This press release by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry provides the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for April 2025, with a base year of 2011-12. The annual rate of inflation, based on the WPI, is provisionally reported at 0.85% for April 2025 compared to April 2024. This positive inflation rate is primarily attributed to increased prices in the manufacture of food products, other manufacturing, chemicals and chemical products, transport equipment, and machinery. The WPI for 'All Commodities' is 154.2 in April 2025, a 0.19% increase from March 2025. The index for Primary Articles decreased slightly, while Fuel & Power saw a more significant decrease. Manufactured Products increased. The WPI Food Index increased to 189.3 in April 2025, with the annual inflation rate for food decreasing to 2.55%. The final WPI for February 2025 is 154.9, with an inflation rate of 2.45%. The WPI for May 2025 will be released on June 16, 2025.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Commerce Industry: The governing body responsible for the release of the wholesale price index (WPI) data.
Index Numbers of Wholesale Price in India: The specific economic indicator being reported on.
April, 2025: The reference month for the primary WPI data in this release.
2011-12: The base year used for calculating the Wholesale Price Index.
PIB Delhi: The press information bureau, Delhi, which posted the information.
Wholesale Price Index: A measure of the changes in the prices of goods sold in bulk by wholesalers.
WPI: Abbreviation for Wholesale Price Index
February, 2025: A past month for which final WPI figures are provided.
March, 2025: A recent month used for comparison with April 2025 data.
Primary Articles: A major group of commodities in the WPI basket.
Fuel & Power: A major group of commodities in the WPI basket.
Manufactured Products: A major group of commodities in the WPI basket.
Food Index: A specific index that combines food articles from the primary articles group and food products from the manufactured products group.
DPIIT: The releasing authority of the index number of wholesale price in India on a monthly basis.
Annex I: A supplementary document containing All India Wholesale Price Indices and Rates of Inflation
Annex II: A supplementary document containing WPI based inflation YoY figures for last 6 months
Annex III: A supplementary document containing WPI Numbers for last 6 months
Abhishek Dayal: Likely the name of an individual associated with the release.
Abhijith Narayanan: Likely the name of an individual associated with the release.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Index Numbers of Wholesale Price in India for the
Month of April, 2025 (Base Year: 2011-12)
Posted On: 14 MAY 2025 12:00PM by PIB Delhi
The annual rate of inflation based on all India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) number is 0.85% (provisional) for
the month of April, 2025 (over April, 2024). Positive rate of inflation in April, 2025 is primarily due to
increase in prices of manufacture of food products, other manufacturing, chemicals and chemical products,
manufacture of other transport equipment and manufacture of machinery and equipment etc. The index
numbers and inflation rate for the last three months of all commodities and WPI components are given below:
Index Numbers and Annual Rate of Inflation (Y-o-Y in %) *
All February-25 (F) March-25 (P) April-25 (P)
Commodi Weight
ties/Major (%) Index Inflation Index Inflation Index Inflation
Groups
All
Com
100.00 154.9 2.45 154.5 2.05 154.2 0.85
mod
ities
I. Primary
22.62 186.8 2.92 184.6 0.76 184.4 -1.44
Articles
II. Fuel &
13.15 153.4 -0.97 152.4 0.20 148.1 -2.18
Power
III.
Manufactu
64.23 144.0 3.00 144.4 3.07 144.9 2.62
red
Products
Food
24.38 189.4 6.17 188.8 4.66 189.3 2.55
Index
Note: F: Final, P: Provisional, *Annual rate of WPI inflation calculated over the corresponding month of
previous year
The month over month change in WPI for the month of April, 2025 stood at (-) 0.19% as compared to March,
2025. The monthly change in WPI for last six-month is summarized below:
Month Over Month (M-o-M in %) change in WPI Index#
All
Commodi Mar-25 Apr-25
Weight Nov-24 Dec-24 Jan-25 Feb-25 (F)
ties/Major (P) (P)
Groups
All
100.00 -0.19 -0.45 -0.45 -0.06 -0.26 -0.19Commodit
ies
I. Primary
22.62 -1.35 -2.07 -2.12 -1.53 -1.18 -0.11
Articles
II. Fuel &
13.15 0.74 1.27 0.13 0.92 -0.65 -2.82
Power
III.
