Telangana Price Watch
Retail inflation in Telangana reached 6.27% in August 2026. That's just above the RBI's 2–6% tolerance band, though the rise has stalled since June. Food and a precious-metal-driven jump in personal care account for about two-thirds of it. Excluding those two categories, inflation is lower (3.8%) but has risen every month since February. Rural inflation is higher than urban.
Read the essay: Two Categories Are Doing Most of the Work in Telangana’s Inflation
Overall inflation has levelled off above the 6% ceiling
Year-on-year change in the all-items index, 2026. The shaded area is the RBI's 2–6% tolerance band around its 4% target (set for all-India CPI, shown here for reference).
What's adding to inflation
Percentage points each category adds to year-on-year inflation, 2026. Calculated with the official all-India CPI 2024 weights; Telangana's own weights aren't published, so the stacks can differ slightly from the reported rate (black dots).
Which categories are running hot
Year-on-year inflation by category, August 2026. The vertical line marks overall inflation.
Where rural and urban inflation differ
Rural minus urban inflation, August 2026, in percentage points. This chart always compares the two sectors.
Inflation by category, month by month
Year-on-year inflation (%), January–August 2026. Blue is below the 4% target, red is above it.
Outlook: how much inflation eases depends on price momentum
Inflation compares today's prices with the same month last year. Prices jumped in Nov 2025 – Jan 2026, so inflation should ease then. How much depends on how fast prices keep rising. Pick a monthly price rise to see the projected rate.
For reference: prices rose an average of a month over the last three months. These projections are simple arithmetic, not a forecast.
Category explorer
Price index (2024 = 100) for the selected category and sector, compared with all items. This chart goes back to January 2025 to show the price level behind the 2026 inflation rates.
Data table: year-on-year inflation by category (Combined)
Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI), Consumer Price Index (base 2024 = 100), Telangana, 13 divisions × rural/urban/combined — eSankhyiki portal. Year-on-year rates are available from January 2026.
Weights: all-India CPI (base 2024) division weights from MoSPI's first press release on the new series (PIB, 12 Feb 2026). Telangana-specific weights aren't published there, so contributions are approximate. Rebuilding Telangana's overall index from its categories with these weights comes within 0.3 points of the reported figure; August combined inflation works out to 6.24% vs the reported 6.27%.
The gold and fuel explanations are inferred from price patterns; the file has no item-level data.
RBI target: 4% CPI inflation with a 2–6% tolerance band, retained for Apr 2026 – Mar 2031. This target applies to all-India CPI.