India Consumer Price Index release — 12 August 2026
What this is
The month's retail inflation figure, published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. It is released at 16:00 IST on a scheduled day each month — after the Indian close, so the session that reacts is the next one.
Who decides
Nobody decides it; it is measured. Prices are collected across urban and rural markets and weighted into one index. The headline number is the year-on-year change, and the core figure that strips food and fuel is what the rate committee is generally read as watching.
What moves
It reaches the index through the rate path rather than directly. A print far from what was polled changes what the market reads into the next policy meeting, and that reprices the rupee, the bond curve and the banking sector before it reaches the broad index.
What it is not
The release is after the close, so the day it is dated on carries no reaction at all. Any figure on this page describing the market is about the following session.
What is priced, and what has followed
too few of these carry an option quote from the archive to compare what was asked with what followed
half of them landed between 0.15% and 0.77% either way
only 6 past cases — too few to say much
What events of this class have done
| index | typical move | the middle half | lean | over 1% | session after | past cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NIFTY | 0.33% | 0.15 – 0.77% | none | 0 in 100 | 0.63% 6 cases | 6 |
| BANKNIFTY | 0.46% | 0.25 – 0.54% | −0.31% | 0 in 100 | 0.85% 6 cases | 6 |
| SENSEX | 0.32% | 0.09 – 0.80% | none | 0 in 100 | 0.73% 6 cases | 6 |
what past events of this class did, per index: a base rate with its n, never a forecast of direction
This event
| index | session | close | open | range | next session | five sessions on | was asked | travelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BANKNIFTY | Thu 13 Aug | −0.43% | −0.15% | 0.4× normal | −0.25% | −0.24% | 1.8% 13d window | 0.6% |
| NIFTY | Thu 13 Aug | −0.16% | −0.02% | 0.2× normal | −0.12% | −0.67% | 1.0% 6d window | 1.2% |
| SENSEX | Thu 13 Aug | +0.15% | +0.19% | 0.2× normal | −0.09% | −0.69% | 0.5% 1d window | 0.1% |
what was asked and what it travelled span the same window — from the close the quote was read at to that quote’s own expiry
The cases behind the numbers above
| date | index | close | next session | was asked | travelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Jul 2026 | BANKNIFTY | +0.15% | −1.15% | 2.4% | 2.2% |
| 12 Jul 2026 | NIFTY | +0.02% | −0.66% | 0.8% | 0.6% |
| 12 Jul 2026 | SENSEX | +0.06% | −0.72% | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| 12 Jun 2026 | BANKNIFTY | +0.68% | +0.17% | 3.0% | 1.3% |
| 12 Jun 2026 | NIFTY | +0.98% | +0.57% | 1.2% | 1.6% |
| 12 Jun 2026 | SENSEX | +0.97% | +0.71% | 1.6% | 2.5% |
| 12 May 2026 | BANKNIFTY | −0.18% | +1.26% | 3.6% | 2.9% |
| 12 May 2026 | NIFTY | +0.14% | +1.18% | 200.0% | — |
| 12 May 2026 | SENSEX | +0.07% | +1.06% | 1.3% | 1.1% |
| 12 Apr 2026 | BANKNIFTY | −0.55% | +1.25% | 3.5% | 0.9% |
| 12 Apr 2026 | NIFTY | −0.86% | +1.63% | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| 12 Apr 2026 | SENSEX | −0.91% | +1.64% | 1.8% | 0.6% |
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