The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) has hit a record high with double digits (the highest since the introduction of new 2013 series) at 10.49 per cent in April 2021 against 7.39 per cent in March 2021. It is true that such a high number may be partly because of the lower base of last year, when the WPI had fallen by 1 per cent month-on-month-basis in April 2020. This lower base must have played a role in elevating the figure this year. However, even the sequential increase seems a bit worrisome.