India's wholesale food prices rose 1.41% year-on-year in January 2026, after showing no growth in December, marking the sharpest increase since March 2025. Prices rebounded sharply for food articles (1.55% vs -0.43% in December), including vegetables (6.78% vs -3.50%), alongside faster increase in costs of eggs, meat, and fish (3.66% vs 1.14%). On a monthly basis, wholesale food prices fell 0.92%, following a 0.41% gain in December. source: Office of the Economic Advisor, India

WPI Food Index YoY in India averaged 4.49 percent from 2013 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 14.14 percent in November of 2013 and a record low of -5.04 percent in October of 2025. This page includes a chart with historical data for India WPI Food Index YoY. India WPI Food Index YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on February of 2026.

WPI Food Index YoY in India is expected to be -4.80 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the India WPI Food Index YoY is projected to trend around 1.90 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-01-14 06:30 AM
WPI Food Index YoY
Dec 0.0% -2.60% -2.3%
2026-02-16 06:30 AM
WPI Food Index YoY
Jan 1.41% 0.0% 0.7%
2026-03-17 06:30 AM
WPI Food Index YoY
Feb 1.41%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Producer Price Inflation MoM 0.51 0.71 percent Jan 2026
Producer Prices 157.80 157.00 points Jan 2026
WPI Inflation YoY 1.81 0.83 percent Jan 2026
WPI Food Index YoY 1.41 0.00 percent Jan 2026
WPI Fuel YoY -4.01 -2.31 percent Jan 2026
WPI Manufacturing YoY 2.86 1.82 percent Jan 2026


India WPI Food Index YoY
In India, the wholesale price index (WPI) is the main measure of inflation. The WPI measures the price of a representative basket of wholesale goods. In India, wholesale price index is divided into three groups: Primary Articles (22.6 percent of total weight); Fuel and Power (13.2 percent); and Manufactured Products (64.2 percent). The Food Index from the Primary Articles and Manufactured Products groups accounts for 24.4 percent of the total weight. The most important components of the Manufactured Products group are Basic Metals (9.7 percent of total weight); Food products (9.1 percent); Chemicals and Chemical products (6.5 percent) and Textiles (4.9 percent). Within the Primary Articles group, the most important component is Food Articles (15.3 percent), while within Fuel and Power, the most important category is HSD (3.1 percent).
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
1.41 0.00 14.14 -5.04 2013 - 2026 percent Monthly
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