FIRST PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100

• Consumer Price Index (CPI) base year revised from 2012 to 2024 by the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
• First release issued on 12 February 2026; aligns India's CPI with the latest household consumption pattern and international COICOP 2018 classification.
• Critical for UPSC: CPI is the headline inflation measure used by RBI for flexible inflation targeting (4±2%); any base-year revision changes weights, sample basket, and the inflation print itself.