December 2024 CPI & Inflation Data
December 2024 CPI & Inflation Data
PRESS RELEASE
I. Key highlights:
1. Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of December
2024 over December 2023 is 5.22% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban
are 5.76% and 4.58%, respectively.
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2. Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of December
2024 over December, 2023 is 8.39% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rate for rural and urban are 8.65%
and 7.90%, respectively. All India inflation rates for CPI(General) and CFPI over the last 13 months are shown
below. It can be observed that after December 2023, inflation rate for both CPI(General) and CFPI were declining
till May 2024. The CPI(General) reached to its lowest point during this period in July 2024. However, the
CPI(General) and food inflation in December, 2024 is the lowest in last four months.
CPI(General) CFPI
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4. During the month of December, 2024 significant decline in inflation is observed in Vegetables, Pulses
& Products, Sugar and Confectionary, Personal care & effects, and Cereals and Products etc.
5. The top five items showing highest year on year Inflation at All India level in December 2024 are Peas
[Vegetables] (89.12%), Potato (68.23%), Garlic (58.17%), coconut oil (45.41%) and Cauliflower
(39.42%). The key items having lowest year on year inflation in December, 2024 are jeera (-34.69%),
ginger (-22.93%), dry chillies (-10.32%), LPG (excl. conveyance) (-9.29%). For other data related to
All India Item Index and Inflation, please visit the website www.cpi.mospi.gov.in
II. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e.
December 2024 over December 2023), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:
All India year-on-year inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI: December 2024 over
December 2023
December 2024 (Prov.) November 2024 (Final) December 2023
CPI (General)
5.76 4.58 5.22 5.95 4.89 5.48 5.93 5.46 5.69
Inflation
CFPI
8.65 7.90 8.39 9.10 8.74 9.04 9.03 10.42 9.53
CPI (General)
198.4 192.0 195.4 199.4 193.2 196.5 187.6 183.6 185.7
Index CFPI
204.7 210.3 206.7 207.4 214.0 209.8 188.4 194.9 190.7
Notes: Prov. – Provisional, Combd. – Combined
III. Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:
Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: December 2024 over November 2024
Indices December 2024 (Prov.) November 2024 (Final) Monthly change (%)
IV. 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 December 2024, NSO collected prices from 99.9% villages and
98.6%urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 89.5% for rural and 93.15%
for urban.
V. Next date of release for January 2025 CPI is 12th February 2025 (Wednesday). For more details, please visit
the website www.cpi.mospi.gov.in or esankhyiki.mospi.gov.in
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II All-India inflation rates (%) for General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers
for December 2024 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined (Annexure II)
III General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for November 2024 (Final) and
December 2024 (Provisional) (Annexure III)
IV Year-on-year inflation rates (%) of major States for Rural, Urban and Combined for
December 2024 (Provisional) (Annexure IV)
V Time Series Data for All India General CPI (Base 2012 =100) Since January 2013
(Annexure V)
VI
Time Series Data for All India Year-on-year inflation rates (%) based on General
CPI (Base 2012=100) Since January 2014 (Annexure VI)
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12)
Cereals and
1.1.01 186.2 198.9 6.82 185.6 196.5 5.87 186.0 198.1 6.51
products
1.1.02 Meat and fish 208.0 219.2 5.38 217.5 228.7 5.15 211.3 222.5 5.30
1.1.03 Egg 197.1 209.8 6.44 200.8 215.7 7.42 198.5 212.1 6.85
1.1.04 Milk and products 182.4 187.3 2.69 182.5 187.9 2.96 182.4 187.5 2.80
1.1.05 Oils and fats 162.4 189.0 16.38 156.7 174.5 11.36 160.3 183.7 14.60
1.1.06 Fruits 172.6 188.8 9.39 178.9 192.3 7.49 175.5 190.4 8.49
1.1.07 Vegetables 188.4 242.4 28.66 234.6 289.4 23.36 204.1 258.3 26.56
Pulses and
1.1.08 204.2 212.4 4.02 210.1 217.4 3.47 206.2 214.1 3.83
products
Sugar and
1.1.09 130.2 130.1 -0.08 131.4 132.7 0.99 130.6 131.0 0.31
Confectionery
1.1.10 Spices 249.1 229.1 -8.03 238.7 224.1 -6.12 245.6 227.4 -7.41
Non-alcoholic
1.2.11 182.0 186.8 2.64 169.2 175.5 3.72 176.7 182.1 3.06
beverages
Prepared meals,
1.1.12 194.3 201.1 3.50 202.4 211.7 4.59 198.1 206.0 3.99
snacks, sweets etc.
