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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 Naphtha [1202000006] Fuel and power

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1202010006] x 1.3817 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026183.10 -10.8 +46.60 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.3817)
Aug 2026193.90 +42.9 +57.64 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3817)
Jul 2026151.00 -43.0 +22.17 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.3817)
Jun 2026194.00 -36.3 +63.71 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.3817)
May 2026230.30 -17.3 +94.67 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3817)
Apr 2026247.60 +99.0 +94.81 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026148.60 +23.8 +8.71 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026124.80 +7.4 -10.34 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026117.40 -4.3 -13.04 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025121.70 -0.9 -6.81 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025122.60 -5.6 -9.39 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025128.20 +3.3 -4.40 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025124.90 +1.9 -7.21 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025123.00 -0.6 -9.36 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025123.60 +5.1 -9.98 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025118.50 +0.2 -8.42 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025118.30 -8.8 -13.52 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025127.10 -9.6 -8.36 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025136.70 -2.5 -1.01 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025139.20 +4.2 +5.86 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025135.00 +4.4 +0.07 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024130.60 -4.7 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024135.30 +1.2 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024134.10 -0.5 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024134.60 -1.1 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024135.70 -1.6 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024137.30 +7.9 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024129.40 -7.4 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024136.80 -1.9 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024138.70 +0.6 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024138.10 +6.6 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024131.50 -3.4 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024134.90 - - 151.2 OEA

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