New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- The year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of January 2026 is recorded at 2.75 per cent over January 2025 with the new base year 2024, as per the data released by Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) on Thursday.

Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 2.73% and 2.77%, respectively, it said.

Under the new arrangement, the base year has been revised from 2012 to 2024 using Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24.

Further, now there are 12 Divisions in place of 6 Groups in accordance to Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP) 2018.

The new additions also comprise of rural housing, online media...