India’s inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) eased to 15.18% in the month of June 2022 as against 15.88% in May. Month-over-Month decrease witnessed in WPI for manufactured products but primary articles and Fuel & Power saw a marginal rise.
Component wise, primary articles index, having weight of 22.62%, increased by (1.45%) to 182.4 (provisional) in June 2022 from 179.8 (provisional) for the month of May 2022. Prices of Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas and Food Articles increased in June 2022 as compared to May 2022. Prices of Non-food Articles and Minerals declined in June 2022 as compared to May 2022.
Fuel & Power index, having weight of 13.15%, increased by (0.65%) to 155.4 (provisional) in June 2022 from 154.4 (provisional) for the month of May 2022. Prices of Mineral Oils increased in June 2022 as compared to May 2022. Besides, Manufactured Products constituting the major portion of the index with weight of 64.23%, declined by (-0.76%) to 143.7 (provisional) in June 2022 from 144.8 (provisional) for the month of May 2022.
Meanwhile, for the month of April, 2022 the final Wholesale Price Index and inflation rate for 'All Commodities' (Base: 2011-12=100) stood at 152.3 and 15.38% respectively.