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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 MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS [1300000000] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1300000000] x 1.4400 (OEA linking factor).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026158.70 +2.0 +9.30 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.4400)
Aug 2026156.70 +0.6 +8.07 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.4400)
Jul 2026156.10 +0.4 +7.95 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.4400)
Jun 2026155.70 +0.2 +7.60 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.4400)
May 2026155.50 +3.1 +7.24 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.4400)
Apr 2026152.40 +2.3 +5.18 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026150.10 +1.6 +3.80 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026148.50 +1.4 +3.13 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026147.10 +1.2 +2.58 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025145.90 +0.7 +2.03 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025145.20 -0.1 +1.47 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025145.30 +0.1 +1.68 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025145.20 +0.2 +2.33 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025145.00 +0.4 +2.62 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025144.60 -0.1 +2.05 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025144.70 -0.3 +1.90 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025145.00 +0.1 +2.11 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025144.90 +0.3 +2.62 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025144.60 +0.6 +3.21 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025144.00 +0.6 +3.00 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025143.40 +0.4 +2.65 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024143.00 -0.1 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024143.10 +0.2 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024142.90 +1.0 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024141.90 +0.6 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024141.30 -0.4 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024141.70 -0.3 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024142.00 0.0 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024142.00 +0.8 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024141.20 +1.1 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024140.10 +0.3 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024139.80 +0.1 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024139.70 - - 151.2 OEA

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