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 Steel structures [1315010005] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1315010002] x 1.3614 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026138.70 -0.4 -0.50 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.3614)
Aug 2026139.10 -0.9 +0.22 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3614)
Jul 2026140.00 +0.2 +0.86 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.3614)
Jun 2026139.80 +1.3 +1.45 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.3614)
May 2026138.50 -4.6 +0.07 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.3614)
Apr 2026143.10 +4.4 +4.30 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026138.70 +1.4 -0.57 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026137.30 -2.9 -1.08 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026140.20 +0.7 +1.89 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025139.50 +0.9 +0.58 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025138.60 +0.5 +1.91 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025138.10 -1.3 +1.17 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025139.40 +0.6 +1.38 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025138.80 0.0 +1.83 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025138.80 +1.0 +2.97 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025137.80 -0.6 +4.24 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025138.40 +1.2 +3.36 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025137.20 -2.3 +1.55 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025139.50 +0.7 +2.72 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025138.80 +1.2 +3.27 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025137.60 -1.1 +0.07 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024138.70 +2.7 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024136.00 -0.5 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024136.50 -1.0 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024137.50 +1.2 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024136.30 +1.5 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024134.80 +2.6 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024132.20 -1.7 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024133.90 -1.2 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024135.10 -0.7 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024135.80 +1.4 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024134.40 -3.1 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024137.50 - - 151.2 OEA

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