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The month over month change in WPI for the month of January 2026 stood at 0.51 per cent as compared to December 2025.
“Positive rate of inflation in January 2026 is primarily due to increase in prices of manufacture of basic metals, other manufacturing, non-food articles, food articles and textiles etc,” the Office of the Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, said.
The official WPI for all commodities (Base: 2011-12 = 100) for January increased to 157.8 from 157.0 in the previous month.
The index for manufactured products (weight 64.23 per cent) increased by 1.30 per cent from 145.6 for the month of December 2025 to 147.5 in January 2026. The index for ‘Manufacture of Textiles’ sub-group increased to 140.4 in January from 139.1 in December, while the index for ‘Manufacture of Wearing Apparel’ rose to 157.4 in January from 156.8 in December.
The index for primary articles (weight 22.62 per cent) decreased by 0.15 per cent from 194.2 for the month of December 2025 to 193.9 in January 2026, while that for fuel and power (weight 13.15 per cent) decreased by 1.62 per cent from 148.3 for the month of December 2025 to 145.9 in January 2026.
Fibre2Fashion News Desk (KD)
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