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Saurav Agarwal

Founder & Chartered Accountant at Desi Machines
504 articles (395 blogs, 109 guides) Writing for Desi Machines since 2025
Saurav Agarwal is a Chartered Accountant and the founder of DesiMachines. He writes on the money side of owning machines: equipment finance, loans and leasing, GST, depreciation and total cost of ownership, alongside the market forces that move Indian infrastructure. He turns dealer quotes, bank terms and spec sheets into buying decisions contractors and fleet owners can act on.

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Blog DPF Cleaning Cost on CEV Stage V Machines: Regeneration, Cleaning or a New Filter

DPF Cleaning Cost on CEV Stage V Machines: Regeneration, Cleaning or a New Filter

What a DPF clean really costs on a CEV Stage V machine: automatic, manual and service regeneration, ash-clean…

Guide Unit Weight of Building Materials: Cement, Sand, Aggregate, Concrete and Steel (IS 875)

Unit Weight of Building Materials: Cement, Sand, Aggregate, Concrete and Steel (IS 875)

Cement weighs 1,440 kg per cubic metre, dry sand 1,540 to 1,600 kg, plain concrete 2,240 to 2,400…

Blog Gujarat Contractor Registration: R&B Classes, Limits and Fees

Gujarat Contractor Registration: R&B Classes, Limits and Fees

How Gujarat Roads and Buildings Department contractor registration works: the AA to E-2 classes and their tendering limits,…

Blog UP PWD Contractor Registration: Classes, Papers and the Chanakya Portal

UP PWD Contractor Registration: Classes, Papers and the Chanakya Portal

How UP PWD contractor registration works in 2026: the 1982 rules still in force, who issues class A…

Blog SAIL Vendor Registration: How Contractors Get Work at Steel Plants

SAIL Vendor Registration: How Contractors Get Work at Steel Plants

SAIL keeps vendor registers plant by plant for suppliers, but civil, crane and maintenance contractors mostly win work…

Blog Coal India Vendor Registration: How HEMM and OB Contractors Qualify

Coal India Vendor Registration: How HEMM and OB Contractors Qualify

Coal India keeps no standing contractor list for HEMM hiring, OB removal or civil works. You enrol as…

Blog ONGC Vendor Registration: What a Contractor Needs to Bid

ONGC Vendor Registration: What a Contractor Needs to Bid

ONGC now enlists vendors category by category on vendor.ongc.co.in and sends limited tenders only to approved firms, while…

Blog BHEL Vendor Registration: How Works Contractors Really Get In

BHEL Vendor Registration: How Works Contractors Really Get In

BHEL's free supplier portal registers you for supply items, unit by unit. Civil, erection and site-service contractors are…

Blog Electric Construction Equipment in India: What Is Really on Sale (October 2026)

Electric Construction Equipment in India: What Is Really on Sale (October 2026)

A dated, maker-sourced list of the electric machines you can actually order in India in October 2026, separated…

Guide Cube Test of Concrete: Procedure, 7 and 28 Day Strength, Sampling Frequency and IS 456 Acceptance

Cube Test of Concrete: Procedure, 7 and 28 Day Strength, Sampling Frequency and IS 456 Acceptance

Three 150 mm concrete cubes, cast from the same batch that went into your slab and crushed in…

Guide Water Cement Ratio: What It Is, IS 456 Limits, M20 to M30 Values and Litres per Bag

Water Cement Ratio: What It Is, IS 456 Limits, M20 to M30 Values and Litres per Bag

Twenty-five litres of water mixed with one 50 kg bag of cement gives a water cement ratio of…

Blog Wire Rope Manufacturers in India: Who Makes Crane and Hoist Rope

Wire Rope Manufacturers in India: Who Makes Crane and Hoist Rope

Six wire rope makers whose own sites name an Indian plant and a crane rope range, as of…

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