New Delhi: The government data has shown that India’s wholesale inflation has eased to 13.93 per cent in July as compared to 15.18 per cent during June and a record high of 15.88 per cent in May. The WPI for July in 2021 stood at 11.57 per cent.
Inflation in July 2022 in primarily contributed by the rise in prices of minerals, oils, food articles, crude petroleum and natural gas, basic metals, electricity, chemicals and chemical products, food products, etc., as compared to the corresponding month of the previous year, the Government of India’s press release said.
Check below the index numbers and inflation rate for the last 3 months of all commodities and WPI components
| Index Numbers & Annual Rate of Inflation (Y-o-Y in %)* | |||||||
| All Commodities/Major Groups | Weight (%) | May-22 (F) | Jun-22 (P) | Jul-22 (P) | |||
| Index | Inflation | Index | Inflation | Index | Inflation | ||
| All Commodities | 100.0 | 155.0 | 16.63 | 154.0 | 15.18 | 153.8 | 13.93 |
| I. Primary Articles | 22.6 | 178.5 | 18.84 | 182.4 | 19.22 | 177.5 | 15.04 |
| II. Fuel & Power | 13.2 | 163.6 | 49.00 | 155.4 | 40.38 | 165.6 | 43.75 |
| III. Manufactured Products | 64.2 | 145.0 | 10.27 | 143.7 | 9.19 | 143.1 | 8.16 |
| Food Index | 24.4 | 175.6 | 10.58 | 178.4 | 12.41 | 174.4 | 9.41 |
Note: P: Provisional, F: Final, *Annual rate of WPI inflation calculated over the corresponding month of previous year
All India Wholesale Price Indices and Rates of Inflation (Base Year: 2011-12=100) for July, 2022
| Commodities/Major Groups/Groups/Sub-Groups/Items | Weight | Index (Jul-22) * | Latest month over month | Cumulative Inflation (YoY) | WPI Based rate of Inflation (YoY) | |||
| 2021-2022 | 2022-2023* | 2021-2022 | 2022-2023* | Jul-21 | Jul-22* | |||
| ALL COMMODITIES | 100 | 153.80 | 0.97 | -0.13 | 11.87 | 15.27 | 11.57 | 13.93 |
| I. PRIMARY ARTICLES | 22.62 | 177.50 | 0.85 | -2.69 | 8.54 | 17.06 | 6.34 | 15.04 |
| A. Food Articles | 15.26 | 178.90 | 0.62 | -2.56 | 3.03 | 11.35 | 0.12 | 10.77 |
| Cereals | 2.82 | 172.10 | -0.57 | 1.06 | -2.83 | 8.47 | -2.91 | 9.76 |
| Paddy | 1.43 | 166.20 | -0.31 | 0.42 | -1.54 | 2.18 | -2.77 | 3.10 |
| Wheat | 1.03 | 173.60 | -1.86 | 1.05 | -2.58 | 11.38 | -2.86 | 13.61 |
| Pulses | 0.64 | 175.10 | -2.70 | 1.45 | 10.70 | -1.25 | 8.41 | 1.33 |
| Vegetables | 1.87 | 226.10 | 15.67 | -12.74 | -6.41 | 37.63 | -8.30 | 18.25 |
| Potato | 0.28 | 289.50 | 3.00 | 13.44 | -31.30 | 36.40 | -36.69 | 53.50 |
| Onion | 0.16 | 172.50 | 6.01 | 14.69 | 28.63 | -21.73 | 72.01 | -25.93 |
| Fruits | 1.60 | 188.20 | -9.86 | -3.04 | 11.31 | 15.72 | -3.45 | 29.44 |
| Milk | 4.44 | 164.40 | 0.97 | 0.12 | 2.13 | 5.79 | 2.50 | 5.45 |
