Retail inflation at record low! October CPI inflation drops to 0.25%

October retail ostentation FY 2025-26: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) ostentation for the period of October dropped to a 10-year debased of 0.25% according to authorities data. This is simply a simplification of 119 ground points arsenic noted successful the header ostentation from September 2025 to October 2025.

This marks the lowest year-on-year ostentation recorded successful the contiguous CPI series.The All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) saw a year-on-year ostentation complaint of -5.02% (Provisional) for October 2025 versus October 2024. The agrarian and municipality rates basal astatine -4.85% and -5.18%, respectively. Food ostentation experienced a alteration of 269 ground points successful October 2025 compared to September 2025, reaching its lowest constituent successful the existent CPI series.The important simplification successful some header and nutrient ostentation during October 2025 tin beryllium attributed to respective factors: the implicit monthly interaction of GST reduction, beneficial basal effect, and decreased ostentation rates crossed assorted categories including Oils and fats, Vegetables, Fruits, Egg, Footwear, Cereals and products, Transport and Communication.The agrarian assemblage witnessed decreases successful some header and nutrient ostentation during October 2025.

The header ostentation registered astatine -0.25% (Provisional) successful October 2025, compared to -1.07% successful September 2025. The agrarian sector's CFPI-based nutrient ostentation was recorded astatine -4.85% (Provisional) successful October 2025, down from -2.22% successful September 2025.The header ostentation successful municipality areas declined from 1.83% successful September 2025 to 0.88% (Provisional) successful October 2025. Similarly, nutrient ostentation showed a simplification from -2.47% successful September 2025 to -5.18% (Provisional) successful October 2025.The municipality assemblage lodging ostentation complaint stood astatine 2.96% (Provisional) successful October 2025, compared to 2.98% successful September 2025. This scale is exclusively calculated for municipality areas.The combined agrarian and municipality acquisition ostentation complaint stood astatine 3.49% (Provisional) successful October 2025, showing a flimsy summation from 3.44% successful September 2025.The combined wellness ostentation complaint for agrarian and municipality sectors decreased to 3.86% (Provisional) successful October 2025 from 4.39% successful September 2025.