The month-over-month change in WPI for the month of July 2025 stood at 0.39 per cent as compared to June 2025.
“Negative rate of inflation in July 2025 is primarily due to decrease in prices of food articles, mineral oils, crude petroleum and natural gas, manufacture of basic metals 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 July increased to 154.4 from 153.8 in the previous month.
The index for manufactured products (weight 64.23 per cent) reduced slightly to 144.6 in July from 144.8 in June 2025. The index for ‘Manufacture of Textiles’ sub-group remained unchanged at 136.6, while the index for ‘Manufacture of Wearing Apparel’ rose to 156.0 in July from 155.6 in June.
The index for primary articles (weight 22.62 per cent) increased by 1.18 per cent from 185.8 for the month of June 2025 to 188.0 in July 2025, while that for fuel and power (weight 13.15 per cent) increased by 1.12 per cent from 143.0 in June 2025 to 144.6 in July 2025.
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