The WPI food in India increased by 2.38 percent yoy in January 2023, reversing from a 1.25 percent fall a month earlier which was the first drop since September 2021. The upturn marked the highest reading in three months, mainly boosted by faster increases in cost of cereals (15.46% vs 14.0% in December), paddy (7.18% vs 6.83%), and wheat (23.63% vs 20.72%). source: Office of the Economic Advisor, India

WPI Food YoY in India averaged 6.52 percent from 1995 until 2023, reaching an all time high of 21.93 percent in November of 1998 and a record low of -4.04 percent in August of 2018. This page includes a chart with historical data for India WPI Food YoY. India WPI Food Articles YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Consumer Price Index CPI	104.46	104.10	points	Jan 2026
CPI Housing and Utilities	102.02	101.89	points	Jan 2026
CPI Transport	100.64	100.57	points	Jan 2026
Export Prices	160.40	159.60	points	Dec 2024
Food Inflation	2.13	-2.71	percent	Jan 2026
GDP Deflator	172.60	170.20	points	Dec 2024
Import Prices	140.40	157.30	points	Dec 2024
Inflation Expectations	8.60	8.00	percent	Jan 2026
Inflation Rate YoY	2.75	1.33	percent	Jan 2026
Inflation Rate MoM	0.35	0.08	percent	Jan 2026
Producer Price Inflation MoM	0.51	0.71	percent	Jan 2026
Producer Prices	157.80	157.00	points	Jan 2026
WPI Inflation YoY	1.81	0.83	percent	Jan 2026
WPI Food Index YoY	1.41	0.00	percent	Jan 2026
WPI Fuel YoY	-4.01	-2.31	percent	Jan 2026
WPI Manufacturing YoY	2.86	1.82	percent	Jan 2026

India WPI Food Articles YoY

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).