India Consumer Price Index (CPI) Dashboard
Monthly Data · Jan 2025 – Jul 2026 (19 Months) · All India + 36 States/UTs · Source: MoSPI
CPI Combined (Jul 2026)
107.94
All India General Index
CPI Rural (Jul 2026)
108.34
Higher than Urban
CPI Urban (Jul 2026)
107.45
Rising MoM
Highest State Inflation (Jul 2026)
6.32%
Telangana
Lowest Inflation State (Jul 2026)
Mizoram — 1.84%
▼ Most contained price rise
Rural–Urban Gap (Jul 2026)
+0.89 pts
▲ Rural CPI above Urban
MoM Change Combined (Jun→Jul)
+0.94 pts
▲ 107.00 → 107.94
All India CPI — Rural, Urban & Combined (Jan 2025 – Jul 2026)
General Index (All Groups) · Base Year 2012=100 · MoSPI
Rural
Urban
Combined
MoM Change — Combined CPI
Month-on-month index point change
Rural–Urban CPI Gap
Rural minus Urban index points
Rural vs Urban CPI — All India (Jan 2025 – Jul 2026)
General Index (All Groups) · Base 2012=100 · MoSPI
Rural
Urban
State-wise Inflation Rate (%) — July 2026
All 36 States & UTs · Ranked highest to lowest · Combined YoY%
Top 5 High-Inflation States — Trend
Jan 2026 – Jul 2026
Top 5 Low-Inflation States — Trend
Jan 2026 – Jul 2026
CPI Index — Andhra Pradesh (Rural / Urban / Combined)
Jan 2025 – Jan 2026 · Base 2012=100
Rural
Urban
Combined
All India CPI — Monthly Data Table
Metrics as rows · Months as columns · Jan 2025 – Jul 2026
State-wise Inflation Rate (%) — Jan 2026 to Jul 2026
States as rows · Months as columns
Analyst Note — India CPI Trends (January 2025 – July 2026)
📈 Key Inflationary Pressures
- All India Combined CPI rose from 101.67 (Jan 2025) to 107.94 (Jul 2026), a 6.27-point increase in 19 months, reflecting persistent price pressures across categories.
- Rural CPI (108.34 in Jul 2026) consistently outpaces Urban CPI (107.45), suggesting food and fuel inflation disproportionately affects rural households.
- Telangana (6.32%) and Tamil Nadu (5.44%) are the highest-inflation states in Jul 2026, driven by food and vegetable price spikes in South India.
- Kerala (4.01%), Odisha (4.83%), and Puducherry (5.41%) also report above-average inflation, indicating coastal state price pressures.
- The Jun-Jul 2026 MoM jump of +0.94 pts (Combined) is the sharpest single-month rise in the dataset, signalling accelerating pressures heading into the monsoon season.
📉 Moderation & Low-Inflation Zones
- Mizoram (1.84%), Arunachal Pradesh (2.56%), and Sikkim (4.59%) are among the most price-stable states in July 2026.
- NCT of Delhi continues to show one of the lowest inflation readings (2.68% in Jul 2026), likely due to subsidised distribution and policy interventions.
- Rural CPI dipped slightly in Feb 2025 (101.33) before trending upward — suggesting seasonal food price relief earlier in 2025 that has since reversed.
- Ladakh shows volatile readings (103.28 in Jan 2025 rising to higher levels) given its isolated supply chain — a structural vulnerability to logistics disruptions.
- The Rural–Urban CPI gap has widened from +0.32 pts (Jan 2025) to +0.89 pts (Jul 2026), a trend that warrants monitoring for inequality implications.
Overall Outlook: India's CPI trajectory through mid-2026 reveals a moderately inflationary environment with upside risks concentrated in food and fuel. The national Combined CPI of 107.94 in July 2026, paired with a visible uptick in monthly momentum, suggests the RBI will face continued pressure in its rate-setting decisions for H2 2026. South Indian states — particularly Telangana and Tamil Nadu — remain high-inflation outliers and may see localised impact on consumer spending. The widening rural-urban CPI gap is a structural concern, potentially weighing on rural real wages and consumption. Key risk factors to watch: Kharif crop yield outcomes (Aug–Oct 2026), global crude oil price trajectory, and any further disruption to vegetable supply chains. A monsoon-induced harvest recovery could ease food CPI in Q3 FY27.