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Retail Inflation eases to 5.09 per cent in February, 2024

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS ON BASE 2012=100 FOR RURAL,

URBAN AND COMBINED FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2024

Posted On: 12 MAR 2024 5:30PM by PIB Delhi

The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is releasing All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2012=100 and corresponding Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for Rural (R), Urban (U) and Combined (C) for the month of February 2024 (Provisional) in this press note. CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both All India and all States/UTs are also being released.

The price data are collected from selected 1114 urban Markets and 1181 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 2024, NSO collected prices from 100.0% villages and 98.5% urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 90.3% for rural and 92.7% for urban.

All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e. February 2024 over February 2023), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India year-on-year inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI: February 2024 over February 2023

 

Feb. 2024 (Prov.)

Jan. 2024 (Final)

Feb. 2023

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Inflation

CPI (General)

5.34

4.78

5.09

5.34

4.92

5.10

6.72

6.10

6.44

CFPI

8.21

9.19

8.66

7.91

9.02

8.30

6.60

5.09

5.95

Index

CPI (General)

187.4

184.0

185.8

187.3

183.5

185.5

177.9

175.6

176.8

CFPI

187.1

193.7

189.5

187.0

193.4

189.3

172.9

177.4

174.4

 Notes: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. – Combined

 

Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: February 2024 over January 2024

Indices

Feb. 2024 (Prov.)

Jan. 2024 (Final)

Monthly change (%)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

187.4

184.0

185.8

187.3

183.5

185.5

0.05

0.27

0.16

CFPI

187.1

193.7

189.5

187.0

193.4

189.3

0.05

0.16

0.11

           Note: Figures of February 2024 are provisional.

 

            Next date of release for March 2024 CPI is 12th April 2024 (Friday). For more details please visit the website www.mospi.gov.in

 

List of Annex

Annex

Title

I

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

II

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

III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for January 2024 (Final) and February 2024 (Provisional)

IV

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

 

 

Annex I

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

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Jan. 24 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Jan. 24 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Jan. 24 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

187.5

188.5

6.59

187.1

188.3

9.67

187.4

188.4

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

209.9

214.9

2.73

219.4

223.9

3.61

213.2

218.1

 

1.1.03

Egg

0.49

204.8

201.8

0.36

206.1

204.7

0.43

205.3

202.9

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

182.6

182.9

5.33

182.8

183.3

6.61

182.7

183.0

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

161.2

160.2

2.81

155.8

155.1

3.56

159.2

158.3

 

1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

169.7

169.2

2.90

174.5

174.0

2.89

171.9

171.4

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

179.9

179.8

4.41

226.2

226.1

6.04

195.6

195.5

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

202.5

200.8

1.73

207.7

206.0

2.38

204.3

202.6

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

129.7

128.7

0.97

131.0

130.7

1.36

130.1

129.4

 

1.1.10

Spices

3.11

245.9

240.7

1.79

235.5

232.0

2.50

242.4

237.8

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

182.3

182.1

1.13

169.8

169.9

1.26

177.1

177.0

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

195.0

195.3

5.54

203.1

204.0

5.55

198.8

199.3

1

 

Food and beverages

54.18

187.7

187.8

36.29

194.2

194.5

45.86

190.1

190.3

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

203.2

203.7

1.36

208.9

209.5

2.38

204.7

205.2

 

3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

195.3

195.4

4.72

185.1

185.5

5.58

191.3

191.5

 

3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

190.4

190.9

0.85

171.8

172.0

0.95

182.7

183.0

3

 

Clothing and footwear

7.36

194.6

194.8

5.57

183.1

183.4

6.53

190.0

190.3

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

21.67

177.6

178.5

10.07

177.6

178.5

5

 

Fuel and light

7.94

184.1

183.8

5.58

175.7

175.6

6.84

180.9

180.7

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

182.9

183.4

3.87

173.0

173.3

3.80

178.2

178.6

 

6.1.02

Health

6.83

193.2

193.8

4.81

187.8

188.3

5.89

191.2

191.7

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

172.0

172.2

9.73

162.1

162.3

8.59

166.8

167.0

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

177.2

177.4

2.04

172.2

172.5

1.68

174.4

174.6

 

6.1.05

Education

3.46

185.8

186.0

5.62

180.8

181.0

4.46

182.9

183.1

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

188.6

188.8

3.47

189.9

190.1

3.89

189.1

189.3

6

 

Miscellaneous

27.26

183.4

183.7

29.53

175.2

175.5

28.32

179.4

179.7

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

187.3

187.4

100.00

183.5

184.0

100.00

185.5

185.8

Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)

47.25

187.0

187.1

29.62

193.4

193.7

39.06

189.3

189.5

 

Notes:

  1. Prov. : Provisional.

  2. CFPI : Out of 12 sub-groups contained in ‘Food and Beverages’ group, CFPI is based on ten sub-groups, excluding ‘Non-alcoholic beverages’ and ‘Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.’.

