Wholesale Price Inflation (WPI) fell to a 27-month low of (-) 1.21 percent in October, mainly because of a sharp drop in prices of food items like pulses and vegetables, as well as lower fuel and manufactured goods prices, according to government data released on Friday. WPI inflation was 0.13 percent in September and 2.75 percent in October last year.

The industry ministry said the negative inflation rate in October 2025 was mostly due to falling prices of food articles, crude petroleum and natural gas, electricity, mineral oils, and basic metals. WPI data shows food articles had a deflation of 8.31 percent in October, compared to 5.22 percent in September, with onion, potato, vegetables, and pulses all seeing price drops. Vegetables saw a deflation of 34.97 percent in October, compared

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