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Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation

Retail Inflation Eases to 4.83% in April, 2024


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

Posted On: 13 MAY 2024 5:30PM by PIB Delhi

I. Key highlights:

    1. The annual inflation rate based on all India Consumer Price Index (CPI) number is 4.83% (Provisional) for the month of April, 2024 (over April, 2023). Corresponding inflation rate for rural and urban is 5.43% and 4.11%, respectively.
    2. CPI for the months of January, February and March 2024 are 5.10, 5.09 and 4.85 respectively.
    3. Among the top five groups, the year-on-year inflation on groups ‘Clothing & Footwear’, ‘Housing’ and ‘Fuel & light’ 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.

April 2024 over April 2023), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

 

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

2023

 

Apr. 2024 (Prov.)

Mar. 2024 (Final)

Apr. 2023

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Inflation

CPI (General)

5.43

4.11

4.83

5.51

4.14

4.85

4.68

4.85

4.70

CFPI

8.75

8.56

8.70

8.55

8.41

8.52

3.89

3.69

3.84

Index

CPI (General)

188.5

184.7

186.7

187.8

183.6

185.8

178.8

177.4

178.1

CFPI

188.9

195.4

191.2

187.8

193.4

189.8

173.7

180.0

175.9

  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: April 2024 over March 2024

Indices

Apr. 2024 (Prov.)

Mar. 2024 (Final)

Monthly change (%)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

188.5

184.7

186.7

187.8

183.6

185.8

0.37

0.60

0.48

CFPI

188.9

195.4

191.2

187.8

193.4

189.8

0.59

1.03

0.74

              Note: Figures of April 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 April 2024, NSO collected prices from 99.9% villages and 98.5% urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 89.8% for rural and 93.2% for urban.
  1. Next date of release for May 2024 CPI is 12th June 2024 (Wednesday). 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 March 2024 (Final) and April 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

II

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

III

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

IV

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

 

Annex I

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

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Mar. 24 Index
(Final)

Apr. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Mar. 24 Index
(Final)

 Apr. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Mar. 24 Index
(Final)

Apr. 24 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

12.35

189.3

188.8

6.59

188.5

188.9

9.67

189.0

188.8

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

217.9

223.0

2.73

226.7

232.8

3.61

221.0

226.4

 

1.1.03

Egg

0.49

192.7

180.1

0.36

194.3

184.1

0.43

193.3

181.6

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

183.2

183.6

5.33

183.6

184.0

6.61

183.3

183.7

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

160.2

160.4

2.81

154.7

154.9

3.56

158.2

158.4

 

1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

172.8

182.7

2.90

176.7

188.6

2.89

174.6

185.5

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

182.5

184.9

4.41

222.6

225.3

6.04

196.1

198.6

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

2.95

199.7

200.7

1.73

205.0

206.2

2.38

201.5

202.6

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

1.70

128.0

127.7

0.97

130.1

130.2

1.36

128.7

128.5

 

1.1.10

Spices

3.11

236.3

231.8

1.79

228.2

224.7

2.50

233.6

229.4

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

1.37

182.1

182.2

1.13

170.3

170.6

1.26

177.2

177.4

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

195.9

196.2

5.54

204.6

204.9

5.55

199.9

200.2

1

 

Food and beverages

54.18

188.5

189.5

36.29

194.4

196.1

45.86

190.7

191.9

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

3.26

204.0

204.9

1.36

210.2

211.1

2.38

205.7

206.6

 

3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

195.8

196.2

4.72

185.8

186.2

5.58

191.9

192.3

 

3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

191.1

191.1

0.85

172.3

172.8

0.95

183.3

183.5

3

 

Clothing and footwear

7.36

195.1

195.5

5.57

183.8

184.2

6.53

190.6

191.0

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

21.67

178.2

179.9

10.07

178.2

179.9

5

 

Fuel and light

7.94

181.0

179.2

5.58

167.4

165.5

6.84

175.8

174.0

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

183.3

183.7

3.87

174.0

174.4

3.80

178.9

179.3

 

6.1.02

Health

6.83

194.3

194.9

4.81

189.1

189.7

5.89

192.3

192.9

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

172.0

171.8

9.73

161.9

161.4

8.59

166.7

166.3

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

177.8

178.1

2.04

172.8

173.0

1.68

175.0

175.2

 

6.1.05

Education

3.46

186.1

186.7

5.62

181.2

181.8

4.46

183.2

183.8

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

4.25

191.3

196.9

3.47

192.8

198.8

3.89

191.9

197.7

6

 

Miscellaneous

27.26

184.2

185.4

29.53

176.0

176.8

28.32

180.2

181.2

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

187.8

188.5

100.00

183.6

184.7

100.00

185.8

186.7

Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)

47.25

187.8

188.9

29.62

193.4

195.4

39.06

189.8

191.2

 

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 April 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Group Code

Sub-group Code

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

 

Apr. 23 Index
(Final)

Apr. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Apr. 23 Index
(Final)

Apr. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Apr. 23 Index
(Final)

Apr. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

 

1.1.01

Cereals and products

173.3

188.8

8.94

174.8

188.9

8.07

173.8

188.8

8.63

 

