In June, the wholesale inflation came in at a 20-month low of -0.13%. The WPI fell to a 14-month of low of 0.39% in May.
The Wholesale Price Index, or WPI, measures the change in prices of goods that wholesale businesses sell to and trade in bulk with other companies. Unlike the CPI, which tracks prices of goods and services purchased by consumers, WPI tracks factory gate prices before retail prices.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry releases WPI. Under the index, commodities are categorised into three groups — primary articles (which are further divided into food and non-food articles), fuel and power and manufactured products, and the base year for the index is 2011-12.
The prices of crude petroleum and natural gas (2.56%), non-food articles (2.11%), food articles (0.96%) and mineral oils (1.98%) increased in July 2025 as compared to June 2025. On the other hand, prices of minerals (-1.08%), coal (-0.44%) and
Out of the 22 National Industrial Classification (NIC) two-digit groups for manufactured products, nine groups witnessed an increase in prices, whereas nine groups witnessed a decrease in prices. Four groups witnessed no change in prices.
Other manufacturing, other transport equipment, motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, other non-metallic mineral products and furniture etc, witnessed month-over-month increases in prices. The manufacture of basic