Manufactu
64.23 0.14 -0.07 0.28 0.42 0.28 0.35
red
Products
Food
24.38 -0.99 -2.10 -2.30 -1.10 -0.32 0.26
Index
Note: F: Final, P: Provisional, #Monthly rate of change, based on month over month (M-o-M) WPI
calculated over the preceding month
Month-over-Month Change in Major Groups of WPI:
i. Primary Articles (Weight 22.62%): - The index for this major group decreased by 0.11% to 184.4
(provisional) in April, 2025 from 184.6 (provisional) for the month of March, 2025. Price of crude
petroleum & natural gas (-5.31%) and non-food articles (-1.78%) decreased in April, 2025 as compared
to March, 2025. The price of minerals (7.81%) and food articles (0.36%) increased in April, 2025 as
compared to March, 2025.
ii. Fuel & Power (Weight 13.15%): - The index for this major group decreased by 2.82% to 148.1
(provisional) in April, 2025 from 152.4 (provisional) for the month of March, 2025. Price of mineral oils
(-3.95%) and electricity (-1.38%) decreased in April, 2025 as compared to March, 2025. The price of
coal (0.22%) increased in April, 2025 as compared to March, 2025.
iii. Manufactured Products (Weight 64.23%): - The index for this major group increased by 0.35% to
144.9 (Provisional) in April, 2025 from 144.4 (Provisional) for the month of March, 2025. Out of the 22
NIC two-digit groups for manufactured products, 16 groups witnessed an increase in prices, 5 groups
witnessed a decrease in prices and 1 group witnessed no change in prices. Some of the important groups
that showed month-over-month increase in prices were manufacture of basic metals; chemicals and
chemical products; fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment; machinery and
equipment and other manufacturing etc. Some of the groups that witnessed a decrease in prices were
manufacture of textiles; pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products; paper and paper
products; wearing apparel and printing and reproduction of recorded media etc in April, 2025 as
compared to March, 2025.
WPI Food Index (Weight 24.38%): The Food Index consisting of 'food articles' from primary articles group
and 'food product' from manufactured products group increased from 188.8 in March, 2025 to 189.3 in April,
2025. The annual rate of inflation based on WPI Food Index decreased from 4.66% in March, 2025 to 2.55%
in April, 2025.
Final Index for the month of February, 2025 (Base Year: 2011-12=100): For the month of February, 2025,
the final Wholesale Price Index and inflation rate for 'All Commodities' (Base: 2011-12=100) stood at 154.9
and 2.45% respectively. The details of all India Wholesale Price Indices and Rates of Inflation for different
commodity groups based on updated figures are at Annex I. The Annual rate of Inflation (Y-o-Y) based on
WPI for different commodity groups in the last six months is at Annex II. WPI for different commodity
groups in the last six months is at Annex III.Response Rate: The WPI for April, 2025 has been compiled at a weighted response rate of 85.4 per cent,
while the final figure for February, 2025 is based on the weighted response rate of 97.3 per cent. The
provisional figures of WPI will undergo revision as per the revision policy of WPI. This press release, item
indices, and inflation numbers are available at our home page http://eaindustry.nic.in.
Next date of Press Release: WPI for the month of May, 2025 would be released on 16/06/2025.
Note: DPIIT releases index number of wholesale price in India on monthly basis on 14th of every month (or
th
next working day, if 14 falls on holiday) with a time lag of two weeks of the reference month, and the index
number is compiled with data received from institutional sources and selected manufacturing units across the
country. This press release contains WPI (Base Year 2011-12=100) for the month of April, 2025
(Provisional), February, 2025 (Final) and other months/years. Provisional figures of WPI are finalised after 10
weeks (from the month of reference), and frozen thereafter.
