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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 Tea [1101060001] Primary articles

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1101060002] x 1.6771 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026194.90 -0.8 +12.08 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.6771)
Aug 2026195.70 -5.0 +11.51 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.6771)
Jul 2026200.70 -2.4 +12.82 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.6771)
Jun 2026203.10 +3.2 +8.09 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.6771)
May 2026199.90 +5.1 +4.17 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.6771)
Apr 2026194.80 +16.5 -2.94 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026178.30 +1.3 +4.39 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026177.00 -3.5 +3.63 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026180.50 -5.4 +1.29 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025185.90 +0.2 -2.72 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025185.70 +6.1 -10.55 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025179.60 +5.7 -22.12 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025173.90 -1.6 -23.66 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025175.50 -2.4 -13.08 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025177.90 -10.0 -8.72 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025187.90 -4.0 -4.47 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025191.90 -8.8 +4.86 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025200.70 +29.9 +11.31 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025170.80 0.0 +24.85 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025170.80 -7.4 +25.04 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025178.20 -12.9 +24.44 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024191.10 -16.5 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024207.60 -23.0 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024230.60 +2.8 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024227.80 +25.9 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024201.90 +7.0 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024194.90 -1.8 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024196.70 +13.7 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024183.00 +2.7 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024180.30 +43.5 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024136.80 +0.2 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024136.60 -6.6 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024143.20 - - 151.2 OEA

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