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CPI inflation, August 2020: 6.69%

India's consumer price inflation eased to 6.69% in August 2020 from 6.73% in July. Food inflation was 8.29%, against 8.50% 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, 2.69 points below inflation.

August 2020July 2020August 2019
CPI inflation6.69%6.73%3.28%
Food inflation8.29%8.50%2.96%
CPI inflation, food inflation and the repo rateSep 2017 – Oct 2026
−5%0%5%10%15%201820192020202120222023202420252026New CPI base (2024)6.69%
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.