Inflation for agricultural and rural labourers dips in September

Retail inflation for agricultural labourers and rural labourers eased in the month of September 2025, reflecting dip in cost of living for these workers.

The year-on-year inflation rate for agricultural labourers and rural labourers stood at -0.07% and 0.31%, respectively, in September 2025. The food inflation in September 2025 stood at -2.35% for agricultural labourers and -1.81% for rural labourers.

  1. Retail inflation for agricultural workers and rural labourers had stood at 1.07% and 1.26% respectively in August this year. Food inflation for agricultural labourers and rural labourers was -0.55% and -0.28% respectively during this period.

“For the month of September 2025, the All-India Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labourers decreased by 0.11 points to 136.23, while the index for Rural Labourers decreased by 0.18 points, reaching 136.42,” said Labour Bureau under Ministry of Labour & Employment in a press release on Saturday.

These indices are based on data collected from a set of 787 sample villages across 34 states and union territories.

The Food Index decreased by 0.47 points for agricultural labourers and 0.58 points for rural labourers in the month of September this year.

A person is treated as an agricultural labourer if he or she follows one or more of the agricultural occupations in the capacity of a labourer on hire. A rural labourer is defined as one who does manual work in rural areas in agricultural and non-agricultural occupations in return for wages.

India’s consumer price index-based inflation has been on a downward trend, driven primarily by the easing of food prices. Retail inflation declined to an eight-year low of 1.54% in September this year, as per official data released by the government earlier this week.

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