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 METALLIC MINERALS [1103010000] Primary articles
Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1103010000] x 1.8604 (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 | 251.90 | +4.1 | +6.69 % | 172.1 | linked (2022-23 × 1.8604) |
| Aug 2026 | 247.80 | -3.9 | +7.37 % | 169.5 | linked (2022-23 × 1.8604) |
| Jul 2026 | 251.70 | +0.7 | +10.15 % | 168.3 | linked (2022-23 × 1.8604) |
| Jun 2026 | 251.00 | +7.8 | +14.40 % | 168.8 | linked (2022-23 × 1.8604) |
| May 2026 | 243.20 | -7.9 | +10.60 % | 168.5 | linked (2022-23 × 1.8604) |
| Apr 2026 | 251.10 | +0.2 | +14.76 % | 167.6 | OEA |
| Mar 2026 | 250.90 | +2.8 | +5.20 % | 161.2 | OEA |
| Feb 2026 | 248.10 | +1.5 | +15.61 % | 158.4 | OEA |
| Jan 2026 | 246.60 | -4.5 | +14.01 % | 157.6 | OEA |
| Dec 2025 | 251.10 | -1.3 | +14.61 % | 157.2 | OEA |
| Nov 2025 | 252.40 | +3.9 | +14.83 % | 156.2 | OEA |
| Oct 2025 | 248.50 | +12.4 | +13.26 % | 155.1 | OEA |
| Sep 2025 | 236.10 | +5.3 | +10.43 % | 155.0 | OEA |
| Aug 2025 | 230.80 | +2.3 | +6.16 % | 155.2 | OEA |
| Jul 2025 | 228.50 | +9.1 | +7.58 % | 154.4 | OEA |
| Jun 2025 | 219.40 | -0.5 | -2.66 % | 153.7 | OEA |
| May 2025 | 219.90 | +1.1 | +0.27 % | 153.7 | OEA |
| Apr 2025 | 218.80 | -19.7 | +2.05 % | 154.2 | OEA |
| Mar 2025 | 238.50 | +23.9 | +12.18 % | 154.8 | OEA |
| Feb 2025 | 214.60 | -1.7 | +2.34 % | 154.9 | OEA |
| Jan 2025 | 216.30 | -2.8 | +4.34 % | 155.0 | OEA |
| Dec 2024 | 219.10 | -0.7 | - | 155.7 | OEA |
| Nov 2024 | 219.80 | +0.4 | - | 156.4 | OEA |
| Oct 2024 | 219.40 | +5.6 | - | 156.7 | OEA |
| Sep 2024 | 213.80 | -3.6 | - | 154.7 | OEA |
| Aug 2024 | 217.40 | +5.0 | - | 154.4 | OEA |
| Jul 2024 | 212.40 | -13.0 | - | 155.3 | OEA |
| Jun 2024 | 225.40 | +6.1 | - | 154.0 | OEA |
| May 2024 | 219.30 | +4.9 | - | 153.5 | OEA |
| Apr 2024 | 214.40 | +1.8 | - | 152.9 | OEA |
| Mar 2024 | 212.60 | +2.9 | - | 151.4 | OEA |
| Feb 2024 | 209.70 | +2.4 | - | 151.2 | OEA |
| Jan 2024 | 207.30 | - | - | 151.2 | OEA |
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