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 niche-instrument
GE Mark VI gas turbine servo board
Unused replacement turbine control board with specific part number and BHEL gas turbine context.
- 03 niche-instrument
Telecom modems optical converters and fiber splicers
The annexure details specific telecom hardware including fiber fusion splicers, an OTDR, and Tejas multiplexers, representing specialized equipment rather than generic e-waste.
- 04 curio
T-72 and BMP military engine assemblies
The lot contains identifiable heavy military vehicle engine assemblies from an army ordnance depot, carrying significant curio value for hardware collectors.
- 05 niche-instrument
Agusta A109 helicopter main rotor damper
Single main rotor damper (part 109-0111-06-105) for Agusta A109 helicopter, sealed and unused, original purchase cost ₹16.4 lakhs, opening at ₹1.
- 06 curio
Seized Datsun Go car from narcotics investigation
Datsun Go seized in a 2019 narcotics case by NCB Patna, auctioned with full crime registration details and seizure provenance documented.
- 07 curio
T-72 and Arjun tank breech components
Decommissioned military hardware parts from an ordnance factory, specifically components for major battle tanks like the T-72 and Arjun, present a distinct historical curio.
- 08 curio
T-72 tank and heavy vehicle engine assemblies
The lot includes military vehicle and battle tank engine assemblies from an ordnance depot, offering rare heavy hardware.
- 09 curio
Complete 10 kW analog television transmitter
The lot contains the complete component breakdown of a decommissioned 10 kW analog broadcast transmitter from Doordarshan, offering industrial hardware and vintage broadcast electronics of high curio value.
- 10 prestige-seller
315 KVA Crompton Greaves transformer and motors
ISRO's Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre disposing a named 315 KVA Crompton Greaves transformer and two motors; the seller's aerospace pedigree is the story.
- … Hero Splendor etc ₹1
- … Honda Activa Scooty - White etc ₹1
- … Hero HF Delux Motorcycle etc ₹1
- … TRANSFORMER AND MOTORS ₹1
- … SCRAP MECHANICAL LOT ₹1
- … X-Ray Diffractometer ₹1
- … HM Ambassador Classic ₹1
- … Atomic Absorption Spectrometer ₹1
- … Commander Jeep ₹1
- … PACKING ₹1
- … Foot Rest ₹1
- … Bearing ball duplex ₹1
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Methodology
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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.
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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.
- 03
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
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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.