How much do India's politicians earn?
A deep-dive into salaries from the President and Prime Minister down.
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Admit it - you can’t help but open this email with a voyeuristic inquisitiveness to compare your own salary to how much India’s politicians earn.
Here’s one to assure you: noone (officially) earns more than Christiano Ronaldo will earn playing for Saudi club Al Nassr (his contract will run for two-and-a-half years until June 2025, with a total salary of €200m (£177m) per year once commercial agreements are included).
Most actually earn somewhere between a full-time McDonalds worker on the London Living Wage, and a new grad at McKinsey.
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