PRESS RELEASE OF CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ON BASE 2024=100 FOR MAY, 2026

• Consumer Price Index (CPI) measures retail inflation faced by households; the May 2026 release is on the new base year 2024=100, replacing the earlier 2012=100 series.
• Compiled and released by the National Statistical Office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI).
• Headline number drives the RBI's flexible inflation-targeting (FIT) regime (4% ± 2%); thus directly examinable in Prelims (data) and Mains (GS-III economy).