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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 Ammonium phosphate [1310020006] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1310020001] x 1.7422 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026257.00 -2.4 +46.61 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.7422)
Aug 2026259.40 +7.1 +48.65 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.7422)
Jul 2026252.30 +4.4 +45.08 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.7422)
Jun 2026247.90 +17.1 +43.71 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.7422)
May 2026230.80 +49.8 +33.72 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.7422)
Apr 2026181.00 +1.9 +5.17 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026179.10 -0.1 +5.54 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026179.20 +0.2 +5.29 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026179.00 +1.4 +5.36 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025177.60 +0.4 +5.40 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025177.20 0.0 +7.79 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025177.20 +1.9 +8.31 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025175.30 +0.8 +7.35 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025174.50 +0.6 +7.38 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025173.90 +1.4 +6.56 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025172.50 -0.1 +5.70 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025172.60 +0.5 +5.63 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025172.10 +2.4 +5.07 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025169.70 -0.5 +4.11 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025170.20 +0.3 +5.06 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025169.90 +1.4 +6.39 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024168.50 +4.1 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024164.40 +0.8 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024163.60 +0.3 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024163.30 +0.8 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024162.50 -0.7 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024163.20 0.0 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024163.20 -0.2 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024163.40 -0.4 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024163.80 +0.8 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024163.00 +1.0 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024162.00 +2.3 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024159.70 - - 151.2 OEA

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