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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 Copper Concentrate [1103010006] Primary articles

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1103010006] x 2.3708 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026403.70 -15.0 +41.01 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 2.3708)
Aug 2026418.70 +22.8 +48.42 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 2.3708)
Jul 2026395.90 +48.6 +42.41 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 2.3708)
Jun 2026347.30 +21.6 +29.16 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 2.3708)
May 2026325.70 +22.7 +21.21 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 2.3708)
Apr 2026303.00 -6.6 +12.47 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026309.60 0.0 -0.61 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026309.60 -1.5 +16.00 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026311.10 -10.4 +16.21 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025321.50 +3.2 +20.41 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025318.30 +8.2 +18.37 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025310.10 +23.8 +14.85 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025286.30 +4.2 +6.59 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025282.10 +4.1 +4.87 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025278.00 +9.1 +8.09 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025268.90 +0.2 -2.29 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025268.70 -0.7 -1.18 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025269.40 -42.1 +0.37 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025311.50 +44.6 +16.97 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025266.90 -0.8 +0.45 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025267.70 +0.7 +1.10 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024267.00 -1.9 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024268.90 -1.1 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024270.00 +1.4 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024268.60 -0.4 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024269.00 +11.8 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024257.20 -18.0 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024275.20 +3.3 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024271.90 +3.5 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024268.40 +2.1 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024266.30 +0.6 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024265.70 +0.9 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024264.80 - - 151.2 OEA

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