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CPI inflation, October 2025: 0.25%

India's consumer price inflation eased to 0.25% in October 2025 from 1.44% in September, the lowest in the series, which starts in January 2019. Food inflation was −3.72%, against −1.37% the month before. That is below the bottom of the RBI's 2–6% tolerance band. The repo rate was 5.50% at the end of the month, 5.25 points above inflation.

October 2025September 2025October 2024
CPI inflation0.25%1.44%6.21%
Food inflation−3.72%−1.37%9.69%
CPI inflation, food inflation and the repo rateNov 2022 – Oct 2026
−5%0%5%10%15%2023202420252026New CPI base (2024)0.25%
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.