Cost inflation index for the Financial year 2019-20 has been notified by the Ministry of Finance. In a notification dated September 12, the finance ministry stated that cost inflation index for FY 2019-20 has been set as 289.
This cost inflation index is important as it is used to arrive at the inflation-adjusted purchasing price of assets and thereby long-term capital gains (LTCG). It is important to compute the long-term capital gains/loss
Here is the table showing all the CII numbers since 2001-02
| Financial Year | Cost Inflation Index |
| 2001-02 | 100 |
| 2002-03 | 105 |
| 2003-04 | 109 |
| 2004-05 | 113 |
| 2005-06 | 117 |
| 2006-07 | 122 |
| 2007-08 | 129 |
| 2008-09 | 137 |
| 2009-10 | 148 |
| 2010-11 | 167 |
| 2011-12 | 184 |
| 2012-13 | 200 |
| 2013-14 | 220 |
| 2014-15 | 240 |
| 2015-16 | 254 |
| 2016-17 | 264 |
| 2017-18 | 272 |
| 2018-19 | 280 |
| 2019-20 | 289 |