Current Trends in Indian Economy
Retail Inflation -lower than RBI’s target
- India’s retail inflation dipped to a seven-month low of 3.6% as food prices eased in February 2025, led by vegetables, pulses, and eggs.
- Below RBI Target: Inflation now lower than RBI’s 4% target
- It is the lowest year-on-year inflation after July 2024,” said by -the National Statistics Office (NSO)
- Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI): Increased by 3.75% (slowest in almost 2 years).
- Retail inflation was the highest in Kerala at 7.3% and the lowest in Telangana at just 1.3%. Nine of the 22 States had inflation above 4%.
- Varying food prices are the reason for this differential
- Retail inflation –It is also known as Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation, tracks the change in retail prices of goods and services which households purchase for their daily consumption.
