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 Manufacture of glass and glass products [1313010000] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1313010000] x 1.7050 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026174.10 +0.7 +7.01 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.7050)
Aug 2026173.40 -0.5 +6.38 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.7050)
Jul 2026173.90 +0.8 +6.30 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.7050)
Jun 2026173.10 +1.2 +5.87 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.7050)
May 2026171.90 +4.8 +5.07 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.7050)
Apr 2026167.10 +4.1 +2.08 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026163.00 -0.2 +0.12 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026163.20 +0.4 -0.18 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026162.80 +0.8 -0.55 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025162.00 -1.2 -0.74 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025163.20 +0.5 +0.68 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025162.70 0.0 +0.12 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025162.70 -0.3 -0.43 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025163.00 -0.6 -0.31 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025163.60 +0.1 +0.12 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025163.50 -0.1 +0.49 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025163.60 -0.1 -0.12 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025163.70 +0.9 -0.18 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025162.80 -0.7 -0.67 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025163.50 -0.2 -0.43 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025163.70 +0.5 -0.30 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024163.20 +1.1 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024162.10 -0.4 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024162.50 -0.9 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024163.40 -0.1 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024163.50 +0.1 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024163.40 +0.7 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024162.70 -1.1 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024163.80 -0.2 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024164.00 +0.1 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024163.90 -0.3 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024164.20 0.0 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024164.20 - - 151.2 OEA

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