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Brand Dalai Lama: How much is it worth?
April 29, 2009
Voluntary contribution
Refugees in India
Rs 58 basic, sum for those not permanently employed.
The salaried pay Rs 58 plus 2 per cent of whole consolidated pay or 4 per cent of basic pay, whichever is higher.
Cooperative societies and businesses, if profitable, pay 15 per cent of the profit.
Refugees abroad
$46 basic, the sum for those not employed.
$96 per year for the salaried.
Income level of Tibetan refugees
(As calculated in 2004)
10 per cent below poverty line (earning less than $1 per day).
35 per cent earn above Rs 8,000 per annum.
Average individual income Rs 13,000 per annum.
Image: A Tibetan pilgrim prays in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. | Photograph: Claro Cortes IV/Reuters
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