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 Betelnut/Arecanut [1101050006] Primary articles
Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1101050002] x 2.5512 (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 | 291.60 | -9.4 | +4.22 % | 172.1 | linked (2022-23 × 2.5512) |
| Aug 2026 | 301.00 | +6.8 | +9.81 % | 169.5 | linked (2022-23 × 2.5512) |
| Jul 2026 | 294.20 | -0.5 | +10.44 % | 168.3 | linked (2022-23 × 2.5512) |
| Jun 2026 | 294.70 | -4.0 | +9.76 % | 168.8 | linked (2022-23 × 2.5512) |
| May 2026 | 298.70 | -13.6 | +11.46 % | 168.5 | linked (2022-23 × 2.5512) |
| Apr 2026 | 312.30 | +7.1 | +20.53 % | 167.6 | OEA |
| Mar 2026 | 305.20 | -3.9 | +27.97 % | 161.2 | OEA |
| Feb 2026 | 309.10 | +5.2 | +29.06 % | 158.4 | OEA |
| Jan 2026 | 303.90 | +5.0 | +30.99 % | 157.6 | OEA |
| Dec 2025 | 298.90 | -1.3 | +29.39 % | 157.2 | OEA |
| Nov 2025 | 300.20 | +10.2 | +27.74 % | 156.2 | OEA |
| Oct 2025 | 290.00 | +10.2 | +20.53 % | 155.1 | OEA |
| Sep 2025 | 279.80 | +5.7 | +15.33 % | 155.0 | OEA |
| Aug 2025 | 274.10 | +7.7 | +7.45 % | 155.2 | OEA |
| Jul 2025 | 266.40 | -2.1 | +4.10 % | 154.4 | OEA |
| Jun 2025 | 268.50 | +0.5 | +1.24 % | 153.7 | OEA |
| May 2025 | 268.00 | +8.9 | +0.45 % | 153.7 | OEA |
| Apr 2025 | 259.10 | +20.6 | -0.80 % | 154.2 | OEA |
| Mar 2025 | 238.50 | -1.0 | -6.80 % | 154.8 | OEA |
| Feb 2025 | 239.50 | +7.5 | -7.28 % | 154.9 | OEA |
| Jan 2025 | 232.00 | +1.0 | -13.14 % | 155.0 | OEA |
| Dec 2024 | 231.00 | -4.0 | - | 155.7 | OEA |
| Nov 2024 | 235.00 | -5.6 | - | 156.4 | OEA |
| Oct 2024 | 240.60 | -2.0 | - | 156.7 | OEA |
| Sep 2024 | 242.60 | -12.5 | - | 154.7 | OEA |
| Aug 2024 | 255.10 | -0.8 | - | 154.4 | OEA |
| Jul 2024 | 255.90 | -9.3 | - | 155.3 | OEA |
| Jun 2024 | 265.20 | -1.6 | - | 154.0 | OEA |
| May 2024 | 266.80 | +5.6 | - | 153.5 | OEA |
| Apr 2024 | 261.20 | +5.3 | - | 152.9 | OEA |
| Mar 2024 | 255.90 | -2.4 | - | 151.4 | OEA |
| Feb 2024 | 258.30 | -8.8 | - | 151.2 | OEA |
| Jan 2024 | 267.10 | - | - | 151.2 | OEA |
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