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The Indian government released the wholesale price index (WPI) data for December on Wednesday, January 14. The December WPI came in at 0.83%. The government attributes the positive rate of inflation to an increase in prices of other manufacturing, minerals, manufacture of machinery and equipment, manufacture of food products and textiles, etc.
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.
For November, India's WPI-based inflation came in at -0.32%.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry releases the 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 non-food articles (2.76%), minerals (1.62%), food articles (0.88%), electricity (4.46%), coal (0.66%), and mineral oils (0.07%) increased in December 2025 as compared to November 2025. On the other hand, prices of crude petroleum and natural gas (-0.45%) decreased as compared to the preceding month.
Out of the 22 National Industrial Classification (NIC) two-digit groups for manufactured products, 13 groups witnessed an increase in prices, whereas eight groups witnessed a decrease. One group witnessed no change in prices.
Other manufacturing, basic metals, chemicals and chemical products, textiles and other non-metallic mineral products, etc, witnessed a month-over-month increase in prices. Manufacture of rubber and plastics products; food products; computer, electronic and optical products; paper and paper products and beverages, etc, reported a decrease in prices.
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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.
For November, India's WPI-based inflation came in at -0.32%.
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry releases the 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 non-food articles (2.76%), minerals (1.62%), food articles (0.88%), electricity (4.46%), coal (0.66%), and mineral oils (0.07%) increased in December 2025 as compared to November 2025. On the other hand, prices of crude petroleum and natural gas (-0.45%) decreased as compared to the preceding month.
Out of the 22 National Industrial Classification (NIC) two-digit groups for manufactured products, 13 groups witnessed an increase in prices, whereas eight groups witnessed a decrease. One group witnessed no change in prices.
Other manufacturing, basic metals, chemicals and chemical products, textiles and other non-metallic mineral products, etc, witnessed a month-over-month increase in prices. Manufacture of rubber and plastics products; food products; computer, electronic and optical products; paper and paper products and beverages, etc, reported a decrease in prices.
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