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Wholesale price inflation in January rises to 1.81 pc
The Political and Business Daily
|February 18, 2026
WHOLESALE price inflation extended upward momentum for the third straight month, at 1.81 per cent in January, driven by an uptick in prices of food, nonfood articles, and manufactured items on a month-on-month basis, government data showed on Monday.
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Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation was 2.51 per cent in January last year, while in the previous month (December 2025), it was 0.83 per cent.
This story is from the February 18, 2026 edition of The Political and Business Daily.
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