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CPI inflation, November 2020: 6.93%

India's consumer price inflation eased to 6.93% in November 2020 from 7.61% in October, the lowest since August 2020. Food inflation was 8.89%, against 10.09% the month before. That is above the top of the RBI's 2–6% tolerance band. The repo rate was 4.00% at the end of the month, 2.93 points below inflation.

November 2020October 2020November 2019
CPI inflation6.93%7.61%5.54%
Food inflation8.89%10.09%8.73%
CPI inflation, food inflation and the repo rateDec 2017 – Oct 2026
−5%0%5%10%15%201820192020202120222023202420252026New CPI base (2024)6.93%
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.