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 Cardamom [1101050004] Primary articles
Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1101050009] x 1.3426 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).
| Month | Index | Change on previous month | Change over 12 months | WPI all commodities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 368.00 | +3.2 | +27.42 % | 172.1 | linked (2022-23 × 1.3426) |
| Aug 2026 | 364.80 | +11.8 | +21.80 % | 169.5 | linked (2022-23 × 1.3426) |
| Jul 2026 | 353.00 | +27.2 | +18.62 % | 168.3 | linked (2022-23 × 1.3426) |
| Jun 2026 | 325.80 | +1.6 | +13.20 % | 168.8 | linked (2022-23 × 1.3426) |
| May 2026 | 324.20 | +23.5 | +14.68 % | 168.5 | linked (2022-23 × 1.3426) |
| Apr 2026 | 300.70 | +10.8 | -1.70 % | 167.6 | OEA |
| Mar 2026 | 289.90 | -7.5 | -9.91 % | 161.2 | OEA |
| Feb 2026 | 297.40 | -0.5 | -11.70 % | 158.4 | OEA |
| Jan 2026 | 297.90 | +7.6 | -12.36 % | 157.6 | OEA |
| Dec 2025 | 290.30 | -1.2 | -10.84 % | 157.2 | OEA |
| Nov 2025 | 291.50 | +5.5 | -0.75 % | 156.2 | OEA |
| Oct 2025 | 286.00 | -2.8 | +6.32 % | 155.1 | OEA |
| Sep 2025 | 288.80 | -10.7 | +8.82 % | 155.0 | OEA |
| Aug 2025 | 299.50 | +1.9 | +8.36 % | 155.2 | OEA |
| Jul 2025 | 297.60 | +9.8 | +5.35 % | 154.4 | OEA |
| Jun 2025 | 287.80 | +5.1 | +2.13 % | 153.7 | OEA |
| May 2025 | 282.70 | -23.2 | +7.61 % | 153.7 | OEA |
| Apr 2025 | 305.90 | -15.9 | +34.28 % | 154.2 | OEA |
| Mar 2025 | 321.80 | -15.0 | +56.29 % | 154.8 | OEA |
| Feb 2025 | 336.80 | -3.1 | +61.53 % | 154.9 | OEA |
| Jan 2025 | 339.90 | +14.3 | +52.42 % | 155.0 | OEA |
| Dec 2024 | 325.60 | +31.9 | - | 155.7 | OEA |
| Nov 2024 | 293.70 | +24.7 | - | 156.4 | OEA |
| Oct 2024 | 269.00 | +3.6 | - | 156.7 | OEA |
| Sep 2024 | 265.40 | -11.0 | - | 154.7 | OEA |
| Aug 2024 | 276.40 | -6.1 | - | 154.4 | OEA |
| Jul 2024 | 282.50 | +0.7 | - | 155.3 | OEA |
| Jun 2024 | 281.80 | +19.1 | - | 154.0 | OEA |
| May 2024 | 262.70 | +34.9 | - | 153.5 | OEA |
| Apr 2024 | 227.80 | +21.9 | - | 152.9 | OEA |
| Mar 2024 | 205.90 | -2.6 | - | 151.4 | OEA |
| Feb 2024 | 208.50 | -14.5 | - | 151.2 | OEA |
| Jan 2024 | 223.00 | - | - | 151.2 | OEA |
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