Mumbai, July 14 -- India's wholesale inflation came in at - 0.13% in June on an annual basis, marking the lowest rate recorded since October 2023, according to government data released today. Local inflation continues to fall, easing from 0.39% in May. Negative rate of inflation in June, 2025 is primarily due to decrease in prices of food articles, mineral oils, manufacture of basic metals, crude petroleum & natural gas etc. The month over month change in WPI for the month of June, 2025 also stood at - 0.19% as compared to May, 2025.

Primary Articles index increased by 0.81 % to 185.8 (provisional) in June, 2025 from 184.3 (provisional) for the month of May, 2025. Price of minerals (1.49%), non-food articles (1.26%) and food articles (0....