I. Key highlights:

1. Year-on-year inflation rate (3.65%) based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of August, 2024, is second lowest in the last five years. Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are4.16%and3.14%, respectively.

1. Decline in inflation is observed in the subgroups of ‘Spices’, ‘Meat and Fish’ and ‘Pulses and products’ etc.
2. Food inflation for August 2024 is the second lowest since June, 2023. Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) number is 5.66% (Provisional) for the month of August, 2024. Corresponding inflation rate for rural and urban is 6.02% and 4.99%, respectively.
3. At item level, ‘tomato’ has exhibited the lowest year on year inflation (-47.91%) as well as lowest MoM change in index (-28.8%).
All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e.

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

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

2023

		August 2024 (Prov.)			July 2024 (Final)			August2023
		Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.
Inflation	CPI (General)	4.16	3.14	3.65	4.10	3.03	3.60	7.02	6.59	6.83
Inflation	CFPI	6.02	4.99	5.66	5.89	4.63	5.42	9.67	10.42	9.94
Index	CPI (General)	195.4	190.3	193.0	195.3	190.3	193.0	187.6	184.5	186.2
Index	CFPI	200.8	208.1	203.4	201.3	210.0	204.3	189.4	198.2	192.5

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: August 2024 over July 2024

Indices	August 2024 (Prov.)			July 2024 (Final)			Monthly change (%)
Indices	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.	Rural	Urban	Combd.
CPI (General)	195.4	190.3	193.0	195.3	190.3	193.0	0.05	0.00	0.00
CFPI	200.8	208.1	203.4	201.3	210.0	204.3	-0.25	-0.90	-0.44

Note: Figures of August 2024 are provisional.

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 August 2024, NSO collected prices from 100.0% villages and 98.6% urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 88.3% for rural and 92.4% for urban.
Next date of release for September 2024 CPI is 14^thOctober 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 July 2024 (final) and August 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined.
II	All-India inflation rates (%) for General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for August 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined
III	General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for July 2024(Final) and August 2024 (Provisional)
IV	Year-on-year inflation rates (%) of major States for Rural, Urban and Combined for August 2024 (Provisional)

Annex I

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

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Weights	July 24 Index (Final)	Aug. 24 Index (Prov.)	Weights	July 24 Index (Final)	Aug. 24 Index (Prov.)	Weights	July 24 Index (Final)	Aug. 24 Index (Prov.)
*(1)*	*(2)*	*(3)*	*(4)*	*(5)*	*(6)*	*(7)*	*(8)*	*(9)*	*(10)*	*(11)*	*(12)*
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	12.35	191.4	192.6	6.59	191.2	191.9	9.67	191.3	192.4
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	4.38	227.1	220.1	2.73	237.4	229.1	3.61	230.7	223.3
	1.1.03	Egg	0.49	192.5	188.1	0.36	197.2	190.7	0.43	194.3	189.1
	1.1.04	Milk and products	7.72	185.6	186.3	5.33	186.6	187.1	6.61	186.0	186.6
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	4.21	163.4	164.0	2.81	157.1	157.1	3.56	161.1	161.5
	1.1.06	Fruits	2.88	181.4	186.1	2.90	192.4	197.4	2.89	186.5	191.4
	1.1.07	Vegetables	7.46	248.8	245.0	4.41	303.4	291.0	6.04	267.3	260.6
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	2.95	211.5	212.5	1.73	218.0	219.0	2.38	213.7	214.7
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	1.70	130.4	130.7	0.97	132.3	132.7	1.36	131.0	131.4
	1.1.10	Spices	3.11	229.4	229.5	1.79	225.0	224.9	2.50	227.9	228.0
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	1.37	183.0	183.8	1.13	172.1	172.8	1.26	178.4	179.2
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	5.56	197.6	198.5	5.54	207.2	208.3	5.55	202.1	203.0
1		Food and beverages	54.18	200.4	200.2	36.29	208.3	207.0	45.86	203.3	202.7
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	3.26	206.5	206.8	1.36	212.9	213.1	2.38	208.2	208.5
	3.1.01	Clothing	6.32	197.5	198.0	4.72	187.6	188.1	5.58	193.6	194.1
	3.1.02	Footwear	1.04	191.8	192.3	0.85	173.8	174.1	0.95	184.3	184.7
3		Clothing and footwear	7.36	196.7	197.2	5.57	185.5	186.0	6.53	192.3	192.8
4		Housing	–	–	–	21.67	180.0	181.1	10.07	180.0	181.1
5		Fuel and light	7.94	180.0	180.8	5.58	169.5	169.8	6.84	176.0	176.6
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	3.75	184.3	184.9	3.87	175.6	176.4	3.80	180.2	180.9
	6.1.02	Health	6.83	196.5	197.3	4.81	191.4	192.2	5.89	194.6	195.4
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	7.60	175.5	176.0	9.73	164.8	165.3	8.59	169.9	170.4
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	1.37	179.0	179.6	2.04	174.2	174.8	1.68	176.3	176.9
	6.1.05	Education	3.46	190.6	191.7	5.62	185.0	186.2	4.46	187.3	188.5
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	4.25	199.8	199.0	3.47	201.3	200.9	3.89	200.4	199.8
6		Miscellaneous	27.26	187.9	188.3	29.53	179.3	180.0	28.32	183.7	184.3
General Index (All Groups)			100.00	195.3	195.4	100.00	190.3	190.3	100.00	193.0	193.0
Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)			47.25	201.3	200.8	29.62	210.0	208.1	39.06	204.3	203.4

