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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 Polythene film [1312030005] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1312030009] x 1.5648 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026175.70 +2.6 +18.16 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.5648)
Aug 2026173.10 +0.2 +17.28 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.5648)
Jul 2026172.90 -2.2 +17.62 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.5648)
Jun 2026175.10 +2.2 +19.77 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.5648)
May 2026172.90 +8.6 +17.70 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.5648)
Apr 2026164.30 +4.3 +12.46 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026160.00 +11.4 +8.47 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026148.60 -0.9 +2.34 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026149.50 +1.2 +4.33 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025148.30 -0.2 +1.85 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025148.50 0.0 +2.41 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025148.50 -0.2 +1.71 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025148.70 +1.1 +1.64 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025147.60 +0.6 +0.75 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025147.00 +0.8 +0.75 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025146.20 -0.7 +0.07 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025146.90 +0.8 +2.08 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025146.10 -1.4 +0.83 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025147.50 +2.3 +2.29 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025145.20 +1.9 +1.18 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025143.30 -2.3 -0.14 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024145.60 +0.6 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024145.00 -1.0 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024146.00 -0.3 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024146.30 -0.2 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024146.50 +0.6 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024145.90 -0.2 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024146.10 +2.2 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024143.90 -1.0 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024144.90 +0.7 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024144.20 +0.7 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024143.50 0.0 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024143.50 - - 151.2 OEA

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