Retail inflation crosses 6% mark

In October, y-on-y food inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, was 8.94%

GN Bureau | November 12, 2026


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Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index for October has reached 6.09%, whereas year-on-year food inflation, based on Consumer Food Price Index, for October is 8.94%, an official release said on Thursday.
 
Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) with base year 2024 for October, 2026 over October, 2025 is 6.09%(Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 6.63% and 5.41%, respectively.
 
Food Inflation
Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of October, 2026 over October, 2025 is 8.94% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 9.09% and 8.68%, respectively.
 
Top 5 key items with low inflation at All India combined level in October, 2026 are: potato, cauliflower, coconut, brinjal and cabbage.

Top 5 key items with high inflation at All India combined level in October, 2026 are onion, garlic, silver jewellery, ginger and lemon.
 
State level Indices
Top five States (having more than 50 lakh population as per Census 2011) with high headline and food Inflation in October, 2026 are:
 
Tamil Nadu: 7.29
Telangana: 7.26
Andhra Pradesh: 7.25
Madhya Pradesh: 7.19
Odisha: 7.17
 
Response Rate
Real time price data are collected from selected 1407 urban markets (including online markets) and 1465 villages covering all states/UTs through personal visits by field staff of Field Operations Division of NSO, MoSPI on a weekly roster. During October 2026, the response rate was 100% in both rural and urban markets, the release said.

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