Escalation Bill Price variation for RA and final bills · index-based formula

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 Ammonium nitrate [1310010025] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1310020003] x 2.4757 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026163.60 -16.4 +8.56 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 2.4757)
Aug 2026180.00 -22.3 +19.84 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 2.4757)
Jul 2026202.30 -11.1 +33.44 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 2.4757)
Jun 2026213.40 -2.0 +35.66 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 2.4757)
May 2026215.40 +15.8 +33.62 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 2.4757)
Apr 2026199.60 +26.6 +23.90 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026173.00 +21.3 +9.49 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026151.70 +2.0 -1.17 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026149.70 0.0 -1.38 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025149.70 -0.6 -1.32 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025150.30 +0.4 -1.12 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025149.90 -0.8 -2.41 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025150.70 +0.5 -1.31 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025150.20 -1.4 -5.30 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025151.60 -5.7 -5.55 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025157.30 -3.9 -2.05 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025161.20 +0.1 0.00 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025161.10 +3.1 +1.96 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025158.00 +4.5 +2.93 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025153.50 +1.7 +10.59 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025151.80 +0.1 +12.03 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024151.70 -0.3 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024152.00 -1.6 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024153.60 +0.9 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024152.70 -5.9 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024158.60 -1.9 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024160.50 -0.1 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024160.60 -0.6 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024161.20 +3.2 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024158.00 +4.5 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024153.50 +14.7 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024138.80 +3.3 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024135.50 - - 151.2 OEA

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