<h1>India's WPI Drops 1.0% in January 2016; Annual Inflation Rate at -0.90% with Decline in Primary Articles.</h1> The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for all commodities in India decreased by 1.0% to 175.7 in January 2016. The annual inflation rate based on WPI stood at -0.90% compared to -0.73% in the previous month. Primary articles saw a decline of 1.7%, with food articles dropping by 1.9% due to lower prices of certain vegetables and grains. The fuel and power index fell by 2.9%, while the manufactured products index slightly increased by 0.1%. The overall inflation rate for the financial year was -0.23%, improving from -1.66% in the previous year.