Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

India’s Retail Inflation 5.69 per cent in December 2023


CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS ON BASE 2012=100 FOR RURAL, URBAN AND COMBINED FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 2023

Posted On: 12 JAN 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 December 2023 (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 December 2023, NSO collected prices from 99.9% villages and 98.6% urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 90.0% for rural and 93.7% for urban.

All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e. December 2023 over December 2022), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India year-on-year inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI: December 2023 over December 2022

 

Dec. 2023 (Prov.)

Nov. 2023 (Final)

Dec. 2022

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Inflation

CPI (General)

5.93

5.46

5.69

5.85

5.26

5.55

6.05

5.39

5.72

CFPI

8.97

10.42

9.53

8.38

9.33

8.70

5.05

2.80

4.19

Index

CPI (General)

187.6

183.6

185.7

188.2

184.2

186.3

177.1

174.1

175.7

CFPI

188.3

194.9

190.7

190.1

196.8

192.4

172.8

176.5

174.1

 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: December 2023 over November 2023

Indices

Dec. 2023 (Prov.)

Nov. 2023 (Final)

Monthly change (%)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

187.6

183.6

185.7

188.2

184.2

186.3

-0.32

-0.33

-0.32

CFPI

188.3

194.9

190.7

190.1

196.8

192.4

-0.95

-0.97

-0.88

           Note: Figures of December 2023 are provisional.

Next date of release for January 2024 CPI is 12th February 2024 (Monday). 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 November 2023 (Final) and December 2023 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

II

All-India inflation rates (%) for General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for December 2023 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for November 2023 (Final) and December 2023 (Provisional)

IV

Year-on-year inflation rates (%) of major States for Rural, Urban and Combined for December 2023 (Provisional)

 

Annex I

All-India General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for November 2023 (Final) and December 2023 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Nov. 23 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Nov. 23 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Nov. 23 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

184.8

186.2

6.59

184.2

185.6

9.67

184.6

186.0

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

210.9

208.1

2.73

219.6

217.5

3.61

214.0

211.4

 

1.1.03

Egg

0.49

190.4

197.1

0.36

194.8

200.8

0.43

192.1

198.5

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

182.2

182.3

5.33

182.3

182.5

6.61

182.2

182.4

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

162.6

162.4

2.81

156.7

156.7

3.56

160.4

160.3

 

1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

174.6

172.7

2.90

182.7

178.9

2.89

178.4

175.6

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

199.9

188.4

4.41

246.0

234.7

6.04

215.5

204.1

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

202.9

204.2

1.73

209.3

210.1

2.38

205.1

206.2

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

129.7

130.1

0.97

130.9

131.4

1.36

130.1

130.5

 

1.1.10

Spices

3.11

249.8

249.1

1.79

239.7

238.7

2.50

246.4

245.6

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

181.8

182.0

1.13

169.0

169.2

1.26

176.5

176.7

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

193.7

194.3

5.54

201.8

202.4

5.55

197.5

198.1

1

 

Food and beverages

54.18

190.2

188.8

36.29

196.6

195.3

45.86

192.6

191.2

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

202.9

203.1

1.36

208.5

208.4

2.38

204.4

204.5

 

3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

194.4

194.8

4.72

184.5

184.8

5.58

190.5

190.9

 

3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

189.8

190.3

0.85

171.0

171.2

0.95

182.0

182.4

3

 

Clothing and footwear

7.36

193.7

194.2

5.57

182.4

182.7

6.53

189.2

189.6

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

21.67

177.9

176.9

10.07

177.9

176.9

5

 

Fuel and light

7.94

182.4

183.1

5.58

175.8

175.4

6.84

179.9

180.2

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

182.0

182.5

3.87

172.3

172.7

3.80

177.4

177.9

 

6.1.02

Health

6.83

191.9

192.5

4.81

186.2

186.8

5.89

189.7

190.3

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

171.7

171.8

9.73

161.7

161.9

8.59

166.4

166.6

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

176.4

177.0

2.04

171.8

171.9

1.68

173.8

174.1

 

6.1.05

Education

3.46

185.2

185.3

5.62

180.4

180.3

4.46

182.4

182.4

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

186.7

188.1

3.47

187.9

189.4

3.89

187.2

188.6

6

 

Miscellaneous

27.26

182.5

183.0

29.53

174.4

174.8

28.32

178.6

179.0

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

188.2

187.6

100.00

184.2

183.6

100.00

186.3

185.7

Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)

47.25

190.1

188.3

29.62

196.8

194.9

39.06

192.4

190.7

 

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 December 2023 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

 

Dec. 22 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Dec. 22 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Dec. 22 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

168.8

186.2

10.31

170.2

185.6

9.05

169.2

186.0

9.93

 

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

206.9

208.1

0.58

212.9

217.5

2.16

209.0

211.4

1.15

 

 

