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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 Fatty acid [1310010001] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1310010002] x 1.5351 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026159.70 +0.8 +4.31 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.5351)
Aug 2026158.90 +1.2 +4.27 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.5351)
Jul 2026157.70 +0.7 +3.61 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.5351)
Jun 2026157.00 0.0 +2.55 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.5351)
May 2026157.00 +3.0 +2.82 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.5351)
Apr 2026154.00 +7.2 +0.92 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026146.80 -4.5 -3.99 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026151.30 +1.7 -0.66 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026149.60 -2.3 -2.03 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025151.90 +0.4 -0.46 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025151.50 -1.2 +2.57 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025152.70 -0.4 +7.16 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025153.10 +0.7 +8.35 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025152.40 +0.2 +7.25 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025152.20 -0.9 +7.71 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025153.10 +0.4 +9.05 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025152.70 +0.1 +9.86 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025152.60 -0.3 +12.79 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025152.90 +0.6 +16.10 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025152.30 -0.4 +18.80 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025152.70 +0.1 +20.43 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024152.60 +4.9 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024147.70 +5.2 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024142.50 +1.2 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024141.30 -0.8 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024142.10 +0.8 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024141.30 +0.9 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024140.40 +1.4 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024139.00 +3.7 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024135.30 +3.6 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024131.70 +3.5 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024128.20 +1.4 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024126.80 - - 151.2 OEA

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