WPI inflation down at four-month low of 1% in March on lower food prices
"The rate of inflation based on WPI Food Index consisting of food articles from primary articles group and food product from manufactured products group decreased from 7.31 per cent in February 2020 to 5.49 per cent in March 2020," said the statement.
Apr 15, 2020, 18:51 PM IST
Tissue paper, cucumber, gas among 199 new items in WPI basket
The government on Friday released the new series of the WPI with change in base year to 2011-12 from 2004-05 and after rejigging the items in the basket for making the index more reflective.
May 12, 2017, 20:20 PM IST
Inflation at 5 year low of (-) 0.39%, raises hope for rate cut
This is the second time in three months that the wholesale price index has entered negative territory, as the government Monday also revised downwards the inflation number for November to minus 0.17 percent, from zero earlier.
Feb 16, 2015, 12:52 PM IST
