Retail inflation rises to 6.09% in October as food prices climb 8.94%

Retail inflation rose to 6.09% in October from 5.54% in September, driven by food prices, according to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Thursday. The figure is provisional.

Food inflation, measured by the Consumer Food Price Index, jumped to 8.94% from 7.74% a month earlier.

Rural and urban

• Rural inflation was 6.63%, up from 6.08% in September.
• Urban inflation was 5.41%, up from 4.88%.
• Rural food inflation was 9.09% and urban food inflation 8.68%.

The all-India CPI index stood at 110.05, up from 109.49 in September. The index uses 2024 as the base year (2024=100).

What got dearer, what got cheaper

The five items with the highest annual inflation in October were:

Item	September	October
Onion	108.13%	116.22%
Garlic	54.62%	60.74%
Silver jewellery	87.82%	52.39%
Ginger	62.85%	48.32%
Lemon	36.41%	47.30%

Prices fell the most for potato (down 14.24%), cauliflower (down 10.57%), coconut (down 5.60%), brinjal (down 3.34%) and cabbage (down 1.92%) from a year earlier.

How the data is collected

Price data are collected from 1,407 urban markets, including online markets, and 1,465 villages across all states and Union territories, with a 100% response rate in October. The CPI for November will be released on 14 December. State- and item-wise indices are available on MoSPI's eSankhyiki portal.

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Source: official release by the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, issued through the Press Information Bureau, Government of India (12 NOV 2026 4:00PM by PIB Delhi). Read the full official text: PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR OCTOBER, 2026.