The grant is primarily requested on Indian rupees. If paid in dollars, a tolerance was considered to incorporate possible fluctuations in forex exchange rates.
Having said that, each paisa spent will be audited and provided with bills. As and when possible, money is saved to accommodate more of such activities. Like we drove to and back from Chennai ( only petrol costs) ( carrying some other Wikipedians ) and stayed at relatives/ frnds houses ( no cost for accom & food). Regards Tinu Cherian On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Hari Prasad Nadig <hpna...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 9:39 AM, CherianTinu Abraham < > tinucher...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> The breakdown budget of the grants usage is explained in the same link. >> The grant is approved as of now and pending payment. >> > > Observed one thing on the grants page though: > > > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:WM_IN/Wiki_Community_development_in_India_and_newsletter > > > *Total : Rs 3,20,000 ( Indian Rupees Three lakh and twenty thousand > only)* ( Approximately 8000 USD ( 1 USD ~= 40 INR ) > > I think the conversion is wrong. > http://www.google.co.in/search?q=USD+in+INR&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t > > 1USD = 45 INR presently converts 8000 USD to 3,60,000 INR approximately. > -- > Hari Prasad Nadig > http://hpnadig.net | http://twitter.com/hpnadig > http://flickr.com/hpnadig > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l > >
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