Mumbai, Aug. 14 -- India's wholesale price inflation (WPI) stayed in negative territory for the second consecutive month at (-) 0.58 per cent in July, as prices of food articles and fuel saw deflation, even though prices of manufactured items increased, government data showed on Thursday. "Negative rate of inflation in July, 2025 is primarily due to decrease in prices of food articles, mineral oils, crude petroleum & natural gas, manufacture of basic metals etc," the industry ministry said in a statement. WPI-based inflation was (-) 0.13 per cent in June. It was 2.10 per cent in July last year. Meanwhile, the month over month change in WPI for the month of July, 2025 stood at 0.39% as compared to June, 2025.
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