India Inflation Falls to 8-Year Low in September

2025-10-13 10:43 By Joana Ferreira 1 min. read

India’s consumer price inflation eased to 1.54% in September 2025, down from 2.07% in August and below market expectations of 1.7%.

This marked the lowest rate since June 2017 and fell below the Reserve Bank of India’s 2% lower tolerance limit under its inflation-targeting framework.

Food prices, which account for nearly half of the CPI basket, dropped 2.28%, marking the largest decline since a record 2.65% fall in December 2018.

Inflation also moderated for clothing and footwear (2.28% vs. 2.33% in August) and fuel and light (1.98% vs. 2.32%).

Conversely, price pressures rose for pan, tobacco, and intoxicants (2.73% vs. 2.49%), housing (3.98% vs. 3.09%), and miscellaneous items (5.35% vs. 5.05%).



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