Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS ON BASE 2012=100 FOR RURAL, URBAN AND COMBINED FOR THE MONTH OF MAY 2024

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

I. Key highlights:

 

    1. Year-on-year inflation rate based on all India Consumer Price Index (CPI) number is 4.75% (Provisional) for the month of May, 2024. Corresponding inflation rate for rural and urban is 5.28% and 4.15%, respectively.
    2. All India inflation based on General CPI is lowest for the month of May 2024 after May 2023. It is less than 6% since September 2023.

    1. ‘Spices’ has shown a considerable decline at sub-group level in year-on-year inflation as compared to April 2024. Among the groups, inflation corresponding to ‘Clothing & Footwear’, ‘Housing’ and ‘Miscellaneous’ has decreased since last month.
  1. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e. May 2024 over May 2023), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

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

2023

 

May 2024 (Prov.)

Apr. 2024 (Final)

May 2023

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Inflation

CPI (General)

5.28

4.15

4.75

5.43

4.11

4.83

4.23

4.33

4.31

CFPI

8.62

8.83

8.69

8.75

8.56

8.70

3.30

2.43

2.96

Index

CPI (General)

189.3

185.6

187.6

188.5

184.7

186.7

179.8

178.2

179.1

CFPI

190.2

197.1

192.6

188.9

195.4

191.2

175.1

181.1

177.2

  Notes: Prov.  – Provisional, Combd. – Combined

 

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

     Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: May 2024 over April 2024

Indices

May 2024 (Prov.)

Apr. 2024 (Final)

Monthly change (%)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

189.3

185.6

187.6

188.5

184.7

186.7

0.42

0.49

0.48

CFPI

190.2

197.1

192.6

188.9

195.4

191.2

0.69

0.87

0.73

   Note: Figures of May 2024 are provisional.

 

  1. Response rate: 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 May 2024, NSO collected prices from 100.0% villages and 98.5% urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 89.2% for rural and 92.7% for urban.

 

  1. Next date of release for June 2024 CPI is 12th July 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 April 2024 (Final) and May 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

II

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

III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for April 2024 (Final) and May 2024 (Provisional)

IV

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

 

 

Annex I

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

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Apr. 24 Index
(Final)

May 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 24 Index
(Final)

May 24 Index (Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 24 Index
(Final)

May 24 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

188.8

188.7

6.59

188.9

189.0

9.67

188.8

188.8

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

223.1

226.5

2.73

232.8

236.3

3.61

226.5

229.9

 

1.1.03

Egg

0.49

180.2

184.9

0.36

184.2

188.9

0.43

181.7

186.4

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

183.6

184.1

5.33

184.0

184.3

6.61

183.7

184.2

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

160.4

160.5

2.81

154.9

155.2

3.56

158.4

158.6

 

1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

182.8

180.6

2.90

188.6

187.3

2.89

185.5

183.7

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

184.9

190.7

4.41

225.4

232.8

6.04

198.6

205.0

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

200.7

203.7

1.73

206.2

209.7

2.38

202.6

205.7

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

127.8

128.9

0.97

130.2

131.3

1.36

128.6

129.7

 

1.1.10

Spices

3.11

231.8

229.2

1.79

224.7

223.6

2.50

229.4

227.3

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

182.3

182.4

1.13

170.5

170.8

1.26

177.4

177.6

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

196.1

196.6

5.54

204.9

205.5

5.55

200.2

200.7

1

 

Food and beverages

54.18

189.5

190.6

36.29

196.1

197.6

45.86

191.9

193.2

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

204.9

205.5

1.36

211.2

211.6

2.38

206.6

207.1

 

3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

196.2

196.5

4.72

186.3

186.7

5.58

192.3

192.6

 

3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

191.1

191.0

0.85

172.8

173.0

0.95

183.5

183.5

3

 

Clothing and footwear

7.36

195.5

195.7

5.57

184.2

184.7

6.53

191.0

191.3

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

21.67

179.9

180.1

10.07

179.9

180.1

5

 

Fuel and light

7.94

179.5

180.1

5.58

166.0

168.7

6.84

174.4

175.8

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

183.8

183.9

3.87

174.4

174.8

3.80

179.4

179.6

 

6.1.02

Health

6.83

194.9

195.6

4.81

189.6

190.1

5.89

192.9

193.5

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

171.8

171.8

9.73

161.4

161.5

8.59

166.3

166.4

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

178.1

178.5

2.04

173.0

173.2

1.68

175.2

175.5

 

6.1.05

Education

3.46

186.7

186.9

5.62

181.8

182.4

4.46

183.8

184.3

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

197.0

198.7

3.47

198.8

200.6

3.89

197.7

199.5

6

 

Miscellaneous

27.26

185.4

185.9

29.53

176.8

177.3

28.32

181.2

181.7

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

188.5

189.3

100.00

184.7

185.6

100.00

186.7

187.6

Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)

47.25

188.9

190.2

29.62

195.4

197.1

39.06

191.2

192.6

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 May 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

 

May 23 Index
(Final)

