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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 components [1312030013] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1312030028] x 1.3225 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026137.80 -0.9 +5.43 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.3225)
Aug 2026138.70 +0.8 +5.96 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3225)
Jul 2026137.90 -0.2 +6.08 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.3225)
Jun 2026138.10 +2.5 +7.55 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.3225)
May 2026135.60 -3.0 +5.20 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3225)
Apr 2026138.60 +4.5 +6.70 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026134.10 +1.7 +3.71 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026132.40 +2.4 +2.64 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026130.00 +0.5 +1.17 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025129.50 -1.4 +1.49 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025130.90 -0.8 +1.87 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025131.70 +1.0 +2.09 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025130.70 -0.2 +2.51 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025130.90 +0.9 +2.03 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025130.00 +1.6 -0.46 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025128.40 -0.5 -2.06 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025128.90 -1.0 -1.75 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025129.90 +0.6 -0.54 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025129.30 +0.3 -2.05 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025129.00 +0.5 -2.49 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025128.50 +0.9 -3.09 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024127.60 -0.9 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024128.50 -0.5 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024129.00 +1.5 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024127.50 -0.8 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024128.30 -2.3 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024130.60 -0.5 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024131.10 -0.1 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024131.20 +0.6 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024130.60 -1.4 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024132.00 -0.3 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024132.30 -0.3 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024132.60 - - 151.2 OEA

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