Index Numbers of Wholesale Price in India Of March 2025

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) released the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) data for March 2025 on April 15, 2025. The data shows that the annual WPI inflation stood at 2.05% (provisional) in March 2025 compared to March 2024. The positive inflation was largely driven by increased prices in manufacture of food products, textiles, electricity, and other manufactured items. WPI reflects changes in prices at the wholesale level and is an important economic indicator for policymakers and competitive exam aspirants.

Key Highlights of WPI – March 2025

• Released by: DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
• Base Year: 2011–12
• Date of Release: April 15, 2025
• Reference Month: March 2025
• Published by: Press Information Bureau (PIB), Delhi

Key WPI Components and Inflation Trends

• All Commodities (Weight: 100%)
• Index: 154.5
• Inflation Rate (Y-o-Y): 2.05%
• Shows a slight decline in inflation compared to 2.38% in February and 2.51% in January 2025.

Primary Articles (Weight: 22.62%)

• Index: 184.6
• Inflation Rate: 0.76% (a sharp drop from 2.81% in February)
• M-o-M Change: Decreased by 1.07%

Sub-categories

• Crude petroleum & natural gas: -2.42%
• Non-food articles: -2.40%
• Food articles: -0.72%
• Minerals: +0.31%

Fuel & Power (Weight: 13.15%)

• Index: 152.4
• Inflation Rate: 0.20% (turned positive after being negative in previous months)
• M-o-M Change: -0.91%

Sub-categories

• Electricity: -2.31%
• Mineral oils: -0.70%
• Coal: No change

Manufactured Products (Weight: 64.23%)

• Index: 144.4
• Inflation Rate: 3.07% (highest among all groups)
• M-o-M Change: +0.42%

WPI Food Index (Weight: 24.38%)

• Index: 188.8 (down from 189.0 in February)
• Inflation Rate: 4.66% (declined from 5.94% in February and 7.52% in January)
• Composed of food items from both primary articles and manufactured products