Escalation Bill Price variation for RA and final bills · index-based formula

Price index database

Official indices: CPI-IW for the Labour Bureau's centres (base 2016 = 100, from January 2024) and the Wholesale Price Index for every item - the current series (base 2022-23 = 100, from April 2023) and the former series (base 2011-12 = 100, from January 2024 to April 2026, continued by linking). Escalation bills take their base and current indices from here.

Latest official month in the database: CPI-IW 2026-08, WPI 2022-23 2026-09, WPI 2011-12 2026-04 (linked to 2026-09). Source: Labour Bureau, Govt. of India - CPI-IW centre index (base 2016=100) - labourbureau.gov.in/centre-index. Each month's CPI-IW is released on the last working day of the following month. Values entered by hand are highlighted and kept when you update.

CPI-IW Ludhiana (Punjab) Punjab

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsAll IndiaSource
Aug 2026159.50 +3.1 +5.49 % 154.4 Labour Bureau
Jul 2026156.40 +1.8 +5.11 % 153.2 Labour Bureau
Jun 2026154.60 +0.1 +4.74 % 151.9 Labour Bureau
May 2026154.50 -1.9 +5.10 % 150.8 Labour Bureau
Apr 2026156.40 +1.0 +6.03 % 149.9 Labour Bureau
Mar 2026155.40 +0.4 +5.57 % 149.1 Labour Bureau
Feb 2026155.00 +0.1 +4.59 % 148.5 Labour Bureau
Jan 2026154.90 +1.0 +5.02 % 148.6 Labour Bureau
Dec 2025153.90 -0.7 +2.19 % 148.2 Labour Bureau
Nov 2025154.60 -2.7 +1.64 % 148.2 Labour Bureau
Oct 2025157.30 +1.8 +2.68 % 147.7 Labour Bureau
Sep 2025155.50 +4.3 +3.05 % 147.3 Labour Bureau
Aug 2025151.20 +2.4 +1.41 % 147.1 Labour Bureau
Jul 2025148.80 +1.2 +0.81 % 146.5 Labour Bureau
Jun 2025147.60 +0.6 +1.79 % 145.0 Labour Bureau
May 2025147.00 -0.5 +2.87 % 144.0 Labour Bureau
Apr 2025147.50 +0.3 +2.43 % 143.5 Labour Bureau
Mar 2025147.20 -1.0 +2.44 % 143.0 Labour Bureau
Feb 2025148.20 +0.7 +3.56 % 142.8 Labour Bureau
Jan 2025147.50 -3.1 +3.07 % 143.2 Labour Bureau
Dec 2024150.60 -1.5 - 143.7 Labour Bureau
Nov 2024152.10 -1.1 - 144.5 Labour Bureau
Oct 2024153.20 +2.3 - 144.5 Labour Bureau
Sep 2024150.90 +1.8 - 143.3 Labour Bureau
Aug 2024149.10 +1.5 - 142.6 Labour Bureau
Jul 2024147.60 +2.6 - 142.7 Labour Bureau
Jun 2024145.00 +2.1 - 141.4 Labour Bureau
May 2024142.90 -1.1 - 139.9 Labour Bureau
Apr 2024144.00 +0.3 - 139.4 Labour Bureau
Mar 2024143.70 +0.6 - 138.9 Labour Bureau
Feb 2024143.10 0.0 - 139.2 Labour Bureau
Jan 2024143.10 - - 138.9 Labour Bureau

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