India Macro-Finance TrackerDiffusion (core): 6% and above Original
Share of the CPI excluding food and fuel with inflation 6% and above. Monthly, per cent. Latest: 10.07 (Sep 2026).
Level
per cent
About this series
| Series id | cpi_diffusion_core_above6 |
| Source | MoSPI; site calculation: CPI (base 2024) items with recovered weights |
| Coverage | Jan 2026 to Sep 2026 (9 observations) |
| Release | with the national CPI release |
| Updated by | Daily automated pipeline · pipelines/sources/derived/cpi_underlying.py |
| Licence | Open government data (NDSAP / GODL-India): free to reuse with attribution |
| Notes | Weighted share (%) of the CPI excluding food and fuel whose items' y/y inflation is 6% and above (RBI MPR Box IV.1 diffusion index). From January 2026. Matches RBI's published values to rounding; method in docs/guidebook/08-original-measures.md. |
| Checked against the official release | Not yet. Values come straight from the publisher, but no one has yet compared them with the press release. |
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Cite: India Macro-Finance Tracker (2026). Share of the CPI excluding food and fuel with inflation 6% and above [cpi_diffusion_core_above6]. Retrieved 2 Nov 2026. Original source: MoSPI; site calculation.
Latest observations
| Period | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 10.07 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Aug 2026 | 9.56 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Jul 2026 | 9.36 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Jun 2026 | 9.02 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| May 2026 | 3.06 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Apr 2026 | 2.78 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Mar 2026 | 2.78 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Feb 2026 | 2.02 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
| Jan 2026 | 2.56 | site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv |
Revisions
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