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CPI inflation, June 2022: 7.01%

India's consumer price inflation eased to 7.01% in June 2022 from 7.04% in May, the lowest since March 2022. Food inflation was 7.56%, against 7.84% the month before. That is above the top of the RBI's 2–6% tolerance band. The repo rate was 4.90% at the end of the month, 2.11 points below inflation.

June 2022May 2022June 2021
CPI inflation7.01%7.04%6.26%
Food inflation7.56%7.84%5.58%
CPI inflation, food inflation and the repo rateJul 2019 – Oct 2026
−5%0%5%10%15%2020202120222023202420252026New CPI base (2024)7.01%
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.