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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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Guide Construction Equipment Rental Market in India: How Equipment Hire Works

Construction Equipment Rental Market in India: How Equipment Hire Works

Construction equipment rental in India means hiring a machine for a job instead of buying it, either with…

Blog GSTR-9 Annual Return for Contractors: Who Files, What Breaks

GSTR-9 Annual Return for Contractors: Who Files, What Breaks

The annual return is where a year of works-contract billing gets reconciled in one place. Who is excluded,…

Blog Variation Order in Construction Contracts: Pricing Extra Work Correctly

Variation Order in Construction Contracts: Pricing Extra Work Correctly

Extra work gets ordered on every site. What decides whether you are paid for it is the written…

Blog Average Annual Turnover Criteria in Tenders: How It Is Calculated

Average Annual Turnover Criteria in Tenders: How It Is Calculated

The financial half of the tender qualification gate, worked through with the arithmetic: which three years count, what…

Blog Work Experience Certificate for Tender Eligibility: What Gets You Rejected

Work Experience Certificate for Tender Eligibility: What Gets You Rejected

Most technical bids die on the experience clause, not the price. What a work experience certificate has to…

Guide Excavator Main Control Valve: How It Works, Spools and Wear Symptoms

Excavator Main Control Valve: How It Works, Spools and Wear Symptoms

An excavator control valve carries one sliding spool for every function the machine has: boom, arm, bucket, swing,…

Guide Mini Excavator Rubber Track Size in India: Width, Links and Tension

Mini Excavator Rubber Track Size in India: Width, Links and Tension

Mini excavators sold in India run track widths of 230 mm to 400 mm. That is the spread…

Blog Professional Tax for Contractors: The Two Registrations You Need

Professional Tax for Contractors: The Two Registrations You Need

Professional tax needs two separate certificates from a contractor, one as a person and one as an employer.…

Blog Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act: When a Contractor Needs the Licence

Inter-State Migrant Workmen Act: When a Contractor Needs the Licence

Bring five workmen from another state and a second licence applies, separate from your labour licence. What the…

Blog Quantity Surveyor Salary in India: The Billing Rung and What It Pays

Quantity Surveyor Salary in India: The Billing Rung and What It Pays

What a quantity surveyor or billing engineer earns in India by experience, why the role outruns execution pay…

Blog Site Supervisor Salary in India: What the Rung Below the Engineer Earns

Site Supervisor Salary in India: What the Rung Below the Engineer Earns

What a construction site supervisor earns in India by experience, why the sector matters more than the city,…

Guide GST on Building Materials in India: Rates and HSN Codes

GST on Building Materials in India: Rates and HSN Codes

Cement is taxed at 18 per cent. Sand is 5. Bricks sit at 12 per cent, or 6…

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