India's August Inflation Accelerates To 4.82%, MoSPI Reports
Consumer prices climbed from 4.45% in July, a jump that narrows the Reserve Bank's room to hold rates steady.
- MoSPI's Consumer Price Index rose 4.82% year-on-year in August 2026, up from July's 4.45%.
- The gap between July and August: 0.37 percentage points in one month.
- Inflation stays inside RBI's 2%-6% target band, above the bank's 4% midpoint goal.
Why it matters: Months of cooling data let the Reserve Bank pause; one hot print reopens the question.
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI), India — CPI press release ↗ · Sep 14, 20269/14/26