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India's WPI inflation sees rise in January
Feb-16-2026

India's wholesale price index (WPI) inflation rose in the month of January 2026 at 1.81% as compared to 0.83% in December 2025, driven by higher prices of non-food articles, crude petroleum & natural gas and manufactured items.

The component wise, primary articles index, having weight of 22.62%, decreased 0.15% from 194.2 (provisional) for the month of December 2025 to 193.9 (provisional) in January 2026, as the prices of food articles and minerals decreased. However, the prices of non-food articles and crude petroleum & natural gas increased in January 2026 as compared to December 2025.

Fuel & Power index, having weight of 13.15%, decreased by 1.62% from 148.3 (provisional) for the month of December 2025 to 145.9 (provisional) in January 2026. The prices of electricity and mineral oils decreased, while the price of coal increased in January 2026 as compared to December, 2025. However, Manufactured Products constituting the major portion of the index with weight of 64.23%, increased by 1.30% from 145.6 (provisional) for the month of December 2025 to 147.5 (provisional) in January 2026.

WPI Food Index consisting of 'Food Articles' from Primary Articles group and 'Food Product' from Manufactured Products group have decreased from 196.0 in December, 2025 to 194.2 in January, 2026. The rate of inflation (Y-o-Y) based on WPI Food Index increased to 1.41% in January, 2026. Further, for the month of November, 2025, the final Wholesale Price Index and inflation rate for 'All Commodities' (Base: 2011- 12=100) stood at 156.2 and (-) 0.13% respectively.

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