Wholesale price inflation rises to 1.81% in Jan
The Hindu
Wholesale price inflation in January 2026 rises to 1.81%, driven by increases in food and manufactured goods prices.
Wholesale price inflation extended upward momentum for the third straight month, at 1.81% in January, driven by an uptick in prices of food, non-food articles, and manufactured items on a month-on-month basis, government data showed on Monday (February 16, 2026).
Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation was 2.51% in January last year, while in the previous month (December 2025), it was 0.83%.
"Positive rate of inflation in January 2026 is primarily due to increase in prices of manufacture of basic metals, other manufacturing, non-food articles, food articles, and textiles, etc," the Industry Ministry said in a statement.
According to WPI data, inflation in food articles was 1.55% in January as against deflation of 0.43% in December.
In vegetables, inflation was 6.78% in January as against deflation of 3.50% in December.
In the case of manufactured products, WPI inflation inched up to 2.86%, as against 1.82% in December.
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