In India, smartphones and cheap data are giving women a voice

Re:In India, smartphones and cheap data are giving women a v... by traib on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:15AM (#25659015)

First, PPP has its own issues [1] and is probably not the best way to compare the price of data.

Second, even after taking PPP into account data is still much cheaper in India - 30 USD per month for the thread parent after PPP conversion.

Math below:

PPP in [2] is National currency units/US dollar, i.e. INR/USD. It says that ~21.3 INR is going to buy you the same basket of goods in India that 1 USD buys you in USA.

9 USD = 9 * 70.394 = ~633.5 INR [3]

633.5 INR = 633.5 / 21.3 = ~30 USD PPP.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity#Issues

[2] https://data.oecd.org/conversion/purchasing-power-parities-p...

[3] https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/year...

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Re:In India, smartphones and cheap data are giving women a v... by tchalla on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @11:24AM (#25659124)

> 9 USD = 9 * 70.394 = ~633.5 INR [3]

> 633.5 INR = 633.5 / 21.3 = ~30 USD PPP.

Thanks for taking the time to correct me.

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