New Delhi, April 15 -- The annual rate of inflation based on the All India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) reached 3.88 per cent for the month of March 2026, according to the latest data released by the government.

This provisional figure, calculated on a year-on-year basis against March 2025, showed a steady increase in the cost of wholesale goods across the country. According to the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, the upward movement in the index remained broad-based, affecting several core sectors of the economy simultaneously.

"Positive rate of inflation in March, 2026 is primarily due to increase in prices of crude petroleum & natural gas, other manufacturing, non-food articles, manufacture of basic metals and food articles etc," the ...