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 Chromite [1103010002] Primary articles
Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1103010002] x 0.8719 (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 | 139.60 | -0.8 | +21.39 % | 172.1 | linked (2022-23 × 0.8719) |
| Aug 2026 | 140.40 | +1.0 | +29.52 % | 169.5 | linked (2022-23 × 0.8719) |
| Jul 2026 | 139.40 | -0.7 | +28.72 % | 168.3 | linked (2022-23 × 0.8719) |
| Jun 2026 | 140.10 | -3.1 | +31.43 % | 168.8 | linked (2022-23 × 0.8719) |
| May 2026 | 143.20 | -1.4 | +37.30 % | 168.5 | linked (2022-23 × 0.8719) |
| Apr 2026 | 144.60 | -0.9 | +35.77 % | 167.6 | OEA |
| Mar 2026 | 145.50 | +10.9 | +37.39 % | 161.2 | OEA |
| Feb 2026 | 134.60 | +5.6 | +36.10 % | 158.4 | OEA |
| Jan 2026 | 129.00 | +8.3 | +34.24 % | 157.6 | OEA |
| Dec 2025 | 120.70 | -7.0 | +6.53 % | 157.2 | OEA |
| Nov 2025 | 127.70 | +9.7 | +8.77 % | 156.2 | OEA |
| Oct 2025 | 118.00 | +3.0 | -5.83 % | 155.1 | OEA |
| Sep 2025 | 115.00 | +6.6 | -0.26 % | 155.0 | OEA |
| Aug 2025 | 108.40 | +0.1 | -12.79 % | 155.2 | OEA |
| Jul 2025 | 108.30 | +1.7 | -19.60 % | 154.4 | OEA |
| Jun 2025 | 106.60 | +2.3 | -10.50 % | 153.7 | OEA |
| May 2025 | 104.30 | -2.2 | -15.95 % | 153.7 | OEA |
| Apr 2025 | 106.50 | +0.6 | -16.54 % | 154.2 | OEA |
| Mar 2025 | 105.90 | +7.0 | -31.98 % | 154.8 | OEA |
| Feb 2025 | 98.90 | +2.8 | -32.21 % | 154.9 | OEA |
| Jan 2025 | 96.10 | -17.2 | -32.98 % | 155.0 | OEA |
| Dec 2024 | 113.30 | -4.1 | - | 155.7 | OEA |
| Nov 2024 | 117.40 | -7.9 | - | 156.4 | OEA |
| Oct 2024 | 125.30 | +10.0 | - | 156.7 | OEA |
| Sep 2024 | 115.30 | -9.0 | - | 154.7 | OEA |
| Aug 2024 | 124.30 | -10.4 | - | 154.4 | OEA |
| Jul 2024 | 134.70 | +15.6 | - | 155.3 | OEA |
| Jun 2024 | 119.10 | -5.0 | - | 154.0 | OEA |
| May 2024 | 124.10 | -3.5 | - | 153.5 | OEA |
| Apr 2024 | 127.60 | -28.1 | - | 152.9 | OEA |
| Mar 2024 | 155.70 | +9.8 | - | 151.4 | OEA |
| Feb 2024 | 145.90 | +2.5 | - | 151.2 | OEA |
| Jan 2024 | 143.40 | - | - | 151.2 | OEA |
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