{
  "id": "eco-wpi-008",
  "question": "What is wholesale inflation running at?",
  "topic": "Prices",
  "unit": "%",
  "decimals": 2,
  "measures": "Year-on-year change in the all-India Wholesale Price Index (all commodities, base 2022-23=100), compiled by the Office of the Economic Adviser, DPIIT. The new base was released in June 2026; monthly rates on it are shown from May 2025, the first month DPIIT published, and rates on the old 2011-12 base are not comparable. The latest month is provisional and is finalised two months later.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "DPIIT, Office of the Economic Adviser, Wholesale Price Index (base 2022-23=100)",
    "url": "https://eaindustry.nic.in/",
    "table": "WPI 2022-23=100, All Commodities; YoY of the published index (wpi_monthly_index file)",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-10-14",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": "2026-11-16",
  "processing": "Year-on-year change in DPIIT's published all-commodities index, to two decimals; it reproduces DPIIT's published rates.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Office of the Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry",
    "survey": "Wholesale Price Index (WPI)",
    "baseYear": "2022-23",
    "frequency": "Monthly, on the 14th (next working day if a holiday); provisional, then final two months later",
    "measures": "Year-on-year change in the all-commodities Wholesale Price Index",
    "notes": [
      "Major group weights on the 2022-23 base: Primary Articles 22.76, Fuel and Power 14.11, Manufactured Products 63.13 (September 2026 release, Annexure I).",
      "Base revised from 2011-12 to 2022-23; rates on the old base are not comparable.",
      "Released with the Output Producer Price Index and a trial Input Producer Price Index on the same day.",
      "The provisional index is finalised two months later (the September 2026 release finalised July 2026)."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "May 2025",
      "start": "2025-05",
      "end": "2025-05",
      "value": -0.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Jun 2025",
      "start": "2025-06",
      "end": "2025-06",
      "value": -0.4
    },
    {
      "period": "Jul 2025",
      "start": "2025-07",
      "end": "2025-07",
      "value": -0.79
    },
    {
      "period": "Aug 2025",
      "start": "2025-08",
      "end": "2025-08",
      "value": 0
    },
    {
      "period": "Sep 2025",
      "start": "2025-09",
      "end": "2025-09",
      "value": -0.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Oct 2025",
      "start": "2025-10",
      "end": "2025-10",
      "value": -1.18
    },
    {
      "period": "Nov 2025",
      "start": "2025-11",
      "end": "2025-11",
      "value": -0.59
    },
    {
      "period": "Dec 2025",
      "start": "2025-12",
      "end": "2025-12",
      "value": 0.3
    },
    {
      "period": "Jan 2026",
      "start": "2026-01",
      "end": "2026-01",
      "value": 1.19
    },
    {
      "period": "Feb 2026",
      "start": "2026-02",
      "end": "2026-02",
      "value": 2.18
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2026",
      "start": "2026-03",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 3.98
    },
    {
      "period": "Apr 2026",
      "start": "2026-04",
      "end": "2026-04",
      "value": 8.36
    },
    {
      "period": "May 2026",
      "start": "2026-05",
      "end": "2026-05",
      "value": 9.88
    },
    {
      "period": "Jun 2026",
      "start": "2026-06",
      "end": "2026-06",
      "value": 9.97
    },
    {
      "period": "Jul 2026",
      "start": "2026-07",
      "end": "2026-07",
      "value": 9.78
    },
    {
      "period": "Aug 2026",
      "start": "2026-08",
      "end": "2026-08",
      "value": 9.92
    },
    {
      "period": "Sep 2026",
      "start": "2026-09",
      "end": "2026-09",
      "value": 11.39
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/eco-wpi-008/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/eco-wpi-008/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/eco-wpi-008/versions.csv"
}