Inflation at 5.66% in March 2023

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICE

 

PRESS RELEASE

Dated the 12th April 2023 22, Chaitra, Saka 1945

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS ON BASE 2012=100 FOR RURAL, URBAN AND COMBINED FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2023

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 2023 (Provisional) in this press note. CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both All India and all States/UTs are also being released.

  1. 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 March 2023, NSO collected prices from 100% villages and 98.5% urban Markets while the Market-wise prices reported therein were 4% for rural and 93.4% for urban.
  2. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e. March 2023 over March 2022), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

All India year-on-year inflation rates (%) based on CPI (General) and CFPI: March 2023 over March 2022

 

 

Mar. 2023 (Prov.)

Feb. 2023 (Final)

Mar. 2022

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

 

Inflation

CPI (General)

5.51

5.89

5.66

6.72

6.10

6.44

7.66

6.12

6.95

CFPI

4.66

4.82

4.79

6.60

5.09

5.95

8.04

7.04

7.68

 

Index

CPI (General)

178.0

176.3

177.2

177.9

175.6

176.8

168.7

166.5

167.7

CFPI

172.9

178.4

174.9

172.9

177.4

174.4

165.2

170.2

166.9

Notes: Prov. – Provisional, Combd. – Combined

 

 

  1. Monthly changes in the General Indices and CFPIs are given below:

Monthly changes (%) in All India CPI (General) and CFPI: March 2023 over February 2023

 

Indices

Mar. 2023 (Prov.)

Feb. 2023 (Final)

Monthly change (%)

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

Rural

Urban

Combd.

CPI (General)

178.0

176.3

177.2

177.9

175.6

176.8

0.06

0.40

0.23

CFPI

172.9

178.4

174.9

172.9

177.4

174.4

0.00

0.56

0.29

Note: Figures of March 2023 are provisional.

 

  1. Next date of release for April 2023 CPI is 12th May 2023 (Friday). For more details please visit the website mospi.gov.in
 

Price Statistics Division

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List of Annex

 

Annex

Title

I

All-India General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for February 2023 (Final) and March 2023 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

II

All-India inflation rates (%) for General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for March 2023 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for February 2023 (Final) and March 2023 (Provisional)

IV

Year-on-year inflation rates (%) of major States for Rural, Urban and Combined for March 2023 (Provisional)

 evel CPI and CFPI numbers for February 2023 (Final) and March 2023 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Group Code

 

Sub- group Code

 

 

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

 

Weights

Feb. 23 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

 

Weights

Feb. 23 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

 

Weights

Feb. 23 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and

products

12.35

175.3

174.2

6.59

174.8

174.7

9.67

175.1

174.4

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

4.38

204.9

205.2

2.73

211.8

212.2

3.61

207.3

207.7

 

1.1.03

Egg

0.49

182.4

173.9

0.36

184.6

177.2

0.43

183.3

175.2

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

7.72

175.8

177.0

5.33

176.9

177.9

6.61

176.2

177.3

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

4.21

188.9

183.4

2.81

175.6

172.2

3.56

184.0

179.3

 

1.1.06

Fruits

2.88

161.2

167.2

2.90

166.1

172.1

2.89

163.5

169.5

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

7.46

138.8

140.9

4.41

172.1

175.8

6.04

150.1

152.7

 

1.1.08

Pulses and

products

2.95

170.1

170.4

1.73

171.0

172.2

2.38

170.4

171.0

 

1.1.09

Sugar and

Confectionery

1.70

119.5

119.1

0.97

122.2

121.9

1.36

120.4

120.0

 

1.1.10

Spices

3.11

211.8

212.1

1.79

204.8

204.8

2.50

209.5

209.7

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic

beverages

1.37

177.3

177.6

1.13

164.3

164.9

1.26

171.9

172.3

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

5.56

189.2

189.9

5.54

195.7

196.6

5.55

192.2

193.0

1

 

Food and

beverages

54.18

174.7

174.8

36.29

179.8

180.7

45.86

176.6

177.0

 

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

 

3.26

 

197.8

 

198.3

 

1.36

 

202.2

 

202.7

 

2.38

 

199.0

 

199.5

 

3.1.01

Clothing

6.32

189.6

190.0

4.72

179.4

180.3

5.58

185.6

186.2

 

3.1.02

Footwear

1.04

186.9

187.0

0.85

166.2

167.0

0.95

178.3

178.7

3

 

