India’s government issued data on April 15 showing that wholesale inflation decreased to 2.05 percent in March from 2.4 percent in February. While the food index saw a further fall, the prices of manufacturing items, which make up about two-thirds of the index, increased by 3.1 percent from 2.9 percent the previous month. The central…
According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday, in February 2025, India’s wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation increased to 2.38% (provisional), mostly as a result of rising prices for food products, food article, other manufacturing, non-food item, and textile manufacturing. The WPI rate in January was 2.31 percent, which is…
According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Friday, the main causes of India’s January 2025 wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation decline were price increases for the production of food products, food articles, other manufacturing, non-food items, textiles, etc. Compared to the WPI rate of 2.37 percent from the previous month,…
According to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday, the major causes of India’s wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation, which increased from 1.89 percent in November 2024 to 2.37 percent in December, were price increases for food items, food product manufacturing, other manufacturing, textile manufacturing, and non-food items. While WPI inflation…
According to data issued by the commerce ministry on Monday, the November wholesale pricing index (WPI)-based inflation rate in India decreased to 1.89 percent, mostly as a result of rising prices for textiles, machinery & equipment, food items, and other manufacturing. In October of this year, WPI inflation was 2.36%, up from 0.39 percent in…
According to data provided by the commerce ministry on Thursday, increases in the cost of essential foods and an unfavorable base caused India’s wholesale pricing index (WPI)–based inflation to reach a four-month high of 2.36% in October. WPI inflation in September 2023 was 1.84%, whereas in October 2023 it was (-)0.26%. October saw the biggest…
According to preliminary statistics provided by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on Monday, India’s wholesale price index (WPI)- based inflation for September increased to 1.84 percent on an annual basis from a four-month low of 1.31 percent in August. WPI inflation increased to 3.36 percent in June and 2.04 percent in July. In September…
The provisional data released by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry on Wednesday showed that the increase in prices of food articles, food product manufacturing, mineral oils, crude petroleum & natural gas, other manufacturing, etc. was the main cause of India’s wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation for July, which eased to 2.04% on an annual…
The Ministry of Commerce & Industry announced provisional data indicating that the annual rate of India’s wholesale pricing index (WPI)-based inflation increased to 1.26 percent in April from 0.53 percent in March. A 13-month high was reached by the WPI in April, surpassing the Reuters forecast of 1% WPI inflation as predicted. According to the…
Based on statistics given by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, India’s inflation for the month of September 2023 was (-)0.26% (Provisional) for the wholesale pricing index (WPI). In August 2022, the WPI inflation rate was (-)0.52%, while in September 2022, it was 10.55 percent. Since April, the WPI-based inflation rate has been negative for…
