📊 June 2025 CPI Update – India (released July 14, 2025)

🇮🇳 Headline CPI: 2.10% YoY — the lowest since January 2019 🥗 Food Inflation: –1.06% YoY, swung into contraction—strong fall in vegetables, pulses & cereals 🏙️ Rural vs Urban:  • Rural CPI at ~1.72%, Urban at ~2.56%  • Rural food inflation ~–0.92%, Urban ~–1.22% 🏠 Housing: ~3.24% YoY 📚 Education: ~4.37% YoY ⚕️ Health: ~4.43% YoY ⛽ Fuel & Light: ~2.55% YoY 🌾 Why it matters: • Inflation is well within the RBI’s 2–6% comfort range • Persistent low CPI supports scope for further policy easing—markets expect the next rate cut in October/December • Core inflation remains stable, so RBI may hold off in the August meeting 📈 Markets reacted positively too—Sensex and Nifty climbed on the cooler inflation print