Indian navy planning to make 3 carrier for 1.6 lakh corers

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Most Indians won't get any sense from billions and trillions. Even millions is a new entry in mainstream. It's not a matter of pride, primarily.

Defence enthusiasts (and many others who deal with very big numbers or foreign items) prefer the English system for obvious reasons. But a normal person (educated) prefers crores and lakhs.

I think that this particular title had the intention to shock the reader with "lakh crores" because it gives the sense of a really big number.

Now leave that topic, I guess.

Most English speaking Indians do have sense from billions and trillions. For non-English Indian speakers, they won't see those words anyway.