Statistical anomaly pulls retail inflation down to record low of 0.25% in October 2025

[ad_1] The data shows that the food and beverages category saw prices contract 3.7% in October 2025, following up on a contraction of 1.4% in September. File. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma Retail inflation fell to a historic low of 0.25% in October 2025, with the government attributing this fall to the first full […]

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Measures to cool food inflation will deliver in coming weeks, says Finance Ministry

[ad_1] The Finance Ministry late Monday termed the increase in retail inflation from 6.71% in July to 7% in August as ‘moderate’, and attributed it to an adverse base effect and an increase in food and fuel prices, which it called “the transient components” of Consumer Price inflation. Core inflation, which excludes these ‘transient components’ […]

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