New Delhi, April 15 -- Indias wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation jumped to 3.88% year-on-year (YoY) in March 2026 from 2.13% in the previous month, according to data released by Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday.
The rise in WPI inflation reflects the impact of the West Asia crisis which has led to a spike in energy prices.
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, an official release noted.
Wholesale inflation in primary articles which include cereals, paddy, pulses, wheat, vegetables, milk, eggs, meat and fish, oilseeds, minerals and crude oil ro...