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 Cement superfine [1313050007] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1313050009] x 1.3257 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026145.00 +3.4 +4.84 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.3257)
Aug 2026141.60 -2.1 +2.53 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3257)
Jul 2026143.70 -0.7 +4.21 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.3257)
Jun 2026144.40 +3.1 +4.56 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.3257)
May 2026141.30 +1.6 +4.36 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3257)
Apr 2026139.70 -0.5 +2.80 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026140.20 +0.1 +3.24 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026140.10 +0.4 +4.16 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026139.70 +0.7 +4.49 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025139.00 +0.4 +5.30 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025138.60 +0.3 +6.21 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025138.30 0.0 +6.14 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025138.30 +0.2 +5.25 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025138.10 +0.2 +5.18 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025137.90 -0.2 +4.95 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025138.10 +2.7 +3.83 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025135.40 -0.5 +1.96 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025135.90 +0.1 +2.41 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025135.80 +1.3 +2.41 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025134.50 +0.8 +2.83 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025133.70 +1.7 +0.38 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024132.00 +1.5 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024130.50 +0.2 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024130.30 -1.1 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024131.40 +0.1 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024131.30 -0.1 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024131.40 -1.6 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024133.00 +0.2 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024132.80 +0.1 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024132.70 +0.1 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024132.60 +1.8 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024130.80 -2.4 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024133.20 - - 151.2 OEA

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