Inflation in India, August 2017

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Values come from a published official MoSPI release. Provisional months stay marked until the final figure is released.

How much consumer prices changed compared with the same month one year earlier.

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3.3%

Aug 2017 · All India · final · base 2012

The RBI aims to keep this at 4%, within a band of 2–6%.

↑ 0.9 percentage points

from Jul 2017

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Aug 2017

Aug 2017 · 3.3% · Final. 0.9 percentage point rise from Jul 2017 (2.4%).

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Selected period: Aug 2017
  • Base 2012 · Jan 2014 to Dec 2025 · earlier series
  • Base 2024 · Jan 2026 to Sept 2026
  • Base-year break at Jan 2026: the series are not joined

Rural 3.2%, urban 3.4%. Rural inflation was 0.2 percentage points lower than urban inflation in Aug 2017.

Year-on-year change from the same month a year earlier · Monthly · Percentage

Aug 2017

Final value retrieved 12 Oct 2026 from MoSPI's eSankhyiki API

On the 2012=100 series.

What it means

An inflation rate of 3.3% means the CPI level was 3.3% higher than in the same month a year earlier. It does not mean every household paid exactly 3.3% more.

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Where this comes from

Published

Published monthly by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). The Consumer Price Index (CPI) tracks the prices of a fixed basket of goods and services bought by households; the current official series is indexed to a 2024 base year and starts in January 2026. Earlier months come from MoSPI’s previous series (base 2012), drawn as a separate line: the two base years are never joined, and no change is measured across them. Inflation is the year-on-year change in the index, shown here for Combined, Rural and Urban India. Each month is first published as Provisional and revised to Final in the following month’s release. Each monthly release below contributes the months it reports; a later release replaces an earlier one for the same month.

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Consumer Price Index (base 2012=100), All India inflation, January 2014 to December 2025 (MoSPI eSankhyiki API)
Reference month
Dec 2025
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12 Oct 2026 from MoSPI's eSankhyiki API
CPI base year
base 2012
Where in the file
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Technical details

Release: mospi-cpi-2026-09-20261012-5a724707

CPI base year: base 2024 (cpi-2024)

Release file: https://www.mospi.gov.in/uploads/documents/productChartTable/1792047898150-CPI_Data_For_DIID_Sep26-12.10.2026 (1).xlsx

Publisher page: https://www.mospi.gov.in/themes/product/9-consumer-price-index-cpi

Release file SHA-256: ea785408fa22618e514bf3f3ff5609b9ecfebbb4936f8196399c4f8a482b3777

Retrieved: 2026-10-27T10:58:03.000Z

referenceMonth
2026-09
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Platform status: Published

Resolved months: 151

Candidate rows reviewed: 163

Resolved release lineage: 10

Resolver: cpi-public-v2

Data fingerprint: f0fa27b2fb88645c

Parity key: headline|combined|all|2017-08|cpi-public-v2|f0fa27b2fb88645c

Evidence hash: ea785408fa22618e514bf3f3ff5609b9ecfebbb4936f8196399c4f8a482b3777

Consumer Price Index (CPI) release for 2026-09
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Sept 2026
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12 Oct 2026
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base 2024
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Consumer Price Index (CPI) release for 2026-08
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Aug 2026
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14 Sept 2026
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base 2024
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Consumer Price Index (CPI) release for 2026-07
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Jul 2026
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12 Aug 2026
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base 2024
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Consumer Price Index (CPI) release for 2026-06
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Jun 2026
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13 Jul 2026
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base 2024
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Consumer Price Index (CPI) release for 2026-05
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May 2026
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12 Jun 2026
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base 2024
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Consumer Price Index (CPI) release for 2026-04
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Apr 2026
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12 May 2026
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base 2024
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Consumer Price Index (CPI) release for 2026-03
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Mar 2026
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12 Apr 2026
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base 2024
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Consumer Price Index (CPI) release for 2026-02
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Feb 2026
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12 Mar 2026
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base 2024
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Consumer Price Index (CPI) release for 2026-01
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Jan 2026
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12 Feb 2026
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base 2024
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Every month

