Index Numbers of Wholesale Price in India for the Month of February, 2026 (Base Year: 2011-12)

• WPI measures average change in wholesale (bulk transaction) prices of goods at the producer/factory-gate level; compiled with base year 2011-12=100.
• For UPSC: WPI is the policy-relevant index for deflating GDP and tracking producer-side inflation; it complements (does not substitute) CPI for monetary policy.
• February 2026 reading: headline WPI inflation = 2.13% (provisional) YoY, up from 1.81% in Jan-26 and 0.96% in Dec-25 — indicating a mild firming trend.