Rupees

One lakh rupees is 100,000 rupees, which is about $2100 in US dollars. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Banks borrowed a huge 1.31 trillion rupees from the RBI's repo window Friday, much higher than last week's 634.47 billion rupees average. ❋ Khushita Vasant (2010)

A further 150 million rupees-200 million rupees is likely to be invested on these brands in October-December, the company said. ❋ Rumman Ahmed (2010)

I earn in rupees, but I am spending in euros and dollars ❋ Shefali Anand (2010)

Rawlinson's surreptitious gathering of Company rupees from the local economy was successful in the sense that he achieved that end without his scheme becoming known by the local Hindki community, but it was apparently incomplete in terms of having acquired the necessary amount. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The Queen's coin known in Kandahar as Kaldar rupees is melted and coined into Kabuli and Kandahar rupees. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Yes, there is the issue of outsourcing jobs - we know that it's a lot cheaper to pay "Robbie" and his colleagues in rupees than in dollars - but why hide behind such a transparent cover? ❋ Unknown (2004)

We sent the wheat and India created a counterpart fund of approximately its equivalent value in rupees, some at least of which she will obtain by the sale of the wheat to her Indian distributors. ❋ Unknown (1952)

* Ben writes, "I am not sure over what time period the 10,000 rupee minimum wage is - 10,000 rupees translates to about US$120." ❋ Unknown (2009)

To sustain itself, a club requires 600-700 people on a weekend with an average bill of 3,000 rupees to 4,000 rupees, which is not a difficult threshold to achieve, Mr. Thams said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The average cost of a nutritious meal prepared and served by Akshaya Patra is about 5 rupees, which is approximately 11 cents. ❋ Bhagwan Chowdhry (2011)

If all these firms choose to redeem their convertible bonds when they mature, the repayment to the bondholders will run up to 301 billion rupees, including a premium of 71 billion rupees, which is more than half of the profit of these companies from the last four quarters. ❋ Sneha Shah Of Mint (2011)

The book is for sale on other Indian book websites but for a huge amount of money based on the Amazon version, so I wanted to be able to sell in rupees. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In India, a brand called Super-Max holds the lead in double-edge blades, which cost roughly 1.5 to 2 rupees, which is half of the cost of even Gillette Guard. ❋ Ellen Byron (2010)

Government spending in the April-July period totaled 3.75 trillion rupees, which is 29.8% of the full-year target. ❋ Mukesh Jagota (2011)

India's fiscal deficit in the April-July period totaled 2.28 trillion rupees, which is 55.4% of the full-year aim. ❋ Mukesh Jagota (2011)

"We had estimated a cash balance of 330 billion rupees in the beginning of this fiscal year, but started with 165 billion rupees, which is another reason for the increase in borrowing," Mr. Gopalan said. ❋ Mukesh Jagota (2011)

His elder brother actually kind of cons him into agreeing to commit suicide after they hear of this government program which says that any farmer committing suicide his family gets a compensation of 100,000 rupees, which is roughly $2,000. ❋ Unknown (2010)