Name: India Producer Prices
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Producer Prices in India increased to 160.80 points in March from 158.20 points in February of 2026. Producer Prices in India averaged 110.08 points from 2004 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 160.80 points in March of 2026 and a record low of 62.44 points in April of 2004. source: Office of the Economic Advisor, India

Producer Prices in India is expected to be 162.15 points by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the India Producer Prices is projected to trend around 171.11 points in 2027 and 174.54 points in 2028, according to our econometric models.

Components	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
WPI Food Index YoY	1.85	1.85	percent	Mar 2026

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Consumer Price Index CPI	104.84	104.57	points	Mar 2026
CPI Housing and Utilities	102.69	102.09	points	Mar 2026
CPI Transport	100.73	100.69	points	Mar 2026
Export Prices	160.40	159.60	points	Dec 2024
Food Inflation	3.87	3.47	percent	Mar 2026
GDP Deflator	172.60	170.20	points	Dec 2024
Import Prices	140.40	157.30	points	Dec 2024
Inflation Expectations	8.80	8.60	percent	Mar 2026
Inflation Rate YoY	3.40	3.21	percent	Mar 2026
Inflation Rate MoM	0.26	0.11	percent	Mar 2026
Producer Price Inflation MoM	1.64	0.38	percent	Mar 2026
Producer Prices	160.80	158.20	points	Mar 2026
WPI Inflation YoY	3.88	2.13	percent	Mar 2026
WPI Fuel YoY	1.05	-3.78	percent	Mar 2026
WPI Manufacturing YoY	3.39	2.92	percent	Mar 2026

India Producer Prices

In India, the wholesale price index (WPI) is the main measure of inflation. The WPI measures the price of a representative basket of wholesale goods. In India, wholesale price index is divided into three groups: Primary Articles (22.6 percent of total weight); Fuel and Power (13.2 percent); and Manufactured Products (64.2 percent). The Food Index from the Primary Articles and Manufactured Products groups accounts for 24.4 percent of the total weight. The most important components of the Manufactured Products group are Basic Metals (9.7 percent of total weight); Food products (9.1 percent); Chemicals and Chemical products (6.5 percent) and Textiles (4.9 percent). Within the Primary Articles group, the most important component is Food Articles (15.3 percent), while within Fuel and Power, the most important category is HSD (3.1 percent).