Food inflation for April 2025 at 1.78% is down a full 909 bps from the peak of October 2024. Headline inflation has fallen progressively in last 6 months by 305 bps. Food inflation for April 2025 is sharply lower than the previous 12-month average of 7.32%.

Food inflation for the month of April as opposed to a year-ago is 1.78 per cent. Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are 1.85 per cent and 1.64 per cent, respectively.

Sujan Hajra, Chief Economist & Executive Director, Anand Rathi Group said, India’s CPI inflation eased to a six-year low of 3.16% in April 2025, driven by falling prices of vegetables, pulses, and cereals, with food inflation at its lowest since October 2021.