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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 Manufacture of wooden containers [1307040000] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1307030000] x 1.3591 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026153.30 +0.9 +7.43 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.3591)
Aug 2026152.40 -0.5 +6.42 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3591)
Jul 2026152.90 +1.0 +7.15 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.3591)
Jun 2026151.90 +1.4 +6.00 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.3591)
May 2026150.50 +6.2 +5.61 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3591)
Apr 2026144.30 -1.0 +1.48 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026145.30 +1.1 +3.79 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026144.20 +0.5 +1.41 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026143.70 +0.3 +2.20 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025143.40 -0.5 +2.80 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025143.90 +0.5 +2.93 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025143.40 +0.7 +2.21 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025142.70 -0.5 +1.28 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025143.20 +0.5 +1.49 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025142.70 -0.6 +1.06 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025143.30 +0.8 +1.34 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025142.50 +0.3 +1.57 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025142.20 +2.2 +1.64 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025140.00 -2.2 0.00 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025142.20 +1.6 +1.79 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025140.60 +1.1 +0.57 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024139.50 -0.3 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024139.80 -0.5 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024140.30 -0.6 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024140.90 -0.2 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024141.10 -0.1 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024141.20 -0.2 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024141.40 +1.1 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024140.30 +0.4 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024139.90 -0.1 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024140.00 +0.3 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024139.70 -0.1 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024139.80 - - 151.2 OEA

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