New Delhi, March 16 -- The annual rate of inflation based on the All India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) number is 2.13pc (provisional) for the month of February 2026 (over February 2025), an official statement said here on Monday.
The positive rate of inflation is driven due to increase in prices of other manufacturing, manufacture of basic metals, non-food articles, food articles and textiles.
On a month-on-month basis, the WPI increased by 0.25 per cent in February compared with January, indicating a mild upward movement in wholesale prices during the month.
Among the three major components of the index, the primary articles group, which has a weight of 22.62 per cent, witnessed a 0.52 per cent decline in February compared to the previo...