Key data points
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Observation period
Oct 2024
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Forecast
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Highest
12.17 % on Nov 30, 2013
Lowest
1.54 % on Jun 30, 2017
About India inflation rate YoY
In India, the most important category in the consumer price index is Food and beverages (45.86 percent of total weight), of which Cereals and products (9.67 percent), Milk and products (6.61 percent), Vegetables (6.04 percent), Prepared meals, snacks, sweets, etc. (5.55 percent), Meat and fish (3.61 percent), and Oils and fats (3.56 percent). Miscellaneous accounts for 28.32 percent, of which Transport and communication (8.59 percent), health (5.89 percent), and education (4.46 percent). Housing accounts for 10.07 percent; Fuel and light for 6.84 percent; Clothing and footwear for 6.53 percent; and Pan, tobacco and intoxicants for 2.38 percent. Consumer price changes in India can be very volatile due to dependence on energy imports, the uncertain impact of monsoon rains on its large farm sector, difficulties transporting food items to market because of its poor roads and infrastructure and high fiscal deficit. In 2013, the consumer price index replaced the wholesale price index (WPI) as a main measure of inflation.
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Frequently Asked Questions
The highest figure India inflation rate YoY has ever reached is 12.17%.
The lowest ever India inflation rate YoY is 1.54%.
Last month India inflation rate YoY was 6.21%, and the month before that it amounted to 5.49%.