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dollar to rupee exchange rate and values?

An Indian friend gave me 100 rupees a long while back as a gift, and it's been sitting in my wallet for a long time. I've grown curious: if I converted the bill to american currency, how much would that come out to, and roughly what can I get, i.e. what is the real economic value of 100 rupees in India? Could I buy a meal with it? A stick of gum? We're assuming I know how to haggle and I'm not a complete tool of a tourist. Also, since 1 million is a popular number, what could I do with 1 million rupees? Could I live for a year? Could I buy an exotic car? Can someone tell me the prices of various common things ... a car, a computer, a soft drink, a meal, a house, a notebook, a bicycle, a compact disk ... and anything you could think of.

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2. Hello, 100 Rupees is $2.33 USD 1 USD = 47 Rupees 1,000,000 Rupees = 23,369.95 USD USA
3. Two whole dollars and thirty-three cents! You could by exactly 1.5 things off of the KFC dollar menu. I knew a guy who retired and moved to India to live off of his Social Security check (what is it? Like 400USD a month? Slightly over 17000INR?) and he lived like a king. I don't know much about India; but I know that gas prices are also pretty expensive there, and that things are generally following the worldwide trend of increasing in price.
4. 100 Rupees is the average DAILY wage for non-skilled manual labour. A regular meal in a restaurent will cost about 30 Rupees. Wriglies 5 stick pack of gum is 5 Rupees A honda or toyota will cost you roughly 1 million rupees. An indian car will cost you half that amount. AN exotic car will cost you about 2 million max. Mercedes S series is available for about 5 million rupees. You can purchase a house and the plot for 1 million Rupees if the property is about 20 miles away from the city. A notebook computer will cost you from 25000 to 55000 Rupees A bicycle will cost you 3000 Rupees A CD cost you 6 rupees. I earned about $125 an hour when I worked in USA. I am back in India and I work in government sector and presently I earn about $500 a month.