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CPI inflation, April 2022: 7.79%

India's consumer price inflation rose to 7.79% in April 2022 from 6.95% in March, the highest in the series, which starts in January 2019. Food inflation was 8.10%, against 7.47% the month before. That is above the top of the RBI's 2–6% tolerance band. The repo rate was 4.00% at the end of the month, 3.79 points below inflation.

April 2022March 2022April 2021
CPI inflation7.79%6.95%4.23%
Food inflation8.10%7.47%2.60%
CPI inflation, food inflation and the repo rateMay 2019 – Oct 2026
−5%0%5%10%15%2020202120222023202420252026New CPI base (2024)7.79%
Year-on-year inflation for All India, rural and urban combined. The CPI moved to a 2024 base in January 2026, so the figures either side of the dashed line come from different series.

Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). MoSPI revises earlier periods as fuller data arrives; this page shows the latest published figure. The latest figures for every indicator are on the India macro dashboard.