Food and
1 188.8 203.9 8.00 195.3 209.4 7.22 191.2 205.9 7.69
beverages
Pan, tobacco and
2 203.1 208.6 2.71 208.4 212.2 1.82 204.5 209.6 2.49
intoxicants
3.1.01 Clothing 194.8 200.3 2.82 184.8 190.0 2.81 190.9 196.2 2.78
3.1.02 Footwear 190.3 193.6 1.73 171.2 175.6 2.57 182.4 186.1 2.03
Clothing and
3 194.1 199.4 2.73 182.7 187.8 2.79 189.6 194.8 2.74
footwear
4 Housing - - - 176.9 181.7 2.71 176.9 181.7 2.71
5 Fuel and light 183.1 182.2 -0.49 175.5 170.4 -2.91 180.2 177.7 -1.39
Household goods
6.1.01 182.5 186.9 2.41 172.7 178.3 3.24 177.9 182.8 2.75
and services
6.1.02 Health 192.5 200.2 4.00 186.8 194.5 4.12 190.3 198.0 4.05
Transport and
6.1.03 171.8 176.7 2.85 161.9 165.8 2.41 166.6 171.0 2.64
communication
Recreation and
6.1.04 177.0 181.5 2.54 171.9 176.7 2.79 174.1 178.8 2.70
amusement
6.1.05 Education 185.3 192.2 3.72 180.5 187.8 4.04 182.5 189.6 3.89
Personal care and
6.1.06 188.1 206.2 9.62 189.4 208.0 9.82 188.6 206.9 9.70
effects
6 Miscellaneous 183.0 190.8 4.26 174.8 182.0 4.12 179.0 186.5 4.19
General Index (All Groups) 187.6 198.4 5.76 183.6 192.0 4.58 185.7 195.4 5.22
Consumer Food Price Index 188.4 204.7 8.65 194.9 210.3 7.90 190.7 206.7 8.39
Notes:
1. Prov. : Provisional.
2. - : CPI (Rural) for housing is not compiled.
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 Andhra Pradesh 5.40 200.7 199.5 3.64 200.6 199.4 4.58 200.7 199.5
2 Arunachal Pradesh 0.14 200.8 199.1 0.06 -- -- 0.10 200.8 199.1
3 Assam 2.63 199.6 200.2 0.79 197.7 196.8 1.77 199.2 199.5
4 Bihar 8.21 197.0 195.7 1.62 204.2 203.2 5.14 198.1 196.8
5 Chhattisgarh 1.68 195.2 193.1 1.22 187.6 186.1 1.46 192.3 190.4
6 Delhi 0.28 176.7 176.5 5.64 174.2 171.2 2.77 174.3 171.5
7 Goa 0.14 183.1 183.6 0.25 181.4 182.1 0.19 182.1 182.7
8 Gujarat 4.54 194.4 193.4 6.82 184.9 182.8 5.60 189.0 187.4
9 Haryana 3.30 200.9 200.4 3.35 186.1 186.3 3.32 194.0 193.8
10 Himachal Pradesh 1.03 183.6 182.9 0.26 188.2 187.4 0.67 184.4 183.7
11 Jharkhand 1.96 193.8 191.5 1.39 196.3 193.6 1.69 194.8 192.3
12 Karnataka 5.09 200.2 200.2 6.81 201.5 200.9 5.89 200.9 200.6
13 Kerala 5.50 203.5 204.0 3.46 198.9 199.1 4.55 201.9 202.3
14 Madhya Pradesh 4.93 198.2 196.5 3.97 198.1 196.1 4.48 198.2 196.3
15 Maharashtra 8.25 197.7 196.3 18.86 189.0 188.2 13.18 191.9 190.9
16 Manipur 0.23 239.2 239.4 0.12 195.1 193.0 0.18 225.2 224.7
17 Meghalaya 0.28 179.3 179.5 0.15 185.0 187.2 0.22 181.1 181.9
18 Mizoram 0.07 207.7 207.7 0.13 182.9 183.1 0.10 192.6 192.7
19 Nagaland 0.14 202.0 202.5 0.12 186.9 187.7 0.13 195.6 196.2
20 Odisha 2.93 205.0 204.9 1.31 192.5 191.8 2.18 201.5 201.2
21 Punjab 3.31 191.4 191.2 3.09 183.2 181.8 3.21 187.7 187.0
22 Rajasthan 6.63 194.8 193.5 4.23 192.4 191.4 5.51 193.9 192.8
23 Sikkim 0.06 205.8 205.9 0.03 191.1 189.9 0.05 201.0 200.7
