For greens, the inflation price in January was 6.78%, in comparison with 3.50% in December. |Picture courtesy of PTI
Monday (February 16, 2026) Wholesale value inflation confirmed upward momentum for the third straight month at 1.81% in January, on account of month-on-month will increase in costs of meals, non-food and industrial items, authorities information confirmed.
The inflation price based mostly on the wholesale value index (WPI) was 2.51% in January final 12 months, but it surely was 0.83% within the earlier month (December 2025).
“The optimistic inflation price in January 2026 is principally on account of value will increase in primary metallic manufacturing, different manufacturing, non-food merchandise, meals merchandise, textile merchandise, and so on.,” the Ministry of Trade stated in an announcement.
Based on WPI information, meals inflation in January was 1.55%, in comparison with 0.43% in December.
For greens, the inflation price in January was 6.78%, in comparison with 3.50% in December.
For industrial items, WPI inflation rose to 2.86% from 1.82% in December.
Inflation within the non-food class jumped to 7.58% in January, in comparison with 2.95% in December.
Damaging inflation (deflation) continued within the gasoline and energy sector, with the speed rising from 2.31% in December to 4.01% in January.
The nation’s retail inflation price rose to 2.75% in January, in response to information launched final week.
The Reserve Financial institution of India (RBI) has minimize the coverage rate of interest by 1.25 share factors for the present fiscal 12 months as inflation stays low.
The RBI primarily tracks the retail inflation price to find out the benchmark rate of interest. Earlier this month, the RBI stored the important thing coverage price unchanged at 5.25%.
