New Delhi, Feb. 16 -- India's wholesale price inflation increased for the third consecutive month to 1.81 per cent in January, driven by higher prices of food items, non-food articles and manufactured goods, according to data released by the government on Monday.

Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation stood at 0.83 per cent in December 2025 and 2.51 per cent in January last year.

The government emphasised that the positive inflation rate in January was mainly due to rising prices of basic metals, other manufactured products, non-food articles, food articles and textiles.

Food and Manufacturing Prices Rise

Food article inflation turned positive at 1.55 per cent in January, compared with a deflation of 0.43 per cent in December.

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