Eleven women from India’s Kerala state win a 100m rupee ($1.2m) lottery after pooling their money.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In June, 11 women sanitation workers from the southern Indian state of Kerala pooled money to buy a lottery ticket.
The women are part of a group that collects non-biodegradable waste from households in Parappanangadi town in Kerala’s Malappuram district.
Kuttimalu, 72, says she was initially sad when Radha was collecting funds because she didn’t have enough money.
“Then Cherumannil Baby (another member of the group) told me she had 25 rupees and was willing to lend me half of it for the ticket,” she tells the BBC.
The women only found out they had won a day after the draw, when one of them asked her husband to check the results.
On Friday, a day after their life-changing win, the 11 women reached the agency’s office like always to resume their work.
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Now comes the biggest risk of everyone around her trying to get a piece of that money.
Hopefully they’re smart given they’ve pooled money for lottery.
I’m so happy for them! They deserve it!
That’s about 70,000 Euro after taxes for each of them. Should go a ways in India.
what % of that is taxed?
Oh look, the answer to your question was in the article:
After paying government taxes, the group will receive 63m rupees.
37% tax rate? not sure if that’s a lot or not
Now comes the biggest risk of everyone around her trying to get a piece of that money.
Hopefully they’re smart given they’ve pooled money for lottery.
