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How fast are wholesale fuel and power prices rising?

25.85%

Sep 2026▲ 2.92 vs Aug 2026

DPIIT · released 14 Oct 2026 · next due by 16 Nov 2026

How fast are wholesale fuel and power prices rising?
Period	Value (%)
Sep 2026	25.85
Aug 2026	22.93
Jul 2026	19.82
Jun 2026	27.18
May 2026	30.80
Apr 2026	25.00
Mar 2026	3.20
Feb 2026	−3.37
Jan 2026	−3.83
Dec 2025	−2.63
Nov 2025	−2.96
Oct 2025	−3.86
Sep 2025	−2.55
Aug 2025	−3.08
Jul 2025	−3.73
Jun 2025	−3.00
May 2025	−5.45

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Wholesale fuel and power inflation in India (WPI, base 2022-23=100) was 25.85% in Sep 2026, compared with 22.93% in Aug 2026. Source: DPIIT, Office of the Economic Adviser, Wholesale Price Index (base 2022-23=100).

Cite as: Wholesale Price Index (WPI) (Office of the Economic Adviser, DPIIT), Sep 2026

What this shows

Fuel and power prices were 25.85% higher than a year earlier in September 2026 (provisional), against 11.39% for all commodities.
The jump came in April 2026: fuel and power inflation went from 3.20% in March to 25.00% in April and peaked at 30.80% in May 2026.
Mineral oils, crude petroleum and natural gas, and coal and lignite were among the drivers of wholesale inflation in September 2026.

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Wholesale Price Index (WPI) (Office of the Economic Adviser, DPIIT), Sep 2026

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Source and method

Source: DPIIT, Office of the Economic Adviser, Wholesale Price Index (base 2022-23=100)
Table: WPI 2022-23=100, II Fuel & Power (1200000000); YoY of the published index (wpi_monthly_index file)
Released: 14 Oct 2026
Retrieved: 18 Oct 2026
Next due: by 16 Nov 2026
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.
Licence: GODL-India

What exactly is measured

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.

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Exam facts

Published by: Office of the Economic Adviser, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Survey / report: Wholesale Price Index (WPI)
Base year: 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
Syllabus: GS-III · Economy

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).

History: every published version

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No figure in this series has been revised since we began recording on 18 Oct 2026.

18 Oct 2026, 21:03 IST17 periods, latest Sep 2026: 25.85% · first snapshotArchived sourcedd4020709bbc

Release notes (5)

Jun 202630.33%May 2026, first release on the new 2022-23 base
Aug 202630.80%May 2026, final (revised from 30.33% provisional)
Sep 202627.18%Jun 2026, final (revised from 27.41% provisional)
Oct 202619.82%Jul 2026, final (revised from 20.05% provisional)
Oct 202625.85%Sep 2026, provisional

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