India's wholesale inflation surged to 8.3% YoY in April 2026, driven by 24.7% fuel price increase and 9.2% primary articles inflation.
Month-over-month WPI increased 3.86% with fuel prices jumping 18.2% and crude petroleum rising 16.4% from March levels.
Manufactured products inflation accelerated to 4.6% YoY while food inflation moderated to 2.3% with varied performance across sub-components.
The provisional WPI index reached 167.0 with 96.7% response rate, showing broad-based price pressures across most commodity groups.