| Eggs, Meat & Fish | 2.40 | 173.10 | -1.09 | -2.64 | 9.57 | 5.95 | 7.97 | 5.55 |
| B. Non-Food Articles | 4.12 | 171.70 | 2.56 | -2.61 | 18.88 | 19.80 | 22.94 | 12.81 |
| Oil Seeds | 1.12 | 208.10 | 2.46 | -4.32 | 35.90 | 5.20 | 40.75 | -4.06 |
| C. Minerals | 0.83 | 210.20 | -2.29 | 0.96 | 15.40 | 13.70 | 12.55 | 12.17 |
| D. Crude Petroleum & Natural gas | 2.41 | 167.50 | 1.51 | -5.05 | 55.40 | 72.86 | 42.25 | 65.84 |
| Crude Petroleum | 1.95 | 162.10 | 1.79 | -6.57 | 96.66 | 68.85 | 68.48 | 58.77 |
| II. FUEL & POWER | 13.15 | 165.60 | 4.07 | 6.56 | 28.35 | 43.00 | 27.01 | 43.75 |
| LPG | 0.64 | 135.30 | 5.67 | -8.95 | 36.42 | 42.68 | 38.14 | 32.00 |
| Petrol | 1.60 | 180.30 | 9.32 | 7.58 | 57.45 | 60.97 | 59.04 | 55.30 |
| HSD | 3.10 | 210.00 | 6.38 | 18.38 | 53.16 | 71.51 | 53.79 | 72.41 |
| III. MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS | 64.23 | 143.10 | 0.53 | -0.42 | 10.78 | 9.75 | 11.46 | 8.16 |
| Mf/o Food Products | 9.12 | 167.00 | 0.00 | -1.53 | 13.77 | 8.70 | 13.06 | 7.19 |
| Vegetable And Animal Oils and Fats | 2.64 | 193.40 | 0.60 | -6.71 | 45.64 | 10.92 | 42.66 | 4.20 |
| Mf/o Beverages | 0.91 | 128.40 | 0.72 | -0.08 | 0.54 | 1.87 | 1.20 | 1.50 |
| Mf/o Tobacco Products | 0.51 | 164.80 | 2.22 | 0.49 | 0.81 | 3.04 | 2.22 | 2.30 |
| Mf/o Textiles | 4.88 | 147.20 | 0.85 | -0.94 | 12.86 | 13.98 | 15.85 | 12.54 |
| Mf/o Wearing Apparel | 0.81 | 147.30 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 2.21 | 4.26 | 3.96 | 3.88 |
| Mf/o Leather and Related Products | 0.54 | 122.90 | -0.34 | 0.33 | 0.30 | 3.19 | -0.34 | 4.77 |
| Mf/o Wood and of Products of Wood and Cork | 0.77 | 143.00 | 1.08 | -3.57 | 4.03 | 4.21 | 4.39 | 2.00 |
| Mf/o Paper and Paper Products | 1.11 | 153.90 | 0.38 | -1.22 | 10.42 | 16.51 | 11.34 | 15.28 |
| Mf/o Chemicals and Chemical Products | 6.47 | 147.20 | 0.78 | -0.20 | 11.18 | 14.28 | 11.56 | 13.84 |
| Mf/o Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal Chemical and Botanical Products | 1.99 | 139.90 | -0.30 | 0.00 | 4.32 | 3.31 | 3.31 | 4.17 |
| Mf/o Rubber and Plastics Products | 2.30 | 130.50 | 0.66 | -0.84 | 12.96 | 8.32 | 13.14 | 7.50 |
| Mf/o other Non-Metallic Mineral Products | 3.20 | 132.00 | 0.99 | -0.45 | 3.07 | 8.41 | 4.52 | 7.67 |
| Cement, Lime and Plaster | 1.64 | 134.30 | 1.37 | -1.18 | 1.96 | 8.07 | 3.87 | 6.42 |
| Mf/o Basic Metals | 9.65 | 148.90 | 0.00 | -0.87 | 26.85 | 16.68 | 29.09 | 11.12 |
| Mild Steel – Semi Finished Steel | 1.27 | 128.00 | -1.12 | -0.78 | 21.60 | 13.67 | 21.39 | 11.11 |
| Mf/o Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Equipment | 3.15 | 140.30 | 1.41 | 0.72 | 11.26 | 10.50 | 14.12 | 8.51 |
Note: * = Provisional, Mf/o = Manufacture of
