News India Live, Digital Desk: Wpi inflation: Official data showed that India’s wholesale price index (WPI) inflation has come to a 13 -month low of 0.85% compared to the same period of the previous year for the month of April 2025.
The release of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry states, “The annual rate of inflation based on the All India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) number is 0.85% (provisional) for the month of April 2025 (compared to April 2024). In April, 2025, positive rates of inflation are mainly food products, other manufacturing, chemicals and chemical products, manufacturing and other transportation equipment, manufacturing and equipment, and equipment of other transportation equipment etc. Due to the increase in manufacturing prices. ”
The fuel and electricity index declined by 2.82% to 148.1 (provisional) in April 2025 to 152.4 (provisional) in the month of March 2025. The price of mineral oils (-3.95%) and power (-1.38%) decreased in April 2025 as compared to March 2025. The price of coal (0.22%) increased in April, 2025 as compared to March 2025.
The index of manufactured products rose 0.35% from 144.4 (provisional) in the month of March 2025 to 144.9 (provisional) in April 2025. For manufactured products, out of 22 NIC two -digit groups, 16 groups saw an increase in prices, 5 groups saw a decrease in prices and no change in prices in 1 group. Some important groups that showed growth in prices were the manufacture of original metals; Chemicals and chemical products; Fabricated metal products except machinery and equipment; Machinery and equipment and other manufacturing etc. Some groups that saw a decrease in prices were clothes manufacturing; Pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemicals and vegetable products; Paper and paper products; Printing and reproduction of media apparel and recording media in April 2025 as compared to March 2025
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