Updated Mar 15, 2021 | 13:17 IST In February provisional food prices and manufactured products, which hold maximum weightage in the WPI index, rose 3.31% and 5.81% respectively on a sequential basis February wholesale inflation rises to 27-month high at food prices rise | Photo Credit: Representative Image New Delhi: Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation quickened to 4.17% in the month of February as compared to last month, said the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Monday. It stood at 2.26% in the same month last year and rose to 2.03% last month, January 2021. Wholesale prices in February this year, which were highest in the last 27 months, rose on the back of rising food prices and manufactured goods.