India Macro-Finance TrackerData as of 2 Nov 2026

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Diffusion (headline): 4% to 6% Original

Share of the whole CPI basket with inflation 4% to 6%. Monthly, per cent. Latest: 18.05 (Sep 2026).

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per cent

Source: MoSPI; site calculation.Download CSV (cpi_diffusion_headline_4to6)

About this series

Series idcpi_diffusion_headline_4to6
SourceMoSPI; site calculation: CPI (base 2024) items with recovered weights
CoverageJan 2026 to Sep 2026 (9 observations)
Releasewith the national CPI release
Updated byDaily automated pipeline · pipelines/sources/derived/cpi_underlying.py
LicenceOpen government data (NDSAP / GODL-India): free to reuse with attribution
NotesWeighted share (%) of the whole CPI basket whose items' y/y inflation is 4% to 6% (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 releaseNot 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 whole CPI basket with inflation 4% to 6% [cpi_diffusion_headline_4to6]. Retrieved 2 Nov 2026. Original source: MoSPI; site calculation.

Latest observations

PeriodValueNote
Sep 202618.05site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv
Aug 202612.27site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv
Jul 20269.91site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv
Jun 20268.16site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv
May 20268.93site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv
Apr 20269.54site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv
Mar 20268.58site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv
Feb 20265.82site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv
Jan 20266.29site calculation (Original); item weights in registry/weights/cpi2024_items.csv

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