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Saurav Agarwal

Founder & Chartered Accountant at Desi Machines
224 articles (158 blogs, 66 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 Exports From India: What We Build and Who Buys It

Construction Equipment Exports From India: What We Build and Who Buys It

Construction equipment exports from India are the machines Indian factories build and sell to buyers in other countries:…

Blog TCS on Purchase of Machinery: The 1% on Your Invoice

TCS on Purchase of Machinery: The 1% on Your Invoice

The 1 per cent line the dealer adds above ₹10 lakh, the word in the statute that decides…

Guide Excavator Metal Shear and Scrap Shear Attachment in India

Excavator Metal Shear and Scrap Shear Attachment in India

An excavator metal shear is a hydraulic attachment that replaces the bucket and cuts steel. It has two…

Blog Bonus Act Applicability: What a Machine Owner Owes

Bonus Act Applicability: What a Machine Owner Owes

The twenty-person line that brings the Payment of Bonus Act in, the 8.33 per cent you owe even…

Blog Gratuity for Contract Workers: What You Actually Owe

Gratuity for Contract Workers: What You Actually Owe

When the Payment of Gratuity Act catches a machine owner, who on your site counts as your employee,…

Blog GRAP Restrictions on Construction: When Your Machines Have to Stop

GRAP Restrictions on Construction: When Your Machines Have to Stop

What each GRAP stage bans in Delhi-NCR, which projects stay exempt, the DG set rules that catch site…

Blog Labour Rate Per Day in India: What to Budget and How to Price a Bid

Labour Rate Per Day in India: What to Budget and How to Price a Bid

What a site crew legally costs per day, why the figure changes every six months, and how to…

Blog Capital Gain on Sale of Machinery: What You Actually Pay

Capital Gain on Sale of Machinery: What You Actually Pay

Sell a machine you have been claiming depreciation on and the tax does not work the way most…

Blog TDS on Machinery Hire Charges: Which Rate Cuts Your Bill

TDS on Machinery Hire Charges: Which Rate Cuts Your Bill

Your machine hire bill can be taxed at 2% as rent or at 1-2% as a work contract.…

Guide Excavator Digging Depth in India: How Deep It Digs by Size Class

Excavator Digging Depth in India: How Deep It Digs by Size Class

Excavator digging depth is how far below the ground the bucket teeth can reach when the machine is…

Guide Excavator Not Starting in India: Fault-Finding by Symptom

Excavator Not Starting in India: Fault-Finding by Symptom

An excavator that will not start has a fault in one of three places: the safety and electrical…

Guide Excavator Warning Lights in India: What Each Symbol Means

Excavator Warning Lights in India: What Each Symbol Means

Excavator warning lights are the coloured symbols on the operator's display that tell you what the machine's own…

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