24 Tamil Nadu 5.55 202.8 204.2 9.20 200.7 200.8 7.25 201.6 202.2
25 Telangana 3.16 210.6 207.3 4.41 203.1 200.2 3.74 206.5 203.4
26 Tripura 0.35 217.2 216.5 0.14 211.0 207.7 0.25 215.6 214.2
27 Uttar Pradesh 14.83 200.2 198.6 9.54 194.6 193.7 12.37 198.2 196.8
28 Uttarakhand 1.06 191.1 190.8 0.73 197.1 195.8 0.91 193.3 192.7
29 West Bengal 6.99 203.6 201.9 7.20 197.6 195.1 7.09 200.8 198.7
Andaman & Nicobar
30 0.05 204.2 206.1 0.07 189.0 192.0 0.06 196.5 198.9
Islands
31 Chandigarh 0.02 196.7 195.8 0.34 181.8 181.1 0.17 182.6 181.9
Dadra & Nagar
32 0.02 185.2 183.9 0.04 190.8 190.5 0.03 188.9 188.3
Haveli
33 Daman & Diu 0.02 203.5 200.7 0.02 191.1 190.3 0.02 198.3 196.3
34 Jammu & Kashmir* 1.14 205.7 205.8 0.72 200.7 199.5 0.94 203.9 203.6
35 Lakshadweep 0.01 199.5 199.9 0.01 188.1 190.8 0.01 193.7 195.2
36 Puducherry 0.08 210.5 210.8 0.27 199.4 199.4 0.17 202.2 202.3
All India 100.00 199.4 198.4 100.00 193.2 192.0 100.00 196.5 195.4
Notes:
1. Prov.: Provisional
2. --: indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not compiled.
3. *: 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).
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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11)
1 Andhra Pradesh 190.9 199.5 4.50 191.7 199.4 4.02 191.2 199.5 4.34
2 Assam 189.6 200.2 5.59 186.8 196.8 5.35 189.0 199.5 5.56
3 Bihar 182.4 195.7 7.29 188.9 203.2 7.57 183.3 196.8 7.36
4 Chhattisgarh 177.8 193.1 8.61 175.5 186.1 6.04 176.9 190.4 7.63
5 Delhi 169.9 176.5 3.88 167.2 171.2 2.39 167.3 171.5 2.51
6 Gujarat 184.3 193.4 4.94 174.3 182.8 4.88 178.6 187.4 4.93
7 Haryana 187.3 200.4 6.99 177.5 186.3 4.96 182.7 193.8 6.08
8 Himachal Pradesh 174.2 182.9 4.99 178.5 187.4 4.99 175.0 183.7 4.97
9 Jharkhand 183.8 191.5 4.19 184.4 193.6 4.99 184.0 192.3 4.51
10 Karnataka 190.2 200.2 5.26 191.3 200.9 5.02 190.8 200.6 5.14
11 Kerala 190.8 204.0 6.92 189.1 199.1 5.29 190.2 202.3 6.36
12 Madhya Pradesh 184.5 196.5 6.50 187.6 196.1 4.53 185.8 196.3 5.65
13 Maharashtra 189.0 196.3 3.86 180.3 188.2 4.38 183.2 190.9 4.20
14 Odisha 190.1 204.9 7.79 183.1 191.8 4.75 188.1 201.2 6.96
15 Punjab 180.9 191.2 5.69 174.4 181.8 4.24 178.0 187.0 5.06
16 Rajasthan 185.0 193.5 4.59 183.8 191.4 4.13 184.6 192.8 4.44
17 Tamil Nadu 193.3 204.2 5.64 191.4 200.8 4.91 192.2 202.2 5.20
18 Telangana 201.0 207.3 3.13 194.0 200.2 3.20 197.2 203.4 3.14
19 Uttar Pradesh 185.8 198.6 6.89 184.2 193.7 5.16 185.2 196.8 6.26
20 Uttarakhand 180.3 190.8 5.82 184.0 195.8 6.41 181.7 192.7 6.05
21 West Bengal 191.5 201.9 5.43 187.5 195.1 4.05 189.6 198.7 4.80
22 Jammu & Kashmir* 194.0 205.8 6.08 191.5 199.5 4.18 193.1 203.6 5.44
All India 187.6 198.4 5.76 183.6 192.0 4.58 185.7 195.4 5.22
Notes:
