GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICE Dated the 14 th February 2022 25, Magha, Saka 1943

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION NATIONAL STATISTICAL OFFICE Dated the 14 th February 2022 25, Magha, Saka 1943

• Karma
• February 17 07:05:05, 2022

PRESS RELEASE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX NUMBERS ON BASE 2012=100 FOR RURAL, URBAN AND COMBINED FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY 2022

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 January 2022 (Provisional) in this press note. CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both All India and all States/UTs are also being released.

2. 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 January 2022, NSO collected prices from 99.7% villages and 98.2% urban Markets while the Market-wise prices reported therein were 89.3% for rural and 93.3% for urban.

3. All India Inflation rates (on point to point basis i.e. current month over same month of last year, i.e. January 2022 over January 2021), based on General Indices and CFPIs are given as follows:

Major State/UT wise year-on-year inflation rates (%) for January 2022 (Provisional) (Base: 2012=100)