New Delhi, July 14 -- Continuing its downward trend, retail inflation in India hit a new over six-year low in June, in further respite to common people.

According to the statistics ministry, the year-on-year inflation rate based on Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June was 2.10 per cent (provisional), a decline of 72 basis points in headline inflation from May 2025. It is the lowest year-on-year inflation since January 2019.

Notably, the year-on-year inflation rate based on All India Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI) for June was (-) 1.06 per cent (Provisional). Corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban are (-) 0.92 per cent and (-) 1.22 per cent, respectively.

A sharp year-on-year decline of 205 basis points is observed in food i...