Notes:

Prov. : Provisional.
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.’.
– : 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 August 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

(Base: 2012=100)

Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Rural			Urban			Combined
Group Code	Sub-group Code	Description	Aug.23 Index (Final)	Aug. 24 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Aug.23 Index (Final)	Aug.24 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Aug. 23 Index (Final)	Aug. 24 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
*(1)*	*(2)*	*(3)*	*(4)*	*(5)*	*(6)*	*(7)*	*(8)*	*(9)*	*(10)*	*(11)*	*(12)*
	1.1.01	Cereals and products	179.0	192.6	7.60	179.8	191.9	6.73	179.3	192.4	7.31
	1.1.02	Meat and fish	211.1	220.1	4.26	219.7	229.1	4.28	214.1	223.3	4.30
	1.1.03	Egg	174.2	188.1	7.98	180.1	190.7	5.89	176.5	189.1	7.14
	1.1.04	Milk and products	181.2	186.3	2.81	181.1	187.1	3.31	181.2	186.6	2.98
	1.1.05	Oils and fats	165.2	164.0	-0.73	159.0	157.1	-1.19	162.9	161.5	-0.86
	1.1.06	Fruits	174.2	186.1	6.83	186.2	197.4	6.02	179.8	191.4	6.45
	1.1.07	Vegetables	216.4	245.0	13.22	272.3	291.0	6.87	235.4	260.6	10.71
	1.1.08	Pulses and products	187.8	212.5	13.15	191.5	219.0	14.36	189.0	214.7	13.60
	1.1.09	Sugar and Confectionery	124.8	130.7	4.73	127.0	132.7	4.49	125.5	131.4	4.70
	1.1.10	Spices	242.1	229.5	-5.20	231.4	224.9	-2.81	238.5	228.0	-4.40
	1.2.11	Non-alcoholic beverages	180.3	183.8	1.94	167.7	172.8	3.04	175.0	179.2	2.40
	1.1.12	Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.	192.9	198.5	2.90	200.0	208.3	4.15	196.2	203.0	3.47
1		Food and beverages	189.5	200.2	5.65	197.6	207.0	4.76	192.5	202.7	5.30
2		Pan, tobacco and intoxicants	201.7	206.8	2.53	206.7	213.1	3.10	203.0	208.5	2.71
	3.1.01	Clothing	192.9	198.0	2.64	182.8	188.1	2.90	188.9	194.1	2.75
	3.1.02	Footwear	189.1	192.3	1.69	169.7	174.1	2.59	181.0	184.7	2.04
3		Clothing and footwear	192.3	197.2	2.55	180.8	186.0	2.88	187.7	192.8	2.72
4		Housing	–	–	–	176.4	181.1	2.66	176.4	181.1	2.66
5		Fuel and light	185.9	180.8	-2.74	187.4	169.8	-9.39	186.5	176.6	-5.31
	6.1.01	Household goods and services	181.3	184.9	1.99	171.3	176.4	2.98	176.6	180.9	2.43
	6.1.02	Health	189.8	197.3	3.95	184.3	192.2	4.29	187.7	195.4	4.10
	6.1.03	Transport and communication	171.1	176.0	2.86	161.2	165.3	2.54	165.9	170.4	2.71
	6.1.04	Recreation and amusement	175.6	179.6	2.28	170.8	174.8	2.34	172.9	176.9	2.31
	6.1.05	Education	184.5	191.7	3.90	179.8	186.2	3.56	181.7	188.5	3.74
	6.1.06	Personal care and effects	184.7	199.0	7.74	185.7	200.9	8.19	185.1	199.8	7.94
6		Miscellaneous	181.2	188.3	3.92	173.4	180.0	3.81	177.4	184.3	3.89
General Index (All Groups)			187.6	195.4	4.16	184.5	190.3	3.14	186.2	193.0	3.65
Consumer Food Price Index			189.4	200.8	6.02	198.2	208.1	4.99	192.5	203.4	5.66

