> How much money does Nepali king earn? > > Dear Nepali citizens and foreign lovers of Nepal,You > might be wondering why Nepal is still poor when its > countries of equal economic status has reached the > sky with booming economic development.Let me try to > answer?this is one of the reason, I have recently > found. > > Nepal is one of the poorest counries of the world > but Nepal's king is the highest paid king of the > world. > > The income of Nepali king Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah > Dev is : > 2,426 times higher than that of Chinese president > 318 times higher than that of Indian president > 301 times higher than that of Pakistani president > 173 times higher than that of Russian president > 57 times higher than that of French president > 15 times higher than that of British president > 10 times higher than that of American president > > Netherlands queen's income : Rs. 22,32,00,000 (per > capita income Rs 17,25,120 ) > American president earns Rs. 3,24,00,000 > (1,15,20,000 returns in tax),(per capita income Rs > 25,24,320) > Japanese king earns Rs. 22,23,52,000 (per capita > income Rs.24,15,600) > Chinese president earns Rs. 1,35,000 (per capita > income Rs 67,680) > Indian president earns Rs. 10,11,000 (per capita > income Rs 34,560) > French president earns Rs 57,96,000 (per capita > income Rs 15,84,000) > Pakistani president earns (after the coup) Rs > 10,94,000 (per capita income 29,520) > British Queen does not get any salary from the > state. She has a property of Rs 30,24,00,00,000 (the > profit of investiment, after paying the tax, is > hers) but even her neckless is the property of the > country. > British prime minister earns Rs 2,19,58,000 (per > capita income is Rs 18,16,200) > Russian president earns Rs 19,03,000 (per capita > income is Rs 1,54,000) Belgean king receives salary > as a civil servant (per capita income is Rs > 16,74,000)And, Nepali king earns Rs 61,91,00,000 > (per capita income is Rs 16,560=US$ 230) > [This means the Nepali king earns Rs. 19,878 times > higher than a citizen. Last year it was 37,385 times > higher. Thus a citizen can earn as much as the king > earns in a year only after working for 19,000 ears > or in 316 lives. Ho la!] > > Appendix > Nepali royal family is involved in various business. > A king does not have to pay tax according to Nepal's > constitution. > The present king has inherited the property of > earlier king's family and nobody knows how much it > is. > This king has taken Rs 1,06,45,00,000 in past three > years for his small family > > Courtsey: Mulyankan Monthly (Nov-Dec 2005) > US dollar 1 = Rs 72 > Nepal has a writing system of giving comma after two > digits except the last.