May 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 23 Index
(Final)

May 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 23 Index
(Final)

May 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

173.2

188.7

8.95

174.7

189.0

8.19

173.7

188.8

8.69

 

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

211.5

226.5

7.09

219.4

236.3

7.70

214.3

229.9

7.28

 

 

1.1.03

Egg

171.0

184.9

8.13

176.7

188.9

6.90

173.2

186.4

7.62

 

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

179.6

184.1

2.51

179.4

184.3

2.73

179.5

184.2

2.62

 

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

173.3

160.5

-7.39

164.4

155.2

-5.60

170.0

158.6

-6.71

 

 

1.1.06

Fruits

169.0

180.6

6.86

175.8

187.3

6.54

172.2

183.7

6.68

 

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

148.7

190.7

28.24

185.0

232.8

25.84

161.0

205.0

27.33

 

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

174.9

203.7

16.47

176.9

209.7

18.54

175.6

205.7

17.14

 

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

121.9

128.9

5.74

124.2

131.3

5.72

122.7

129.7

5.70

 

 

1.1.10

Spices

221.0

229.2

3.71

211.9

223.6

5.52

218.0

227.3

4.27

 

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

178.7

182.4

2.07

165.9

170.8

2.95

173.4

177.6

2.42

 

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

191.1

196.6

2.88

197.7

205.5

3.95

194.2

200.7

3.35

 

1

 

Food and beverages

176.8

190.6

7.81

183.1

197.6

7.92

179.1

193.2

7.87

 

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

199.9

205.5

2.80

204.2

211.6

3.62

201.0

207.1

3.03

 

 

3.1.01

Clothing

191.2

196.5

2.77

181.3

186.7

2.98

187.3

192.6

2.83

 

 

3.1.02

Footwear

187.9

191.0

1.65

168.1

173.0

2.91

179.7

183.5

2.11

 

3

 

Clothing and footwear

190.8

195.7

2.57

179.3

184.7

3.01

186.2

191.3

2.74

 

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

175.6

180.1

2.56

175.6

180.1

2.56

 

5

 

Fuel and light

182.5

180.1

-1.32

183.4

168.7

-8.02

182.8

175.8

-3.83

 

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

179.8

183.9

2.28

170.1

174.8

2.76

175.2

179.6

2.51

 

 

6.1.02

Health

187.8

195.6

4.15

182.2

190.1

4.34

185.7

193.5

4.20

 

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

169.7

171.8

1.24

160.4

161.5

0.69

164.8

166.4

0.97

 

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

173.8

178.5

2.70

169.2

173.2

2.36

171.2

175.5

2.51

 

 

6.1.05

Education

180.3

186.9

3.66

174.8

182.4

4.35

177.1

184.3

4.07

 

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

184.9

198.7

7.46

185.6

200.6

8.08

185.2

199.5

7.72

 

6

 

Miscellaneous

179.5

185.9

3.57

171.6

177.3

3.32

175.7

181.7

3.41

 

General Index (All Groups)

179.8

189.3

5.28

178.2

185.6

4.15

179.1

187.6

4.75

 

Consumer Food Price Index

175.1

190.2

8.62

181.1

197.1

8.83

177.2

192.6

8.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

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

 

 

Annex III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for April 2024 (Final) and May 2024 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Apr. 24 Index
(Final)

May 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 24 Index
(Final)

May 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Apr. 24 Index
(Final)

