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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 2022-23=100) - eaindustry.nic.in. Provisional figures are released on the 14th of the following month and made final two months later. Values entered by hand are highlighted and kept when you update.

WPI Cigarettes [1303010002, 2022-23] Manufactured products

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026142.50 0.0 +20.87 % 112.5 OEA
Aug 2026142.50 0.0 +20.66 % 110.8 OEA
Jul 2026142.50 +1.1 +20.66 % 110.0 OEA
Jun 2026141.40 +3.6 +21.58 % 110.3 OEA
May 2026137.80 0.0 +18.18 % 110.1 OEA
Apr 2026137.80 0.0 +16.29 % 108.9 OEA
Mar 2026137.80 -0.3 +15.51 % 104.6 OEA
Feb 2026138.10 +19.8 +16.34 % 103.1 OEA
Jan 2026118.30 +0.2 +1.55 % 102.3 OEA
Dec 2025118.10 0.0 +1.90 % 101.9 OEA
Nov 2025118.10 +0.2 +2.16 % 101.5 OEA
Oct 2025117.90 0.0 +3.60 % 100.9 OEA
Sep 2025117.90 -0.2 +3.33 % 101.0 OEA
Aug 2025118.10 0.0 +3.42 % 100.8 OEA
Jul 2025118.10 +1.8 +3.14 % 100.2 OEA
Jun 2025116.30 -0.3 +1.39 % 100.3 OEA
May 2025116.60 -1.9 +1.92 % 100.2 OEA
Apr 2025118.50 -0.8 +3.40 % 100.5 OEA
Mar 2025119.30 +0.6 +8.75 % 100.6 OEA
Feb 2025118.70 +2.2 +8.01 % 100.9 OEA
Jan 2025116.50 +0.6 +7.37 % 101.1 OEA
Dec 2024115.90 +0.3 +6.92 % 101.6 OEA
Nov 2024115.60 +1.8 +4.90 % 102.1 OEA
Oct 2024113.80 -0.3 +2.99 % 102.1 OEA
Sep 2024114.10 -0.1 +3.63 % 101.2 OEA
Aug 2024114.20 -0.3 +3.72 % 100.8 OEA
Jul 2024114.50 -0.2 +3.62 % 101.0 OEA
Jun 2024114.70 +0.3 +4.56 % 100.7 OEA
May 2024114.40 -0.2 +4.28 % 100.4 OEA
Apr 2024114.60 +4.9 +4.18 % 99.9 OEA
Mar 2024109.70 -0.2 - 99.4 OEA
Feb 2024109.90 +1.4 - 99.3 OEA
Jan 2024108.50 +0.1 - 99.3 OEA
Dec 2023108.40 -1.8 - 99.4 OEA
Nov 2023110.20 -0.3 - 100.1 OEA
Oct 2023110.50 +0.4 - 100.1 OEA
Sep 2023110.10 0.0 - 99.6 OEA
Aug 2023110.10 -0.4 - 99.5 OEA
Jul 2023110.50 +0.8 - 99.1 OEA
Jun 2023109.70 0.0 - 98.3 OEA
May 2023109.70 -0.3 - 98.6 OEA
Apr 2023110.00 - - 99.0 OEA

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