New Delhi, October 14, 2025 : India’s wholesale price inflation (WPI) eased to 0.13% in September, down from 0.52% in August, as prices of food articles, fuel, and manufactured goods moderated, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday.
WPI inflation stood at 1.91% in the same month last year.
“The positive rate of inflation in September 2025 is primarily due to an increase in prices of manufactured food products, non-food articles, transport equipment, and textiles,” the ministry noted.
Food articles continued to show deflationary trends, registering a deflation of 5.22% in September compared to 3.06% in August. Vegetables led the fall, with prices plunging 24.41% year-on-year versus 14.18% a month earlier.
Inflation in manufactured products eased slightly to 2.33% (from 2.55% in August), while fuel and power prices remained in deflation at –2.58% compared to –3.17% in the previous month.
Meanwhile, retail inflation (CPI) — which the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) uses to frame monetary policy — dropped to an 8-year low of 1.5% in September. The RBI had earlier kept the repo rate unchanged at 5.5%, maintaining a cautious stance amid signs of easing price pressures.
