Inflation in India
Consumer prices in India have risen 11,194.7% since January 1957, the start of the official series. That means ₹100 then buys what ₹11,294.70 buys in May 2026, so the same basket of goods now costs 112.9 times what it did. Over the most recent year on record, May 2025 to May 2026, prices rose 4.7%.
Cumulative & Yearly Inflation
What ₹100 would be worth today
Each row takes ₹100 at that date and shows the equivalent sum in May 2026, the most recent month on record for India.
| Date | Amount then | Worth today | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1957 | ₹100.00 | ₹11,294.70 | 11,194.7% |
| January 1970 | ₹100.00 | ₹5,577.21 | 5,477.2% |
| January 2000 | ₹100.00 | ₹464.91 | 364.9% |
| January 2020 | ₹100.00 | ₹131.62 | 31.6% |
How inflation in India is measured
The figures above come from the OECD's national CPI dataset, compiled by India's national statistics office. The series is indexed so that a chosen base year equals 100, and the calculator works out the ratio between any two dates you pick.
Coverage runs from January 1957 to May 2026, and updates automatically as each new release is published. Figures for the most recent periods can be revised by the statistics office after first publication.