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

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

I. Key highlights:

    1. There is sharp decline in the Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) number for the month of July, 2024, which is the lowest in the last 59 months.
    2. Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) number is 3.54% (Provisional) for the month of July, 2024. Corresponding inflation rate for rural and urban is 4.10% and 2.98% ,respectively.

    1. Food inflation for July 2024 is the lowest since June 2023. Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) number is 5.42%(Provisional) for the month of July, 2024. Corresponding inflation rate for rural and urban is 5.89% and 4.63%, respectively.
    2. During the month of July 2024 there is a decline in inflation for all the groups. Significant decline is in the vegetables, fruits and spices subgroup.

 

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

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

 

July 2024 (Prov.)

June 2024 (Final)

July 2023

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Inflation

CPI (General)

4.10

2.98

3.54

5.66

4.39

5.08

7.63

7.20

7.44

CFPI

5.89

4.63

5.42

9.15

9.6

9.36

11.04

12.37

11.51

Index

CPI (General)

195.3

190.2

192.9

192.2

187.8

190.2

187.6

184.7

186.3

CFPI

201.3

210

204.3

195.6

204.3

198.7

190.1

200.7

193.8

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: July 2024 over June 2024

Indices

July 2024 (Prov.)

June 2024 (Final)

Monthly change (%)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

195.3

190.2

192.9

192.2

187.8

190.2

1.6

1.3

1.4

CFPI

201.3

210

204.3

195.6

204.3

198.7

2.9

2.8

2.8

                Note: Figures of July 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 July 2024, NSO collected prices from 100% villages and 98.5% urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 88.71% for rural and 92.64% for urban.
  2. Next date of release for August 2024 CPI is 12th September 2024 (Thursday). For more details please visit the website www.mospi.gov.in

 

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Annex

Title

I

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

II

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

III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for June 2024 (Final) and July 2024 (Provisional)

IV

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

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                        Annex I

All-India General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for June 2024 (Final) and July 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined (Base: 2012=100)

 

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

June 24 Index
(Final)

July 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

June 24 Index
(Final)

July 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

June 24 Index
(Final)

July 24 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

190.1

191.4

6.59

190.0

191.2

9.67

190.1

191.3

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

231.4

227.2

2.73

240.5

237.3

3.61

234.6

230.8

 

1.1.03

Egg

0.49

188.6

192.5

0.36

192.9

197.0

0.43

190.3

194.2

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

185.1

185.5

5.33

185.8

186.7

6.61

185.4

185.9

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

162.2

163.3

2.81

156.1

157.1

3.56

160.0

161.0

 

1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

179.3

181.5

2.90

190.0

192.3

2.89

184.3

186.5

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

215.9

248.8

4.41

269.7

303.4

6.04

234.2

267.3

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

208.8

211.5

1.73

215.1

218.0

2.38

210.9

213.7

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

130.0

130.3

0.97

132.1

132.3

1.36

130.7

131.0

 

1.1.10

Spices

3.11

229.2

229.4

1.79

224.8

225.0

2.50

227.7

227.9

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

183.0

183.1

1.13

171.3

172.1

1.26

178.1

178.5

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

197.3

197.6

5.54

206.4

207.2

5.55

201.5

202.1

1

 

Food and beverages

54.18

195.5

200.4

36.29

203.5

208.3

45.86

198.4

203.3

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

206.1

206.5

1.36

212.1

212.9

2.38

207.7

208.2

 

3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

197.1

197.5

4.72

187.3

187.6

5.58

193.2

193.6

 

3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

191.4

191.7

0.85

173.3

173.8

0.95

183.9

184.3

3

 

Clothing and footwear

7.36

196.3

196.7

5.57

185.1

185.5

6.53

191.9

192.3

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

21.67

179.1

180.0

10.07

179.1

180.0

5

 

Fuel and light

7.94

180.5

179.9

5.58

169.3

169.6

6.84

176.3

176.0

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

184.1

184.3

3.87

175.2

175.7

3.80

179.9<