| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| DSR | The Delhi Schedule of Rates 2023, the book of rates that estimates and bills are made from. |
| DAR | The Delhi Analysis of Rates 2023, the book that shows how each rate of the DSR is built. RateAnalyser shows it. |
| Analysis | One item of the DAR: the table Detail of cost, then the table Additional charges, ending in the rate. |
| Basic rate | The rate of one material, one kind of labour or one machine, with a code like 0367 for cement. Every analysis is built on them. |
| Printing | Some codes are printed in the book more than once, each at its own rate. Each one is a printing, and the item page lists them by rate. |
| Say | The rate of the item: the cost of 1 unit, rounded to the nearest 5 paise. |
| Batch quantity | The quantity an item is worked out for, for example 10 sqm. The cost is divided down to 1 unit after that. The box is called Worked out for. |
| MATERIAL and LABOUR | The headings in Detail of cost that group the lines. An item that uses machines has a heading MACHINERY too. |
| Water charges | The first additional charge, 1% of the total of Detail of cost. |
| GST multiplying factor | The second additional charge. The book multiplies the running total by 0.2127, and it is not 18%. |
| CPOH | The contractor's profit and overheads, the third additional charge, 15% of the running total. |
| Labour cess | The last additional charge, 1% of the running total. |
| Sub head | A chapter of the book. The first number of an item's code is its sub head, so 13.1.1 is in sub head 13. |
Words in Justification
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Schedule of Work | The list of items, quantities and rates that the contractor quoted on. Justification reads it. |
| Award letter | The department's letter that accepts the tender. It has the quoted percentage and the estimated cost. |
| Market rate | Today's rate of a material, labour or machine, which you type. The book prices the item at its own rates, and the market rate replaces them. |
| Justified rate | The rate of an item worked out again from the book at your market rates. |
| Contractor's rate | The rate the contractor has quoted for the item. It is the rate in the schedule, or that rate with his quoted percentage applied. |
| Outside the limit | The contractor's rate is more than your limit above or below the justified rate. |
| CPOH his rate leaves | The contractor's profit and overheads that remain in his rate when the cost of the item is taken out. |
| JOR | Justification of Rates, the paper that sets the justified amount against the estimated cost. |
| AI reading | One reading of a Schedule of Work or an award letter by AI. |
Things to know
- Nearly every item uses these same 4 figures for the additional charges. Only a few items print a different GST factor.
- Each additional charge is worked out on the total after the charge above it, so the order matters, see Additional charges.
- The sub head that holds sanitary work, sub head 17, is printed as pictures in the book, so its items, about 225 of them, are not in RateAnalyser yet.
- The book is published by CPWD, which owns it. RateAnalyser is not connected with CPWD.
The Delhi Analysis of Rates 2023 is published by the Central Public Works Department, Government of India, and the copyright in it belongs to CPWD. RateAnalyser is not connected with CPWD and does not claim any right in the book. What this site adds is our own work: reading the book, checking its arithmetic, and the tools built on top of it. Always check against the published book before you use a rate in a bill.