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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 tank [1312030014] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1312030024] x 1.3412 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026153.60 -0.2 +15.84 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.3412)
Aug 2026153.80 +0.9 +16.08 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3412)
Jul 2026152.90 -2.4 +14.10 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.3412)
Jun 2026155.30 -0.1 +15.72 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.3412)
May 2026155.40 +8.9 +16.32 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3412)
Apr 2026146.50 +7.7 +9.49 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026138.80 +4.9 +4.20 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026133.90 +0.7 +1.21 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026133.20 +0.5 +0.68 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025132.70 +0.1 +0.08 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025132.60 +0.6 +0.68 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025132.00 -0.6 -0.38 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025132.60 +0.1 +0.76 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025132.50 -1.5 +0.38 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025134.00 -0.2 +0.83 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025134.20 +0.6 +1.51 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025133.60 -0.2 +0.15 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025133.80 +0.6 +0.30 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025133.20 +0.9 +1.22 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025132.30 0.0 +1.46 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025132.30 -0.3 +0.92 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024132.60 +0.9 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024131.70 -0.8 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024132.50 +0.9 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024131.60 -0.4 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024132.00 -0.9 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024132.90 +0.7 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024132.20 -1.2 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024133.40 0.0 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024133.40 +1.8 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024131.60 +1.2 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024130.40 -0.7 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024131.10 - - 151.2 OEA

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