May 22 , 2021
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	- The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade recently released Wholesale Price in India for the month of April 2021. 
 
	- The annual rate of inflation for the month of April 2021 was 10.49%.
 
	- The WPI for the month of April 2021 stood at 128.1.
 
	- The base year in calculating WPI is fixed as 2011-12.
 
	- Wholesale inflation which galloped to double digits in April is the fastest in 11 years.
 
	- The inflation rate is high mainly because of the 
	
		- price rise in crude petroleum and 
 
		- increase in the cost of manufactured foods.
 
	
	 
                                 
                            
                                
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