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Inflation in India
• Headline inflation-: Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for
the month of August, 2025 over August, 2024 is 2.07% (Provisional). There is an increase of 46
basis points in headline inflation of August, 2025 in comparison to July, 2025.

Figure 8: Year on year inflation rate based on CPI (%)

Source- NSO
• Food Inflation: Year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for
the month of August, 2025 over August, 2024 is -0.69% (Provisional). Corresponding inflation
rates for rural and urban are -0.70% and -0.58%, respectively. All India inflation rates for CPI
(General) and CFPI over the last 13 months are shown below. An increase of 107 basis points is
observed in food inflation in August, 2025 in comparison to July, 2025.

Figure 8: All India inflation rates for CPI (General) and CFPI

Source- NSO Page | 12

September 2025