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CPI inflation, September 2020: 7.27%

India's consumer price inflation rose to 7.27% in September 2020 from 6.69% in August, the highest since January 2020. Food inflation was 9.80%, against 8.29% 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, 3.27 points below inflation.

September 2020August 2020September 2019
CPI inflation7.27%6.69%3.99%
Food inflation9.80%8.29%4.70%
CPI inflation, food inflation and the repo rateOct 2017 – Oct 2026
−5%0%5%10%15%201820192020202120222023202420252026New CPI base (2024)7.27%
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.