The Wholesale price-based inflation (WPI) in January rose to 2.03 percent from 1.22 percent a month ago in December, according to the government data released on Monday.
This is the highest level of WPI inflation since February 2020 when it was 2.26 percent.
WPI was at 2.03% for the month of January 2021 as compared to 3.52% during the corresponding month of the previous year.