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Understanding the CPWD DSR & State PWD SOR

Before you price anything, you need to know what the Schedule of Rates actually is, how it is organised, and why your state's SOR may not match CPWD. Start here.

        4 articles·Reviewed Jun 2026·CPWD DSR 2023 & state SORs
      

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Start here · Reference

How to read a single DSR item

Decode an item end to end: its code, description, unit, specification and the rate build-up that follows.

7 min

Foundations

CPWD DSR basics

What the DSR is, who publishes it, and how items are numbered, grouped and specified.

9 min 02

Guide

State PWD SOR guides

How Maharashtra, Karnataka, UP and other state SORs are built — and where they diverge from CPWD DSR.

11 min 03

Updates

DSR version updates

What changes between DSR revisions, and how to migrate a live estimate to a newer base.

6 min

Ready to put the DSR to work?

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