The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) is releasing 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 March 2024 (Provisional) in this press note. CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both all India State/UTs are also being 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 operation division of NSO, MoSPI on a weekly roster During the month of March 2024, NSO collected prices from 99.8% villages and 98.5% urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therin were 89.6% for rural and 93.2% for urban.
All India inflation rates (on point to point base I.e current month over same month of last year I.e March 2024 over March 2023), based on general indices and CFPIs are given as follows. To know more details visit the official website. Also follow manabadi.online web portal for latest news (Sports, Politics, Education).