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CPI inflation, February 2020: 6.58%

India's consumer price inflation eased to 6.58% in February 2020 from 7.59% in January, the lowest since November 2019. Food inflation was 9.45%, against 11.72% the month before. That is above the top of the RBI's 2–6% tolerance band. The repo rate was 5.15% at the end of the month, 1.43 points below inflation.

February 2020January 2020February 2019
CPI inflation6.58%7.59%2.57%
Food inflation9.45%11.72%−0.07%
CPI inflation, food inflation and the repo rateMar 2017 – Oct 2026
−5%0%5%10%15%201820192020202120222023202420252026New CPI base (2024)6.58%
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.