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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 Does a JCB Pay Toll? What Machines Pay on the Highway

Does a JCB Pay Toll? What Machines Pay on the Highway

A machine driving to site under its own power is a mechanical vehicle at the fee plaza, and…

Blog How Much Diesel You Can Store at Site Without a Licence

How Much Diesel You Can Store at Site Without a Licence

Two thousand five hundred litres, and no single barrel over a thousand. The limit that decides whether your…

Blog Pre Bid Meeting in a Tender: Your One Chance to Ask

Pre Bid Meeting in a Tender: Your One Chance to Ask

The conditions that decide whether a tender is worth bidding can still be changed at this stage —…

Blog Over Dimensional Cargo Permit for Moving a Machine

Over Dimensional Cargo Permit for Moving a Machine

Machines cross the legal width long before owners think they do. What the Central Motor Vehicles Rules actually…

Blog Defect Liability Period: What You Owe After Handover

Defect Liability Period: What You Owe After Handover

The job is finished and the machines have moved on, but the contract has not let go. What…

Blog L1 Bidder, L2 and L3: How a Tender Is Actually Awarded

L1 Bidder, L2 and L3: How a Tender Is Actually Awarded

Being lowest is not the same as being awarded. How evaluated price decides the ranking, when a buyer…

Blog Blacklisting of Contractors: What It Costs You

Blacklisting of Contractors: What It Costs You

Debarment does not take one contract away, it takes the next three years of them. What triggers it,…

Blog Liquidated Damages in Construction Contracts: What You Pay

Liquidated Damages in Construction Contracts: What You Pay

The delay clause names a figure per week and a cap. What the law actually lets the client…

Guide Excavator Travel Speed in India: How Fast a Crawler Moves

Excavator Travel Speed in India: How Fast a Crawler Moves

Excavator travel speed is how fast a crawler excavator moves on its own tracks, measured in kilometres per…

Guide Hydra Crane Road Speed in India: How Fast Does It Travel?

Hydra Crane Road Speed in India: How Fast Does It Travel?

How fast does a hydra crane travel on the road? Hydra crane speed on the road runs from…

Blog Star Rate in Construction: Getting Paid for Extra Items

Star Rate in Construction: Getting Paid for Extra Items

Site work rarely matches the BOQ exactly. How a star rate is built for an item that was…

Blog Bid Capacity Formula: Can You Bid for That Tender?

Bid Capacity Formula: Can You Bid for That Tender?

Bid capacity decides the largest tender you are allowed to bid for. How the formula works, a worked…

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