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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 CONDIMENTS & SPICES [1101050000] Primary articles

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1101050000] x 1.6034 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026235.20 +1.7 +16.38 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.6034)
Aug 2026233.50 +6.3 +16.98 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.6034)
Jul 2026227.20 +7.9 +13.60 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.6034)
Jun 2026219.30 +5.2 +9.92 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.6034)
May 2026214.10 -20.8 +6.62 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.6034)
Apr 2026234.90 +4.4 +14.75 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026230.50 -1.0 +14.79 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026231.50 +8.2 +8.74 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026223.30 +9.3 -3.58 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025214.00 +3.1 -10.91 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025210.90 +6.9 -13.67 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025204.00 +1.9 -16.22 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025202.10 +2.5 -16.90 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025199.60 -0.4 -15.71 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025200.00 +0.5 -15.61 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025199.50 -1.3 -15.89 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025200.80 -3.9 -15.24 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025204.70 +3.9 -10.42 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025200.80 -12.1 -14.00 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025212.90 -18.7 -14.46 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025231.60 -8.6 -5.93 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024240.20 -4.1 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024244.30 +0.8 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024243.50 +0.3 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024243.20 +6.4 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024236.80 -0.2 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024237.00 -0.2 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024237.20 +0.3 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024236.90 +8.4 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024228.50 -5.0 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024233.50 -15.4 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024248.90 +2.7 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024246.20 - - 151.2 OEA

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