Notes:

Prov. : Provisional.
– : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.

Annex III

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

(Base: 2012=100)

Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	Weights	July 24 Index (Final)	Aug. 24 Index (Prov.)	Weights	July 24 Index (Final)	Aug. 24 Index (Prov.)	Weights	July 24 Index (Final)	Aug. 24 Index (Prov.)
*(1)*	*(2)*	*(3)*	*(4)*	*(5)*	*(6)*	*(7)*	*(8)*	*(9)*	*(10)*	*(11)*
1	Andhra Pradesh	5.40	198.7	196.6	3.64	198.0	197.0	4.58	198.4	196.7
2	Arunachal Pradesh	0.14	196.2	197.6	0.06	—	—	0.10	196.2	197.6
3	Assam	2.63	196.3	197.1	0.79	191.6	193.2	1.77	195.3	196.3
4	Bihar	8.21	190.4	192.4	1.62	197.3	199.1	5.14	191.4	193.4
5	Chhattisgarh	1.68	186.0	188.3	1.22	182.2	183.3	1.46	184.5	186.4
6	Delhi	0.28	173.2	174.0	5.64	173.7	174.6	2.77	173.7	174.6
7	Goa	0.14	177.5	179.9	0.25	178.7	179.8	0.19	178.2	179.8
8	Gujarat	4.54	190.8	190.8	6.82	182.0	182.3	5.60	185.8	186.0
9	Haryana	3.30	197.6	198.1	3.35	185.6	185.2	3.32	192.0	192.1
10	Himachal Pradesh	1.03	180.5	181.0	0.26	183.6	184.9	0.67	181.1	181.7
11	Jharkhand	1.96	187.2	189.3	1.39	192.4	192.9	1.69	189.2	190.7
12	Karnataka	5.09	196.8	195.3	6.81	198.4	197.8	5.89	197.7	196.6
13	Kerala	5.50	200.5	199.1	3.46	196.5	196.1	4.55	199.1	198.0
14	Madhya Pradesh	4.93	192.3	192.3	3.97	193.9	193.9	4.48	193.0	193.0
15	Maharashtra	8.25	193.8	193.2	18.86	185.7	185.8	13.18	188.4	188.3
16	Manipur	0.23	221.7	225.0	0.12	187.0	188.3	0.18	210.7	213.4
17	Meghalaya	0.28	176.7	177.3	0.15	182.9	183.5	0.22	178.6	179.2
18	Mizoram	0.07	204.8	206.2	0.13	178.5	179.3	0.10	188.8	189.8
19	Nagaland	0.14	198.4	200.2	0.12	182.7	184.1	0.13	191.7	193.4
20	Odisha	2.93	200.3	201.7	1.31	190.2	191.3	2.18	197.5	198.8
21	Punjab	3.31	186.9	188.6	3.09	180.2	180.7	3.21	183.9	185.1
22	Rajasthan	6.63	191.0	191.5	4.23	190.7	191.0	5.51	190.9	191.3
23	Sikkim	0.06	201.9	202.3	0.03	190.2	189.3	0.05	198.1	198.1
24	Tamil Nadu	5.55	200.4	199.1	9.20	198.5	196.9	7.25	199.3	197.8
25	Telangana	3.16	207.8	205.2	4.41	200.5	198.7	3.74	203.8	201.6
26	Tripura	0.35	210.6	218.0	0.14	202.8	206.3	0.25	208.6	215.0
27	Uttar Pradesh	14.83	196.0	196.7	9.54	192.0	192.7	12.37	194.6	195.3
28	Uttarakhand	1.06	189.8	188.1	0.73	191.2	192.8	0.91	190.3	189.9
29	West Bengal	6.99	200.1	200.1	7.20	193.7	193.8	7.09	197.1	197.1
30	Andaman & Nicobar Islands	0.05	207.2	201.9	0.07	187.9	185.1	0.06	197.4	193.4
31	Chandigarh	0.02	190.1	190.6	0.34	178.1	179.5	0.17	178.8	180.1
32	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	0.02	184.7	183.3	0.04	189.8	188.8	0.03	188.1	187.0
33	Daman & Diu	0.02	197.6	195.4	0.02	188.5	188.5	0.02	193.8	192.5
34	Jammu & Kashmir*	1.14	200.4	201.7	0.72	195.5	197.3	0.94	198.7	200.1
35	Lakshadweep	0.01	202.1	202.4	0.01	187.8	182.3	0.01	194.8	192.1
36	Puducherry	0.08	203.4	203.0	0.27	196.0	195.3	0.17	197.9	197.3
All India		100.00	195.3	195.4	100.00	190.3	190.3	100.00	193.0	193.0

