Retail inflation plunges! July 2025 CPI dips to 8-year low of 1.55%; meals inflation slips to -1.76%
The Client Value 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 line with provisional knowledge. This marks a 55-basis-point drop from June 2025 ranges.Meals inflation, measured by the Client Meals Value Index (CFPI), slipped additional into destructive territory at -1.76% year-on-year, its lowest since January 2019. Rural meals inflation stood at -1.74%, whereas city meals inflation got here in at -1.90%. The autumn represents a 75-basis-point decline from the earlier month, pushed by easing costs of pulses, greens, cereals, eggs, sugar, and transport and communication companies.Rural areas noticed headline inflation ease to 1.18% from 1.72% in June, with meals inflation dropping from -0.87% to -1.74%. City inflation additionally moderated, with the headline price falling to 2.05% from 2.56%, and meals inflation declining to -1.90% from -1.17%.The broad-based cooling is attributed to a beneficial base impact and sustained moderation in key meals and repair classes, offering reduction to customers throughout each rural and concrete India.The mixed rural and concrete gasoline and light-weight inflation price elevated to 2.67% (Provisional) in July 2025 from 2.55% in June 2025.The city sector housing inflation price stood at 3.17% (Provisional) for July 2025, displaying a slight lower from 3.18% recorded in June 2025. This index completely covers city areas.The mixed rural and concrete training inflation price registered at 4.00% (Provisional) in July 2025, displaying a decline from June 2025’s price of 4.37%.The consolidated well being inflation price throughout rural and concrete sectors reached 4.57% (Provisional) in July 2025, indicating a rise from 4.38% noticed in June 2025.The general transport and communication inflation price for each rural and concrete areas decreased to 2.12% (Provisional) in July 2025, in comparison with 3.90% in June 2025.