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

206.9

223.0

7.78

213.7

232.8

8.94

209.3

226.4

8.17

 

 

1.1.03

Egg

167.9

180.1

7.27

172.4

184.1

6.79

169.6

181.6

7.08

 

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

178.2

183.6

3.03

178.8

184.0

2.91

178.4

183.7

2.97

 

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

178.5

160.4

-10.14

168.7

154.9

-8.18

174.9

158.4

-9.43

 

 

1.1.06

Fruits

173.7

182.7

5.18

179.2

188.6

5.25

176.3

185.5

5.22

 

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

142.8

184.9

29.48

179.9

225.3

25.24

155.4

198.6

27.80

 

 

1.1.08

Pulses and products

172.8

200.7

16.15

174.7

206.2

18.03

173.4

202.6

16.84

 

 

1.1.09

Sugar and Confectionery

120.4

127.7

6.06

123.1

130.2

5.77

121.3

128.5

5.94

 

 

1.1.10

Spices

215.5

231.8

7.56

207.8

224.7

8.13

212.9

229.4

7.75

 

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic beverages

178.2

182.2

2.24

165.5

170.6

3.08

172.9

177.4

2.60

 

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

190.5

196.2

2.99

197.0

204.9

4.01

193.5

200.2

3.46

 

1

 

Food and beverages

175.5

189.5

7.98

182.1

196.1

7.69

177.9

191.9

7.87

 

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

199.5

204.9

2.71

203.5

211.1

3.73

200.6

206.6

2.99

 

 

3.1.01

Clothing

190.7

196.2

2.88

181.0

186.2

2.87

186.9

192.3

2.89

 

 

3.1.02

Footwear

187.3

191.1

2.03

167.7

172.8

3.04

179.2

183.5

2.40

 

3

 

Clothing and footwear

190.2

195.5

2.79

178.9

184.2

2.96

185.7

191.0

2.85

 

4

 

Housing

-

-

-

175.2

179.9

2.68

175.2

179.9

2.68

 

5

 

Fuel and light

181.5

179.2

-1.27

182.1

165.5

-9.12

181.7

174.0

-4.24

 

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

179.1

183.7

2.57

169.6

174.4

2.83

174.6

179.3

2.69

 

 

6.1.02

Health

187.2

194.9

4.11

181.5

189.7

4.52

185.0

192.9

4.27

 

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

169.4

171.8

1.42

160.1

161.4

0.81

164.5

166.3

1.09

 

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

173.2

178.1

2.83

168.8

173.0

2.49

170.7

175.2

2.64

 

 

6.1.05

Education

179.4

186.7

4.07

174.2

181.8

4.36

176.4

183.8

4.20

 

 

6.1.06

Personal care and effects

183.8

196.9

7.13

184.4

198.8

7.81

184.0

197.7

7.45

 

6

 

Miscellaneous

178.9

185.4

3.63

170.9

176.8

3.45

175.0

181.2

3.54

 

General Index (All Groups)

178.8

188.5

5.43

177.4

184.7

4.11

178.1

186.7

4.83

 

Consumer Food Price Index

173.7

188.9

8.75

180.0

195.4

8.56

175.9

191.2

8.70

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes:

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

 

Annex III

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

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Weights

Mar. 24 Index
(Final)

Apr. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Mar. 24 Index
(Final)

Apr. 24 Index
(Prov.)

Weights

Mar. 24 Index
(Final)

