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 Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu) Tamil Nadu

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsAll IndiaSource
Aug 2026170.30 -0.1 +4.80 % 154.4 Labour Bureau
Jul 2026170.40 +0.8 +5.12 % 153.2 Labour Bureau
Jun 2026169.60 +0.2 +5.80 % 151.9 Labour Bureau
May 2026169.40 +3.7 +6.61 % 150.8 Labour Bureau
Apr 2026165.70 +1.7 +4.94 % 149.9 Labour Bureau
Mar 2026164.00 -0.8 +3.99 % 149.1 Labour Bureau
Feb 2026164.80 -0.3 +5.44 % 148.5 Labour Bureau
Jan 2026165.10 +0.5 +5.29 % 148.6 Labour Bureau
Dec 2025164.60 +0.8 +5.45 % 148.2 Labour Bureau
Nov 2025163.80 +1.1 +6.02 % 148.2 Labour Bureau
Oct 2025162.70 -0.7 +5.86 % 147.7 Labour Bureau
Sep 2025163.40 +0.9 +6.17 % 147.3 Labour Bureau
Aug 2025162.50 +0.4 +5.38 % 147.1 Labour Bureau
Jul 2025162.10 +1.8 +4.38 % 146.5 Labour Bureau
Jun 2025160.30 +1.4 +3.82 % 145.0 Labour Bureau
May 2025158.90 +1.0 +2.19 % 144.0 Labour Bureau
Apr 2025157.90 +0.2 +2.40 % 143.5 Labour Bureau
Mar 2025157.70 +1.4 +2.67 % 143.0 Labour Bureau
Feb 2025156.30 -0.5 +0.84 % 142.8 Labour Bureau
Jan 2025156.80 +0.7 +1.95 % 143.2 Labour Bureau
Dec 2024156.10 +1.6 - 143.7 Labour Bureau
Nov 2024154.50 +0.8 - 144.5 Labour Bureau
Oct 2024153.70 -0.2 - 144.5 Labour Bureau
Sep 2024153.90 -0.3 - 143.3 Labour Bureau
Aug 2024154.20 -1.1 - 142.6 Labour Bureau
Jul 2024155.30 +0.9 - 142.7 Labour Bureau
Jun 2024154.40 -1.1 - 141.4 Labour Bureau
May 2024155.50 +1.3 - 139.9 Labour Bureau
Apr 2024154.20 +0.6 - 139.4 Labour Bureau
Mar 2024153.60 -1.4 - 138.9 Labour Bureau
Feb 2024155.00 +1.2 - 139.2 Labour Bureau
Jan 2024153.80 - - 138.9 Labour Bureau

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