1.1.03

Egg

189.1

197.1

4.23

191.9

200.8

4.64

190.2

198.5

4.36

 

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

173.4

182.3

5.13

173.9

182.5

4.95

173.6

182.4

5.07

 

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

193.9

162.4

-16.25

179.1

156.7

-12.51

188.5

160.3

-14.96

 

 

1.1.06

Fruits

156.7

172.7

10.21

159.5

178.9

12.16

158.0

175.6

11.14

 

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

150.2

188.4

25.43

178.7

234.7

31.34

159.9

204.1

27.64

 

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

170.5

204.2

19.77

171.3

210.1

22.65

170.8

206.2

20.73

 

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

121.2

130.1

7.34

123.1

131.4

6.74

121.8

130.5

7.14

 

 

1.1.10

Spices

207.5

249.1

20.05

200.5

238.7

19.05

205.2

245.6

19.69

 

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

176.8

182.0

2.94

162.8

169.2

3.93

171.0

176.7

3.33

 

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

187.7

194.3

3.52

193.3

202.4

4.71

190.3

198.1

4.10

 

1

 

Food and beverages

174.4

188.8

8.26

178.6

195.3

9.35

175.9

191.2

8.70

 

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

195.9

203.1

3.68

201.1

208.4

3.63

197.3

204.5

3.65

 

 

3.1.01

Clothing

188.1

194.8

3.56

177.7

184.8

4.00

184.0

190.9

3.75

 

 

3.1.02

Footwear

185.9

190.3

2.37

164.5

171.2

4.07

177.0

182.4

3.05

 

3

 

Clothing and footwear

187.8

194.2

3.41

175.7

182.7

3.98

183.0

189.6

3.61

 

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

170.7

176.9

3.63

170.7

176.9

3.63

 

5

 

Fuel and light

182.8

183.1

0.16

180.6

175.4

-2.88

182.0

180.2

-0.99

 

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

176.4

182.5

3.46

167.3

172.7

3.23

172.1

177.9

3.37

 

 

6.1.02

Health

183.5

192.5

4.90

177.2

186.8

5.42

181.1

190.3

5.08

 

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

167.8

171.8

2.38

159.4

161.9

1.57

163.4

166.6

1.96

 

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

171.2

177.0

3.39

167.1

171.9

2.87

168.9

174.1

3.08

 

 

6.1.05

Education

177.3

185.3

4.51

171.8

180.3

4.95

174.1

182.4

4.77

 

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

175.7

188.1

7.06

176.0

189.4

7.61

175.8

188.6

7.28

 

6

 

Miscellaneous

175.5

183.0

4.27

168.2

174.8

3.92

172.0

179.0

4.07

 

General Index (All Groups)

177.1

187.6

5.93

174.1

183.6

5.46

175.7

185.7

5.69

 

Consumer Food Price Index

172.8

188.3

8.97

176.5

194.9

10.42

174.1

190.7

9.53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

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

 

Annex III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for November 2023 (Final) and December 2023 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Nov. 23 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Nov. 23 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Nov. 23 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