  3. -        : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

 

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

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

 

Feb. 23 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Feb. 23 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Feb. 23 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

175.3

188.5

7.53

174.8

188.3

7.72

175.1

188.4

7.60

 

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

204.9

214.9

4.88

211.8

223.9

5.71

207.3

218.1

5.21

 

 

1.1.03

Egg

182.4

201.8

10.64

184.6

204.7

10.89

183.3

202.9

10.69

 

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

175.8

182.9

4.04

176.9

183.3

3.62

176.2

183.0

3.86

 

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

188.9

160.2

-15.19

175.6

155.1

-11.67

184.0

158.3

-13.97

 

 

1.1.06

Fruits

161.2

169.2

4.96

166.1

174.0

4.76

163.5

171.4

4.83

 

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

138.8

179.8

29.54

172.1

226.1

31.38

150.1

195.5

30.25

 

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

170.1

200.8

18.05

171.0

206.0

20.47

170.4

202.6

18.90

 

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

119.5

128.7

7.70

122.2

130.7

6.96

120.4

129.4

7.48

 

 

1.1.10

Spices

211.8

240.7

13.64

204.8

232.0

13.28

209.5

237.8

13.51

 

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

177.3

182.1

2.71

164.3

169.9

3.41

171.9

177.0

2.97

 

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

189.2

195.3

3.22

195.7

204.0

4.24

192.2

199.3

3.69

 

1

 

Food and beverages

174.7

187.8

7.50

179.8

194.5

8.18

176.6

190.3

7.76

 

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

197.8

203.7

2.98

202.2

209.5

3.61

199.0

205.2

3.12

 

 

3.1.01

Clothing

189.6

195.4

3.06

179.4

185.5

3.40

185.6

191.5

3.18

 

 

3.1.02

Footwear

186.9

190.9

2.14

166.2

172.0

3.49

178.3

183.0

2.64

 

3

 

Clothing and footwear

189.2

194.8

2.96

177.4

183.4

3.38

184.5

190.3

3.14

 

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

173.5

178.5

2.88

173.5

178.5

2.88

 

5

 

Fuel and light

183.0

183.8

0.44

180.7

175.6

-2.82

182.1

180.7

-0.77

 

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

178.0

183.4

3.03

168.8

173.3

2.67

173.7

178.6

2.82

 

 

6.1.02

Health

185.6

193.8

4.42

179.9

188.3

4.67

183.4

191.7

4.53

 

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

168.7

172.2

2.07

159.7

162.3

1.63

164.0

167.0

1.83

 

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

172.4

177.4

2.90

168.1

172.5

2.62

170.0

174.6

2.71

 

 

6.1.05

Education

178.2

186.0

4.38

172.2

181.0

5.11

174.7

183.1

4.81

 

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

179.7

188.8

5.06

180.1

190.1

5.55

179.9

189.3

5.23

 

6

 

Miscellaneous

177.3

183.7

3.61

169.5

175.5

3.54

173.5

179.7

3.57

 

General Index (All Groups)

177.9

187.4

5.34

175.6

184.0

4.78

176.8

185.8

5.09

 

Consumer Food Price Index

172.9

187.1

8.21

177.4

193.7

9.19

174.4

189.5

8.66

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

  1. Prov.       : Provisional.

  2. -               : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

 

Annex III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for January 2024 (Final) and February 2024 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Jan. 24 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Jan. 24 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Jan. 24 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

