Wholesale inflation eases to 2.05% in March on cheaper food items

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Wholesale price inflation eased to 2.05% in March, as against 2.38% in February, government data showed on Tuesday (April 15, 2025).

The wholesale price index (WPI) based inflation, however, rose year-on-year. It was 0.26% in March 2024.

“Positive rate of inflation in March, 2025 is primarily due to increase in prices of manufacture of food products, other manufacturing, food articles, electricity and manufacture of textiles etc,” the industry ministry said in a statement.

As per the WPI data, food inflation eased to 1.57% in March, from 3.38% in February, with vegetables seeing sharp drop. Deflation in vegetables was 15.88% during the month, compared to 5.80% in February.

Inflation in manufactured products, however, saw a spike at 3.07% in March, compared to 2.86% in February.

Fuel and power too saw an uptick with rate of inflation at 0.20% in March, as against a deflation of 0.71% in February.