Bonjour à tous,
Je pars enseigner en Inde (à Manipal, 60 km au nord de Mangalore) au mois d'août jusqu'en avril, et j'aimerais avoir une idée du coût de la vie. Il parait qu'il a beaucoup augmenté ces derniers mois.
Pouvez vous me donner qq indications: prix de l'essence, d'un resto bon marché, d'un loyer, d'une chambre d'hotel, d'une course en bus ou en taxi, d'un billet de train ou même d'avion interne....
D'autre part, je comptais m'acheter une camera avant de partir, car je pense que ça restera une expérience inoubliable. Puis je me suis dit que peut-être les prix seraient plus interessant sur place. Savez-vous me renseigner sur les prix et la qualité des camera que je trouverai en Inde. Ici, pour du matos premier prix (samsung, JVC, Canon...peu de fonction)il faut compter à partir de 190 euro, et si on veut qq'chose de correct(tjs dans ces marques), mais avec des fonctions un peu plus élaborées( genre camera+poss. de faire photo), il faut compter entre 400 et 600 euro.Pouvez-vous me renseigner?
Merci et à bientôt
bonjour,
oui le cout de la vie a bien augmente depuis le debut de l'annee.
l'essence a pris 5 roupies / l en mai... (10-15 % d'augmentation).
sinon pour les cameras, franchement y'a pas de super bonne affaire a faire en inde. sur les premiers prix, c'est legerement moins cher en inde mais sur les gros modeles, c'est plus cher qu'en france.
de plus si tu l'achetes en inde et qu'apres ton retour, il tombe en panne, ca ne sera pas facile de faire marcher la garantie.
a bientot
l Inde reste un pays moins cher du monde. et le coût de la vie est vachement abordable. mais ça depend des gens. ici l economie est préparé selon le nombre et la conditions des gens générales. je vous dirai 600 millions des habitants dans ce pays vivent d un dollar par mois et autrement dans ce pays 100 millions de gens qui vivent comme les bourgeois. donc si vous preferez vivre en tant qu un mec pauvre il y a quelque chose por vous. Les choses de base par exemple farine de blé coute 50 centimes le kilo: pois chiches congélés un kilo 75 roupies ; poulet un kilo 1 euros l entier. pomme de terre 10 roupies le kilo; tomates 15 roupies le kilo; donc il y a rien qui est vraiment cher; l Inflation est en deux chiffres mais grâce à sur production des blés dans les régions de Bihar et Punjab il y aura le control sur la prix.
une voiture de mark indien ça vous coutera 1600 euros et tous qui est produit localement est moins cher contraire à la France.
merci
je vous dirai 600 millions des habitants dans ce pays vivent d un dollar par mois
1 dollar par mois, ca fait un peu juste, c'est surement par jour.
sinon ils sont 1/4 de la population (environ 300 millions) a vivre avec ce malheureux dollar par jour.
en fait j'ai modifie la phrase, j'ai fait une erreur je croyais qu'il donnait les prix du bihar dans le message precedent.
mais si tu veux, je peux de te donner les prix de pondicherry qui doivent etre proche de ceux du karnataka.
mais il faut que tu me dises sur quoi ?
🙂🙂 ça fait pareil non : 6 dollars par mois multipliés par 600 et après le resultat divisé par 30 et ce resultat en comparaison avec 1 dollar par jour te donnera la më^me chose. ce st por ça je dis/ dans mon village on utilise pas roupie. le système de barter (de troc ou bien echange) est courant. mon père cultive la blé 400 kilos par an et on echange parmi notre tribu avec l huile de moutarde ; lentilles et les moutons et les poulets. reste on vend au gouvernement qui nous paie 7 roupies por le kilo. j aime ce système qui est plus raisonnable et efficace. si tu travailleras pas tu auras pas la pain. c est simple et efficace. nous sommes 5 dans la famille.
je comprend rien a ton message, desole.
avant tu parlais d'un 1 dollar par mois, la c'est 6 dollars par mois et tu dis que ca equivaut a 1 dollar par jour.
il faudra m'expliquer.
ok, :
1 kg de riz de bonne qualite : 20 rs
les pates, je ne sais plus, j'achete des italiennes a 65 rs les 500 g bien meilleures que les indiennes.
ici l'essence est a 48 rs le litre (c'est l'un des prix les plus bas d'inde, moins de taxe a pondy).
un resto style cantine, c'est 20-30 rs le thali.
resto qualite moyenne environ 50 rs un plat de viande ou poisson ou crevette ou veg fried rice...
l'eau coute 15 rs ou 10 rs dans les gares.
sinon y'a des bombonnes de 25 litres a 35 rs avec une caution au depart, bcp plus rentable et ecolo.
un appart vaut environ 5000 a 8000 rs mais a 2-3 km du centre, en ville c'est hors de prix.
voila si tu as d'autres questions, no problem
Merci, ça me donne une première idée. Les prix sont effectivement trés bas.
Tiens c'est marrant que tu preferes acheter des pates italiennes (je dis ça parce que pour le moment, j'habite en italie!).
Pour le moment je n'ai pas d'autres questions, mais si j'en ai qui me viennent, je te ferais signe. en attendant, merci
je ne dis pas que les pates indiennes sont degeulasses, c'est juste qu'elles n'ont rien a voir avec les italiennes.
par contre le parmesan indien est tres bon et pas cher (100 rs la petite boite) compare a celui qui est importe d'italie.
les pates de marque haldiram coute 10 roupies por 200 grammes c a dire 50 roupies le kilo les pates. et tomates 12 roupies. bidon de bouteille de marque americaine Kinley ou Aquqfina coute 70 roupies avec une caution de 800 roupies par bidone, une chambre avec
kitchenette 5000 roupies. voila
bonjour,
je vois que tu habites Pondy tu peux m'en dire un peu plus, l'école française, le loyer d'une maison, la vie là bas, car je vais quitter Paris au départ je pensais Montréal, et puis on m'a parlé de Pondy il parait que c'est super, avec l'équivalant de 2000€ est ce que l'on peut bien vivre à 3 ?
ce serait gentil de me renseigner
schawna
la réalité est beaucoup plus intéressante que ses rêves....
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