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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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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…

Blog Performance Bank Guarantee: What It Costs a Contractor

Performance Bank Guarantee: What It Costs a Contractor

You won the tender. Now the buyer wants a performance bank guarantee. Here is what it blocks, what…

Guide Excavator Digging Reach in India: How Far It Reaches by Size Class

Excavator Digging Reach in India: How Far It Reaches by Size Class

Maximum digging reach is how far an excavator can stretch its bucket out sideways from the machine, measured…

Guide Excavator Dumping Height in India: Will It Load Your Tipper?

Excavator Dumping Height in India: Will It Load Your Tipper?

Maximum dumping height is how high an excavator can lift its bucket and empty it. It is measured…

Blog Lead and Lift in Earthwork: Why Your Bill Gets Cut

Lead and Lift in Earthwork: Why Your Bill Gets Cut

You carted the earth twice as far as the rate allowed for and nobody wrote it down. Lead…

Blog Soil Filling Rate Per Cft: How to Quote It Properly

Soil Filling Rate Per Cft: How to Quote It Properly

Filling looks simpler than digging and quotes lower. Then the cartage, the compaction and the shrinkage arrive, and…

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