Price monitor

41 essentials, tracked daily from official retail prices.

₹702.97/kg

Highest current retail price: Desi Ghee, reported by the Department of Consumer Affairs Price Monitoring System on 7 Oct 2026. The tracker stores each daily snapshot, so daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly inflation views become possible as history accumulates.

Days captured 57 24 Jul 2026 → 7 Oct 2026

Retail/wholesale pairs 23 wholesale converted from ₹/quintal to ₹/kg

Largest spread Tea Loose ₹30.17/kg (+12.2%)

Biggest move Potato +0.7% since 6 Oct 2026

The wedge

What you pay, and what the mandi gets.

Across the 23 commodities DoCA reports at both markets, retail sits a median +9.5% above the wholesale floor. Ranked by that markup — teal is the wholesale ₹/kg, amber is the markup you pay on top.

Potato Vegetables +34.2% ₹16.96/kg → ₹22.76/kg

Tomato Vegetables +26.1% ₹34.09/kg → ₹43.00/kg

Salt Pack (Iodised) Others +18.9% ₹18.87/kg → ₹22.44/kg

Onion Vegetables +16.3% ₹46.26/kg → ₹53.78/kg

Broken Rice Grains & Pulses +13.8% ₹29.85/kg → ₹33.98/kg

Atta (Wheat) Grains & Pulses +12.6% ₹33.50/kg → ₹37.71/kg

Gur Others +12.4% ₹59.02/kg → ₹66.35/kg

Tea Loose Others +12.2% ₹246.28/kg → ₹276.45/kg

Wheat Grains & Pulses +11.2% ₹28.89/kg → ₹32.13/kg

Rice Grains & Pulses +11.1% ₹42.18/kg → ₹46.87/kg

Core basket

Staples, pulses, vegetables, and oil in one scan.

These are the everyday pointers worth watching first. When the table has more dates, this section becomes the quick inflation pulse.

Grains & Pulses Atta (Wheat) ₹37.71/kg +0.0% since 6 Oct 2026

Grains & Pulses Rice ₹46.87/kg +0.3% since 6 Oct 2026

Grains & Pulses Tur/Arhar Dal ₹127.22/kg +0.5% since 6 Oct 2026

Grains & Pulses Wheat ₹32.13/kg +0.4% since 6 Oct 2026

Oils Soya Oil (Packed) ₹167.57/kg +0.0% since 6 Oct 2026

Vegetables Onion ₹53.78/kg +0.3% since 6 Oct 2026

Vegetables Potato ₹22.76/kg +0.7% since 6 Oct 2026

Vegetables Tomato ₹43.00/kg +0.7% since 6 Oct 2026

All commodities

Retail price now, spread where wholesale exists.

Commodity Retail Wholesale floor Spread Change

Bajra (whole) Additional Commodities ₹38.80/kg — — -0.0%

Banana Additional Commodities ₹49.27/kg — — -0.1%

Besan Additional Commodities ₹97.29/kg — — +0.2%

Black Pepper (whole) Additional Commodities ₹88.74/kg — — -0.0%

Brinjal Additional Commodities ₹43.56/kg — — +0.6%

Butter (Pasteurised) Additional Commodities ₹60.61/kg — — +0.1%

Coriander (whole) Additional Commodities ₹44.28/kg — — +0.0%

Cummin Seed (whole) Additional Commodities ₹40.82/kg — — +0.3%

Desi Ghee Additional Commodities ₹702.97/kg — — +0.0%

Eggs Additional Commodities ₹83.92/kg — — +0.0%

Garlic Additional Commodities ₹45.55/kg — — +0.0%

Ginger Additional Commodities ₹35.12/kg — — -0.5%

Jowar (whole) Additional Commodities ₹45.46/kg — — +0.1%

Maida (wheat) Additional Commodities ₹42.87/kg — — +0.1%

Ragi (whole) Additional Commodities ₹55.90/kg — — -0.0%

Red Chillies (whole) Additional Commodities ₹30.62/kg — — +0.1%

Suji (whole) Additional Commodities ₹47.79/kg — — +0.5%

Turmeric (powder) Additional Commodities ₹16.80/kg — — +0.4%

Atta (Wheat) Grains & Pulses ₹37.71/kg ₹33.50/kg ₹4.21/kg (+12.6%) +0.0%

Broken Rice Grains & Pulses ₹33.98/kg ₹29.85/kg ₹4.13/kg (+13.8%) +0.4%

Gram Dal Grains & Pulses ₹89.87/kg ₹82.57/kg ₹7.30/kg (+8.8%) +0.3%

Masoor Dal Grains & Pulses ₹90.47/kg ₹82.16/kg ₹8.31/kg (+10.1%) -0.0%

Moong Dal Grains & Pulses ₹112.69/kg ₹102.90/kg ₹9.79/kg (+9.5%) +0.1%

Rice Grains & Pulses ₹46.87/kg ₹42.18/kg ₹4.69/kg (+11.1%) +0.3%

Tur/Arhar Dal Grains & Pulses ₹127.22/kg ₹117.97/kg ₹9.25/kg (+7.8%) +0.5%

Urad Dal Grains & Pulses ₹123.52/kg ₹114.27/kg ₹9.25/kg (+8.1%) +0.2%

Wheat Grains & Pulses ₹32.13/kg ₹28.89/kg ₹3.24/kg (+11.2%) +0.4%

Groundnut Oil (Packed) Oils ₹210.41/kg ₹199.13/kg ₹11.28/kg (+5.7%) +0.2%

Mustard Oil (Packed) Oils ₹203.19/kg ₹192.86/kg ₹10.33/kg (+5.4%) -0.1%

Palm Oil (Packed) Oils ₹153.72/kg ₹144.71/kg ₹9.01/kg (+6.2%) +0.3%

Soya Oil (Packed) Oils ₹167.57/kg ₹157.37/kg ₹10.20/kg (+6.5%) +0.0%

Sunflower Oil (Packed) Oils ₹191.63/kg ₹182.71/kg ₹8.92/kg (+4.9%) +0.0%

Vanaspati (Packed) Oils ₹169.33/kg ₹158.66/kg ₹10.67/kg (+6.7%) +0.2%

Gur Others ₹66.35/kg ₹59.02/kg ₹7.33/kg (+12.4%) +0.1%

Milk @ Others ₹61.44/kg ₹57.66/kg ₹3.78/kg (+6.6%) +0.2%

Salt Pack (Iodised) Others ₹22.44/kg ₹18.87/kg ₹3.57/kg (+18.9%) 0.0%

Sugar Others ₹55.06/kg ₹51.07/kg ₹3.99/kg (+7.8%) -0.1%

Tea Loose Others ₹276.45/kg ₹246.28/kg ₹30.17/kg (+12.2%) -0.4%

Onion Vegetables ₹53.78/kg ₹46.26/kg ₹7.52/kg (+16.3%) +0.3%

Potato Vegetables ₹22.76/kg ₹16.96/kg ₹5.80/kg (+34.2%) +0.7%

Tomato Vegetables ₹43.00/kg ₹34.09/kg ₹8.91/kg (+26.1%) +0.7%