Revision of base year of WPI

17/05/2017
The base year  of All-India WPI has been revised  from  2004-05 to  2011-12  by the  Office of  Economic  Advisor (OEA), Department  of Industrial  Policy  and Promotion, Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Background

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) series in India has undergone six revisions in 1952-53, 1961-62, 1970-71,1981-82, 1993-94 and 2004-05 so far. The current   series is the   seventh   revision.
The revision entails shifting thebase year to 2011-12 from 2004-05,  changing  the  basket of commodities  and  assigning new  weights to the commodities.

Key Highlights
  •  In the revised series, WPI will continue to constitute three Major Groups namely  Primary  Articles, Fuel &  Power  and  Manufactured Products.
  • Updated  item  basket and  weighting structure conforming to  the structure of economy in 2011-12.Increase in number of items from 676 to 697.  In all 199 new items have been  added and 146  old items have been dropped.


  • In the new series of WPI, prices used for compilation do not include indirect taxes in  order  to remove  impact  of  fiscal policy.  This  is  in consonance  with  international practices and  will   make  the  new  WPI conceptually closer to ‘Producer Price Index’.
  • A new “WPI Food Index” will be compiled to capture the rate of inflation in food items. This is being  compiled combining  the  “Food  Articles” under  “Primary  Articles”   and “Food Products"  under  “Manufactured Products”.  Together with the    Consumer   Food  Price Index  released by Central Statistics   Office, this would help   monitor   the price situation of food items better.

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