Tag: Wholesale Price Index
India’s August wholesale inflation eases to 1.31% as fuel prices turn negative
Sep 17, 2024 12:35 PM IST India’s wholesale price index rose 1.31% in August, below the 1.85% forecast. Food prices increased 3.26%, while vegetable prices…
Wholesale prices contract for third consecutive month
NEW DELHI: Wholesale prices contracted for the third consecutive month in June on the back of lower prices of manufactured items, reiterating the fact that…
Wholesale inflation falls 4.18%, an 8-yr low, amid a spurt in retail prices
Wholesale prices fell for the third straight month in June 2023, declining 4.18%, official data showed Friday, diverging from retail inflation, which accelerated to a…
CEA says country’s GDP growth for year ending March 2023 was 7.2 per cent, surpassing expectations
The Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India, Dr V Anantha Nageswaran, on Monday said the real GDP growth for the year ending March…
Inter-ministerial consultation on for new industrial policy: DPIIT Secy
An inter-ministerial consultation is going on for formulation of a new industrial policy, which would aim at building a globally competitive business environment to increase…
Wholesale prices in deflation zone for the first time in three years
Wholesale inflation dropped into the deflation zone for the first time in three years in April, fuelling hopes of a further easing of retail prices…
India WPI: WPI declines for 11th straight month, falls to -0.92% in April
Wholesale price-based inflation declined to -0.92 per cent in April on an annual basis from 1.34 per cent in March, the Department for Promotion of…
India’s return to normalcy has a price and households are paying it
The return to normalcy from the pandemic has turned out costly for households with office and school requirements triggering a spike in prices of items…
india wpi inflation: India’s WPI inflation eases to 3.85 per cent in February
India‘s wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation eased to 3.85 per cent in February on an annual basis from 4.73 per cent in January, stated provisional…
Wholesale price inflation declines to 4.73% in January
The wholesale price-based inflation eased for the eight consecutive month to 4.73 per cent in January on easing prices of manufactured items, fuel and power….