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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 other pumps, compressors, taps and valves [1318030000] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1318030000] x 1.1458 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026126.60 -2.2 +4.98 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.1458)
Aug 2026128.80 +2.2 +6.89 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.1458)
Jul 2026126.60 +1.4 +5.32 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.1458)
Jun 2026125.20 +0.7 +4.42 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.1458)
May 2026124.50 +1.0 +4.18 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.1458)
Apr 2026123.50 +0.3 +3.96 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026123.20 -0.1 +3.62 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026123.30 +0.4 +3.53 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026122.90 +0.7 +3.36 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025122.20 +1.0 +2.78 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025121.20 +0.2 +2.11 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025121.00 +0.4 +2.20 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025120.60 +0.1 +1.77 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025120.50 +0.3 +1.69 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025120.20 +0.3 +1.69 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025119.90 +0.4 +1.44 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025119.50 +0.7 +1.36 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025118.80 -0.1 +1.11 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025118.90 -0.2 +1.02 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025119.10 +0.2 +0.93 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025118.90 0.0 +0.76 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024118.90 +0.2 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024118.70 +0.3 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024118.40 -0.1 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024118.50 0.0 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024118.50 +0.3 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024118.20 0.0 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024118.20 +0.3 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024117.90 +0.4 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024117.50 -0.2 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024117.70 -0.3 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024118.00 0.0 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024118.00 - - 151.2 OEA

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