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CPI inflation, October 2022: 6.77%

India's consumer price inflation eased to 6.77% in October 2022 from 7.41% in September, the lowest since July 2022. Food inflation was 7.10%, against 8.41% the month before. That is above the top of the RBI's 2–6% tolerance band. The repo rate was 5.90% at the end of the month, 0.87 points below inflation.

October 2022September 2022October 2021
CPI inflation6.77%7.41%4.48%
Food inflation7.10%8.41%1.82%
CPI inflation, food inflation and the repo rateNov 2019 – Oct 2026
−5%0%5%10%15%2020202120222023202420252026New CPI base (2024)6.77%
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.