December sees slight increase in retail inflation for farm & rural workers
A labour ministry has said that the year-on-year inflation rate for Agricultural Labourers (AL) and Rural Labourers (RL) stood at 0.04% and 0.11%, respectively, in December 2025, mainly due to firming up of certain food items. The food inflation in December 2025 stood at (-) 1.80% for AL and (-) 1.73% for RL.
For the month of December 2025, the All-India Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Agricultural Labourers (Base: 2019=100) decreased by 0.28 points to 137.12, while the index for Rural Labourers decreased by 0.27 points, reaching 137.03. The Food Index decreased by 0.70 points each for Agricultural Labourers and Rural Labourers in December 2025.
The pace of increase in retail prices, measured in terms of CPI-AL and CPI-RL, was negative at (-) 0.66 per cent and (-) 0.47, respectively, in November 2025. The CPI-AL and CPI-RL stood at 137.40 points and 137.30 points, respectively in November 2025.