Annex-I
All India Wholesale Price Indices and Rates of Inflation (Base Year: 2011-12=100) for April, 2025
Latest month over Rate of Inflation
Commodities/Major Index Month (MoM) (YoY)
Weight
Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups/Items April-25* Mar-Apr Mar-Apr
Apr-24 Apr-25*
2024 2025*
ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 154.2 0.99 -0.19 1.19 0.85
I. PRIMARY ARTICLES 22.62 184.4 2.13 -0.11 5.23 -1.44
A. Food Articles 15.26 195.1 2.82 0.36 8.07 -0.86
Cereals 2.82 207.1 -0.35 -1.94 8.72 3.81
Paddy 1.43 201.1 0.71 -1.23 12.03 1.87
Wheat 1.03 211.6 -2.04 -2.53 5.69 7.41
Pulses 0.64 203.6 1.99 -0.73 16.79 -5.57
Vegetables 1.87 185.8 7.73 4.68 23.60 -18.26
Potato 0.28 204.4 26.05 2.35 71.97 -24.30
Onion 0.16 204.5 -5.55 -25.28 59.20 0.20
Fruits 1.60 217.3 10.83 -0.55 -0.69 8.38
Milk 4.44 186.4 0.60 -0.21 4.87 0.59
Eggs, Meat & Fish 2.40 172.1 2.19 1.18 0.88 -0.29
B. Non-Food Articles 4.12 159.9 -1.44 -1.78 -4.77 1.40
Oil Seeds 1.12 182.9 0.45 2.01 -6.41 1.89
C. Minerals 0.83 245.7 1.08 7.81 -0.27 9.69
D. Crude Petroleum & Natural gas 2.41 137.4 3.56 -5.31 4.97 -15.55
Crude Petroleum 1.95 113.9 4.10 -5.71 6.52 -19.85
II. FUEL & POWER 13.15 148.1 -0.46 -2.82 -0.85 -2.18
LPG 0.64 120.9 -1.62 -2.26 -9.40 -0.41
Petrol 1.60 146.3 0.38 -3.62 -0.63 -7.70
HSD 3.10 160.0 -1.06 -3.26 -1.86 -5.04
III. MANUFACTURED
64.23 144.9 0.79 0.35 -0.14 2.62
PRODUCTS
Mf/o Food Products 9.12 179.6 1.17 0.11 2.18 9.51
Vegetable & Animal Oils and Fats 2.64 190.2 1.44 -0.31 -4.89 28.69
Mf/o Beverages 0.91 135.4 0.30 0.59 1.53 1.88
Mf/o Tobacco Products 0.51 181.0 0.00 0.44 3.83 2.67
Mf/o Textiles 4.88 136.4 1.04 -0.15 -1.09 0.52
Mf/o Wearing Apparel 0.81 154.1 1.06 -0.26 2.41 0.65
Mf/o Leather and Related Products 0.54 126.6 -0.08 0.32 0.16 2.43
Mf/o Wood and of Products of Wood
0.77 150.3 0.20 0.20 3.82 0.60
and Cork
Mf/o Paper and Paper Products 1.11 140.8 -0.07 -0.35 -6.32 2.10
Mf/o Chemicals and Chemical
6.47 137.4 0.07 0.37 -3.83 1.25
Products
Mf/o Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal 1.99 144.9 0.07 -0.21 0.49 0.98Chemical and Botanical Products
Mf/o Rubber and Plastics Products 2.30 130.2 -0.08 0.39 -0.23 1.64
Mf/o other Non-Metallic Mineral
3.20 132.7 -0.38 0.00 -1.92 0.08
Products
Cement, Lime and Plaster 1.64 131.7 -0.52 0.08 -3.33 -1.42
Mf/o Basic Metals 9.65 140.5 1.95 1.01 -2.68 -0.64
Mild Steel - Semi Finished Steel 1.27 118.7 1.20 0.42 -3.58 0.25
Mf/o Fabricated Metal Products,
3.15 137.1 -0.15 0.51 -2.51 0.81
Except Machinery and Equipment
Note: * = Provisional. Mf/o = Manufacture of
Annex-II
WPI Inflation (Base Year: 2011-12=100) for last 6 months
WPI based inflation (YoY) figures for last 6 months
Commodities/Major
Weight Mar-
Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups/Items Nov-24 Dec-24 Jan-25 Feb-25 Apr-25*
25*
ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 2.16 2.57 2.51 2.45 2.05 0.85
I. PRIMARY ARTICLES 22.62 5.49 6.02 4.58 2.92 0.76 -1.44
A. Food Articles 15.26 8.48 8.53 5.83 3.43 1.57 -0.86
Cereals 2.82 7.71 6.77 7.33 6.82 5.49 3.81
Paddy 1.43 7.58 6.93 6.22 5.17 3.88 1.87
Wheat 1.03 8.20 7.48 9.75 9.78 7.96 7.41
Pulses 0.64 5.97 5.02 5.13 -0.66 -2.98 -5.57
Vegetables 1.87 29.34 28.57 8.11 -5.85 -15.88 -18.26
Potato 0.28 82.64 92.36 72.57 27.54 -6.77 -24.30
Onion 0.16 1.08 16.98 28.33 48.05 26.65 0.20
Fruits 1.60 5.59 11.16 15.30 20.99 20.78 8.38
Milk 4.44 2.04 2.15 2.58 1.63 1.41 0.59
Eggs, Meat & Fish 2.40 3.16 5.43 3.56 1.48 0.71 -0.29
B. Non-Food Articles 4.12 -0.61 2.40 3.01 4.97 1.75 1.40
Oil Seeds 1.12 0.32 -1.35 0.16 0.11 0.34 1.89
C. Minerals 0.83 6.30 5.70 1.56 1.29 2.84 9.69
D. Crude Petroleum & Natural gas 2.41 -7.74 -6.77 -0.53 -4.06 -7.64 -15.55
Crude Petroleum 1.95 -7.20 -6.86 -0.76 -7.99 -11.50 -19.85
II. FUEL & POWER 13.15 -4.03 -2.57 -1.87 -0.97 0.20 -2.18
LPG 0.64 1.81 2.47 2.23 0.90 0.24 -0.41
Petrol 1.60 -6.83 -5.09 -3.64 -4.21 -3.86 -7.70
HSD 3.10 -5.68 -4.30 -3.61 -3.20 -2.88 -5.04
III. MANUFACTURED
64.23 2.07 2.14 2.65 3.00 3.07 2.62
PRODUCTS
Mf/o Food Products 9.12 9.57 9.75 10.73 11.62 10.67 9.51
Vegetable & Animal Oils and Fats 2.64 28.83 31.82 33.74 34.59 30.95 28.69
Mf/o Beverages 0.91 2.28 1.89 1.51 1.81 1.58 1.88
Mf/o Tobacco Products 0.51 1.14 4.40 4.02 2.63 2.21 2.67
Mf/o Textiles 4.88 1.42 2.32 2.24 1.86 1.71 0.52
Mf/o Wearing Apparel 0.81 1.52 1.65 2.19 1.71 1.98 0.65
Mf/o Leather and Related Products 0.54 1.45 1.53 3.24 2.18 2.02 2.43
Mf/o Wood and of Products of Wood
0.77 0.54 0.47 1.01 0.20 0.60 0.60
and Cork
Mf/o Paper and Paper Products 1.11 0.07 -0.07 0.58 2.39 2.39 2.10
Mf/o Chemicals and Chemical
6.47 0.29 0.59 1.03 1.11 0.96 1.25
Products
Mf/o Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal
1.99 1.19 0.49 1.40 0.83 1.26 0.98
Chemical and Botanical Products
Mf/o Rubber and Plastics Products 2.30 1.42 1.18 1.65 1.64 1.17 1.64
Mf/o other Non-Metallic Mineral 3.20 -2.38 -2.73 -1.64 -0.37 -0.30 0.08Products
Cement, Lime and Plaster 1.64 -5.38 -6.26 -5.10 -2.50 -2.01 -1.42
Mf/o Basic Metals 9.65 -1.14 -1.50 -1.15 -0.43 0.29 -0.64
Mild Steel - Semi Finished Steel 1.27 -0.68 -0.85 0.09 0.60 1.03 0.25
Mf/o Fabricated Metal Products,
3.15 -2.87 -1.45 -1.81 -1.09 0.15 0.81
Except Machinery and Equipment
Note: * = Provisional. Mf/o = Manufacture of
Annex-III
Wholesale Price Indices (Base Year: 2011-12=100) for last 6 months
WPI Numbers for last 6 months
Commodities/Major
Weight Mar- Apr-
Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups/Items Nov-24 Dec-24 Jan-25 Feb-25
25* 25*
ALL COMMODITIES 100.00 156.4 155.7 155.0 154.9 154.5 154.2
I. PRIMARY ARTICLES 22.62 197.9 193.8 189.7 186.8 184.6 184.4
A. Food Articles 15.26 213.7 207.5 199.8 195.9 194.4 195.1
Cereals 2.82 211.0 211.4 212.3 213.1 211.2 207.1
Paddy 1.43 205.9 205.3 203.1 203.6 203.6 201.1
Wheat 1.03 213.8 215.5 219.6 221.2 217.1 211.6
Pulses 0.64 230.8 224.0 217.1 209.3 205.1 203.6
Vegetables 1.87 334.6 288.5 222.6 188.2 177.5 185.8
Potato 0.28 384.1 365.1 292.5 216.3 199.7 204.4
Onion 0.16 495.8 414.7 316.6 303.8 273.7 204.5
Fruits 1.60 198.4 193.3 196.7 209.8 218.5 217.3
Milk 4.44 185.2 185.6 187.0 186.5 186.8 186.4
Eggs, Meat & Fish 2.40 173.1 174.7 174.7 171.5 170.1 172.1
B. Non-Food Articles 4.12 162.8 166.2 167.5 167.0 162.8 159.9
Oil Seeds 1.12 185.6 182.8 183.4 178.9 179.3 182.9
C. Minerals 0.83 229.4 230.1 227.2 227.9 227.9 245.7
D. Crude Petroleum & Natural gas 2.41 146.7 141.9 150.9 148.7 145.1 137.4
Crude Petroleum 1.95 125.0 119.5 130.0 124.4 120.8 113.9
II. FUEL & POWER 13.15 149.9 151.8 152.0 153.4 152.4 148.1
LPG 0.64 123.6 124.6 123.7 123.0 123.7 120.9
Petrol 1.60 148.7 149.2 150.8 152.5 151.8 146.3
HSD 3.10 164.4 164.6 165.6 166.6 165.4 160.0
III. MANUFACTURED
64.23 143.1 143.0 143.4 144.0 144.4 144.9
PRODUCTS
Mf/o Food Products 9.12 177.5 176.8 177.5 178.7 179.4 179.6
Vegetable & Animal Oils and Fats 2.64 183.2 185.6 187.5 189.9 190.8 190.2
Mf/o Beverages 0.91 134.7 134.5 134.4 134.7 134.6 135.4Mf/o Tobacco Products 0.51 177.0 180.3 181.2 179.8 180.2 181.0
Mf/o Textiles 4.88 136.1 136.8 137.0 136.9 136.6 136.4
Mf/o Wearing Apparel 0.81 153.7 154.4 154.2 154.3 154.5 154.1
Mf/o Leather and Related Products 0.54 125.8 126.0 127.5 126.4 126.2 126.6
Mf/o Wood and of Products of Wood
0.77 148.5 148.3 149.6 149.8 150.0 150.3
and Cork
Mf/o Paper and Paper Products 1.11 138.5 138.3 139.5 141.2 141.3 140.8
Mf/o Chemicals and Chemical Products 6.47 136.4 136.5 136.8 136.9 136.9 137.4
Mf/o Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal
1.99 144.1 144.0 145.0 145.1 145.2 144.9
Chemical and Botanical Products
Mf/o Rubber and Plastics Products 2.30 128.6 129.0 129.3 129.8 129.7 130.2
Mf/o other Non-Metallic Mineral
3.20 131.4 131.7 132.2 133.3 132.7 132.7
Products
Cement, Lime and Plaster 1.64 130.1 130.2 130.2 132.8 131.6 131.7
Mf/o Basic Metals 9.65 138.6 137.5 137.2 137.9 139.1 140.5
Mild Steel - Semi Finished Steel 1.27 117.5 116.8 117.3 117.4 118.2 118.7
Mf/o Fabricated Metal Products,
3.15 135.3 135.9 135.3 136.1 136.4 137.1
Except Machinery and Equipment
Note: * = Provisional. Mf/o = Manufacture of
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Abhishek Dayal/ Abhijith Narayanan
(Release ID: 2128568)