1. Prov. : Provisional.
2. * : 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).
3. @ : States having population more than 50 lakhs as per Population Census 2011.
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Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2013 104.6 105.3 105.5 106.1 106.9 109.3 111.0 112.4 113.7 114.8 116.3 114.5
2014 113.6 113.6 114.2 115.1 115.8 116.7 119.2 120.3 120.1 120.1 120.1 119.4
2015 119.5 119.7 120.2 120.7 121.6 123.0 123.6 124.8 125.4 126.1 126.6 126.1
2016 126.3 126.0 126.0 127.3 128.6 130.1 131.1 131.1 130.9 131.4 131.2 130.4
2017 130.3 130.6 130.9 131.1 131.4 132.0 134.2 135.4 135.2 136.1 137.6 137.2
2018 136.9 136.4 136.5 137.1 137.8 138.5 139.8 140.4 140.2 140.7 140.8 140.1
2019 139.6 139.9 140.4 141.2 142.0 142.9 144.2 145.0 145.8 147.2 148.6 150.4
2020 150.2 149.1 148.6 151.4 150.9 151.8 153.9 154.7 156.4 158.4 158.9 157.3
2021 156.3 156.6 156.8 157.8 160.4 161.3 162.5 162.9 163.2 165.5 166.7 166.2
2022 165.7 166.1 167.7 170.1 171.7 172.6 173.4 174.3 175.3 176.7 176.5 175.7
2023 176.5 176.8 177.2 178.1 179.1 181.0 186.3 186.2 184.1 185.3 186.3 185.7
2024 185.5 185.8 185.8 186.7 187.7 190.2 193.0 193.0 194.2 196.8 196.5 195.4 *
Notes:
1. * : Index Value for December 2024 is Provisional.
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Time Series Data for All India Year-on-year inflation rates (%) based on General CPI (Base 2012=100)
Since January 2014
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2014 8.60 7.88 8.25 8.48 8.33 6.77 7.39 7.03 5.63 4.62 3.27 4.28
2015 5.19 5.37 5.25 4.87 5.01 5.40 3.69 3.74 4.41 5.00 5.41 5.61
2016 5.69 5.26 4.83 5.47 5.76 5.77 6.07 5.05 4.39 4.20 3.63 3.41
2017 3.17 3.65 3.89 2.99 2.18 1.46 2.36 3.28 3.28 3.58 4.88 5.21
2018 5.07 4.44 4.28 4.58 4.87 4.92 4.17 3.69 3.70 3.38 2.33 2.11
2019 1.97 2.57 2.86 2.99 3.05 3.18 3.15 3.28 3.99 4.62 5.54 7.35
2020 7.59 6.58 5.84 - - 6.23 6.73 6.69 7.27 7.61 6.93 4.59
2021 4.06 5.03 5.52 4.23 6.30 6.26 5.59 5.30 4.35 4.48 4.91 5.66
2022 6.01 6.07 6.95 7.79 7.04 7.01 6.71 7.00 7.41 6.77 5.88 5.72
2023 6.52 6.44 5.66 4.70 4.31 4.87 7.44 6.83 5.02 4.87 5.55 5.69
2024 5.10 5.09 4.85 4.83 4.80 5.08 3.60 3.65 5.49 6.21 5.48 5.22 *
Notes:
1. * : Inflation Value for December 2024 is Provisional.
2. - : Inflation was not compiled and released due to Covid-19 pandemic outbreak.
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