{
 "meta": {
  "dossier": "cpi",
  "frequency": "monthly",
  "base": "2024=100",
  "source": "MoSPI, National Statistical Office",
  "vintage": "2026-10-09",
  "mock": false,
  "geo": "IND",
  "latestPeriod": "2026-08",
  "releaseDate": "2026-09-12",
  "coverage": "All India, Combined; CPI General + the 12 COICOP-2018-style divisions",
  "note": "Base 2024=100, a separate series from the 2012 base — never spliced. Headline is the published all-groups index (CPI General): the API serves no component weights for this base yet, so the computed-from-weights cross-check the 2012-base bundles get is not possible here. y/y is computed from published index levels; the API's own published inflation rate is kept as a crosscheck.",
  "revisionPolicy": "CPI is final on release; never revised."
 },
 "dates": [
  "2026-01-01",
  "2026-02-01",
  "2026-03-01",
  "2026-04-01",
  "2026-05-01",
  "2026-06-01",
  "2026-07-01",
  "2026-08-01"
 ],
 "series": {
  "headline": {
   "name": "cpi2024_headline_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Headline · base 2024",
   "color": "#2E4BD8",
   "data": [
    2.73,
    3.21,
    3.4,
    3.48,
    3.94,
    4.38,
    4.45,
    4.82
   ]
  },
  "food_and_beverages": {
   "name": "cpi2024_food_and_beverages_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Food and beverages",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    2.12,
    3.35,
    3.71,
    4.01,
    4.54,
    5.06,
    5.25,
    5.66
   ]
  },
  "paan_tobacco_and_intoxicants": {
   "name": "cpi2024_paan_tobacco_and_intoxicants_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Paan, tobacco and intoxicants",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    2.87,
    3.51,
    4.23,
    4.77,
    4.84,
    4.82,
    4.78,
    4.7
   ]
  },
  "clothing_and_footwear": {
   "name": "cpi2024_clothing_and_footwear_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Clothing and footwear",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
    2.97,
    2.81,
    2.74,
    2.81,
    2.98,
    3.22,
    3.37,
    3.56
   ]
  },
  "housing_water_electricity_gas_and_other_fuels": {
   "name": "cpi2024_housing_water_electricity_gas_and_other_fuels_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    1.46,
    1.51,
    1.96,
    1.71,
    1.73,
    1.99,
    2.15,
    2.61
   ]
  },
  "furnishings_household_equipment_and_routine_household_maintenance": {
   "name": "cpi2024_furnishings_household_equipment_and_routine_household_maintenance_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    1.45,
    1.36,
    1.39,
    1.62,
    1.9,
    2.19,
    2.4,
    2.68
   ]
  },
  "health": {
   "name": "cpi2024_health_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Health",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    2.18,
    1.9,
    1.75,
    1.65,
    1.49,
    1.42,
    1.34,
    1.33
   ]
  },
  "transport": {
   "name": "cpi2024_transport_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Transport",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
    0.09,
    -0.05,
    0,
    -0.01,
    1.75,
    4.31,
    4.45,
    4.6
   ]
  },
  "information_and_communication": {
   "name": "cpi2024_information_and_communication_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Information and communication",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    0.16,
    0.24,
    0.33,
    0.49,
    0.3,
    0.42,
    0.64,
    2.02
   ]
  },
  "recreation_sport_and_culture": {
   "name": "cpi2024_recreation_sport_and_culture_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Recreation, sport and culture",
   "color": "#5F6675",
   "data": [
    2.32,
    2.22,
    2.48,
    2.12,
    1.98,
    1.74,
    1.64,
    1.73
   ]
  },
  "education_services": {
   "name": "cpi2024_education_services_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Education services",
   "color": "#878D99",
   "data": [
    3.35,
    3.32,
    3.31,
    3.15,
    3,
    3.35,
    3.66,
    3.73
   ]
  },
  "restaurants_and_accommodation_services": {
   "name": "cpi2024_restaurants_and_accommodation_services_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Restaurants and accommodation services",
   "color": "#A3A9B4",
   "data": [
    2.87,
    2.72,
    2.88,
    4.21,
    5.74,
    6.91,
    7.72,
    8.38
   ]
  },
  "personal_care_social_protection_and_miscellaneous_goods_and_services": {
   "name": "cpi2024_personal_care_social_protection_and_miscellaneous_goods_and_services_yoy_pct",
   "label": "Personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services",
   "color": "#C9CED6",
   "data": [
    19.06,
    19.65,
    18.63,
    17.67,
    18.47,
    16.72,
    14.78,
    15.18
   ]
  }
 },
 "crosscheck": {
  "published_headline": [
   2.74,
   3.21,
   3.4,
   3.48,
   3.93,
   4.38,
   4.45,
   4.82
  ],
  "published_inflation": {
   "headline": [
    2.74,
    3.21,
    3.4,
    3.48,
    3.93,
    4.38,
    4.45,
    4.82
   ],
   "food_and_beverages": [
    2.11,
    3.35,
    3.71,
    4.01,
    4.55,
    5.05,
    5.24,
    5.66
   ],
   "paan_tobacco_and_intoxicants": [
    2.86,
    3.5,
    4.24,
    4.77,
    4.83,
    4.82,
    4.79,
    4.71
   ],
   "clothing_and_footwear": [
    2.97,
    2.81,
    2.75,
    2.8,
    2.98,
    3.22,
    3.38,
    3.56
   ],
   "housing_water_electricity_gas_and_other_fuels": [
    1.47,
    1.52,
    1.96,
    1.71,
    1.73,
    2,
    2.16,
    2.61
   ],
   "furnishings_household_equipment_and_routine_household_maintenance": [
    1.45,
    1.37,
    1.39,
    1.61,
    1.89,
    2.19,
    2.4,
    2.68
   ],
   "health": [
    2.19,
    1.9,
    1.75,
    1.65,
    1.49,
    1.42,
    1.34,
    1.34
   ],
   "transport": [
    0.09,
    -0.05,
    0,
    -0.01,
    1.75,
    4.32,
    4.44,
    4.6
   ],
   "information_and_communication": [
    0.16,
    0.25,
    0.33,
    0.5,
    0.3,
    0.43,
    0.63,
    2.01
   ],
   "recreation_sport_and_culture": [
    2.32,
    2.21,
    2.47,
    2.11,
    1.98,
    1.73,
    1.64,
    1.74
   ],
   "education_services": [
    3.35,
    3.33,
    3.31,
    3.15,
    2.99,
    3.35,
    3.66,
    3.73
   ],
   "restaurants_and_accommodation_services": [
    2.87,
    2.73,
    2.88,
    4.22,
    5.74,
    6.91,
    7.72,
    8.38
   ],
   "personal_care_social_protection_and_miscellaneous_goods_and_services": [
    19.06,
    19.65,
    18.63,
    17.66,
    18.46,
    16.72,
    14.78,
    15.17
   ]
  }
 }
}