GoI Releases Consumer Price Index For The Month Of August 2023

The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has released All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2012=100 and corresponding Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for Rural (R), Urban (U) and Combined (C) for the month of August 2023 (Provisional). CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both All India and all States/UTs have also been released.

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 2023, NSO collected prices from 99.6% villages and 98.3% urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 88.8% for rural and 91.3% for urban.

All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e. August 2023 over August 2022), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India year-on-year inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI: August 2023 over August 2022

 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 2023 over July 2023

           Note: Figures of August 2023 are provisional.

Next date of release for September 2023 CPI is 12^th October 2023 (Thursday). For more details please visit the website www.mospi.gov.in