India rebases Wholesale Price Index to 2022-23, retiring 2011-12 series

DPIIT and the Office of the Economic Adviser have rolled out a revised WPI series with 2022-23 as the new base year, aligning India's price statistics with global standards and sharpening visibility into industrial and input-cost trends relevant to apparel and retail sourcing.

— Source publishedTue, 16 Jun, 2026, 16:53 IST·First seen Tue, 16 Jun, 2026, 18:58 IST·Source Apparel Resources India

What happened

India's DPIIT has introduced a revised Wholesale Price Index with 2022-23 as the new base year, replacing the 2011-12 series, aiming to align statistical

Key facts

  • 2022-23
  • 2011-12

Why this matters

A modernized WPI improves diligence visibility into target-company input cost exposures and historical margin drivers, making sourcing-heavy retail and apparel deal models more defensible under current price benchmarks.