190.8

190.9

3.64

191.6

191.7

4.58

191.1

191.2

2

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

188.6

189.2

0.06

--

--

0.10

188.6

189.2

3

Assam

2.63

189.8

189.6

0.79

187.9

186.8

1.77

189.4

189.0

4

Bihar

8.21

183.3

182.4

1.62

189.3

188.8

5.14

184.2

183.3

5

Chhattisgarh

1.68

178.2

177.8

1.22

176.4

175.5

1.46

177.5

176.9

6

Delhi

0.28

170.1

169.9

5.64

169.8

167.2

2.77

169.8

167.3

7

Goa

0.14

173.9

175.6

0.25

174.3

174.6

0.19

174.1

175.0

8

Gujarat

4.54

184.3

184.3

6.82

174.5

174.3

5.60

178.8

178.6

9

Haryana

3.30

189.5

187.2

3.35

178.1

177.5

3.32

184.2

182.7

10

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

174.5

174.2

0.26

179.2

178.5

0.67

175.4

175.0

11

Jharkhand

1.96

184.5

183.8

1.39

185.4

184.5

1.69

184.8

184.1

12

Karnataka

5.09

190.0

190.2

6.81

192.2

191.3

5.89

191.2

190.8

13

Kerala

5.50

190.1

190.8

3.46

189.4

189.1

4.55

189.9

190.2

14

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

185.5

184.5

3.97

189.0

187.8

4.48

186.9

185.9

15

Maharashtra

8.25

189.2

189.0

18.86

179.9

180.3

13.18

183.0

183.2

16

Manipur

0.23

215.0

216.3

0.12

181.8

181.7

0.18

204.5

205.4

17

Meghalaya

0.28

171.8

172.5

0.15

176.9

176.8

0.22

173.4

173.8

18

Mizoram

0.07

201.9

202.9

0.13

174.4

173.8

0.10

185.1

185.1

19

Nagaland

0.14

191.9

191.2

0.12

178.8

178.9

0.13

186.3

186.0

20

Odisha

2.93

190.8

190.1

1.31

183.2

183.1

2.18

188.7

188.1

21

Punjab

3.31

182.2

181.0

3.09

175.7

174.2

3.21

179.3

178.0

22

Rajasthan

6.63

185.7

185.0

4.23

184.0

183.8

5.51

185.1

184.6

23

Sikkim

0.06

197.7

197.8

0.03

184.7

185.1

0.05

193.5

193.7

24

Tamil Nadu

5.55

192.9

193.3

9.20

191.4

191.4

7.25

192.0

192.2

25

Telangana

3.16

200.8

201.0

4.41

195.5

194.0

3.74

197.9

197.2

26

Tripura

0.35

206.5

206.3

0.14

197.4

196.6

0.25

204.2

203.8

27

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

186.7

185.8

9.54

185.0

184.2

12.37

186.1

185.2

28

Uttarakhand

1.06

181.9

180.3

0.73

186.1

184.0

0.91

183.5

181.7

29

West Bengal

6.99

193.3

191.5

7.20

188.9

187.5

7.09

191.2

189.6

30

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.05

198.5

199.8

0.07

187.2

185.6

0.06

192.8

192.6

31

Chandigarh

0.02

184.4

182.7

0.34

172.0

170.8

0.17

172.7

171.5

32

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.02

172.6

172.5

0.04

181.8

181.3

0.03

178.7

178.4

33

Daman & Diu

0.02

188.0

185.5

0.02

180.6

180.4

0.02

184.9

183.4

34

Jammu & Kashmir*

1.14

193.9

194.0

0.72

193.6

191.5

0.94

193.8

193.1

35

Lakshadweep

0.01

194.6

194.1

0.01

176.4

177.3

0.01

185.3

185.5

36

Puducherry

0.08

196.1

196.7

0.27

189.2

189.7

0.17

191.0

191.5

All India

100.00

188.2

187.6

100.00

184.2

183.6

100.00

186.3

185.7

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 December 2023 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Dec. 22 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Dec. 22 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Dec. 22 Index
(Final)

Dec. 23

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

180.6

190.9

5.70

182.2

191.7

5.21

181.2

191.2

5.52

2

Assam

180.0

189.6

5.33

175.3

186.8

6.56

179.0

189.0

5.59

3

Bihar

172.3

182.4

5.86

178.0

188.8

6.07

173.1

183.3

5.89

4

Chhattisgarh

170.8

177.8

4.10

166.9

175.5

5.15

169.3

176.9

4.49

5

Delhi

166.4

169.9

2.10

162.3

167.2

3.02

162.5

167.3

2.95

6

Gujarat

171.6

184.3

7.40

163.2

174.3

6.80

166.8

178.6

7.07

7

Haryana

173.5

187.2

7.90

168.5

177.5

5.34

171.2

182.7

6.72

8

Himachal Pradesh

165.2

174.2

5.45

171.0

178.5

4.39

166.3

175.0

5.23

9

Jharkhand

173.6

183.8

5.88

177.3

184.5

4.06

175.0

184.1

5.20

10

Karnataka

176.1

190.2

8.01

181.4

191.3

5.46

178.9

190.8

6.65

11

Kerala

183.1

190.8

4.21

181.0

189.1

4.48

182.4

190.2

4.28

12

Madhya Pradesh

176.1

184.5

4.77

177.9

187.8

5.56

176.8

185.9

5.15

13

Maharashtra

177.8

189.0

6.30

170.1

180.3

6.00

172.7

183.2

6.08

14

Odisha

175.0

190.1

8.63

167.8

183.1

9.12

173.0

188.1

8.73

15

Punjab

171.8

181.0

5.36

163.4

174.2

6.61

168.0

178.0

5.95

16

Rajasthan

173.4

185.0

6.69

171.2

183.8

7.36

172.6

184.6

6.95

17

Tamil Nadu

183.3

193.3

5.46

182.9

191.4

4.65

183.1

192.2

4.97

18

Telangana

188.6

201.0

6.57

181.9

194.0

6.65

184.9

197.2

6.65

19

Uttar Pradesh

175.8

185.8

5.69

174.9

184.2

5.32

175.5

185.2

5.53

20

Uttarakhand

172.6

180.3

4.46

175.0

184.0

5.14

173.5

181.7

4.73

21

West Bengal

181.8

191.5

5.34

179.3

187.5

4.57

180.6

189.6

4.98

22

Jammu & Kashmir*

185.9

194.0

4.36

184.5

191.5

3.79

185.4

193.1

4.15

All India

177.1

187.6

5.93

174.1

183.6

5.46

175.7

185.7

5.69

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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