Consumer Price Index (CPI) Base 2024=100:
MoSPI has released the first CPI (Base 2024=100) press note on 12 Feb 2026, reporting Jan 2026 retail inflation at 2.75%.Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures the change in retail prices of a fixed basket of goods and services consumed by households, and is India’s headline retail inflation indicator (YoY % change in CPI).Published by: Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) through NSO (National Statistical Office). Price collection is done by the Field Operations Division (NSO).Weights source: Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (HCES) 2023–24.
Base year:
New base: 2024 = 100
Earlier base: 2012 = 100
