New Delhi, June 12 -- Continuing its downward trend, consumer price inflation in India hit an over six-year low in May, in respite to common people.

According to the statistics ministry, the year-on-year inflation rate based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the month of May was 2.82 per cent (provisional). It is the lowest year-on-year inflation since February 2019.

There is a decline of 34 basis points in the headline inflation of May in comparison to April 2025.

The significant decline in inflation in May is attributable to a decline in prices of pulses and products, vegetables, fruits, cereals and products, households goods and services, sugar and confectionery and egg, coupled with the favourable base effect.

The inflation rate i...