India's WPI inflation drops to 0.39% in May 2025

The month over month change in WPI for the month of May 2025 stood at -0.06 per cent as compared to April 2025.

“Positive rate of inflation in May 2025 is primarily due to increase in prices of manufacture of food products, electricity, other manufacturing, chemicals and chemical products, manufacture of other transport equipment and non-food articles 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 May decreased slightly to 154.1 from 154.2 in the previous month.

The index for manufactured products (weight 64.23 per cent) remained unchanged at 144.9 in May 2025. The index for ‘Manufacture of Textiles’ sub-group increased slightly to 136.6 in May from 136.4 in April, while the index for ‘Manufacture of Wearing Apparel’ rose to 155 from 154.1 last month.

The index for primary articles (weight 22.62 per cent) decreased by 0.05 per cent to 184.3 in May from 184.4 in April, while that for fuel and power (weight 13.15 per cent) declined by 0.95 per cent to 146.7 in May from 148.1 in April.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (KD)