NEW DELHI, Jan. 14 -- India's wholesale price inflation rose for a second straight month in December 2025, returning to positive territory as higher prices of food items, non-food articles and manufactured goods offset deflation in fuel and power, official data released on Wednesday showed.

Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation stood at 0.83% year-on-year in December, compared with -0.32% in November and -1.02% in October, according to data from the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). This marked the end of a two-month deflationary phase. WPI inflation was 2.57% in December 2024.

"Positive rate of inflation in December 2025 is primarily due to increase in prices of other manufacturing, minerals, manufa...