This is the first time under the government's wholesale price index (WPI)-based inflation data as per the new 2022-23 base year that inflation has dropped month-on-month
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The WPI has been on an upward trajectory since the beginning of this fiscal as the West Asia war and the resultant blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which the majority of crude oil is imported into India.
