Under the new arrangement, the base year has been revised from 2012 to 2024 using Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24. Further, now there are 12 Divisions in place of 6 Groups in accordance to Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP) 2018. The year-
According to the National Statistical Office (NSO), CPI-Combined inflation stood at 1.54 per cent and 9.05 per cent respectively in India and Kerala, in September 2025. In Kerala, rural inflation is higher than urban inflation in September 2025.
The data indicates differentiated inflation rates for rural and urban areas, with rural inflation at 5.28 per cent and urban inflation at 4.15 per cent.
Sinha and Jasrai stated, "March 2024 retail inflation at 4.85 per cent was 10 months low and was on expected lines. Retail inflation now for 54 consecutive months and 18 quarters is higher than the RBI inflation target of 4.0 per cent. While the headline inflation is trending downwards, the
India's retail inflation declined to 4.85 per cent in March compared to 5.09 per cent in February this year, according to government data released on Friday
According to the data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, rural inflation stood at 5.51 per cent while urban inflation was at 5.89 per cent in March. In February this year, it was 6.72 per cent and 6.10 per cent for rural and urban inflation respectively.<
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): Retail inflation in India rose to 6.07 per cent in February, the highest level in eight months, due to a sharp increase in the prices in rural areas, the government data showed on Monday.