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Essential medicines set for a highest ever price rise of 12% this year

Prices of 900 formulations are expected to increase to reflect annual change in WPI

March retail inflation number may reflect drop in wheat prices

Data shows that in Feb 2023 while WPI-wheat inflation dropped to 18.54%, CPI-wheat inflation for the same month rose from 25.05% in January 2023 to 25.37% in Feb

Toll projects may see moderate to high single-digit growth in FY24: Icra

Rating agency ICRA on Tuesday said that toll road projects in the country are likely to see moderate to high single-digit growth in FY24 with moderation in the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) inflation

India's November wholesale inflation eases to 21-month low of 5.85%

WPI-based inflation remained below the double-digit mark for second consecutive month in November

India's WPI inflation eases to 8.39% in October from 10.7% in September

The index for manufactured products saw a decline of 0.42 per cent month-on-month (MoM) and the inflation in fuel and power category saw a fall of 1.65 per cent

Service sector may be included in the Wholesale Price Index soon: Report

A government panel headed by Niti Aayog's Ramesh Chand is finalising the changes in the WPI to include 60 per cent of the economy for the first time

WPI-based inflation softens to 11-month low at 12.41% in August

However, this is the 17th consecutive month since April 2021 that the factory-gate inflation has remained in the double digit, primarily driven by rising energy and food prices

Consultations in progress on revising WPI base year to 2017-18: DPIIT secy

Inter-ministerial consultations are progressing on revising the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) base year from 2011-12 to 2017-18, a top government official has said. Revising base year to 2017-18 for computation of wholesale inflation would help in presenting a more realistic picture of the price situation in the country. The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in June last year issued a draft technical report of a working group, which suggests revising the base year of wholesale price index and addition of about 480 new items such as medicinal plants, pen drive, lifts, gymnasium equipment and certain motorcycle engines in the new series. The draft report was placed in public domain and its feedbacks were considered before finalisation of the report. "The working group submitted its report in June. ...Now inter-ministerial consultation is in progress," DPIIT secretary Anurag Jain told PTI. In the case of agriculture commodities, new items such as medicinal

India's July WPI inflation eases to 13.93% as food, fuel prices decline

Wholesale Price Index-based (WPI) inflation was 15.18 per cent last month and at a record high of 16.63 per cent in May. It was 11.57 per cent in July 2021

US inflation impact: Global recession fears to cool WPI inflation in India

Impact on CPI inflation to come later, rupee depreciation to negate some of this impact

India's retail inflation may be at 5.7-6.9% in FY23, say economists

This is after duty cuts on fuel; 25-50 bps repo rate hike likely in the MPC meet next week

WPI inflation eases to 12.96% in Jan from 13.56% in the previous month

Wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation rate decelerated to 12.96% in January from 13.56% in the preceding month as per the data released by the industry department.

Wholesale inflation eases to 11.16% in July as food prices soften

The wholesale price index (WPI) inflation is at a three-month low but remained in double digits in this fiscal year so far

WPI inflation hits record high of 12.94% in May on costlier fuel

The wholesale price-based inflation accelerated to a record high of 12.94 per cent in May, on rising prices of crude oil and manufactured goods

Wholesale price index makeover on the cards, base year to be 2017-18

Green tea, sanitisers among items in bigger basket

Expensive vegetables, high metal prices push WPI inflation to 1.32%

Together with CPI, it may restrain RBI from taking any further monetary easing measures

July WPI at -0.58%, in negative zone for fourth month on the trot

The steep fall in deflation from June to July slightly reduced the gap between WPI and Consumer Price Index-based inflation

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Covid-19 impact: It is WPI deflation for the first time in 4.5 years

Development raises hope of another 25 bps cut in repo by MPC