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| sagarmatha |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 05:42 PM
Can you believe this, Nepal Royals' expenditure is 10 times that of US President's.
Nepal Royals' Annual Expenditures: Rs. 387,900,000 (Approx. US $ 5,000,000 )
Source: The Kathmandu Post (Nov 29, 2002)
US President's Expenditures:
Salary: $400,000
Expense allowances: $50,000 maximum
Travel expenses: $100,000 maximum
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Total: $ 550,000 (maximum)
Source: http://www.sots.state.ct.us/RegisterManual/SectionIX/USGov1.htm
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| taha cha |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 05:48 PM
This is the total cost of palace operations including salaries of employees and benefits. Please look at the total cost of White House expences...
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| sagarmatha |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 06:18 PM
taha cha, agreed. but remember we r comparing us president with nepal's king. my brother with the same education earns 50 times less in nepal than me.
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| nuts |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 06:19 PM
janata haru le katto kura nabujhya...
nun, tel, mutti.tel aadi ityaadi ko bhau badhe pachhi hamro raja rani lai pani ta aafno aadhaarbhoot aawasyakata poora garna lai talab badhaunai paryo ni...
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| bhenda2 |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 07:44 PM
I think we are just wasting our money on these fools....tetro bidni paisa ta desh ma bato banouna kharcha garnoo parney..
I cant believe it....kasto achhamaaa....ke bigni atyachhar...what is the matter with us dumb Nepalese?...why the heck are we spending so much money on these fooools.....I am shocked....I knew they spent a lot of money but...never imagined to be eti bigni...
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| bhenda2 |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 07:47 PM
thaha chha
its still too much for total expenditure also......this money could have been used for so many other constructive things....
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| sagarmatha |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 07:57 PM
Alright, total operating expenses of white house is 54 million dollars(FY 2001). The break down(in million) is as follows:
Personnel compensation: Full- time permanent................ 23
Civilian personnel benefits..... 6
Benefits for former personnel... 1
Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1
Rental payments to GSA.......... 5
Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 3
Printing and reproduction....... 1
Other services.................. 12
Supplies and materials.......... 1
Equipment....................... 2
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total................. 54
(Source: http://frwebgate1.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=70554924381+7+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve)
What is the equivalent of 54 million dollars in nepal's standard? What is the breakdown of nepal's royal household expenses? how many people work in royal household? what portion goes to the employees? what portion goes into personal expenses of employers? Any idea?
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| sagarmatha |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 08:07 PM
Correction: here is the correct breakdown. Apologize for the mistake.
Personnel compensation:
Full- time permanent................ 23
Civilian personnel benefits..... 6
Benefits for former personnel... 1
Travel and transportation of
persons....................... 1
Rental payments to GSA.......... 5
Communications, utilities, and
miscellaneous charges......... 3
Printing and reproduction....... 1
Other services.................. 12
Supplies and materials.......... -
Equipment....................... 2
--------- --------- ----------
total................. 54
Source: http://frwebgate1.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/waisgate.cgi?WAISdocID=70554924381+7+0+0&WAISaction=retrieve
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| sagarmatha |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 09:10 PM
Comparing Nepal with United States:
Area------------------ Nepal-136,800 sq. km------US-9,629,091 ( 70 times more)
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Population-----------Nepal-25,873,917-----------US-280,562,489 (11 times more)
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Life Expectancy----Nepal-58.61 years-----------US-77.4 years (1.32 times more)
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Literacy-------------Nepal-27.5%-----------------US-97% (3.5 times more)
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Unemployment
rate--------------Nepal-47%---------------------US-5% (9.4 times less)
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Budget-------------Nepal-$665 million-------------US-$1.828 trillion (2750 times more)
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Avg annual
income-----------Nepal-$220---------------------US-34,260(156 times more)
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References:
CIA World FactBook 2002 (URL: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/)
BBC Country profiles (URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/country_profiles/html/default.stm)
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| suva chintak |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 09:47 PM
We should talk with real tathayanka, not mythanka!
So the Royal Palace annual budget comes to about US $ 5 million while the White House annual budget is US $ 54 million. The claim that Nepali Royals spend 10 times more than the US president is rather incorrect, to say the least.
Remember that over 375 Royal Palace staff, from a peon to first class secretary are paid from this 5 million. The king's salary is about US $ 2500 per month...which becomes a grand total of 30,000 per year.Would that be a working class salary in the US? Mr. Bush gets about $ 400,000.
And the new provision does not mean that the king can withdraw any amount of money he wants from the ministry, not at all. It just means that he will decide on the allocation of the funds once they are received from the ministry. I don't think that is too much to ask for if you want to manage your own household resources. I think the king is just trying to streamline the budgeting bureaucracy in the palace.
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| sagarmatha |
Posted
on 30-Nov-02 10:43 PM
suvachintakji, apologies for the incorect comparisons. The figures,you might have noticed, were presented with the sources though. since, you asked for tathyanka not mythanka, here is one:
Staff, Household and Allowances of the President of India (FY 2001-2002):
8.65 crores Indian Rupees=8.65X1.6 crores Nepalese Rupees= 13.84 crores Nepalese Rupees
Nepalese Royal Household exenditures: 38.79 crores Nepalese Rupees (2.8 times more) By the way does it include expenses for staff and allowances too? where can i find the details?
Please verify tathyanka about Indian President's expenses from here:
http://indiabudget.nic.in/ub2002-03/vol2.htm
Exchange rate from here:
http://www.nepalnews.com/
and Nepalese Royal's Household Expenditures from The Kathmandu Post, Nov. 29, 2002.
Thanks.
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| sagarmatha |
Posted
on 01-Dec-02 12:21 AM
suvachintakji, here is another tathyanka for you:
rajako household expenditure this year: Rs. 387,900,000 (5,000,000 $)
rajako household expenditure last year: Rs. 116,285,000 (1,500,000 $)
increase in rajako household expenditure: 3,500,000 US$ (3.5 million dollars)
decrease in member of rajako household: 11
Increase in member of rajako household: 1
Please keep this tathyanka in mind, do some mythanka and BINGO!!!Poor Bush!
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| cardinal |
Posted
on 01-Dec-02 05:00 AM
Sagarmatha, you are forgetting the fact that the king is now no more the head of the Mahendra Conservation Trust. I think that makes up the need for the increase in monetory need :-)
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