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India's WPI inflation turns negative in June
Jul-14-2025

Marking the first negative reading since the beginning of the year, inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) in India dropped to (-) 0.13% in the month of June, from 0.39% in May 2025, due to decrease in prices of electricity, mineral oils, coal, crude petroleum & natural gas etc. It was 0.85% in April 2025. 

The component wise, primary articles index, having weight of 22.62%, increased by 0.81% to 185.8 (provisional) in June 2025 from 184.3 (provisional) for the month of May 2025, due to rise in prices of minerals, non-food articles and food articles. However, the price of crude petroleum & natural gas decreased in June 2025 as compared to May 2025.

Fuel & Power index, having weight of 13.15%, declined by 2.52% to 143.0 (provisional) in June 2025 from 146.7 (provisional) for the month of May 2025, as the prices of electricity, mineral oils and coal decreased in June 2025 as compared to May 2025.

Besides, Manufactured Products constituting the major portion of the index with weight of 64.23%, declined by 0.07% to 144.8 (provisional) in June 2025 from 144.9 (provisional) for the month of May 2025. Meanwhile, for the month of April, 2025, the final Wholesale Price Index and inflation rate for 'All Commodities' (Base: 2011-12=100) stood at 154.2 and 0.85% respectively.


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