Clothing and

footwear

7.36

189.2

189.6

5.57

177.4

178.2

6.53

184.5

185.1

4

 

Housing

21.67

173.5

173.5

10.07

173.5

173.5

5

 

Fuel and light

7.94

183.0

181.6

5.58

180.7

182.8

6.84

182.1

182.1

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

3.75

178.0

178.6

3.87

168.8

169.2

3.80

173.7

174.2

 

6.1.02

Health

6.83

185.6

186.6

4.81

179.9

180.8

5.89

183.4

184.4

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

7.60

168.7

169.0

9.73

159.7

159.8

8.59

164.0

164.2

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

1.37

172.4

172.8

2.04

168.1

168.4

1.68

170.0

170.3

 

6.1.05

Education

3.46

178.2

178.5

5.62

172.2

172.5

4.46

174.7

175.0

 

6.1.06

Personal care and

effects

4.25

179.7

180.7

3.47

180.1

181.4

3.89

179.9

181.0

6

 

Miscellaneous

27.26

177.3

177.9

29.53

169.5

170.0

28.32

173.5

174.1

General Index (All Groups)

100.00

177.9

178.0

100.00

175.6

176.3

100.00

176.8

177.2

Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI)

47.25

172.9

172.9

29.62

177.4

178.4

39.06

174.4

174.9

Notes:

  1. : Provisional.
  2. CFPI : Out of 12 sub-groups contained in ‘Food and Beverages’ group, CFPI is based on ten sub-groups, excluding ‘Non- alcoholic beverages’ and ‘Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.’.
  3. : CPI (Rural) for housing is not

 

 

Price Statistics Division

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All-India year-on-year inflation rates (%) for General, Group and Sub-group level CPI and CFPI numbers for March 2023 (Provisional) for Rural, Urban and Combined

(Base: 2012=100)

 

Group Code

 

Sub- group Code

 

 

Description

Rural

Urban

Combined

Mar. 22 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

Inflation Rate (%)

Mar. 22 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

Inflation Rate (%)

Mar. 22 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

Inflation Rate (%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

 

1.1.01

Cereals and

products

150.2

174.2

15.98

153.7

174.7

13.66

151.3

174.4

15.27

 

1.1.02

Meat and fish

208.0

205.2

-1.35

215.8

212.2

-1.67

210.7

207.7

-1.42

 

1.1.03

Egg

167.9

173.9

3.57

167.7

177.2

5.66

167.8

175.2

4.41

 

1.1.04

Milk and products

162.0

177.0

9.26

162.6

177.9

9.41

162.2

177.3

9.31

 

1.1.05

Oils and fats

203.1

183.4

-9.70

180.0

172.2

-4.33

194.6

179.3

-7.86

 

1.1.06

Fruits

155.9

167.2

7.25

159.6

172.1

7.83

157.6

169.5

7.55

 

1.1.07

Vegetables

155.8

140.9

-9.56

188.4

175.8

-6.69

166.9

152.7

-8.51

 

1.1.08

Pulses and

products

164.2

170.4

3.78

163.4

172.2

5.39

163.9

171.0

4.33

 

1.1.09

Sugar and

Confectionery

118.1

119.1

0.85

120.3

121.9

1.33

118.8

120.0

1.01

 

1.1.10

Spices

178.7

212.1

18.69

174.7

204.8

17.23

177.4

209.7

18.21

 

1.2.11

Non-alcoholic

beverages

171.2

177.6

3.74

157.1

164.9

4.96

165.3

172.3

4.23

 

1.1.12

Prepared meals, snacks, sweets etc.

177.4

189.9

7.05

181.5

196.6

8.32

179.3

193.0

7.64

1

 

Food and

beverages

166.6

174.8

4.92

171.5

180.7

5.36

168.4

177.0

5.11

 

2

 

Pan, tobacco and intoxicants

 

192.3

 

198.3

 

3.12

 

197.5

 

202.7

 

2.63

 

193.7

 

199.5

 

2.99

 

3.1.01

Clothing

175.4

190.0

8.32

167.1

180.3

7.90

172.1

186.2

8.19

 

3.1.02

Footwear

173.2

187.0

7.97

152.6

167.0

9.44

164.6

178.7

8.57

3

 

Clothing and

footwear

175.1

189.6

8.28

164.9

178.2

8.07

171.1

185.1

8.18

4

 

Housing

165.3

173.5

4.96

165.3

173.5

4.96

5

 

