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CPI inflation, February 2025: 3.61%

India's consumer price inflation eased to 3.61% in February 2025 from 4.26% in January, the lowest since July 2024. Food inflation was 3.84%, against 5.68% the month before. That is inside the RBI's 2–6% tolerance band, below its 4% target. The repo rate was 6.25% at the end of the month, 2.64 points above inflation.

February 2025January 2025February 2024
CPI inflation3.61%4.26%5.09%
Food inflation3.84%5.68%7.76%
CPI inflation, food inflation and the repo rateMar 2022 – Oct 2026
−5%0%5%10%15%2023202420252026New CPI base (2024)3.61%
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.