The annual rate of inflation based on All India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) number is -1.21% (provisional) for the month of October, 2025 (over October, 2024). Negative rate of inflation in October, 2025 is primarily due to decrease in prices of food articles, crude petroleum & natural gas, electricity, mineral oils and manufacture of basic metals etc. The WPI for September stood at 0.13%.

Primary Articles index decreased by 0.42% from 189.0 (provisional) for the month of September, 2025 to 188.2 (provisional) in October, 2025.

Fuel & Power index increased by 1.12% from 143.4 (provisional) for the month of September, 2025 to 145.0 (provisional) in October, 2025.

Manufactured Products index decreased by -0.07% from 145.2 (provisional) for the month of September, 2025 to 145.1 (provisional) in October, 2025.

WPI Food Index which is the Food Index consisting of 'Food Articles' from Primary Articles group and 'Food Product' from Manufactured Products group has remain constant 192.0 from September, 2025 to October, 2025. The rate of inflation (Y-o-Y) based on WPI Food Index decreased to -5.04% in October, 2025 from -1.99% in September, 2025. Vegetable prices tanked around 35% while Pulses prices slid 15.60%. In major food commodities, Onion wholesale prices tanked around 65%. However, Eggs, Meat & Fish prices scaled up 1.75% on year.

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