August wpi inflation: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry today released data of the Wholesale Price Index (WPI). In August, the wholesale price index based inflation has increased from 0.58 percent to 0.52 percent. In August, inflation increased due to the increase in prices of food items, manufacturing products, non-food substances, non-food mineral products and transport devices.

Prices of these things also increased

The primary items index have risen by 1.60 percent, which increased from 188.0 in July 2025 to 191.0 in August. The prices of non-food items have increased by 2.92 percent. After this, the prices of minerals have increased by 2.66 % and food items prices by 1.45 percent.

During this time, the price of manufacturing products has also increased. Manufactured Products is the largest segment of WPI basket. Prices of manufactured products also increased by 0.21 percent in August as compared to July. This shows that the prices of goods made in factories have increased. Along with this, prices of food products, textile, electrical equipment, other transport equipment and machinery have increased.

These things became cheap

Fuel and electricity inflation declined by 0.69 percent to 143.6 in August, which was 144.6 last month. Electricity prices declined by 2.91 percent, while the price of mineral oil saw a slight decline of 0.07 percent. Coal prices remained stable compared to July. The inflation rate of raw petroleum and natural gas was 0.43 percent in August. In addition, prices of base metals, computers, electronic and optical products, clothing, wood products and furniture have decreased.

Retail inflation also increased

Recently, figures of retail inflation were also released. In August, retail inflation increased to 2.07 percent. It was 1.55 percent in July. Now the wholesale inflation has also increased. That is, inflation has increased in the wholesale market along with the total retail.

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