Retail inflation rises to 1.33% in December 2025, still lower than RBI’s lower comfort level

Retail ostentation quickened to a three-month precocious of 1.33% successful December 2025, which is inactive importantly little than the Reserve Bank of India’s little comfortableness level of 2%, authoritative information released connected Monday (January 12, 2026) showed.

Data connected the Consumer Price Index for December 2025, released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, shows that the debased levels of retail ostentation are a effect of a broad-based diminution successful terms levels crossed sectors. The RBI targets an ostentation complaint of 4%, with a comfortableness set of 2% supra and beneath that.

The nutrient and beverages category, for example, saw a contraction successful prices of 1.85% successful December 2025, a moderation from the contraction of 2.8% seen successful November. This is apt owed to a precocious basal effect arsenic ostentation successful this class stood astatine 7.7% successful December past year.

Inflation successful the ‘pan, baccy and intoxicants’ class remained unchanged astatine 2.96% successful December 2025 arsenic compared to November. 

The covering and footwear class saw ostentation easing marginally to 1.44% successful December 2025 from 1.49% successful the erstwhile month. Inflation successful this class had been 2.7% successful December 2024.

The lodging sector, too, saw ostentation easing somewhat to 2.86% successful December 2025 from 2.95% successful the erstwhile month. The substance and airy class saw ostentation easiness to 1.97% successful December 2025, arsenic compared to 2.3% successful November.