191.4

192.2

3.64

191.5

192.8

4.58

191.4

192.4

2

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

189.6

190.5

0.06

--

--

0.10

189.6

190.5

3

Assam

2.63

189.3

189.0

0.79

186.4

185.7

1.77

188.7

188.3

4

Bihar

8.21

180.9

179.9

1.62

188.0

188.1

5.14

181.9

181.1

5

Chhattisgarh

1.68

176.8

176.7

1.22

175.2

174.8

1.46

176.2

176.0

6

Delhi

0.28

169.9

170.1

5.64

168.4

169.1

2.77

168.5

169.2

7

Goa

0.14

174.5

173.7

0.25

174.9

175.3

0.19

174.7

174.7

8

Gujarat

4.54

183.9

183.7

6.82

173.2

173.7

5.60

177.8

178.0

9

Haryana

3.30

187.1

187.7

3.35

176.6

177.0

3.32

182.2

182.7

10

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

173.6

174.3

0.26

178.2

179.2

0.67

174.4

175.2

11

Jharkhand

1.96

183.3

181.8

1.39

184.1

184.1

1.69

183.6

182.7

12

Karnataka

5.09

190.0

190.4

6.81

191.8

192.4

5.89

191.0

191.5

13

Kerala

5.50

191.4

192.3

3.46

189.3

190.3

4.55

190.7

191.6

14

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

183.9

184.1

3.97

187.5

187.9

4.48

185.4

185.7

15

Maharashtra

8.25

188.9

188.2

18.86

179.9

180.4

13.18

182.9

183.0

16

Manipur

0.23

215.8

216.7

0.12

182.1

181.5

0.18

205.1

205.6

17

Meghalaya

0.28

172.8

172.5

0.15

177.2

176.7

0.22

174.2

173.8

18

Mizoram

0.07

203.3

204.2

0.13

173.2

173.0

0.10

184.9

185.2

19

Nagaland

0.14

190.8

192.4

0.12

178.8

178.8

0.13

185.7

186.6

20

Odisha

2.93

188.5

188.3

1.31

182.0

181.8

2.18

186.7

186.5

21

Punjab

3.31

180.6

180.8

3.09

173.7

173.8

3.21

177.5

177.7

22

Rajasthan

6.63

184.3

184.3

4.23

183.3

183.7

5.51

183.9

184.1

23

Sikkim

0.06

197.5

196.9

0.03

184.2

184.8

0.05

193.2

193.0

24

Tamil Nadu

5.55

193.4

194.3

9.20

191.3

191.6

7.25

192.2

192.7

25

Telangana

3.16

201.2

202.6

4.41

195.2

195.9

3.74

197.9

198.9

26

Tripura

0.35

204.9

203.8

0.14

196.3

194.3

0.25

202.7

201.3

27

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

185.5

186.1

9.54

184.3

184.5

12.37

185.1

185.5

28

Uttarakhand

1.06

180.6

181.1

0.73

183.4

183.1

0.91

181.6

181.8

29

West Bengal

6.99

191.0

190.9

7.20

187.9

188.3

7.09

189.5

189.7

30

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.05

198.5

197.5

0.07

180.9

181.9

0.06

189.6

189.6

31

Chandigarh

0.02

180.9

181.1

0.34

170.6

171.8

0.17

171.2

172.3

32

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.02

172.7

172.3

0.04

181.0

180.9

0.03

178.2

178.0

33

Daman & Diu

0.02

186.9

188.6

0.02

180.5

180.5

0.02

184.2

185.2

34

Jammu & Kashmir*

1.14

194.3

195.5

0.72

190.2

191.0

0.94

192.9

193.9

35

Lakshadweep

0.01

194.6

192.0

0.01

173.3

170.6

0.01

183.7

181.1

36

Puducherry

0.08

197.1

198.4

0.27

189.4

190.3

0.17

191.4

192.4

All India

100.00

187.3

187.4

100.00

183.5

184.0

100.00

185.5

185.8

Notes:

  1. Prov.:  Provisional

  2. --:  indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.

  3. *: Figures of this row pertain to the prices and weights of the combined Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir

and Ladakh (erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir).

 

Annex IV

 

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

(Base: 2012=100)

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Feb. 23 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Feb. 23 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Feb. 23 Index
(Final)

Feb. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

181.4

192.2

5.95

183.3

192.8

5.18

182.1

192.4

5.66

2

Assam

178.3

189.0

6.00

174.7

185.7

6.30

177.6

188.3

6.02

3

Bihar

172.4

179.9

4.35

178.2

188.1

5.56

173.2

181.1

4.56

4

Chhattisgarh

168.9

176.7

4.62

166.1

174.8

5.24

167.8

176.0

4.89

5

Delhi

166.0

170.1

2.47

165.2

169.1

2.36

165.2

169.2

2.42

6

Gujarat

173.6

183.7

5.82

165.3

173.7

5.08

168.9

178.0

5.39

7

Haryana

174.6

187.7

7.50

168.9

177.0

4.80

171.9

182.7

6.28

8

Himachal Pradesh

165.5

174.3

5.32

172.9

179.2

3.64

166.8

175.2

5.04

9

Jharkhand

170.3

181.8

6.75

176.4

184.1

4.37

172.6

182.7

5.85

10

Karnataka

178.1

190.4

6.91

183.7

192.4

4.74

181.1

191.5

5.74

11

Kerala

183.9

192.3

4.57

181.6

190.3

4.79

183.1

191.6

4.64

12

Madhya Pradesh

178.1

184.1

3.37

179.7

187.9

4.56

178.8

185.7

3.86

13

Maharashtra

179.8

188.2

4.67

172.3

180.4

4.70

174.8

183.0

4.69

14

Odisha

175.0

188.3

7.60

169.4

181.8

7.32

173.4

186.5

7.55

15

Punjab

172.6

180.8

4.75

164.5

173.8

5.65

169.0

177.7

5.15

16

Rajasthan

175.8

184.3

4.84

172.8

183.7

6.31

174.7

184.1

5.38

17

Tamil Nadu

184.0

194.3

5.60

183.6

191.6

4.36

183.8

192.7

4.84

18

Telangana

189.7

202.6

6.80

183.7

195.9

6.64

186.4

198.9

6.71

19

Uttar Pradesh

176.0

186.1

5.74

176.3

184.5

4.65

176.1

185.5

5.34

20

Uttarakhand

174.3

181.1

3.90

175.9

183.1

4.09

174.9

181.8

3.95

21

West Bengal

182.5

190.9

4.60

181.0

188.3

4.03

181.8

189.7

4.35

22

Jammu & Kashmir*

185.8

195.5

5.22

184.6

191.0

3.47

185.4

193.9

4.58

All India

177.9

187.4

5.34

175.6

184.0

4.78

176.8

185.8

5.09

Notes: 

  1. Prov.     :  Provisional.

  2. *               : Figures of this row pertain to the prices and weights of the combined Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh (erstwhile State of Jammu & Kashmir).

  3. @               : States having population more than 50 lakhs as per Population Census 2011.

 

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