India, May 6 -- An Indian entrepreneur has sparked a discussion online after claiming that his friend earning Rs.36 lakh per annum in a remote contractual role actually gets more money in-hand than a Google techie with a salary of Rs.62 LPA. Devaansh Bhandari made the surprising claim in an X post where he also explained the math.

Bhandari quoted the example of two friends - "My friend has a Rs.62L CTC at Google. Another friend is a Remote Contractor making ~ Rs.36L ($38k)," he said.

At Rs.62 LPA, the Google employee is earning almost double the salary of the person making Rs.36 LPA, at least on paper. However, that does not translate into more money in his account every month.

In fact, the person in a remote contractual role actually ...