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CPI inflation, December 2025: 1.33%

India's consumer price inflation rose to 1.33% in December 2025 from 0.71% in November, the highest since September 2025. Food inflation was −1.85%, against −2.78% the month before. That is below the bottom of the RBI's 2–6% tolerance band. The repo rate was 5.25% at the end of the month, 3.92 points above inflation.

December 2025November 2025December 2024
CPI inflation1.33%0.71%5.22%
Food inflation−1.85%−2.78%7.69%
CPI inflation, food inflation and the repo rateJan 2023 – Oct 2026
−5%0%5%10%15%202420252026New CPI base (2024)1.33%
Year-on-year inflation for All India, rural and urban combined. The CPI moved to a 2024 base in January 2026, so the figures either side of the dashed line come from different series.

Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI). MoSPI revises earlier periods as fuller data arrives; this page shows the latest published figure. The latest figures for every indicator are on the India macro dashboard.