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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 fertilizers and nitrogen compounds [1310020000] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1310020000] x 1.5266 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026161.50 +0.3 +12.94 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.5266)
Aug 2026161.20 -0.3 +12.73 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.5266)
Jul 2026161.50 +2.0 +13.02 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.5266)
Jun 2026159.50 +2.4 +11.54 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.5266)
May 2026157.10 +8.2 +9.63 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.5266)
Apr 2026148.90 +2.1 +4.34 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026146.80 +2.2 +3.16 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026144.60 +0.5 +1.26 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026144.10 +0.4 +0.84 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025143.70 +0.3 +0.49 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025143.40 -0.3 -0.07 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025143.70 +0.7 +0.56 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025143.00 0.0 +0.21 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025143.00 +0.1 -0.14 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025142.90 -0.1 -0.35 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025143.00 -0.3 -0.21 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025143.30 +0.6 0.00 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025142.70 +0.4 -0.42 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025142.30 -0.5 -0.21 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025142.80 -0.1 +0.56 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025142.90 -0.1 +1.06 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024143.00 -0.5 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024143.50 +0.6 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024142.90 +0.2 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024142.70 -0.5 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024143.20 -0.2 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024143.40 +0.1 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024143.30 0.0 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024143.30 0.0 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024143.30 +0.7 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024142.60 +0.6 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024142.00 +0.6 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024141.40 - - 151.2 OEA

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