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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 Manufacture of optical instruments and photographic equipment [1316080000] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1316090000] x 0.9770 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026113.40 0.0 -3.82 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 0.9770)
Aug 2026113.40 -0.7 -3.49 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 0.9770)
Jul 2026114.10 -0.4 -3.22 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 0.9770)
Jun 2026114.50 +0.3 -3.05 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 0.9770)
May 2026114.20 -6.5 +2.70 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 0.9770)
Apr 2026120.70 +1.2 +7.96 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026119.50 0.0 +11.16 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026119.50 +0.5 +10.34 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026119.00 +0.1 +10.29 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025118.90 +0.1 +9.18 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025118.80 +1.1 +9.29 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025117.70 -0.2 +10.21 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025117.90 +0.4 +10.19 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025117.50 -0.4 +9.92 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025117.90 -0.2 +10.50 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025118.10 +6.9 +7.56 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025111.20 -0.6 +5.00 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025111.80 +4.3 +7.40 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025107.50 -0.8 +2.19 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025108.30 +0.4 +2.85 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025107.90 -1.0 +4.66 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024108.90 +0.2 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024108.70 +1.9 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024106.80 -0.2 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024107.00 +0.1 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024106.90 +0.2 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024106.70 -3.1 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024109.80 +3.9 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024105.90 +1.8 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024104.10 -1.1 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024105.20 -0.1 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024105.30 +2.2 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024103.10 - - 151.2 OEA

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