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PeriodAll IndiaStatusSelect
Sept 20265.5%Provisional · base 2024
Aug 20264.8%Provisional · base 2024
Jul 20264.5%Provisional · base 2024
Jun 20264.4%Provisional · base 2024
May 20263.9%Provisional · base 2024
Apr 20263.5%Provisional · base 2024
Mar 20263.4%Provisional · base 2024
Feb 20263.2%Provisional · base 2024
Jan 20262.8%Provisional · base 2024
Dec 20251.3%Final · base 2012
Nov 20250.7%Final · base 2012
Oct 20250.3%Final · base 2012
Sept 20251.4%Final · base 2012
Aug 20252.1%Final · base 2012
Jul 20251.6%Final · base 2012
Jun 20252.1%Final · base 2012
May 20252.8%Final · base 2012
Apr 20253.2%Final · base 2012
Mar 20253.3%Final · base 2012
Feb 20253.6%Final · base 2012
Jan 20254.3%Final · base 2012
Dec 20245.2%Final · base 2012
Nov 20245.5%Final · base 2012
Oct 20246.2%Final · base 2012
Sept 20245.5%Final · base 2012
Aug 20243.7%Final · base 2012
Jul 20243.6%Final · base 2012
Jun 20245.1%Final · base 2012
May 20244.8%Final · base 2012
Apr 20244.8%Final · base 2012
Mar 20244.9%Final · base 2012
Feb 20245.1%Final · base 2012
Jan 20245.1%Final · base 2012
Dec 20235.7%Final · base 2012
Nov 20235.6%Final · base 2012
Oct 20234.9%Final · base 2012
Sept 20235.0%Final · base 2012
Aug 20236.8%Final · base 2012
Jul 20237.4%Final · base 2012
Jun 20234.9%Final · base 2012
May 20234.3%Final · base 2012
Apr 20234.7%Final · base 2012
Mar 20235.7%Final · base 2012
Feb 20236.4%Final · base 2012
Jan 20236.5%Final · base 2012
Dec 20225.7%Final · base 2012
Nov 20225.9%Final · base 2012
Oct 20226.8%Final · base 2012
Sept 20227.4%Final · base 2012
Aug 20227.0%Final · base 2012
Jul 20226.7%Final · base 2012
Jun 20227.0%Final · base 2012
May 20227.0%Final · base 2012
Apr 20227.8%Final · base 2012
Mar 20227.0%Final · base 2012
Feb 20226.1%Final · base 2012
Jan 20226.0%Final · base 2012
Dec 20215.7%Final · base 2012
Nov 20214.9%Final · base 2012
Oct 20214.5%Final · base 2012
Sept 20214.4%Final · base 2012
Aug 20215.3%Final · base 2012
Jul 20215.6%Final · base 2012
Jun 20216.3%Final · base 2012
May 20216.3%Final · base 2012
Apr 20214.2%Final · base 2012
Mar 20215.5%Final · base 2012
Feb 20215.0%Final · base 2012
Jan 20214.1%Final · base 2012
Dec 20204.6%Final · base 2012
Nov 20206.9%Final · base 2012
Oct 20207.6%Final · base 2012
Sept 20207.3%Final · base 2012
Aug 20206.7%Final · base 2012
Jul 20206.7%Final · base 2012
Jun 20206.2%Final · base 2012
Mar 20205.8%Final · base 2012
Feb 20206.6%Final · base 2012
Jan 20207.6%Final · base 2012
Dec 20197.4%Final · base 2012
Nov 20195.5%Final · base 2012
Oct 20194.6%Final · base 2012
Sept 20194.0%Final · base 2012
Aug 20193.3%Final · base 2012
Jul 20193.2%Final · base 2012
Jun 20193.2%Final · base 2012
May 20193.1%Final · base 2012
Apr 20193.0%Final · base 2012
Mar 20192.9%Final · base 2012
Feb 20192.6%Final · base 2012
Jan 20192.0%Final · base 2012
Dec 20182.1%Final · base 2012
Nov 20182.3%Final · base 2012
Oct 20183.4%Final · base 2012
Sept 20183.7%Final · base 2012
Aug 20183.7%Final · base 2012
Jul 20184.2%Final · base 2012
Jun 20184.9%Final · base 2012
May 20184.9%Final · base 2012
Apr 20184.6%Final · base 2012
Mar 20184.3%Final · base 2012
Feb 20184.4%Final · base 2012
Jan 20185.1%Final · base 2012
Dec 20175.2%Final · base 2012
Nov 20174.9%Final · base 2012
Oct 20173.6%Final · base 2012
Sept 20173.3%Final · base 2012
Aug 20173.3%Final · base 2012
Jul 20172.4%Final · base 2012
Jun 20171.5%Final · base 2012
May 20172.2%Final · base 2012
Apr 20173.0%Final · base 2012
Mar 20173.9%Final · base 2012
Feb 20173.7%Final · base 2012
Jan 20173.2%Final · base 2012
Dec 20163.4%Final · base 2012
Nov 20163.6%Final · base 2012
Oct 20164.2%Final · base 2012
Sept 20164.4%Final · base 2012
Aug 20165.1%Final · base 2012
Jul 20166.1%Final · base 2012
Jun 20165.8%Final · base 2012
May 20165.8%Final · base 2012
Apr 20165.5%Final · base 2012
Mar 20164.8%Final · base 2012
Feb 20165.3%Final · base 2012
Jan 20165.7%Final · base 2012
Dec 20155.6%Final · base 2012
Nov 20155.4%Final · base 2012
Oct 20155.0%Final · base 2012
Sept 20154.4%Final · base 2012
Aug 20153.7%Final · base 2012
Jul 20153.7%Final · base 2012
Jun 20155.4%Final · base 2012
May 20155.0%Final · base 2012
Apr 20154.9%Final · base 2012
Mar 20155.3%Final · base 2012
Feb 20155.4%Final · base 2012
Jan 20155.2%Final · base 2012
Dec 20144.3%Final · base 2012
Nov 20143.3%Final · base 2012
Oct 20144.6%Final · base 2012
Sept 20145.6%Final · base 2012
Aug 20147.0%Final · base 2012
Jul 20147.4%Final · base 2012
Jun 20146.8%Final · base 2012
May 20148.3%Final · base 2012
Apr 20148.5%Final · base 2012
Mar 20148.3%Final · base 2012
Feb 20147.9%Final · base 2012
Jan 20148.6%Final · base 2012