New Delhi, Jan. 14 -- India's wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation turned positive in December 2025, rising to 0.83% year-on-year from (-) 0.32% in the previous month.

"Positive rate of inflation in December, 2025 is primarily due to increase in prices of other manufacturing, minerals, manufacture of machinery and equipment, manufacture of food products and textiles etc," Ministry of Commerce and Industry said in a release on Wednesday.

As per the official data, month over month change in WPI for the month of December, 2025 stood at 0.71% as compared to November, 2025.

Food articles inflation remained in the negative zone during December 2025 and stood at (-) 0.43%. Vegetable inflation was at a negative 3.50% during the month un...