India Producer Prices Change

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

0.85

Units In

2.05

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jun 16, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 17 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
34.68 Sep 1974	-11.31 May 1976	6.75 %	1969-2025	N/A

In India, the wholesale price index (WPI) is the main measure of inflation. The WPI measures the price of a representative basket of wholesale goods. In India, wholesale price index is divided into three groups: Fuel and Power (13.2 percent), Primary Articles (22.6 percent of total weight) and Manufactured Products (64.2 percent). Food Articles from the Primary Articles Group account for 15.2 percent of the total weight. The most important components of the Manufactured Products Group are Basic Metals (9.7 percent of total weight); Food products (9.1 percent); Chemicals and Chemical products (6.5 percent) and Textiles (4.9 percent).

Latest Updates

India’s wholesale prices rose by 0.85% yoy in April 2025, down from a 2.05% increase in March and below market expectations of a 1.76% rise. This marked the softest pace since March 2024, largely driven by a significant slowdown in food prices, which saw their smallest increase in 18 months (2.55% vs 4.66% in March), with vegetable prices plunging 18.26%. Manufacturing inflation also eased to a three-month low of 2.62% (vs 3.07%), reflecting softer increases in the prices of paper and paper products (2.10% vs 2.39%) and pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemicals, and botanical products (0.98% vs 1.26%), along with a decline in basic metals (-0.64% vs 0.29%). Additionally, fuel and power prices fell (-2.18% vs 0.20%), weighed down by lower prices for LPG (-0.41%), petrol (-7.70%), and HSD (-5.04%). Meanwhile, primary articles fell by 1.44% (vs 0.76%). Monthly, wholesale prices shrank by 0.19% in April, marking the sixth straight monthly drop, following an upwardly revised 0.26% fall in March.