Positive rate of inflation in January, 2026 is primarily due to increase in prices of manufacture of basic metals, other manufacturing, non-food articles, food articles and textiles etc., the government said.
The month over month change in WPI for the month of January, 2026 stood at 0.51% as compared to December, 2025.
In January 2026 , Food Inflation stood at 1.41 per cent, while manufactured products inflation stood at 2.86 per cent.
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