India Inflation Rate Rises to 4.82% in August 2026, Food Inflation at 5.95%

Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) with base year 2024 for the month of August, 2026 over August, 2025 is 4.82%(Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 5.23% and 4.31%, respectively.

Food Inflation: – Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of August, 2026 over August, 2025 is 5.95% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 6.13% and 5.64%, respectively.

Top five States (having more than 50 lakh population as per Census 2011) with high headline and food inflation in August, 2026 are given below-

States/UTs with high Inflation

• Telangana – 6.27
• Tamil Nadu – 5.92
• Madhya Pradesh – 5.55
• Andhra Pradesh – 5.53
• Odisha – 5.52

States/UTs with high Food Inflation

• Maharashtra – 8.10
• Andhra Pradesh – 8.07
• Tamil Nadu – 7.96
• Karnataka – 7.58
• Telangana – 7.33