in indian english, values at or above a hundred thousand indian rupees are counted in terms of lakhs (one lakh = hundred thousand) and crores (one crore = ten million). for example, the amount 3,25,84,729.25 is read as three crores, twenty-five lakhs, eighty-four thousand, seven hundred and twenty-nine rupees and twenty-five paise. the use of million or billion, as is standard in american or british english, is not very common.