Retail food inflation in India came out of negative zone (deflation) after seven months in January, 2026 at 2.13% on year as tomato and coconut become costlier, as per the new series of data with base year of 2024. Mixed Plate Despite rise in food inflation, prices of garlic (-53%), onion (-29%), potato (-285), arhar dal (-24%) and peas (-15%) declined last month. These five commodities have a combined weightage of 2.48% in the consumer price index (CPI) basket. However the prices of tomato (64%) and copra (47%) reported high inflation, according to the ministry of statistics and programme implementation (MoSPI).