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India Feb WPI inflation rises to 2.13% from 1.81% in Jan
This story was originally published at 12:27 IST on 16 March 2026
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NEW DELHI – The Ministry of Commerce and Industry Monday released the inflation data based on the Wholesale Price Index for February.
LATEST: The WPI index for all commodities was 158.2 in February, up 0.3% from 157.8 in January. WPI inflation was 2.13% in February, up from 1.81% in January and 2.45% in February 2025.
NEXT UPDATE: The commerce ministry will detail the WPI for March on Apr. 14.
| Index number | Inflation (in %) | ||||||||||||
| Month | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Jan | 157.8* | 155.0 | 151.2 | 150.7 | 143.8 | 126.5 | 1.81* | 2.51 | 0.33 | 4.8 | 13.68 | 2.51 | |
| Feb | 158.2* | 154.9 | 151.2 | 150.9 | 145.3 | 128.1 | 2.13* | 2.45 | 0.2 | 3.85 | 13.43 | 4.83 | |
| Mar | 154.8 | 151.4 | 151.0 | 148.9 | 129.9 | 2.25 | 0.26 | 1.41 | 14.63 | 7.89 | |||
| Apr | 154.2 | 152.9 | 151.1 | 152.3 | 132.0 | 0.85 | 1.19 | (-)0.79 | 15.38 | 10.74 | |||
| May | 153.7 | 153.5 | 149.4 | 155.0 | 132.9 | 0.13 | 2.74 | (-)3.61 | 16.63 | 13.11 | |||
| Jun | 153.7 | 154.0 | 148.9 | 155.4 | 133.7 | (-)0.19 | 3.43 | (-)4.18 | 16.23 | 12.07 | |||
| Jul | 154.4 | 155.3 | 152.1 | 154.0 | 135.0 | (-)0.58 | 2.1 | (-)1.23 | 14.07 | 11.57 | |||
| Aug | 155.2 | 154.4 | 152.5 | 153.2 | 136.2 | 0.52 | 1.25 | (-)0.46 | 12.48 | 11.64 | |||
| Sept | 155.0 | 154.7 | 151.8 | 151.9 | 137.4 | 0.19 | 1.91 | (-)0.07 | 10.55 | 11.8 | |||
| Oct | 155.1 | 156.7 | 152.5 | 152.9 | 140.7 | (-)1.02 | 2.75 | (-)0.26 | 8.67 | 13.83 | |||
| Nov | 156.2 | 156.4 | 153.1 | 152.5 | 143.7 | (-)0.13 | 2.16 | 0.39 | 6.12 | 14.87 | |||
| Dec | 157.2 | 155.7 | 151.8 | 150.5 | 143.3 | 0.96 | 2.57 | 0.86 | 5.02 | 14.27 | |||
*provisional
Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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Compiled by Shubham Rana
Filed by Tanima Banerjee
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