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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 Plastic tape [1312030012] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1312030034] x 1.2893 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026177.40 +2.7 +32.19 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.2893)
Aug 2026174.70 +5.2 +29.22 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.2893)
Jul 2026169.50 -2.4 +24.18 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.2893)
Jun 2026171.90 -3.2 +26.30 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.2893)
May 2026175.10 +20.5 +30.96 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.2893)
Apr 2026154.60 +16.6 +14.60 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026138.00 +2.8 +3.76 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026135.20 +0.8 +3.36 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026134.40 +1.7 +0.90 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025132.70 -1.5 +1.30 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025134.20 +0.8 +2.29 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025133.40 -0.8 +1.60 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025134.20 -1.0 -0.22 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025135.20 -1.3 -0.95 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025136.50 +0.4 -0.73 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025136.10 +2.4 +1.19 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025133.70 -1.2 +3.40 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025134.90 +1.9 +1.58 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025133.00 +2.2 +0.76 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025130.80 -2.4 +2.11 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025133.20 +2.2 +4.96 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024131.00 -0.2 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024131.20 -0.1 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024131.30 -3.2 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024134.50 -2.0 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024136.50 -1.0 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024137.50 +3.0 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024134.50 +5.2 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024129.30 -3.5 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024132.80 +0.8 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024132.00 +3.9 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024128.10 +1.2 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024126.90 - - 151.2 OEA

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