Retail inflation plunges! July 2025 CPI dips to 8-year low of 1.55%; food inflation slips to -1.76%

Rural areas noticed headline inflation ease to 1.18% from 1.72% in June, with food inflation dropping from -0.87% to -1.74%. (AI picture)

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for the month of July 2025 touched an 8-year low of 1.55%. The headline retail inflation cooled sharply touching 1.55% year-on-year — the bottom since June 2017 — in accordance to provisional knowledge. This marks a 55-basis-point drop from June 2025 ranges.Food inflation, measured by the Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI), slipped additional into destructive territory at -1.76% year-on-year, its lowest since January 2019. Rural food inflation stood at -1.74%, whereas city food inflation got here in at -1.90%. The fall represents a 75-basis-point decline from the earlier month, pushed by easing costs of pulses, greens, cereals, eggs, sugar, and transport and communication providers.Rural areas noticed headline inflation ease to 1.18% from 1.72% in June, with food inflation dropping from -0.87% to -1.74%. Urban inflation additionally moderated, with the headline charge falling to 2.05% from 2.56%, and food inflation declining to -1.90% from -1.17%.The broad-based cooling is attributed to a beneficial base impact and sustained moderation in key food and repair classes, offering aid to customers throughout each rural and concrete India.The mixed rural and concrete gasoline and light-weight inflation charge elevated to 2.67% (Provisional) in July 2025 from 2.55% in June 2025.The city sector housing inflation charge stood at 3.17% (Provisional) for July 2025, exhibiting a slight lower from 3.18% recorded in June 2025. This index completely covers city areas.The mixed rural and concrete training inflation charge registered at 4.00% (Provisional) in July 2025, displaying a decline from June 2025’s charge of 4.37%.The consolidated well being inflation charge throughout rural and concrete sectors reached 4.57% (Provisional) in July 2025, indicating a rise from 4.38% noticed in June 2025.The total transport and communication inflation charge for each rural and concrete areas decreased to 2.12% (Provisional) in July 2025, in contrast to 3.90% in June 2025.