India’s wholesale food price inflation inched higher in August 2026, with the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Food component rising 5.67% year-on-year, up from 5.44% in July 2026. The latest reading, updated on 14 September 2026, indicates a modest acceleration in wholesale food price pressures compared with the same period a year earlier.
Both the July and August figures are measured on a year-over-year basis, comparing each month’s change to the corresponding month a year ago. The uptick from July’s 5.44% to August’s 5.67% suggests that food prices at the wholesale level continued to firm, potentially signaling ongoing cost pressures in the food supply chain that could feed into broader inflation dynamics.
