New Delhi: India’s wholesale value index-based inflation eased to a four-month low of 1.31 per cent in August on account of falling prices of crude oil, metal and cement, whilst costs of meals staples like potatoes and onions rose sharply in the identical month. India’s wholesale inflation in August was decrease than the 1.85 per cent improve anticipated by economists in a Reuters ballot and down from 2.04 per cent, in response to authorities knowledge launched on Tuesday.