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India March CPI inflation 3.40% vs 3.21% in February
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NEW DELHI – The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Monday released the latest inflation data based on the new CPI series, which has 2024 as the base year. The earlier series had 2012 as the base year for calculating price changes.
LATEST: The general CPI index was 104.8 in March, 0.3% higher than 104.6 in February. Inflation in March was 3.40%, up from 3.21% in February.
NEXT UPDATE: The government will detail CPI data for April on May 12.
NEW CPI SERIES
| INDEX NUMBER | INFLATION | |||
| Month | 2026 | 2025 | 2026 | |
| Jan | 104.5 | 101.7 | 2.74% | |
| Feb | 104.6 | 101.3 | 3.21% | |
| Mar | 104.8* | 101.4 | 3.40%* | |
| Apr | 101.6 | |||
| May | 101.9 | |||
| Jun | 102.5 | |||
| Jul | 103.4 | |||
| Aug | 103.7 | |||
| Sep | 103.7 | |||
| Oct | 103.7 | |||
| Nov | 104.0 | |||
| Dec | 104.1 | |||
Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
OLD CPI SERIES
| INDEX NUMBER | INFLATION RATE (%) | ||||||||||||
| Month | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
| Jan | 193.4 | 185.5 | 176.5 | 165.7 | 156.3 | 150.2 | 4.26 | 5.10 | 6.52 | 6.01 | 4.06 | 7.59 | |
| Feb | 192.5 | 185.8 | 176.8 | 166.1 | 156.6 | 149.1 | 3.61 | 5.09 | 6.44 | 6.07 | 5.03 | 6.58 | |
| Mar | 192.0 | 185.8 | 177.2 | 167.7 | 156.8 | 148.6 | 3.34 | 4.85 | 5.66 | 6.95 | 5.52 | 5.84 | |
| Apr | 192.6 | 186.7 | 178.1 | 170.1 | 157.8 | 151.4# | 3.16 | 4.83 | 4.70 | 7.79 | 4.23 | 7.22# | |
| May | 193.0 | 187.7 | 179.1 | 171.7 | 160.4 | 150.9# | 2.82 | 4.80 | 4.31 | 7.04 | 6.30 | 6.27# | |
| Jun | 194.2 | 190.2 | 181.0 | 172.6 | 161.3 | 151.8 | 2.10 | 5.08 | 4.87 | 7.01 | 6.26 | 6.23 | |
| Jul | 196.1 | 193.0 | 186.3 | 173.4 | 162.5 | 153.9 | 1.61 | 3.60 | 7.44 | 6.71 | 5.59 | 6.73 | |
| Aug | 197.0 | 193.0 | 186.2 | 174.3 | 162.9 | 154.7 | 2.07 | 3.65 | 6.83 | 7.00 | 5.30 | 6.69 | |
| Sep | 197.0 | 194.2 | 184.1 | 175.3 | 163.2 | 156.4 | 1.44 | 5.49 | 5.02 | 7.41 | 4.35 | 7.27 | |
| Oct | 197.3 | 196.8 | 185.3 | 176.7 | 165.5 | 158.4 | 0.25 | 6.21 | 4.87 | 6.77 | 4.48 | 7.61 | |
| Nov | 197.9 | 196.5 | 186.3 | 176.5 | 166.7 | 158.9 | 0.71 | 5.48 | 5.55 | 5.88 | 4.91 | 6.93 | |
| Dec | 198.0 | 195.4 | 185.7 | 175.7 | 166.2 | 157.3 | 1.33 | 5.22 | 5.69 | 5.72 | 5.66 | 4.59 | |
Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
"#Based on imputed data
*Provisional"
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Compiled by Shubham Rana
Filed by Vandana Hingorani
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