Wholesale price inflation: Indias wholesale price index (WPI) in December rose to 2.37 per cent from 1.89 per cent in November 2024, according to government data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday. As per the ministry, this led to a spike in manufactured products even though prices of food items eased. Positive rate of inflation in December 2024 is primarily due to increase in prices of food articles, manufacture of food products, other manufacturing, manufacture o