New Delhi, Sep 15 || The annual rate of inflation based on the All India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) number edged up to 0.52 per cent for August, primarily due to the increase in prices of food products and manufactured goods, according to figures released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday.
"Positive rate of inflation in August 2025 is primarily due to an increase in prices of food products, other manufacturing, non-food articles, other non-metallic mineral products and other transport equipment, etc.," the government said in a press release.
However, the prices of fuels such as petrol, diesel and natural gas continued to decline during August, with the fuel inflation declining further in the negative zone to -3.17 per cent, the figures showed.
The month-over-month change in WPI for August stood at 0.52 per cent, as compared to July, when the WPI inflation fell to a two-year low of (-) 0.58 per cent this year, compared to the same month of the previous year, primarily due to a decrease in the prices of food articles.
Meanwhile, the country’s inflation rate based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI) edged up to 2.07 per cent in August, although prices of food continued to decline during the month, easing the burden on the common man, according to figures released by the Ministry of Statistics on Friday.