May 24 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

192.8

194.8

3.64

192.9

194.8

4.58

192.8

194.8

2

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

191.7

192.9

0.06

--

--

0.10

191.7

192.9

3

Assam

2.63

190.0

190.6

0.79

186.0

187.8

1.77

189.2

190.0

4

Bihar

8.21

181.7

183.4

1.62

189.7

191.1

5.14

182.9

184.5

5

Chhattisgarh

1.68

179.0

178.9

1.22

176.2

176.6

1.46

177.9

178.0

6

Delhi

0.28

169.7

169.7

5.64

169.2

168.9

2.77

169.2

168.9

7

Goa

0.14

171.4

172.0

0.25

176.0

175.8

0.19

174.2

174.3

8

Gujarat

4.54

184.6

185.5

6.82

175.1

175.3

5.60

179.2

179.7

9

Haryana

3.30

190.4

190.3

3.35

178.8

179.3

3.32

185.0

185.1

10

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

175.6

175.4

0.26

180.4

180.3

0.67

176.5

176.3

11

Jharkhand

1.96

182.3

182.6

1.39

185.2

186.7

1.69

183.4

184.2

12

Karnataka

5.09

191.1

193.5

6.81

193.5

195.5

5.89

192.4

194.6

13

Kerala

5.50

196.5

197.9

3.46

193.5

194.6

4.55

195.4

196.7

14

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

185.2

185.0

3.97

188.0

187.9

4.48

186.4

186.2

15

Maharashtra

8.25

187.0

188.0

18.86

180.6

181.5

13.18

182.7

183.7

16

Manipur

0.23

218.5

218.4

0.12

183.8

185.7

0.18

207.5

208.1

17

Meghalaya

0.28

171.6

173.2

0.15

177.4

177.5

0.22

173.4

174.5

18

Mizoram

0.07

204.0

204.5

0.13

174.4

175.9

0.10

185.9

187.0

19

Nagaland

0.14

195.4

195.5

0.12

178.8

179.6

0.13

188.3

188.7

20

Odisha

2.93

190.5

190.8

1.31

182.6

183.0

2.18

188.3

188.6

21

Punjab

3.31

182.0

182.1

3.09

173.8

174.0

3.21

178.3

178.5

22

Rajasthan

6.63

185.4

184.9

4.23

184.0

184.0

5.51

184.9

184.6

23

Sikkim

0.06

196.1

197.3

0.03

185.6

186.0

0.05

192.7

193.6

24

Tamil Nadu

5.55

194.7

196.2

9.20

192.8

194.8

7.25

193.6

195.4

25

Telangana

3.16

203.2

204.3

4.41

195.7

197.6

3.74

199.1

200.6

26

Tripura

0.35

207.2

207.3

0.14

195.5

197.2

0.25

204.2

204.7

27

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

187.5

187.5

9.54

185.9

185.9

12.37

186.9

186.9

28

Uttarakhand

1.06

182.5

183.0

0.73

185.1

186.5

0.91

183.5

184.3

29

West Bengal

6.99

190.6

192.9

7.20

188.6

190.1

7.09

189.7

191.6

30

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.05

193.7

198.2

0.07

183.3

186.2

0.06

188.4

192.1

31

Chandigarh

0.02

183.1

183.5

0.34

173.7

173.5

0.17

174.2

174.1

32

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.02

173.8

174.8

0.04

181.0

181.1

0.03

178.6

179.0

33

Daman & Diu

0.02

186.7

186.6

0.02

186.7

184.8

0.02

186.7

185.8

34

Jammu & Kashmir*

1.14

197.0

197.0

0.72

192.7

192.8

0.94

195.5

195.5

35

Lakshadweep

0.01

193.9

194.4

0.01

177.2

182.8

0.01

185.4

188.5

36

Puducherry

0.08

195.3

197.9

0.27

190.7

191.9

0.17

191.9

193.4

All India

100.00

188.5

189.3

100.00

184.7

185.6

100.00

186.7

187.6

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 May 2024 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

May 23 Index
(Final)

May 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 23 Index
(Final)

May 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

May 23 Index
(Final)

May 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

183.1

194.8

6.39

185.5

194.8

5.01

184.0

194.8

5.87

2

Assam

181.0

190.6

5.30

179.2

187.8

4.80

180.6

190.0

5.20

3

Bihar

173.9

183.4

5.46

181.7

191.1

5.17

175.0

184.5

5.43

4

Chhattisgarh

169.9

178.9

5.30

168.4

176.6

4.87

169.3

178.0

5.14

5

Delhi

166.9

169.7

1.68

165.5

168.9

2.05

165.6

168.9

1.99

6

Gujarat

177.1

185.5

4.74

168.4

175.3

4.10

172.2

179.7

4.36

7

Haryana

179.2

190.3

6.19

171.7

179.3

4.43

175.7

185.1

5.35

8

Himachal Pradesh

168.8

175.4

3.91

176.6

180.3

2.10

170.2

176.3

3.58

9

Jharkhand

175.7

182.6

3.93

180.1

186.7

3.66

177.4

184.2

3.83

10

Karnataka

180.2

193.5

7.38

186.2

195.5

4.99

183.4

194.6

6.11

11

Kerala

187.0

197.9

5.83

185.5

194.6

4.91

186.5

196.7

5.47

12

Madhya Pradesh

175.2

185.0

5.59

181.6

187.9

3.47

177.8

186.2

4.72

13

Maharashtra

181.5

188.0

3.58

174.3

181.5

4.13

176.7

183.7

3.96

14

Odisha

178.9

190.8

6.65

174.0

183.0

5.17

177.5

188.6

6.25

15

Punjab

175.4

182.1

3.82

167.4

174.0

3.94

171.8

178.5

3.90

16

Rajasthan

176.2

184.9

4.94

174.6

184.0

5.38

175.6

184.6

5.13

17

Tamil Nadu

185.1

196.2

6.00

185.7

194.8

4.90

185.5

195.4

5.34

18

Telangana

193.0

204.3

5.85

186.3

197.6

6.07

189.3

200.6

5.97

19

Uttar Pradesh

177.1

187.5

5.87

178.8

185.9

3.97

177.7

186.9

5.18

20

Uttarakhand

176.6

183.0

3.62

181.2

186.5

2.92

178.3

184.3

3.37

21

West Bengal

185.4

192.9

4.05

185.2

190.1

2.65

185.3

191.6

3.40

22

Jammu & Kashmir*

187.8

197.0

4.90

188.7

192.8

2.17

188.1

195.5

3.93

All India

179.8

189.3

5.28

178.2

185.6

4.15

179.1

187.6

4.75

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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