Apr. 24 Index
(Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

191.6

192.8

3.64

191.9

192.9

4.58

191.7

192.8

2

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

190.4

191.6

0.06

--

--

0.10

190.4

191.6

3

Assam

2.63

189.4

190.0

0.79

184.8

185.9

1.77

188.5

189.2

4

Bihar

8.21

182.2

181.8

1.62

188.7

189.8

5.14

183.1

183.0

5

Chhattisgarh

1.68

177.4

179.0

1.22

174.5

176.2

1.46

176.3

177.9

6

Delhi

0.28

169.6

169.7

5.64

169.4

169.2

2.77

169.4

169.2

7

Goa

0.14

172.8

171.4

0.25

174.9

176.0

0.19

174.1

174.2

8

Gujarat

4.54

183.9

184.6

6.82

174.3

175.1

5.60

178.5

179.2

9

Haryana

3.30

188.9

190.4

3.35

177.8

178.8

3.32

183.7

185.0

10

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

173.9

175.5

0.26

178.7

180.4

0.67

174.8

176.4

11

Jharkhand

1.96

182.5

182.3

1.39

184.0

185.2

1.69

183.1

183.4

12

Karnataka

5.09

190.5

191.1

6.81

191.9

193.5

5.89

191.3

192.4

13

Kerala

5.50

193.4

196.5

3.46

191.1

193.6

4.55

192.6

195.5

14

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

184.7

185.2

3.97

187.4

188.0

4.48

185.8

186.4

15

Maharashtra

8.25

186.3

186.7

18.86

179.0

180.4

13.18

181.4

182.5

16

Manipur

0.23

218.6

218.6

0.12

182.3

183.8

0.18

207.1

207.6

17

Meghalaya

0.28

172.3

171.6

0.15

177.2

177.4

0.22

173.8

173.4

18

Mizoram

0.07

203.6

204.0

0.13

173.1

174.4

0.10

185.0

185.9

19

Nagaland

0.14

193.9

195.4

0.12

178.6

178.9

0.13

187.4

188.4

20

Odisha

2.93

188.8

190.5

1.31

181.3

182.6

2.18

186.7

188.3

21

Punjab

3.31

181.4

182.0

3.09

173.8

173.7

3.21

178.0

178.3

22

Rajasthan

6.63

184.9

185.3

4.23

183.6

184.0

5.51

184.4

184.8

23

Sikkim

0.06

196.3

196.1

0.03

184.7

185.5

0.05

192.5

192.6

24

Tamil Nadu

5.55

193.3

194.7

9.20

190.9

192.8

7.25

191.9

193.6

25

Telangana

3.16

201.8

203.2

4.41

195.0

195.7

3.74

198.1

199.1

26

Tripura

0.35

203.7

207.2

0.14

193.1

195.5

0.25

201.0

204.2

27

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

187.2

187.5

9.54

184.8

185.8

12.37

186.3

186.9

28

Uttarakhand

1.06

181.9

182.5

0.73

183.6

185.1

0.91

182.5

183.5

29

West Bengal

6.99

190.5

190.6

7.20

187.3

188.6

7.09

189.0

189.7

30

Andaman & Nicobar Islands

0.05

193.3

193.7

0.07

181.9

183.3

0.06

187.5

188.4

31

Chandigarh

0.02

182.5

183.1

0.34

172.0

173.7

0.17

172.6

174.2

32

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

0.02

173.7

173.8

0.04

180.7

181.0

0.03

178.4

178.6

33

Daman & Diu

0.02

187.2

186.7

0.02

181.5

186.7

0.02

184.8

186.7

34

Jammu & Kashmir*

1.14

196.8

197.0

0.72

191.4

192.7

0.94

194.9

195.5

35

Lakshadweep

0.01

191.0

193.9

0.01

173.4

177.2

0.01

182.0

185.4

36

Puducherry

0.08

195.3

195.3

0.27

190.1

190.7

0.17

191.4

191.9

All India

100.00

187.8

188.5

100.00

183.6

184.7

100.00

185.8

186.7

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 April 2024 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Sl. No.

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Apr. 23 Index
(Final)

Apr. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Apr. 23 Index
(Final)

Apr. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

Apr. 23 Index
(Final)

Apr. 24

Index
(Prov.)

Inflation Rate
(%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

181.5

192.8

6.23

184.4

192.9

4.61

182.6

192.8

5.59

2

Assam

179.5

190.0

5.85

177.2

185.9

4.91

179.0

189.2

5.70

3

Bihar

172.7

181.8

5.27

180.1

189.8

5.39

173.8

183.0

5.29

4

Chhattisgarh

168.7

179.0

6.11

167.6

176.2

5.13

168.3

177.9

5.70

5

Delhi

166.1

169.7

2.17

165.6

169.2

2.17

165.6

169.2

2.17

6

Gujarat

176.5

184.6

4.59

167.9

175.1

4.29

171.6

179.2

4.43

7

Haryana

178.5

190.4

6.67

171.2

178.8

4.44

175.1

185.0

5.65

8

Himachal Pradesh

167.9

175.5

4.53

175.3

180.4

2.91

169.2

176.4

4.26

9

Jharkhand

174.5

182.3

4.47

179.6

185.2

3.12

176.4

183.4

3.97

10

Karnataka

178.9

191.1

6.82

185.5

193.5

4.31

182.4

192.4

5.48

11

Kerala

186.4

196.5

5.42

184.2

193.6

5.10

185.6

195.5

5.33

12

Madhya Pradesh

174.8

185.2

5.95

180.2

188.0

4.33

177.0

186.4

5.31

13

Maharashtra

180.1

186.7

3.66

174.0

180.4

3.68

176.0

182.5

3.69

14

Odisha

177.4

190.5

7.38

171.8

182.6

6.29

175.8

188.3

7.11

15

Punjab

174.9

182.0

4.06

167.1

173.7

3.95

171.4

178.3

4.03

16

Rajasthan

176.1

185.3

5.22

174.3

184.0

5.57

175.5

184.8

5.30

17

Tamil Nadu

184.2

194.7

5.70

184.7

192.8

4.39

184.5

193.6

4.93

18

Telangana

191.5

203.2

6.11

185.9

195.7

5.27

188.4

199.1

5.68

19

Uttar Pradesh

176.5

187.5

6.23

178.2

185.8

4.26

177.1

186.9

5.53

20

Uttarakhand

175.9

182.5

3.75

179.2

185.1

3.29

177.1

183.5

3.61

21

West Bengal

183.2

190.6

4.04

183.5

188.6

2.78

183.3

189.7

3.49

22

Jammu & Kashmir*

187.9

197.0

4.84

187.9

192.7

2.55

187.9

195.5

4.04

All India

178.8

188.5

5.43

177.4

184.7

4.11

178.1

186.7

4.83

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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