Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of December 2025 over December 2024 is 1.33% (Provisional), the government said.
Food inflation was at negative 2.71 per cent in December 2025. Food Inflation remained negative for the seventh consecutive month.
An increase of 120 basis points is observed in food inflation in December 2025 in comparison to November 2025.
The increase in headline inflation and food inflation during the month of December 2025 is mainly attributed to increase in inflation of personal care and effects, vegetables, meat and fish, egg, spices and pulses and products.
Inflation remained below the Reserve Bank of India’s lower tolerance limit for the fourth consecutive month in December 2025.
Under the current Flexible Inflation Targeting Framework, the inflation target is 4 per cent within a band of 2 to 6 per cent.
Food inflation was at a negative 2.71 per cent in December 2025. Food Inflation remained negative for the seventh consecutive month.
Last month, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut its key repo rate by 25 basis point to 5.25 per cent, thereby resulting in a cumulative rate cut of 125 basis points last year. The next meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of RBI is scheduled during 4 February to 6, 2026.
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