The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoS&PI), on November 12, 2025, issued the Consumer Price Index Numbers on Base 2012=100 for Rural, Urban, and Combined for October 2025.
The following amendments have been stated:
• Headline Inflation drops to 0.25 % in October, 2025
• Food inflation declines to -5.02 % in this month
• Impact of reduction in GST visible across all sectors
• Food Inflation: Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for the month of October, 2025 over October, 2024 is -5.02% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are –4.85% and -5.18%, respectively. All India inflation rates for CPI (General) and CFPI over the last 13 months are shown below. A decrease of 269 basis points is observed in food inflation in October, 2025 in comparison to September, 2025. The food inflation in October, 2025 is the lowest of the current CPI series.
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