4

193.4

6.62

4

Chhattisgarh

179.9

188.3

4.67

179.0

183.3

2.40

179.6

186.4

3.79

5

Delhi

170.0

174.0

2.35

170.3

174.6

2.52

170.3

174.6

2.52

6

Gujarat

184.9

190.8

3.19

176.3

182.3

3.40

180.0

186.0

3.33

7

Haryana

189.4

198.1

4.59

178.9

185.2

3.52

184.5

192.1

4.12

8

Himachal Pradesh

175.8

181.0

2.96

182.2

184.9

1.48

177.0

181.7

2.66

9

Jharkhand

184.4

189.3

2.66

187.0

192.9

3.16

185.4

190.7

2.86

10

Karnataka

188.7

195.3

3.50

192.7

197.8

2.65

190.9

196.6

2.99

11

Kerala

191.2

199.1

4.13

188.5

196.1

4.03

190.2

198.0

4.10

12

Madhya Pradesh

185.2

192.3

3.83

189.5

193.9

2.32

187.0

193.0

3.21

13

Maharashtra

188.3

193.2

2.60

179.2

185.8

3.68

182.2

188.3

3.35

14

Odisha

189.8

201.7

6.27

183.9

191.3

4.02

188.2

198.8

5.63

15

Punjab

182.5

188.6

3.34

176.5

180.7

2.38

179.8

185.1

2.95

16

Rajasthan

185.6

191.5

3.18

185.7

191.0

2.85

185.6

191.3

3.07

17

Tamil Nadu

192.1

199.1

3.64

191.3

196.9

2.93

191.6

197.8

3.24

18

Telangana

200.9

205.2

2.14

194.9

198.7

1.95

197.6

201.6

2.02

19

Uttar Pradesh

186.1

196.7

5.70

186.5

192.7

3.32

186.2

195.3

4.89

20

Uttarakhand

183.9

188.1

2.28

188.3

192.8

2.39

185.5

189.9

2.37

21

West Bengal

192.6

200.1

3.89

187.5

193.8

3.36

190.2

197.1

3.63

22

Jammu & Kashmir*

193.5

201.7

4.24

194.0

197.3

1.70

193.7

200.1

3.30

All India

187.6

195.4

4.16

184.5

190.3

3.14

186.2

193.0

    1. Year-on-year inflation rate (3.65%) based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of August, 2024, is second lowest in the last five years. Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are4.16%and3.14%, respectively.

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