So is there any downside for an American with an income of $40,000+ moving to india? seems like I'd be able to live like a king there. Whats the catch?
Simple catch - India isnt America! Theres a totally different culture here and anything considered normal by an american may be abnormal here. Secondly, you might find the horrible infrastructure very irritating and red-tapism and corruption might get you pulling your hair out.
what is "red-tapism". I think I could handle visiting there for a month or two. Sounds like a lot of fun.
Your welcome to visit here. Just remember this 1. Dont use your left hand while eating food 2. W/E you do DONT kiss an indian woman in public
Wikipedia defines red tape as It is called "babudom" in India....in fact, India is considered to be one of the most difficult places to do business in.
economy dose not realy run on salary, there are other factors included, like the inflation etc! don't think that 1$ = 40 Inr etc! is great! as this dose not explains anything! in india, the salary is less and so is expense! in other countries salary and cost of living both are high, so it balances everthing! out sourcing is not all that cheap! as there not too many people who know internet or such types of jobs, so they can't really do content writing or paid posting stuffs! and the people who do and do such work, always charge the right price! hey, myra, what have you done to your avatar! anyways! a cafe coffee day, coffee costs $1 arround! what dose it costs in your country, must be more than this! one of my friend earns about $5000 and another earns $50000 a month, both of them are business men and they are pretty rich! but then poor people in india don't earn much, and yes some of them earn less then $1 a day!! people in villages dose earn $1 or less, but then they are not interested in money of facilities, they lead a disease free life, and die at the age of 80-90 years of a healthy life! so money is not important to them, all that is important is natural life! and in india there are plenty of them! cheers!
here's some GNI per Capitas for you (source bbc, who sourced the world bank 2006) I'm only doing a short list, and its a little biased based upon major football playing nations and places I've been Americas USA: GNI per capita: US $43,740 (World Bank, 2006) Mexico: GNI per capita: US $7,310 Canada: GNI per capita: US $32,600 Brazil: GNI per capita: US $3,460 Argentina: GNI per capita: US $4,470 Africa South Africa: GNI per capita: US $4,960 (World Bank, 2006) cameroon: GNI per capita: US $1,010 Nigeria: GNI per capita: US $560 Europe: (given the 15% decrease of the dollar against the Euro/pound these should probably be increased by ~15%) UK: GNI per capita: US $37,600 (World Bank, 2006) Germany:GNI per capita: US $34,580 (World Bank, 2006) Italy: GNI per capita: US $30,010 (World Bank, 2006) France: GNI per capita: US $34,810 (World Bank, 2006) Spain: GNI per capita: US $25,360 (World Bank, 2006) Croatia: GNI per capita: US $8,060 The place to go for a job is.... Norway: GNI per capita: US $59,590 (World Bank, 2006) Asia, based on Cricket as well as football Japan: GNI per capita: US $38,980 (World Bank, 2006) South Korea: GNI per capita: US $15,830 India: GNI per capita: US $720 (World Bank, 2006) Pakistan: GNI per capita: US $690 (World Bank, 2006) Bangladesh: GNI per capita: US $470 (World Bank, 2006) Australia: GNI per capita: US $32,220 (World Bank, 2006) New Zealand: GNI per capita: US $25,960 (World Bank, 2006) Now I know I've missed loads of countries out, so I apologise to all the DP members who I didn't get the information for But you can get the information easily from the bbc site eg Thailand
Richard Gere epiosode!!! how can i forget that,because of this kiss..The Aids awarness programe has reached millions of people all over the world...other wise it would be a limited to only those who were present there......Well done Gere ...
Cost living is also important for salary.. if any country has salary per month 5000USD and for living if tats 4000$(only for basic needs) that time tat 5000 is also a cheap salary... so salary should also be a factor with living cost of tat place..
So that was the funda behind the kiss? He wasted some time with jail, courts etc., atleast others who visit india could save all that hassle and time xD
To consider cost of living, one can look at the PPP (Purchasing Power Parity) figures. In India per capita income is $3200 per year after adjusting for PPP. It means at an average, an Indian can afford to live in same manner as that of a US citizen with $3200 annual income...or $266 per month.
Well Indians workrs earn $4 to $5 per hours in normal company while in IT they earned $15+ per hours.
You are most welcome !! You should really visit India. We have lovely places here and you wont have any problem.