Across major groups, Primary Articles inflation was 8.67 per cent, Fuel and Power inflation was 25.85 per cent, and Manufactured Products inflation was 9.76 per cent in September 2026, compared with 7.76 per cent, 22.93 per cent and 8.37 per cent, respectively, in August 2026. Their indices stood at 120.3, 110.5 and 110.2 in September, against 118.1, 108.3 and 108.8 in August, the ministry said in a press release.
India’s WPI inflation rose to 11.39 per cent year-on-year in September 2026 from 9.92 per cent in August, with the all-commodities index at 112.5.
Manufactured products inflation was 9.76 per cent, while manufacture of textiles was among the drivers of WPI inflation.
The textile manufacturing index rose to 105.2 in September from 104.3 in August; wearing apparel rose to 113.1.
The ministry identified Mineral Oils, including Petroleum Products, Food Articles, Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas, Coal and Lignite, Manufacture of Basic Metals, Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical Products, Manufacture of Textiles, Manufacture of Rubber and Plastic Products, and Manufacture of Electrical Equipment as drivers of WPI inflation in September 2026.
For textile and apparel-linked manufacturing categories, the WPI index for Manufacture of Textiles, with a commodity weight of 4.08993, stood at 105.2 in September, after readings of 99.1 in April, 102.1 in May, 103.4 in June, 103.9 in July and 104.3 in August. Manufacture of Wearing Apparel, with a weight of 1.32948, was at 113.1 in September, following 111.0 in April, 111.6 in May, 111.9 in June, 111.9 in July and 112.4 in August, the ministry’s data showed.
Manufacture of Leather and Related Products, weighted at 0.54137, recorded an index of 109.1 in September, compared with 107.3 in April, 108.4 in May, 108.9 in June, 108.7 in July and 109.7 in August. Among related input and packaging categories, Manufacture of Chemicals and Chemical Products stood at 106.0 in September, according to the annexure data.
The final WPI index for July 2026 remained unchanged at 110.0 compared with the provisional index, leaving the final WPI inflation rate for July unchanged at 9.78 per cent. The final July index was compiled with a weighted response rate of 98.97 per cent, while the provisional September index was compiled with a weighted response rate of 83.4 per cent, the ministry said.
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