India, June 16 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

The annual rate of inflation based on All India Wholesale Price Index (WPI) number is 0.39% (provisional) for the month of May, 2025 (over May, 2024). Positive rate of inflation in May, 2025 is primarily due to increase in prices of manufacture of food products, electricity, other manufacturing, chemicals and chemical products, manufacture of other transport equipment and non-food articles etc. The index numbers and inflation rate for the last three months of all commodities and WPI components are given below:

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