Major Price Indices (January 23, 2026)

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Date: January 23, 2026

Item	2024	2025		Percentage Variation of Current Month
	Dec.	Nov.	Dec.	Over Previous Month	Over March	Year-on-Year
	1	2	3	4	5	6
1 Consumer Price Index (2012=100)	195.4	197.9	198.0	0.1	3.1	1.3
1.1 Rural	198.4	199.6	199.9	0.2	3.1	0.8
1.2 Urban	192.0	195.9	195.9	0.0	3.2	2.0
2 Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers (2016=100)	143.7	148.2	..	..	..	..
3 Wholesale Price Index (2011-12=100)	155.7	155.9	157.0	0.7	1.4	0.8
3.1 Primary Articles	193.8	192.1	194.2	1.1	4.7	0.2
3.2 Fuel and Power	151.8	146.5	148.3	1.2	-2.5	-2.3
3.3 Manufactured Products	143.0	145.0	145.6	0.4	0.7	1.8
Sources: Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation; Office of Economic Adviser; and Labour Bureau.