Wpi Index Of India 2024. India’s wholesale inflation in june 2024 has been recorded at 3.36% opposed to 2.61% in the previous month of may, according to the government data released on monday. Positive rate of inflation in july, 2024 is primarily due to increase in prices of food articles, manufacture of food products, mineral oils, crude petroleum & natural gas, other manufacturing etc.
The wpi inflation released by the ministry of commerce and industry is a measure of price movements similar to the consumer price indices (cpi). The corresponding inflation rates for rural and urban areas are 5.89.