The All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for February 2024
Dataset Description
The National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
(MoSPI) is releasing All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) on Base 2012=100 and corresponding
Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for Rural (R), Urban (U) and Combined (C) for the month of
February 2024 (Provisional) in this press note. CPIs for Sub-Groups and Groups for both All India and
all States/UTs are also being released.
The price data are collected from selected 1114 urban Markets and 1181 villages covering all
States/UTs through personal visits by field staff of Field Operations Division of NSO, MoSPI on a
weekly roster. During the month of February 2024, NSO collected prices from 100.0% villages and
98.5% urban markets while the market-wise prices reported therein were 90.3% for rural and 92.7% for
urban.
