WPI inflation surges marginally to 0.52% in August 2025, driven by increase in prices of primary articles and manufactured products: PHDCCI
City Air News
Sep 15, 2025 01:58
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New Delhi, September 15, 2025: Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation increased from (-) 0.58% in July 2025 to 0.52% in August 2025 driven by high prices of primary articles, particularly food articles, non-food articles, minerals and manufactured products, said Hemant Jain, President, PHDCCI, in a press statement issued here today.
The prices of food articles increased by 1.45% in August 2025 vs July 2025, due to the inflation in wheat, pulses, eggs,meat and fish. While higher prices of oil seeds drove the non-food articles inflation from 0.82% in July 2025 to 2.92% in August 2025, said Jain.
Among manufactured products, the major contributors to inflation were vegetable and animal oils & fats, textiles, and rubber & plastic products, which may reflect in production costs with a lag, he said.
Going forward, we expect WPI inflation to moderate with the government’s continued support through structural reforms such as GST 2.0, and Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes among others, Jain noted.