Fuel and light

168.9

181.6

7.52

164.5

182.8

11.12

167.2

182.1

8.91

 

6.1.01

Household goods and services

166.5

178.6

7.27

158.6

169.2

6.68

162.8

174.2

7.00

 

6.1.02

Health

176.0

186.6

6.02

168.2

180.8

7.49

173.0

184.4

6.59

 

6.1.03

Transport and communication

162.0

169.0

4.32

154.2

159.8

3.63

157.9

164.2

3.99

 

6.1.04

Recreation and amusement

166.6

172.8

3.72

160.8

168.4

4.73

163.3

170.3

4.29

 

6.1.05

Education

170.6

178.5

4.63

162.7

172.5

6.02

166.0

175.0

5.42

 

6.1.06

Personal care and

effects

167.4

180.7

7.95

166.8

181.4

8.75

167.2

181.0

8.25

6

 

Miscellaneous

168.3

177.9

5.70

160.6

170.0

5.85

164.6

174.1

5.77

General Index (All Groups)

168.7

178.0

5.51

166.5

176.3

5.89

167.7

177.2

5.66

Consumer Food Price Index

165.2

172.9

4.66

170.2

178.4

4.82

166.9

174.9

4.79

Notes:

  1. : Provisional.
  2. : CPI (Rural) for housing is not

 

Annex III

General CPI for States for Rural, Urban and Combined for February 2023 (Final) and March 2023 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

 

 

Sl. No.

 

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

 

Weights

Feb. 23 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

 

Weights

Feb. 23 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

 

