<p>New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation (WPI) declined to (-) 0.13 per cent in June as prices of food articles and fuel saw deflation, along with easing in manufactured product costs, government data showed on Monday.</p>.<p>WPI-based inflation was 0.39 per cent in May. It was 3.43 per cent in June last year.</p>.<p>"Negative rate of inflation in June, 2025 is primarily due to decrease in prices of food articles, mineral oils, manufacture of basic metals, crude petroleum & natural gas etc," the industry ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p>As per WPI data, food articles saw a deflation of 3.75 per cent in June, as against a deflation of 1.56 per cent in May, with vegetables seeing a sharp drop.</p>.<p>Deflation in vegetables was 22.65 per cent in June, compared to 21.62 per cent in May.</p>.<p>In the case of manufactured products, inflation was at 1.97 per cent, compared to 2.04 per cent in May.</p>.Scrutiny under Section 143(2): Don’t panic, but act.<p>Fuel and power saw a negative inflation or deflation of 2.65 pc in June, compared to a deflation of 2.27 pc in May.</p>.<p>The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mainly takes into account retail inflation while formulating the monetary policy.</p>.<p>Retail inflation data for June is scheduled to be released later in the day.</p>.<p>The RBI last month cut benchmark policy interest rates by a sharp 0.50 per cent to 5.50 per cent amid easing inflation.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Wholesale price inflation (WPI) declined to (-) 0.13 per cent in June as prices of food articles and fuel saw deflation, along with easing in manufactured product costs, government data showed on Monday.</p>.<p>WPI-based inflation was 0.39 per cent in May. It was 3.43 per cent in June last year.</p>.<p>"Negative rate of inflation in June, 2025 is primarily due to decrease in prices of food articles, mineral oils, manufacture of basic metals, crude petroleum & natural gas etc," the industry ministry said in a statement.</p>.<p>As per WPI data, food articles saw a deflation of 3.75 per cent in June, as against a deflation of 1.56 per cent in May, with vegetables seeing a sharp drop.</p>.<p>Deflation in vegetables was 22.65 per cent in June, compared to 21.62 per cent in May.</p>.<p>In the case of manufactured products, inflation was at 1.97 per cent, compared to 2.04 per cent in May.</p>.Scrutiny under Section 143(2): Don’t panic, but act.<p>Fuel and power saw a negative inflation or deflation of 2.65 pc in June, compared to a deflation of 2.27 pc in May.</p>.<p>The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) mainly takes into account retail inflation while formulating the monetary policy.</p>.<p>Retail inflation data for June is scheduled to be released later in the day.</p>.<p>The RBI last month cut benchmark policy interest rates by a sharp 0.50 per cent to 5.50 per cent amid easing inflation.</p>