India's WPI Inflation Rose to 2.93% in February

WPI inflation stood at 2.74% during February 2018.

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WPI inflation stood at 2.74% during February 2018.

india s wpi inflation rose to 2 93 in february

A labourer prepares to unload sacks of potatoes from a truck at a wholesale vegetable and fruit market in New Delhi. Credit: Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee/Files

New Delhi: Inflation based on wholesale prices rose to 2.93% in February over the previous month due to hardening of prices of primary articles, fuel and power, according to government data released Thursday.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation stood at 2.76% in January 2019.

WPI inflation stood at 2.74% during February 2018.

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Inflation of primary articles, which includes kitchen essentials like potato, onion, fruits, and milk increased to 4.84% during the month, as against 3.54 in January, the data revealed.

The WPI data further revealed that wholesale-based price inflation for 'fuel and power' segment increased to 2.23% in February as against 1.85% in January 2019.

The Reserve Bank, which mainly factors in retail inflation based Consumer Price Index (CPI), had cut the key lending rate by 0.25% in February.

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