CONTEST ENTRY : What can you do with 20 STEEM in your country.

Wow.. another interesting contest! So this new challenge requires us to tell what we can do with 20 STEEM (assuming 1 STEEM = 0.5 USD) in my country. Let's not keep waiting and get started....!

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Hello to all Steemians. I belong to the state of Assam in India. So, currently 1 USD = 74.27 INR. Now 20 STEEM = 20 x 0.5 USD = 10 USD = 10 x 74.27 INR which equals to Rs 742.70. For convenience, lets round it off to Rs 743.00. What can I do with this amount of money in my homeland. We'll see.

Rs 743.00 ~ 20 STEEM ~ 10 USD

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• I can go out for an all-inclusive traditional Assamese luncheon at an ethnic food restaurant with two of my friends and the total bill including taxes would be just around 20 STEEM.
  So the menu would include: rice, dal (both unlimited), maah dal (split black gram dal), khar (alkaline based gravy cooked with papaya), mashed potatoes, mixed veggies dry fry, spinach, mutton/chicken/duck curry, smoked mutton/chicken/duck, papad, desert. That's one hell of a meal if you are in and around Guwahati.

^{Traditional Assamese non-veg thali for 3 in 20 STEEM}

• 20 STEEM would probably be enough for two persons to go to a movie theatre in India and enjoy a nice movie with sufficient popcorn, coke and other quick bites.

• If you happen to be out of groceries stock at your home in India, you can probably do a 'mini' refill of your stock of essentials once a week from any convenient departmental store with 20 STEEM.

• You can subscribe to a 4G data pack @ 2GB/per day for a minimum of 4 months, with 20 STEEM in hand. (provided you subscribe for a 1-year plan)

• You can visit one of the amusement parks yourself and spend the day in the pool, take part in water sports and enjoy a complimentary lunch buffet for 20 STEEM.

• If you're preparing for a low-key birthday party in these pandemic times for one of your friends/family members at home with limited guests, 20 STEEM would be enough to get a medium sized cake, balloons, candles, sweets, snacks and fruit juices for 5-10 people.

• If you're travelling via railways, 20 STEEM would let you have a confirmed reservation ticket on AC-3 Tier on the Rajdhani Express/Duronto Express for upto 450 Kms.

• If you intend to get a monthly pass on railways for your daily home-office-home commute, 20 STEEM would get you 2 months of unlimited access on local trains, considering the fact that your home-office distance is 100 km. (approx)

• If there's an international football/cricket match happening in one of the Indian cities, you can probably buy a Gallery ticket for yourself with 20 STEEM.

^{View from the stands during an ISL match in Guwahati in 2019}

• Suppose you're taking a long-journey bus ride from one city to another, say, Guwahati to Jorhat (300 Kms) and plan to return back to Guwahati by bus itself, 20 STEEM would suffice for your to-and-fro bus ticket expenses (NON AC variant)

• Suppose you organise a Thanksgiving feast for a group of people which we often find infront of temples, mosques, restaurants etc. probably begging for their livelihood, 20 STEEM would suffice for a one time healthy vegetarian meal for 25 people.

• You can also buy a football jersey of your favourite club for 20 STEEM from one of the football merchandise pages on Instagram.

• On a Sunday, if you're feeling like cooking a non-vegetarian meal for lunchtime, you can probably go to a butcher and buy a kilo of goat meat for 20 STEEM. (applicable in Assam; rates may vary in other parts of India)

• Presumably an average family in Assam (India) generates an electricity bill of probably 20 STEEM or less in sub-urban or rural areas. So this would be sufficient to pay the Electricity Bill dues.

• You can go out on a solo day-out to one of the Eco-friendly resort in the outskirts of the city, located amidst the greenary, enjoy several recreational activities, take a horse ride, elephant safari and enjoy a lunch buffet within 20 STEEM. Some of the popular resorts in my area are -- Brahmaputra Jungle Resort, Greenwood Resort etc.

^{Day out on a picnic in January 2020}

• You can buy a moderate priced gift for any special occasion like birthday, wedding, anniversary etc. like flower bouquet, book, wall frame, fragrance, cutlery set, other kitchen utilities, within a 20 STEEM budget.

• You can browse e-commerce sites and choose to buy mobile accessories (say a screenguard or a backcover or a earphone) for 20 STEEM. Infact my current earphone ( a JBL C 200) costed me just under 20 STEEM.

^{My JBL C 200 came under 20 STEEM}

So in a way, there are loads of things that come under the 20 STEEM limit. But as of now, these are the most significant ones that I can think of. I hope you found it worth reading and could relate it with your life as well. Thanks for reading.

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