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 OTHER NON-FOOD ARTICLES [1102030000] Primary articles

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1102030000] x 1.3038 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026149.40 +0.8 +6.64 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.3038)
Aug 2026148.60 -0.3 +6.37 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3038)
Jul 2026148.90 +1.3 +7.66 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.3038)
Jun 2026147.60 +2.7 +7.11 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.3038)
May 2026144.90 +0.8 +5.15 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3038)
Apr 2026144.10 +0.4 +3.30 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026143.70 +1.7 +1.41 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026142.00 +1.0 -0.77 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026141.00 +1.4 -1.19 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025139.60 +1.0 -0.78 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025138.60 -1.0 -1.07 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025139.60 -0.5 -0.36 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025140.10 +0.4 -0.07 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025139.70 +1.4 -0.21 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025138.30 +0.5 +0.88 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025137.80 0.0 +1.47 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025137.80 -1.7 +4.87 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025139.50 -2.2 +6.41 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025141.70 -1.4 +5.98 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025143.10 +0.4 +7.35 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025142.70 +2.0 +6.81 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024140.70 +0.6 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024140.10 0.0 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024140.10 -0.1 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024140.20 +0.2 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024140.00 +2.9 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024137.10 +1.3 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024135.80 +4.4 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024131.40 +0.3 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024131.10 -2.6 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024133.70 +0.4 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024133.30 -0.3 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024133.60 - - 151.2 OEA

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