Wholesale Price Index for the month of July, 2021

The annual rate of inflation is 11.16% (Provisional) for the month of July, 2021 (over July, 2020) as compared to (-0.25%) in July, 2020. The high rate of inflation in July 2021 is primarily due to low base effect and rise in prices of
crude petroleum & natural gas; mineral oils; manufactured products like basic metals; food products; textiles; chemicals
and chemical products etc as compared the corresponding month of the previous year.