New Delhi, January 14 (IANS). According to data released on Wednesday from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, India’s inflation rate based on wholesale prices stood at 0.83 percent in December 2025. This increase is mainly due to increase in prices of manufactured products and minerals.
There was no increase in wholesale prices of food items in December, hence the food inflation rate remained zero percent. This means that food items did not become expensive compared to last year.
The manufactured goods group, which has the largest share in wholesale inflation (WPI), accounts for 64.23 percent, whose prices increased by 0.41 percent in December. Of the 22 products in this group, prices of 13 increased, prices of 8 products decreased and there was no change in the price of one.
Commodities whose prices rose in December included base metals, chemicals and chemical products, textiles and other non-metallic mineral products.
At the same time, there was a decline in the prices of rubber and plastic products, food products, computer and electronic goods, paper and beverages.
The wholesale inflation rate in November 2025 was below zero (-0.32 percent). Earlier in October it was -1.21 percent, whereas in November last year it was 2.16 percent.
Retail inflation based on Consumer Price Index in December 2025 was 1.33 percent, which is slightly higher than 0.71 percent in November.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) stood at -2.71 percent in December, meaning the prices of food items remained lower than last year. This is the seventh consecutive month when food inflation has remained negative, providing relief to the household budget of common people.
Overall, the situation regarding inflation is still under control. Last month, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India had reduced the inflation estimate for the financial year 2025-26 from 2.6 percent to 2 percent.
RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said that due to falling inflation, the repo rate has been reduced by 0.25 percent, which has now become 5.25 percent.
He said that 8.2 percent economic growth and decline in inflation in the second quarter of the current financial year has given India a special ‘golden time’ in which both development and stability are going hand in hand.
–IANS
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