PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR FEBRUARY, 2026
PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR FEBRUARY, 2026
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
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
104.04
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
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
Top five States (having more than 50 lakhs population as per Census 2011) with highest inflation in February, 2026 are given below-
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
08
Information and communication
103.65
103.07
103.39
0.32
0.15
0.25
09
Recreation, sport and culture
104.08
104.27
104.17
1.99
2.42
2.21
10
Education services
104.78
105.74
105.36
3.00
3.54
3.33
11
Restaurants and accommodation services
105.07
106.75
105.96
2.02
3.35
2.73
13
Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services
125.24
123.41
124.45
20.60
18.40
19.64
All India
104.74
104.37
104.57
3.37
3.02
3.21
Note: Comb.: Combined
Annexure- II
All India General (Rural, Urban and Combined) group wise indices and inflation for February, 2026 (provisional)
S.No.
Group code
Group name
Index
Inflation
Rural
Urban
Comb.
Rural
Urban
Comb.
01.1
Food
103.79
104.04
103.88
3.46
3.48
3.47
01.2
Beverages
103.53
102.94
103.27
1.29
0.83
1.09
01.3
Services for processing primary goods for food
106.38
106.79
106.50
3.11
3.61
3.26
02.1
Alcoholic beverages
105.97
105.36
105.77
3.51
2.99
3.34
02.3
Paan and tobacco
104.95
105.38
105.08
3.43
4.16
3.64
03.1
Clothing
107.28
105.61
106.65
3.63
2.67
3.27
03.2
Footwear
103.65
100.99
102.61
0.62
-1.38
-0.16
04.1
Actual rental payments made for housing
102.80
102.48
102.55
2.20
1.95
2.00
04.3
Maintenance, repair and security of the dwelling
105.43
104.82
105.20
3.34
3.13
3.26
04.4
Water supply and miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling
100.90
102.29
101.87
0.58
1.72
1.38
04.5
Electricity, gas and other fuels
101.01
99.62
100.46
0.23
0.01
0.14
05.1
Furniture, furnishings, and loose carpets
104.83
104.04
104.52
2.34
1.80
2.13
05.2
Household textiles
106.04
103.86
105.22
2.98
1.12
2.28
05.3
Household appliances
101.34
100.35
100.88
0.22
-0.72
-0.22
05.4
Glassware, tableware and household utensils
106.15
104.73
105.61
3.33
2.00
2.82
05.5
Tools and equipment for house and garden
98.81
101.28
99.63
-1.48
1.37
-0.54
05.6
Goods and services for routine household maintenance
102.75
103.22
102.96
1.42
1.60
1.50
06.1
Medicines and health products
104.50
104.46
104.49
2.29
1.88
2.14
06.2
Outpatient care services
101.73
104.14
102.71
0.60
2.46
1.36
06.3
Inpatient care services
102.44
105.00
103.50
0.96
3.32
1.94
06.4
Other health services
102.30
103.12
102.61
1.07
1.78
1.34
07.1
Purchase of vehicles
97.46
96.84
97.14
-4.48
-4.80
-4.65
07.2
Operation of personal transport equipment
100.03
100.05
100.04
0.10
0.11
0.10
07.3
Passenger transport services
103.18
104.10
103.57
1.41
2.21
1.75
07.4
Transport services for goods
107.56
107.70
107.65
7.38
7.57
7.49
08.1
Information and communication equipment
98.10
97.29
97.73
-1.67
-2.20
-1.91
08.3
Information and communication services
105.14
104.78
104.98
0.84
0.82
0.83
09.1
Recreational durables
98.79
101.11
100.42
-0.50
0.77
0.40
09.2
Other recreational goods
104.89
104.98
104.93
2.56
2.50
2.54
09.3
Garden products and pets
114.97
115.97
115.51
6.15
9.65
8.00
09.4
Recreational services
102.68
102.00
102.27
1.52
1.08
1.26
09.5
Cultural goods
102.41
104.01
103.21
1.04
1.71
1.37
09.6
Cultural services
103.32
103.77
103.59
1.86
1.39
1.57
09.7
Newspapers, books and stationery
102.56
102.63
102.59
1.28
1.56
1.41
10.1
Early childhood and primary education
106.14
106.00
106.05
3.72
3.25
3.43
10.2
Secondary education
105.44
107.03
106.46
3.52
4.41
4.09
10.4
Higher education
102.19
105.75
104.49
1.50
4.72
3.59
10.5
Education not defined by level
103.27
103.31
103.29
2.13
2.15
2.14
11.1
Food and beverage serving services
105.09
106.76
105.97
2.03
3.36
2.73
11.2
Accommodation services
102.21
104.62
103.29
0.97
2.45
1.64
13.1
Personal care
104.72
105.27
104.96
2.76
2.97
2.85
13.2
Other personal effects
180.43
169.83
175.74
65.32
55.14
60.80
13.9
Other services
102.51
101.99
102.30
1.35
1.16
1.28
Note: Comb.: Combined
Annexure-III
State/UT wise general index and inflation in February, 2026 (Provisional)
S.No.
