India’s wholesale inflation contracts by 3.21% in May

15 Jun 2020 Evaluate
India’s inflation based on wholesale price index (WPI) contracted by 3.21% in the month of May as compared to 2.79% during the corresponding month of the previous year. Due to limited information available for the month of April 2020, the provisional figures of May-2020 are compared with final figures of March, 2020. 

Component wise, primary articles index having weight of 22.62%, declined by 0.87% to 136.2 (provisional) in May 2020 from 137.4 (final) for the month of March, 2020. Among the primary articles, prices of Food Articles increased whereas prices of Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas and Non Food Articles declined as compared to March 2020.

Fuel & Power index, having weight of 13.15%, declined by 15.88% to 83.7 (provisional) in May 2020 from 99.5 (final) for the month of March 2020. Prices of mineral oils group declined compared to month of March 2020, while prices of Coal and Electricity remain unchanged.

Manufactured Products constituting the major portion of the index with weight of 64.23%, declined by 0.42% to 118.1 (provisional) in May 2020 from 118.6 (final) for the month of March 2020. Among these, the groups that witnessed decrease in prices were manufacture of food products; textiles; printing and reproduction of recorded media; chemicals and chemical products; rubber and plastics products; manufacture of basic metals;  fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment; computer, electronic and optical products; electrical equipment; machinery and equipment as compared to March 2020.

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