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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 Sillimanite [1103020004] Primary articles

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1103020004] x 0.9936 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026189.20 0.0 +8.74 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 0.9936)
Aug 2026189.20 0.0 +18.25 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 0.9936)
Jul 2026189.20 0.0 +22.22 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 0.9936)
Jun 2026189.20 0.0 +17.59 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 0.9936)
May 2026189.20 0.0 +19.75 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 0.9936)
Apr 2026189.20 +12.3 +30.48 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026176.90 +3.7 +5.55 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026173.20 -22.6 +11.53 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026195.80 +11.2 +24.87 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025184.60 +9.4 +10.87 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025175.20 +0.5 -2.45 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025174.70 +0.7 +8.51 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025174.00 +14.0 +7.21 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025160.00 +5.2 -7.57 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025154.80 -6.1 -12.00 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025160.90 +2.9 -8.42 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025158.00 +13.0 -16.67 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025145.00 -22.6 -25.45 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025167.60 +12.3 -14.10 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025155.30 -1.5 -14.67 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025156.80 -9.7 +23.37 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024166.50 -13.1 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024179.60 +18.6 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024161.00 -1.3 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024162.30 -10.8 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024173.10 -2.8 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024175.90 +0.2 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024175.70 -13.9 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024189.60 -4.9 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024194.50 -0.6 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024195.10 +13.1 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024182.00 +54.9 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024127.10 - - 151.2 OEA

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