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 Puducherry (Puducherry(UT)) Puducherry(UT)

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsAll IndiaSource
Aug 2026176.00 +0.6 +4.76 % 154.4 Labour Bureau
Jul 2026175.40 +3.9 +5.54 % 153.2 Labour Bureau
Jun 2026171.50 -0.1 +4.64 % 151.9 Labour Bureau
May 2026171.60 +2.5 +6.85 % 150.8 Labour Bureau
Apr 2026169.10 -0.2 +6.29 % 149.9 Labour Bureau
Mar 2026169.30 +3.6 +7.02 % 149.1 Labour Bureau
Feb 2026165.70 0.0 +4.41 % 148.5 Labour Bureau
Jan 2026165.70 -1.1 +1.72 % 148.6 Labour Bureau
Dec 2025166.80 +0.2 +2.33 % 148.2 Labour Bureau
Nov 2025166.60 +1.2 +2.02 % 148.2 Labour Bureau
Oct 2025165.40 -0.7 +3.44 % 147.7 Labour Bureau
Sep 2025166.10 -1.9 +4.86 % 147.3 Labour Bureau
Aug 2025168.00 +1.8 +6.13 % 147.1 Labour Bureau
Jul 2025166.20 +2.3 +4.20 % 146.5 Labour Bureau
Jun 2025163.90 +3.3 +1.11 % 145.0 Labour Bureau
May 2025160.60 +1.5 -0.93 % 144.0 Labour Bureau
Apr 2025159.10 +0.9 +2.65 % 143.5 Labour Bureau
Mar 2025158.20 -0.5 +2.20 % 143.0 Labour Bureau
Feb 2025158.70 -4.2 +2.26 % 142.8 Labour Bureau
Jan 2025162.90 -0.1 +6.05 % 143.2 Labour Bureau
Dec 2024163.00 -0.3 - 143.7 Labour Bureau
Nov 2024163.30 +3.4 - 144.5 Labour Bureau
Oct 2024159.90 +1.5 - 144.5 Labour Bureau
Sep 2024158.40 +0.1 - 143.3 Labour Bureau
Aug 2024158.30 -1.2 - 142.6 Labour Bureau
Jul 2024159.50 -2.6 - 142.7 Labour Bureau
Jun 2024162.10 0.0 - 141.4 Labour Bureau
May 2024162.10 +7.1 - 139.9 Labour Bureau
Apr 2024155.00 +0.2 - 139.4 Labour Bureau
Mar 2024154.80 -0.4 - 138.9 Labour Bureau
Feb 2024155.20 +1.6 - 139.2 Labour Bureau
Jan 2024153.60 - - 138.9 Labour Bureau

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