Decadal inflation in India looks comparatively normal with reference to many developing economies. But it has sporadic incidences of double-digit tendencies mainly due to supply-side shortfalls caused by droughts (monsoon failures), price rise of crude oil in the international market or fund diversions due to wars (the Chinese war of 1962 and the Pakistan wars of 1965–66 and 1971).The decadal inflation in India has been as given below:

1. During 1950s: remained at 1.7 per cent.
2. During 1960s: remained at 6.4 per cent.
3. During 1970s: remained at 9.0 per cent.
4. During 1980s: remained at 8.0 per cent.
5. During 1990s: remained at 9.5 per cent (though it reached 0.5 per cent by the fourth quarter of the fiscal 1998–99)

Source: ForumIAS