What the State Is Selling.
Spotlight
- 01 curio
Boeing B737-900 aircraft, partial engine configuration, liquidation
Decommissioned B737-900 (MSN 33740, VT-JGD) with one serviceable engine, sold via IBBI insolvency liquidation; commercial aircraft rarely appear on government auctions.
- 02 curio
BMP and T-55 military engine assemblies
The lot contains unserviceable engine assemblies for BMP infantry combat vehicles and T-55 main battle tanks from a field ordnance depot.
- 03 niche-instrument
Laboratory microscopes, centrifuges, and PCR equipment
The annexure details a comprehensive manifest of branded scientific laboratory instruments including Zeiss microscopes, Eppendorf centrifuges, and PCR systems from a research council.
- 04 curio
Mig-21 military aircraft obsolete spare parts
The lot contains genuine military aviation spare parts and control panels specifically for the obsolete MiG-21 fighter jet.
- 05 curio
Eurocopter EC145C2 twin-engine helicopter with spares
Government auction of a complete Eurocopter EC145C2 helicopter with detailed airframe, engine, and component logs.
- 06 niche-instrument
ICAR laboratory instruments and analytical equipment surplus
The annexure details specific scientific equipment including an FTIR spectrometer, freeze dryer, and UV-Vis spectrophotometer from an agricultural research council.
- 07 curio
Wreckage of VT-BSN helicopter
The lot consists of the physical wreckage of a named civil helicopter put up for auction by the Border Security Force.
- 08 niche-instrument
BHEL 420KV SF6 Circuit Breaker Interrupter Poles
High-voltage electrical substation equipment from a major utility listed with a nominal start price.
- 09 niche-instrument
Bruker Alpha FTIR spectrometer and Merck Milli-Q water purification system
The manifest includes a named Bruker Alpha FTIR spectrometer and a Merck Elix water purification system, presenting a solid niche-instrument opportunity.
- 10 niche-instrument
BHEL gas turbine communication interface module
Specific BHEL part number for gas turbine control hardware offered with a nominal start price.
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Methodology
- 01
Ingest
A nightly crawl of MSTC (twenty regional offices), BAANKNET (IBC liquidation auctions), and IREPS (Indian Railways disposal). Each auction is captured once with provenance: URL, snapshot, fetched-at timestamp.
- 02
Normalise
Lots are mapped to a single schema: selling agency, category, location, reserve price, EMD, start, close. Annexures, the per-lot detail PDFs MSTC publishes alongside the catalogue, are fetched and excerpted. Embedded photos are pulled out of the PDFs and shown on the lot cards.
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Score
Every lot is scored 1–10 against four categories: arbitrage, niche-instrument, prestige-seller, curio. The publishing floor is per-category, not uniform. Arbitrage needs a clear margin; prestige and curio surface earlier. Anything from a prestige seller is included regardless of category fit.
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Surface
The register holds the curated cut. Search spans the whole active database. The spotlight rotates nightly. Subscribers get at most one email a day for new matches, and the feeds (RSS and JSON) republish the register for machines.
Primary sources
- MSTC Limited
- mstcindia.co.in: the Government of India’s e-auction platform for surplus, disposal, scrap, and confiscated goods. Twenty regional offices. Primary ingest target.
- BAANKNET
- baanknet.com: the IBBI-mandated auction platform for liquidation proceedings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Covers plant, machinery, and business assets from companies in resolution.
- IREPS
- Indian Railways e-Procurement System: disposal auctions for condemned railway material (sleepers, track fittings, rolling stock parts). Scraped as a supplementary source.
The register tracks what is publicly listed across these platforms. It does not predict outcomes, advise on bidding, or represent any seller or buyer. Like the rest of nl06, it records what a running system does.