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Wholesale price inflation dropped to 0.85 per cent in April as prices of food articles, manufactured products, and fuel eased, government data showed on Wednesday.
WPI-based inflation was 2.05 per cent in March. It was 1.19 per cent in April last year. "Positive rate of inflation in April, 2025 is primarily due to an increase in prices of manufacture of food products, other manufacturing, chemicals and chemical products, manufacture of other transport equipment and manufacture of machinery and equipment, etc," the industry ministry said in a statement.
As per the WPI (Wholesale price index) data, food articles saw a deflation of 0.86 pe...