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 Carbon Black [1310010008] Manufactured products
Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1310010012] x 1.6923 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).
| Month | Index | Change on previous month | Change over 12 months | WPI all commodities | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 200.50 | -9.0 | +38.56 % | 172.1 | linked (2022-23 × 1.6923) |
| Aug 2026 | 209.50 | +14.5 | +44.78 % | 169.5 | linked (2022-23 × 1.6923) |
| Jul 2026 | 195.00 | -1.8 | +34.30 % | 168.3 | linked (2022-23 × 1.6923) |
| Jun 2026 | 196.80 | +8.3 | +39.28 % | 168.8 | linked (2022-23 × 1.6923) |
| May 2026 | 188.50 | +17.9 | +29.91 % | 168.5 | linked (2022-23 × 1.6923) |
| Apr 2026 | 170.60 | +20.0 | +14.34 % | 167.6 | OEA |
| Mar 2026 | 150.60 | +7.2 | +1.28 % | 161.2 | OEA |
| Feb 2026 | 143.40 | +0.9 | -2.65 % | 158.4 | OEA |
| Jan 2026 | 142.50 | -3.0 | -0.56 % | 157.6 | OEA |
| Dec 2025 | 145.50 | +0.9 | -0.89 % | 157.2 | OEA |
| Nov 2025 | 144.60 | -4.3 | -1.50 % | 156.2 | OEA |
| Oct 2025 | 148.90 | +4.2 | +1.36 % | 155.1 | OEA |
| Sep 2025 | 144.70 | 0.0 | -2.62 % | 155.0 | OEA |
| Aug 2025 | 144.70 | -0.5 | -2.89 % | 155.2 | OEA |
| Jul 2025 | 145.20 | +3.9 | -2.94 % | 154.4 | OEA |
| Jun 2025 | 141.30 | -3.8 | -5.17 % | 153.7 | OEA |
| May 2025 | 145.10 | -4.1 | -2.36 % | 153.7 | OEA |
| Apr 2025 | 149.20 | +0.5 | +0.74 % | 154.2 | OEA |
| Mar 2025 | 148.70 | +1.4 | -0.60 % | 154.8 | OEA |
| Feb 2025 | 147.30 | +4.0 | -4.72 % | 154.9 | OEA |
| Jan 2025 | 143.30 | -3.5 | -10.49 % | 155.0 | OEA |
| Dec 2024 | 146.80 | 0.0 | - | 155.7 | OEA |
| Nov 2024 | 146.80 | -0.1 | - | 156.4 | OEA |
| Oct 2024 | 146.90 | -1.7 | - | 156.7 | OEA |
| Sep 2024 | 148.60 | -0.4 | - | 154.7 | OEA |
| Aug 2024 | 149.00 | -0.6 | - | 154.4 | OEA |
| Jul 2024 | 149.60 | +0.6 | - | 155.3 | OEA |
| Jun 2024 | 149.00 | +0.4 | - | 154.0 | OEA |
| May 2024 | 148.60 | +0.5 | - | 153.5 | OEA |
| Apr 2024 | 148.10 | -1.5 | - | 152.9 | OEA |
| Mar 2024 | 149.60 | -5.0 | - | 151.4 | OEA |
| Feb 2024 | 154.60 | -5.5 | - | 151.2 | OEA |
| Jan 2024 | 160.10 | - | - | 151.2 | OEA |
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