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Retail inflation slowed to an over 8-year low of 1.54% in September and slipped below the Reserve Bank’s comfort zone mainly due to subdued prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses, showed government data released on Monday. The consumer price index (CPI) based inflation was 5.49% in September 2024. The previous low was 1.46% in June 2017.

It is for the second time that retail inflation has slipped below 2% in 2025. The government has mandated the RBI to ensure CPI remains at 4% with a margin of 2% on either side. “There is a decrease of 53 basis points in headline inflation of September, 2025 in comparison to August 2025. It is the lowest year-on-year inflation after June 2017,” the National Statistics Office (NSO) said.

Year-on-year food inflation during September 2025 was (

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