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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 Perfume/scent [1310060006] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1310060009] x 1.2625 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026123.10 +0.1 -8.27 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.2625)
Aug 2026123.00 +0.5 -9.02 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.2625)
Jul 2026122.50 -2.2 -8.58 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.2625)
Jun 2026124.70 +2.1 -7.01 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.2625)
May 2026122.60 -11.9 -8.44 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.2625)
Apr 2026134.50 +0.1 +2.99 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026134.40 +0.3 +4.43 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026134.10 +0.1 +4.28 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026134.00 +0.4 +4.20 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025133.60 +0.1 +4.05 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025133.50 +0.8 +4.05 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025132.70 -1.5 +3.27 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025134.20 -1.0 +8.40 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025135.20 +1.2 +9.21 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025134.00 -0.1 +8.33 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025134.10 +0.2 +8.41 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025133.90 +3.3 +8.25 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025130.60 +1.9 +5.49 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025128.70 +0.1 +4.04 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025128.60 0.0 +4.05 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025128.60 +0.2 +3.96 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024128.40 +0.1 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024128.30 -0.2 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024128.50 +4.7 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024123.80 0.0 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024123.80 +0.1 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024123.70 0.0 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024123.70 0.0 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024123.70 -0.1 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024123.80 +0.1 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024123.70 +0.1 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024123.60 -0.1 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024123.70 - - 151.2 OEA

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