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: Office of the Economic Adviser, DPIIT - Wholesale Price Index (base 2011-12=100) - eaindustry.nic.in. The OEA stopped this series after April 2026. Later months are linked: the 2022-23 index of the same item multiplied by a linking factor - the OEA's own factors for All commodities (1.53), Primary articles (1.71), Fuel & power (1.65) and Manufactured products (1.44), and for other items the ratio of the geometric means of their FY 2024-25 indices in the two series, the method the OEA used. Items with no clear successor in the new series are not linked; use the 2022-23 series for them. Values entered by hand are highlighted and kept when you update.

WPI FOOD GRAINS (CEREALS+PULSES) [1101010000] Primary articles

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1101010000] x 1.7652 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026214.50 +4.6 +4.89 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.7652)
Aug 2026209.90 +2.7 +2.34 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.7652)
Jul 2026207.20 +3.0 +1.52 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.7652)
Jun 2026204.20 +1.0 +0.59 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.7652)
May 2026203.20 -1.4 -0.39 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.7652)
Apr 2026204.60 +0.9 -0.97 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026203.70 -2.1 -3.00 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026205.80 -0.8 -3.11 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026206.60 +0.6 -3.10 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025206.00 +0.7 -3.60 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025205.30 +0.7 -4.38 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025204.60 +0.1 -4.12 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025204.50 -0.6 -3.72 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025205.10 +1.0 -2.33 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025204.10 +1.1 -1.92 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025203.00 -1.0 -1.74 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025204.00 -2.6 -0.05 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025206.60 -3.4 +2.02 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025210.00 -2.4 +3.81 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025212.40 -0.8 +5.41 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025213.20 -0.5 +6.92 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024213.70 -1.0 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024214.70 +1.3 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024213.40 +1.0 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024212.40 +2.4 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024210.00 +1.9 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024208.10 +1.5 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024206.60 +2.5 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024204.10 +1.6 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024202.50 +0.2 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024202.30 +0.8 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024201.50 +2.1 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024199.40 - - 151.2 OEA

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