{
  "id": "pri-wpifuel-019",
  "question": "How fast are wholesale fuel and power prices rising?",
  "topic": "Prices",
  "unit": "%",
  "decimals": 2,
  "measures": "Year-on-year change in the 'Fuel and Power' major group of the Wholesale Price Index (base 2022-23=100, weight 14.11%), compiled by the Office of the Economic Adviser, DPIIT. It covers coal and lignite, mineral oils, electricity, and crude petroleum and natural gas. Rates are shown from May 2025, the first month DPIIT published a rate on the 2022-23 base; DPIIT's releases print monthly rates from December 2025, and earlier months are the year-on-year change in DPIIT's published index, calculated the way DPIIT calculates the printed ones. The latest month is provisional and is finalised two months later.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "DPIIT, Office of the Economic Adviser, Wholesale Price Index (base 2022-23=100)",
    "url": "https://eaindustry.nic.in/",
    "table": "WPI 2022-23=100, II Fuel & Power (1200000000); YoY of the published index (wpi_monthly_index file)",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-10-14",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": "2026-11-16",
  "processing": "Year-on-year change in DPIIT's published Fuel and Power index, to two decimals; it reproduces DPIIT's published rates from December 2025.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Office of the Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry",
    "survey": "Wholesale Price Index (WPI)",
    "baseYear": "2022-23",
    "frequency": "Monthly, on the 14th (next working day if a holiday); provisional, then final two months later",
    "measures": "Year-on-year change in the WPI 'Fuel and Power' major group (weight 14.11): coal and lignite 0.74, mineral oils 8.19, electricity 4.46, crude petroleum and natural gas 0.72",
    "notes": [
      "Major group weights on the 2022-23 base: Primary Articles 22.76, Fuel and Power 14.11, Manufactured Products 63.13 (September 2026 release, Annexure I).",
      "Base revised from 2011-12 to 2022-23; rates on the old base are not comparable.",
      "Released with the Output Producer Price Index and a trial Input Producer Price Index on the same day.",
      "The provisional index is finalised two months later (the September 2026 release finalised July 2026)."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "May 2025",
      "start": "2025-05",
      "end": "2025-05",
      "value": -5.45
    },
    {
      "period": "Jun 2025",
      "start": "2025-06",
      "end": "2025-06",
      "value": -3
    },
    {
      "period": "Jul 2025",
      "start": "2025-07",
      "end": "2025-07",
      "value": -3.73
    },
    {
      "period": "Aug 2025",
      "start": "2025-08",
      "end": "2025-08",
      "value": -3.08
    },
    {
      "period": "Sep 2025",
      "start": "2025-09",
      "end": "2025-09",
      "value": -2.55
    },
    {
      "period": "Oct 2025",
      "start": "2025-10",
      "end": "2025-10",
      "value": -3.86
    },
    {
      "period": "Nov 2025",
      "start": "2025-11",
      "end": "2025-11",
      "value": -2.96
    },
    {
      "period": "Dec 2025",
      "start": "2025-12",
      "end": "2025-12",
      "value": -2.63
    },
    {
      "period": "Jan 2026",
      "start": "2026-01",
      "end": "2026-01",
      "value": -3.83
    },
    {
      "period": "Feb 2026",
      "start": "2026-02",
      "end": "2026-02",
      "value": -3.37
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2026",
      "start": "2026-03",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 3.2
    },
    {
      "period": "Apr 2026",
      "start": "2026-04",
      "end": "2026-04",
      "value": 25
    },
    {
      "period": "May 2026",
      "start": "2026-05",
      "end": "2026-05",
      "value": 30.8
    },
    {
      "period": "Jun 2026",
      "start": "2026-06",
      "end": "2026-06",
      "value": 27.18
    },
    {
      "period": "Jul 2026",
      "start": "2026-07",
      "end": "2026-07",
      "value": 19.82
    },
    {
      "period": "Aug 2026",
      "start": "2026-08",
      "end": "2026-08",
      "value": 22.93
    },
    {
      "period": "Sep 2026",
      "start": "2026-09",
      "end": "2026-09",
      "value": 25.85
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/pri-wpifuel-019/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/pri-wpifuel-019/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/pri-wpifuel-019/versions.csv"
}