1. India's wholesale price index is the benchmark to measure the level of inflation.

2. Onion prices in the wholesale price index accounted for only 0.18% of GDP.

3. In India, the wholesale price index, which measures inflation at the "factory gate", is more closely watched than the consumer price index because it tracks a wider range of goods.

4. The Wholesale Price Index would still be under 5 - 6 percent , if monsoon are all right.

5. India's wholesale price index, released weekly, hit 7.57% for the year up to 19 April, the highest since November 2004.

6. Inflation, as measured by the Wholesale Price Index, slowed to 3.92% from 4.39% in the previous week, showed data issued Thursday by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

7. To see the wholesale price index, food prices rose less than earlier intense.

8. In some countries, the same indicator is called the wholesale price index WPI.

9. The uptrend in end-user CPI and export prices have lagged that in wholesale price index (WPI) and import prices.