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 jewellery and related articles [1322010000] Manufactured products

Linked values: from May 2026 = WPI 2022-23 [1322010000] x 1.6127 (item linking factor, ratio of FY 2024-25 geometric means).

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026269.50 +8.2 +11.59 % 172.1 linked (2022-23 × 1.6127)
Aug 2026261.30 -4.6 +12.63 % 169.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.6127)
Jul 2026265.90 -5.5 +14.07 % 168.3 linked (2022-23 × 1.6127)
Jun 2026271.40 -2.8 +18.72 % 168.8 linked (2022-23 × 1.6127)
May 2026274.20 -45.7 +22.85 % 168.5 linked (2022-23 × 1.6127)
Apr 2026319.90 -5.8 +50.68 % 167.6 OEA
Mar 2026325.70 +8.5 +57.19 % 161.2 OEA
Feb 2026317.20 +22.3 +58.20 % 158.4 OEA
Jan 2026294.90 +8.3 +55.46 % 157.6 OEA
Dec 2025286.60 +30.9 +55.25 % 157.2 OEA
Nov 2025255.70 +4.3 +37.99 % 156.2 OEA
Oct 2025251.40 +9.9 +35.45 % 155.1 OEA
Sep 2025241.50 +9.5 +34.09 % 155.0 OEA
Aug 2025232.00 -1.1 +32.57 % 155.2 OEA
Jul 2025233.10 +4.5 +29.50 % 154.4 OEA
Jun 2025228.60 +5.4 +27.64 % 153.7 OEA
May 2025223.20 +10.9 +24.21 % 153.7 OEA
Apr 2025212.30 +5.1 +19.61 % 154.2 OEA
Mar 2025207.20 +6.7 +26.11 % 154.8 OEA
Feb 2025200.50 +10.8 +24.07 % 154.9 OEA
Jan 2025189.70 +5.1 +17.90 % 155.0 OEA
Dec 2024184.60 -0.7 - 155.7 OEA
Nov 2024185.30 -0.3 - 156.4 OEA
Oct 2024185.60 +5.5 - 156.7 OEA
Sep 2024180.10 +5.1 - 154.7 OEA
Aug 2024175.00 -5.0 - 154.4 OEA
Jul 2024180.00 +0.9 - 155.3 OEA
Jun 2024179.10 -0.6 - 154.0 OEA
May 2024179.70 +2.2 - 153.5 OEA
Apr 2024177.50 +13.2 - 152.9 OEA
Mar 2024164.30 +2.7 - 151.4 OEA
Feb 2024161.60 +0.7 - 151.2 OEA
Jan 2024160.90 - - 151.2 OEA

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