Notes:

Prov.: Provisional
–: indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.
*: 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 August 2024 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	Rural			Urban			Combined
Sl. No.	Name of the State/UT	Aug.23 Index (Final)	Aug. 24 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Aug.23 Index (Final)	Aug. 24 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)	Aug.23 Index (Final)	Aug. 24 Index (Prov.)	Inflation Rate (%)
*(1)*	*(2)*	*(3)*	*(4)*	*(5)*	*(6)*	*(7)*	*(8)*	*(9)*	*(10)*	*(11)*
1	Andhra Pradesh	190.6	196.6	3.15	191.9	197.0	2.66	191.1	196.7	2.93
2	Assam	187.4	197.1	5.18	184.8	193.2	4.55	186.9	196.3	5.03
3	Bihar	180.2	192.4	6.77	188.6	199.1	5.57	181.4	193.4	6.62
4	Chhattisgarh	179.9	188.3	4.67	179.0	183.3	2.40	179.6	186.4	3.79
5	Delhi	170.0	174.0	2.35	170.3	174.6	2.52	170.3	174.6	2.52
6	Gujarat	184.9	190.8	3.19	176.3	182.3	3.40	180.0	186.0	3.33
7	Haryana	189.4	198.1	4.59	178.9	185.2	3.52	184.5	192.1	4.12
8	Himachal Pradesh	175.8	181.0	2.96	182.2	184.9	1.48	177.0	181.7	2.66
9	Jharkhand	184.4	189.3	2.66	187.0	192.9	3.16	185.4	190.7	2.86
10	Karnataka	188.7	195.3	3.50	192.7	197.8	2.65	190.9	196.6	2.99
11	Kerala	191.2	199.1	4.13	188.5	196.1	4.03	190.2	198.0	4.10
12	Madhya Pradesh	185.2	192.3	3.83	189.5	193.9	2.32	187.0	193.0	3.21
13	Maharashtra	188.3	193.2	2.60	179.2	185.8	3.68	182.2	188.3	3.35
14	Odisha	189.8	201.7	6.27	183.9	191.3	4.02	188.2	198.8	5.63
15	Punjab	182.5	188.6	3.34	176.5	180.7	2.38	179.8	185.1	2.95
16	Rajasthan	185.6	191.5	3.18	185.7	191.0	2.85	185.6	191.3	3.07
17	Tamil Nadu	192.1	199.1	3.64	191.3	196.9	2.93	191.6	197.8	3.24
18	Telangana	200.9	205.2	2.14	194.9	198.7	1.95	197.6	201.6	2.02
19	Uttar Pradesh	186.1	196.7	5.70	186.5	192.7	3.32	186.2	195.3	4.89
20	Uttarakhand	183.9	188.1	2.28	188.3	192.8	2.39	185.5	189.9	2.37
21	West Bengal	192.6	200.1	3.89	187.5	193.8	3.36	190.2	197.1	3.63
22	Jammu & Kashmir*	193.5	201.7	4.24	194.0	197.3	1.70	193.7	200.1	3.30
All India		187.6	195.4	4.16	184.5	190.3	3.14	186.2	193.0	3.65

Notes:

Prov. : Provisional.
* : 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).
^@ : States having population more than 50 lakhs as per Population Census 2011.

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