To add insult to injury, it even crossed into double digits times, he added.

He said on X, “In stark contrast, the Modi government has kept retail inflation mostly under 5 per cent, never letting it exceed 8 per cent.” During the UPA’s final three-year stint, India was saddled with an average retail inflation of 9.8 per cent, which was especially bad as the global inflation at that time was relatively stable, hovering between 4 to 5 per cent, he said.

The National Statistics Office (NSO) said in a statement on Monday that the year-on-year inflation rate based on CPI for the month of June 2025 over June 2024 is 2.1 per cent.

Retail inflation declined to over six-year low, nearing the RBI’s comfort zone, on account of subdued prices of food items, including vegetables, driven by widespread monsoon. PTI KR DV DV