Weights

Feb. 23 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

5.40

181.4

181.1

3.64

183.3

183.7

4.58

182.1

182.1

2

Arunachal Pradesh

0.14

182.0

182.6

0.06

0.10

182.0

182.6

3

Assam

2.63

178.3

178.7

0.79

174.7

175.2

1.77

177.6

178.0

4

Bihar

8.21

172.4

172.4

1.62

178.2

178.9

5.14

173.2

173.3

5

Chhattisgarh

1.68

168.9

168.4

1.22

166.1

166.9

1.46

167.8

167.8

6

Delhi

0.28

166.0

166.0

5.64

165.2

165.6

2.77

165.2

165.6

7

Goa

0.14

171.2

170.8

0.25

169.2

170.3

0.19

170.0

170.5

8

Gujarat

4.54

173.6

174.6

6.82

165.3

166.7

5.60

168.9

170.1

9

Haryana

3.30

174.6

176.2

3.35

168.9

169.6

3.32

171.9

173.1

10

Himachal Pradesh

1.03

165.5

166.5

0.26

172.9

174.2

0.67

166.8

167.9

11

Jharkhand

1.96

170.3

171.6

1.39

176.4

176.8

1.69

172.6

173.6

12

Karnataka

5.09

178.1

178.5

6.81

183.7

184.2

5.89

181.1

181.6

13

Kerala

5.50

183.9

184.5

3.46

181.6

182.0

4.55

183.1

183.6

14

Madhya Pradesh

4.93

178.1

174.3

3.97

179.7

179.3

4.48

178.8

176.4

15

Maharashtra

8.25

179.8

179.8

18.86

172.3

172.8

13.18

174.8

175.1

16

Manipur

0.23

193.0

195.1

0.12

168.8

170.5

0.18

185.3

187.3

17

Meghalaya

0.28

163.3

163.4

0.15

172.9

172.8

0.22

166.3

166.3

18

Mizoram

0.07

192.3

193.8

0.13

171.1

170.5

0.10

179.4

179.6

19

Nagaland

0.14

185.5

186.3

0.12

174.9

175.3

0.13

181.0

181.6

20

Odisha

2.93

175.0

176.0

1.31

169.4

170.2

2.18

173.4

174.4

21

Punjab

3.31

172.6

173.6

3.09

164.5

166.1

3.21

169.0

170.2

22

Rajasthan

6.63

175.8

176.1

4.23

172.8

173.8

5.51

174.7

175.3

23

Sikkim

0.06

192.0

192.8

0.03

178.2

179.2

0.05

187.5

188.4

24

Tamil Nadu

5.55

184.0

183.7

9.20

183.6

183.7

7.25

183.8

183.7

25

Telangana

3.16

189.7

191.0

4.41

183.7

184.6

3.74

186.4

187.5

26

Tripura

0.35

193.4

194.8

0.14

188.8

188.2

0.25

192.2

193.1

27

Uttar Pradesh

14.83

176.0

176.1

9.54

176.3

177.3

12.37

176.1

176.5

28

Uttarakhand

1.06

174.3

175.2

0.73

175.9

177.7

0.91

174.9

176.1

29

West Bengal

6.99

182.5

182.7

7.20

181.0

181.8

7.09

181.8

182.3

30

Andaman & Nicobar

Islands

0.05

195.3

197.2

0.07

177.6

176.1

0.06

186.3

186.5

31

Chandigarh

0.02

174.5

175.3

0.34

165.0

165.9

0.17

165.5

166.4

32

Dadra & Nagar

Haveli

0.02

163.4

164.6

0.04

170.1

170.2

0.03

167.9

168.3

33

Daman & Diu

0.02

181.3

180.8

0.02

171.6

173.4

0.02

177.2

177.7

34

Jammu & Kashmir*

1.14

185.8

187.2

0.72

184.6

185.9

0.94

185.4

186.7

35

Lakshadweep

0.01

186.7

186.5

0.01

169.6

171.6

0.01

178.0

178.9

36

Puducherry

0.08

184.5

184.9

0.27

181.0

181.6

0.17

181.9

182.4

All India

100.00

177.9

178.0

100.00

175.6

176.3

100.00

176.8

177.2

Notes:

  1. : Provisional
  2. : indicates the receipt of price schedules is less than 80% of allocated schedules and therefore indices are not
  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).

 

Annex IV

 

Year-on-year inflation rates (%) of major@ States for Rural, Urban and Combined for March 2023 (Provisional)

(Base: 2012=100)

 

 

Sl. No.

 

Name of the State/UT

Rural

Urban

Combined

Mar. 22 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

Inflation Rate (%)

Mar. 22 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

Inflation Rate (%)

Mar. 22 Index (Final)

Mar. 23 Index (Prov.)

Inflation Rate (%)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

1

Andhra Pradesh

169.6

181.1

6.78

173.1

183.7

6.12

170.9

182.1

6.55

2

Assam

171.0

178.7

4.50

168.0

175.2

4.29

170.4

178.0

4.46

3

Bihar

164.2

172.4

4.99

169.9

178.9

5.30

165.0

173.3

5.03

4

Chhattisgarh

165.7

168.4

1.63

163.0

166.9

2.39

164.7

167.8

1.88

5

Delhi

160.9

166.0

3.17

160.1

165.6

3.44

160.1

165.6

3.44

6

Gujarat

164.4

174.6

6.20

156.9

166.7

6.25

160.2

170.1

6.18

7

Haryana

163.7

176.2

7.64

159.9

169.6

6.07

161.9

173.1

6.92

8

Himachal Pradesh

160.6

166.5

3.67

165.8

174.2

5.07

161.5

167.9

3.96

9

Jharkhand

165.0

171.6

4.00

168.9

176.8

4.68

166.5

173.6

4.26

10

Karnataka

168.7

178.5

5.81

174.9

184.2

5.32

172.0

181.6

5.58

11

Kerala

174.1

184.5

5.97

172.6

182.0

5.45

173.6

183.6

5.76

12

Madhya Pradesh

167.2

174.3

4.25

169.5

179.3

5.78

168.1

176.4

4.94

13

Maharashtra

170.4

179.8

5.52

162.7

172.8

6.21

165.3

175.1

5.93

14

Odisha

169.3

176.0

3.96

163.0

170.2

4.42

167.5

174.4

4.12

15

Punjab

163.1

173.6

6.44

154.7

166.1

7.37

159.3

170.2

6.84

16

Rajasthan

165.8

176.1

6.21

164.8

173.8

5.46

165.4

175.3

5.99

17

Tamil Nadu

172.2

183.7

6.68

172.2

183.7

6.68

172.2

183.7

6.68

18

Telangana

178.0

191.0

7.30

171.0

184.6

7.95

174.2

187.5

7.63

19

Uttar Pradesh

166.5

176.1

5.77

166.5

177.3

6.49

166.5

176.5

6.01

20

Uttarakhand

165.2

175.2

6.05

164.6

177.7

7.96

165.0

176.1

6.73

21

West Bengal

175.8

182.7

3.92

173.4

181.8

4.84

174.7

182.3

4.35

22

Jammu & Kashmir*

179.1

187.2

4.52

176.9

185.9

5.09

178.3

186.7

4.71

All India

168.7

178.0

5.51

166.5

176.3

5.89

167.7

177.2

5.66

Notes:

  1. : 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