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WPI inflation rises 0.16% in Aug; food, manufactured items turn costlier

Updated : September 14, 2020 01:36 PM IST

The wholesale price-based inflation rose 0.16 percent in August as food items and manufactured products turned costlier. The Wholesale price index-based (WPI) inflation was in the negative territory for four straight months — April (-) 1.57 percent, May (-) 3.37 percent, June (-) 1.81 percent and July (-) 0.58 percent.

”The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly WPI, stood at (0.16 percent) (provisional) for the month of August, 2020 (over August, 2019) as compared to 1.17 percent during the corresponding month of the previous year,” the commerce and industry ministry said in a statement on Monday. Inflation in food articles during August stood at 3.84 percent. The rate of rise in potato prices stood at 82.93 percent.

Inflation in vegetables stood at 7.03 percent, while in onion it was (-) 34.48 percent. Fuel and power inflation fell 9.68 percent in August, as against 9.84 percent in the previous month.

Manufactured products, however, witnessed hardening of inflation at 1.27 percent in August against 0.51 percent in July. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its policy review last month kept interest rates unchanged and said it sees an upside risk to inflation. The apex bank projected retention of inflation to moderate in October-March period

WPI inflation rises 0.16% in Aug; food, manufactured items turn costlier

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