New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- The annual rate of inflation based on the All India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) number reached 0.83 per cent (provisional) for the month of December 2025 compared to the same month in 2024.

According to a release from the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, this positive rate of inflation is primarily due to an increase in the prices of other manufacturing, minerals, manufacture of machinery and equipment, manufacture of food products, and textiles. The data indicates a month-over-month change in the WPI for December 2025 of 0.71 per cent when compared to November 2025.

Primary articles, which carry a weight of 22.62 per cent in the index, saw a group increase of 1.09 per cent, moving from 192.1 in November to 194.2 i...