Wholesale inflation eased to more than three-year low of 0.33 per cent in September mainly due to falling prices of fuel and certain food articles, according to official data.
The wholesale price index-based inflation was 1.08 per cent in August this year and 5.22 per cent in September 2018.
The previous low was recorded in June 2016 when wholesale inflation was in negative at 0.1 per cent.
Inflation print for food articles, as a basket, remained nearly flat at 7.47 per cent during the month. Prices of potato fell by a further 22.50 per cent as against a decline of 21.28 per cent in August, the Commerce and Industry Ministry data showed.
