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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 HSD [1202000005] Fuel and power

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1202010005] x 1.9117 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026208.90 +1.1 +30.56 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.9117)
Aug 2026207.80 +5.0 +29.23 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.9117)
Jul 2026202.80 -7.3 +26.59 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.9117)
Jun 2026210.10 +9.2 +33.40 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.9117)
May 2026200.90 +0.6 +27.72 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.9117)
Apr 2026200.30 +29.5 +25.19 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026170.80 +10.4 +3.26 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026160.40 +1.9 -3.72 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026158.50 -2.7 -4.29 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025161.20 -0.5 -2.07 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025161.70 +0.6 -1.64 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025161.10 +1.1 -1.89 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025160.00 -0.8 -3.09 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025160.80 +0.6 -3.54 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025160.20 +2.7 -4.30 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025157.50 +0.2 -5.12 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025157.30 -2.7 -6.20 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025160.00 -5.4 -5.04 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025165.40 -1.2 -2.88 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025166.60 +1.0 -3.20 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025165.60 +1.0 -3.61 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024164.60 +0.2 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024164.40 +0.2 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024164.20 -0.9 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024165.10 -1.6 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024166.70 -0.7 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024167.40 +1.4 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024166.00 -1.7 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024167.70 -0.8 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024168.50 -1.8 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024170.30 -1.8 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024172.10 +0.3 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024171.80 - - 151.2 OEA

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