WPI inflation eases to 2.31% in January

Wholesale price inflation moderated marginally to 2.31% in January due to the decline in prices of food items, especially vegetables, government data released on Friday showed.

- Press Trust of India

NEW DELHI:

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation was 2.37% in December 2024. It was 0.33% in January 2024.

As per the data, inflation in food items eased to 5.88% in January, as against 8.47% in December 2024.

Inflation in vegetables came down significantly to 8.35%, as against 28.65% in December 2024.

In the eggs, meat and fish category, inflation declined to 3.56% as against 5.43% last month.

Within vegetables, tomato prices declined to 18.9%, while inflation in potato continued to be high at 74.28%, and in onion it spiked to 28.33% in January.

The fuel and power category witnessed a deflation of 2.78% in January, against a deflation of 3.79% in December.