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India’s retail inflation – July 2025

August 15 , 2025 15 hrs 0 min 74 0

The headline retail inflation rate fell to an eight-year low of 1.55 per cent in July 2025.
It is measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of National Statistical Office (NSO).
Now it has come under the lower-bound of the RBI’s flexible inflation target of 2-6 per cent for the first time since January 2019.
So far in 2025-26, CPI inflation has averaged 2.4 per cent.
The CPI calculates the difference in the price of commodities and services such as food, medical care, education, electronics etc, which Indian consumers buy for use.
The CPI has several sub-groups including food and beverages, fuel and light, housing and clothing, bedding and footwear.