Escalation Bill Price variation for RA and final bills · index-based formula

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 button [1312030017] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1312030035] x 1.7259 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026181.00 -0.7 +9.23 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.7259)
Aug 2026181.70 -3.8 +7.20 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.7259)
Jul 2026185.50 +5.0 +8.86 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.7259)
Jun 2026180.50 +1.7 +5.93 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.7259)
May 2026178.80 +6.6 +6.05 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.7259)
Apr 2026172.20 +6.3 -1.09 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026165.90 +0.2 -4.21 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026165.70 -1.7 -1.78 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026167.40 -4.7 -3.29 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025172.10 +5.6 -1.94 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025166.50 -0.9 -1.89 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025167.40 +1.7 -1.36 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025165.70 -3.8 -1.19 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025169.50 -0.9 -1.97 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025170.40 0.0 -1.96 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025170.40 +1.8 -0.70 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025168.60 -5.5 +0.78 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025174.10 +0.9 +5.77 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025173.20 +4.5 +3.03 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025168.70 -4.4 -1.80 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025173.10 -2.4 -0.46 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024175.50 +5.8 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024169.70 0.0 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024169.70 +2.0 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024167.70 -5.2 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024172.90 -0.9 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024173.80 +2.2 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024171.60 +4.3 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024167.30 +2.7 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024164.60 -3.5 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024168.10 -3.7 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024171.80 -2.1 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024173.90 - - 151.2 OEA

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