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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 Hessian / gunny cloth/sacking cloth [1304010008, 2022-23] Manufactured products

MonthIndexChange on previous month Change over 12 monthsWPI all commoditiesSource
Sep 2026166.40 -4.8 +43.20 % 112.5 OEA
Aug 2026171.20 -13.2 +51.37 % 110.8 OEA
Jul 2026184.40 -1.0 +70.58 % 110.0 OEA
Jun 2026185.40 +6.6 +76.07 % 110.3 OEA
May 2026178.80 +12.2 +71.92 % 110.1 OEA
Apr 2026166.60 +11.9 +62.85 % 108.9 OEA
Mar 2026154.70 +12.9 +51.22 % 104.6 OEA
Feb 2026141.80 +9.0 +41.52 % 103.1 OEA
Jan 2026132.80 +6.4 +34.55 % 102.3 OEA
Dec 2025126.40 +6.1 +27.04 % 101.9 OEA
Nov 2025120.30 +2.5 +28.94 % 101.5 OEA
Oct 2025117.80 +1.6 +30.45 % 100.9 OEA
Sep 2025116.20 +3.1 +28.40 % 101.0 OEA
Aug 2025113.10 +5.0 +23.61 % 100.8 OEA
Jul 2025108.10 +2.8 +17.88 % 100.2 OEA
Jun 2025105.30 +1.3 +16.23 % 100.3 OEA
May 2025104.00 +1.7 +14.04 % 100.2 OEA
Apr 2025102.30 0.0 +12.17 % 100.5 OEA
Mar 2025102.30 +2.1 +11.68 % 100.6 OEA
Feb 2025100.20 +1.5 +10.23 % 100.9 OEA
Jan 202598.70 -0.8 +9.18 % 101.1 OEA
Dec 202499.50 +6.2 +10.93 % 101.6 OEA
Nov 202493.30 +3.0 +3.55 % 102.1 OEA
Oct 202490.30 -0.2 -0.22 % 102.1 OEA
Sep 202490.50 -1.0 -2.90 % 101.2 OEA
Aug 202491.50 -0.2 -2.56 % 100.8 OEA
Jul 202491.70 +1.1 -1.71 % 101.0 OEA
Jun 202490.60 -0.6 -3.41 % 100.7 OEA
May 202491.20 0.0 -3.18 % 100.4 OEA
Apr 202491.20 -0.4 -4.10 % 99.9 OEA
Mar 202491.60 +0.7 - 99.4 OEA
Feb 202490.90 +0.5 - 99.3 OEA
Jan 202490.40 +0.7 - 99.3 OEA
Dec 202389.70 -0.4 - 99.4 OEA
Nov 202390.10 -0.4 - 100.1 OEA
Oct 202390.50 -2.7 - 100.1 OEA
Sep 202393.20 -0.7 - 99.6 OEA
Aug 202393.90 +0.6 - 99.5 OEA
Jul 202393.30 -0.5 - 99.1 OEA
Jun 202393.80 -0.4 - 98.3 OEA
May 202394.20 -0.9 - 98.6 OEA
Apr 202395.10 - - 99.0 OEA

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