“lakh and crore”
For a global audience, give amounts in thousands and millions: 1 lakh is 100,000, and 1 crore is 10 million. So “2 crore” is 20 million rupees, and “₹6 lakh” is 600,000 rupees.
Updated · Loista team
Understood across India
The project costs 2 crore.
Travels further
- The project costs 20 million rupees.
- The project costs ₹20 million.
Why it lands differently
Lakh and crore are the standard counting units across South Asia, and digits are grouped to match (20,00,000). Most listeners elsewhere count in thousands and millions (2,000,000) and have to stop and convert. Numbers are easy to mishear on a call, so convert before you speak and name the currency.
When it's fine
In India, where lakh and crore are clearer than millions for most listeners.
Try it out loud
Read each line, say a version that travels out loud, then open it to compare. Any version that's clear to a listener abroad counts.
My package is 12 lakh.
My salary is 1.2 million rupees a year.
We raised 50 crore.
We raised 500 million rupees.
The app has 3 lakh users.
The app has 300,000 users.
Practise saying it, not just reading it
Loista gives you a realistic speaking prompt and specific feedback on your answer, then a retry focused on one thing, so you can hear whether it landed.
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