4.82% in August, above the 4% target
India's retail inflation, month by month
Retail inflation was 4.82% in August 2026, above the RBI's 4% target. Headline, rural, urban and food rates, plus the groups behind the figure.
Checked 5 October 2026
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$948 to $7,350
Money & Economy
India's income per person, 1850 to 2022
Average income in 1947 was about what it had been in 1850. Since then it has grown nearly eight times, most of it after 1991.
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Rs 3.31 to Rs 87.15
Money & Economy
The rupee against the dollar, 1947 to 2025
A dollar cost Rs 3.31 at independence and Rs 87 in 2025. Most of the fall came in three moments: 1966, 1991 and the long slide after 2008.
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24,162 crore payments
Money & Economy
UPI's first decade in numbers
Two crore payments in its first year. 24,162 crore in FY2026. UPI now handles about half the world's real-time payments.
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