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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 Soyabean Oil [1301040003] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1301040004] x 1.7652 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026199.80 -2.1 +16.84 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.7652)
Aug 2026201.90 +1.2 +19.54 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.7652)
Jul 2026200.70 +1.4 +22.15 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.7652)
Jun 2026199.30 -4.8 +19.99 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.7652)
May 2026204.10 +7.0 +18.25 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.7652)
Apr 2026197.10 +6.4 +12.12 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026190.70 +7.0 +7.56 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026183.70 +5.7 +5.03 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026178.00 +5.3 +4.71 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025172.70 +0.5 +0.64 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025172.20 -0.2 +0.88 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025172.40 +1.4 +5.83 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025171.00 +2.1 +20.25 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025168.90 +4.6 +28.73 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025164.30 -1.8 +23.72 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025166.10 -6.5 +26.70 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025172.60 -3.2 +33.49 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025175.80 -1.5 +35.02 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025177.30 +2.4 +36.28 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025174.90 +4.9 +40.14 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025170.00 -1.6 +36.44 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024171.60 +0.9 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024170.70 +7.8 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024162.90 +20.7 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024142.20 +11.0 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024131.20 -1.6 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024132.80 +1.7 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024131.10 +1.8 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024129.30 -0.9 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024130.20 +0.1 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024130.10 +5.3 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024124.80 +0.2 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024124.60 - - 151.2 OEA

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