Posted by: thapap July 29, 2005
stop sending Peace keeping troops......
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bishnu, pls. read the response before answering. u talked about RNA and peace keeping mission. Response is limited to RNA, its HMG budget allocation and that;s it. [ there is no need to digress to importance of foreign remittence to nepalese economy] [ 100-200 soldiers deployed for a year u must be dreaming dude!!! . there are at least 6000[ may be even more] RNA's deployed in UNIFIL, congo, serbia, .. ... total of 8 fronts ] budget allocated by HMG for Royal Nepalese Army[RNA] is roughly NRs 9,00,00,00,000 # of army personnel : 50,000 [ CIA facts.] average salary of 1 army personnel : NRs. 5,000/month = Nrs. 60,000/yr total salary = NRs. 3,00,00,00,000 Retired and Pensions for army personnel [ roughly 100,000 [minimum]] total pension payments = NRs. 6,00,00,00,000 u got the fact now... the money allocated by HMG for army is gone paying salary only. u want to know how much army makes in the UN deployment? here is an estimation: UN pays roughly from $1500 to $3500 per month per soldier. RNA gives depending upon ranks $300 to $700. on an average they make a solid $2000/month/soldier. Average deployment period of 6 months with 8000 active soldier deployed $192,000,000/year = NRS 13,44,00,00,000 do you get the picture how much money ??? actual figure is much more than this.... i am just giving u an idea how RNA covers its expenses. ========================================= but as always, what do i know? (o:
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