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 Sodium Silicate [1310010027] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1310010033] x 1.9787 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026175.30 -1.0 +12.01 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.9787)
Aug 2026176.30 +0.4 +12.51 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.9787)
Jul 2026175.90 -2.8 +13.12 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.9787)
Jun 2026178.70 +14.7 +14.70 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.9787)
May 2026164.00 +5.8 +5.87 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.9787)
Apr 2026158.20 +4.2 +1.61 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026154.00 +1.0 -1.66 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026153.00 -2.4 -2.49 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026155.40 -1.8 -1.83 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025157.20 +2.8 +0.77 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025154.40 -1.8 -2.40 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025156.20 -0.3 +0.26 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025156.50 -0.2 -1.76 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025156.70 +1.2 +0.13 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025155.50 -0.3 -0.83 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025155.80 +0.9 +0.91 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025154.90 -0.8 0.00 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025155.70 -0.9 +0.65 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025156.60 -0.3 +1.29 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025156.90 -1.4 -0.82 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025158.30 +2.3 -1.00 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024156.00 -2.2 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024158.20 +2.4 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024155.80 -3.5 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024159.30 +2.8 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024156.50 -0.3 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024156.80 +2.4 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024154.40 -0.5 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024154.90 +0.2 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024154.70 +0.1 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024154.60 -3.6 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024158.20 -1.7 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024159.90 - - 151.2 OEA

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