India`s wholesale inflation slips into negative zone in October
India's wholesale price index (WPI) inflation slipped into the negative zone in the month of October 2025, easing to (-) 1.21%, compared with 0.13% in September 2025. Negative rate of inflation in October 2025 is primarily due to decrease in prices of crude petroleum & natural gas and non-food articles.
The component wise, primary articles index, having weight of 22.62%, decreased by 0.42% from 189.0 (provisional) for the month of September 2025 to 188.2 (provisional) in October 2025, as the prices of crude petroleum & natural gas and non-food articles decreased in the reported month. But, the prices of minerals increased in October 2025 as compared to September 2025, while the prices of food articles remained same as in the previous month.
Fuel & Power index, having weight of 13.15%, increased by 1.12% from 143.4 (provisional) for the month of September 2025 to 145.0 (provisional) in October 2025, on the back of rising prices of electricity and mineral oils. However, the prices of coal remained same as in the previous month. Besides, Manufactured Products constituting the major portion of the index with weight of 64.23%, decreased by 0.07% from 145.2 (provisional) for the month of September 2025 to 145.1 (provisional) in October 2025.
WPI Food Index consisting of 'Food Articles' from Primary Articles group and 'Food Product' from Manufactured Products group has remained constant 192.0 from September 2025 to October 2025. The rate of inflation (Y-o-Y) based on WPI Food Index decreased to (-) 5.04% in October 2025 from (-) 1.99% in September 2025. Meanwhile, for the month of August, 2025, the final Wholesale Price Index and inflation rate for 'All Commodities' (Base: 2011- 12=100) stood at 155.2 and 0.52% respectively.