State/UT
CPI
Inflation
Rural
Urban
Combined
Rural
Urban
Combined
Andaman And Nicobar Islands
106.95
105.34
106.16
5.04
3.04
4.06
Andhra Pradesh
104.03
104.43
104.18
3.24
3.78
3.45
Arunachal Pradesh
102.90
103.18
102.97
1.93
1.78
1.89
Assam
103.41
102.72
103.26
2.40
2.04
2.32
Bihar
104.09
102.39
103.84
3.08
1.47
2.85
Chandigarh
*
103.78
103.78
*
2.71
2.71
Chhattisgarh
102.13
101.72
101.99
2.02
1.39
1.80
Goa
103.41
103.95
103.76
1.56
2.52
2.18
Gujarat
103.96
103.59
103.74
3.10
2.57
2.79
Haryana
104.61
104.44
104.53
2.87
2.80
2.83
Himachal Pradesh
104.67
105.36
104.78
2.79
3.77
2.94
Jammu And Kashmir
104.63
103.82
104.40
1.77
2.07
1.86
Jharkhand
104.42
102.50
103.76
3.17
1.60
2.63
Karnataka
105.70
105.07
105.38
3.43
3.24
3.33
Kerala
106.17
104.85
105.44
3.97
3.11
3.50
Ladakh
105.46
104.91
105.32
1.65
1.26
1.55
Lakshadweep
104.71
105.68
105.41
2.96
3.86
3.61
Madhya Pradesh
104.58
104.20
104.43
3.42
3.45
3.43
Maharashtra
105.18
104.28
104.63
3.55
2.76
3.07
Manipur
102.22
103.29
102.56
0.65
1.75
1.01
Meghalaya
104.49
103.10
104.13
2.83
1.83
2.57
Mizoram
102.90
101.81
102.28
0.43
-0.15
0.10
Nagaland
105.45
103.48
104.69
3.07
2.28
2.77
NCT of Delhi
101.31
102.88
102.84
1.85
1.96
1.96
Odisha
103.69
103.38
103.61
3.40
2.89
3.27
Puducherry
105.08
105.12
105.11
2.85
3.74
3.47
Punjab
105.22
104.09
104.70
3.42
2.72
3.10
Rajasthan
105.26
104.83
105.11
3.77
3.10
3.53
Sikkim
105.86
105.38
105.69
3.65
3.62
3.64
Tamil Nadu
105.18
105.38
105.30
3.30
3.52
3.43
Telangana
107.04
106.57
106.77
5.40
4.73
5.02
The Dadra And Nagar Haveli And Daman And Diu
103.21
103.99
103.79
2.82
3.27
3.15
Tripura
102.10
102.39
102.17
2.10
2.08
2.10
Uttar Pradesh
104.85
104.43
104.72
3.49
3.31
3.44
Uttarakhand
105.29
103.78
104.74
2.89
2.37
2.70
West Bengal
104.51
103.95
104.26
3.68
3.14
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
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
104.37
104.57
3.37
3.02
3.21
*Index and Inflation for the month of February 2026 are provisional.
- National Level Indices