{"id":94102,"date":"2017-06-23T14:44:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T09:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=94102"},"modified":"2017-06-23T14:44:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T09:14:09","slug":"this-number-sold-for-rs-16-lakh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/this-number-sold-for-rs-16-lakh\/","title":{"rendered":"This number sold for Rs 16 lakh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The hottest number in town is \u201c0001\u201d and it carries a price tag of Rs 16 lakh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A private company in the hospitality sector paid as much during the Delhi Government\u2019s e-auction this month for fancy registration numbers for cars, breaking previous records in the national capital.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The sought-after \u201c0001\u201d series sold for Rs 12.50 lakh in September 2014 and fetched Rs 12.10 lakh in next year\u2019s auction in the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-94103 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/59278890.jpg\" alt=\"This number sold for Rs 16 lakh\" width=\"484\" height=\"363\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The auction brings a windfall to the government\u2019s exchequer and gratifies people\u2019s desire for special digits on number plates \u2014 from date of birth to astrological and numerological numbers that are believed to bring prosperity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIn just six months we earned Rs 54.70 lakh by selling 29 fancy registration numbers. Last year, we sold 151 and earned Rs 2.29 crore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The demand increases during winters and the festive season such as Diwali when car sales also peak,\u201d said KK Dahiya, the city\u2019s special commissioner of transport.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-94104 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dc-Cover-r4ltr10as5niqi03afqd0ak8r5-20170302153640.Medi_.jpeg\" alt=\"This number sold for Rs 16 lakh\" width=\"686\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dc-Cover-r4ltr10as5niqi03afqd0ak8r5-20170302153640.Medi_.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dc-Cover-r4ltr10as5niqi03afqd0ak8r5-20170302153640.Medi_-500x280.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/dc-Cover-r4ltr10as5niqi03afqd0ak8r5-20170302153640.Medi_-768x430.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A Bond-style \u201c0007\u201d and a \u201c0009\u201d are equally preferred. The highest for \u201c0007\u201d was Rs 10.40 lakh in 2015 and Rs 8.50 lakh for \u201c0009\u201d the previous year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">These tier-two numbers were bought this year for Rs 4.10 lakh and Rs 3.90 lakh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The base auction price for \u201c0001\u201d is Rs 5 lakh, while those from \u201c0002\u201d to \u201c0009\u201d start at Rs 3 lakh. In the third category, bids for numbers such as 0786, popular among Muslims meaning Allah, start at Rs 2 lakh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The hottest number in town is \u201c0001\u201d and it carries a price tag of Rs 16 lakh. A private company in the hospitality sector paid as much during the Delhi Government\u2019s e-auction this month for fancy registration numbers for cars, breaking previous records in the national capital. The sought-after \u201c0001\u201d series sold for Rs 12.50 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94105,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[47388,47390,47387,4177,47383,47391,47393,47385,47389,47392,47384,38925,47386],"class_list":["post-94102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-astrological","tag-bond-style-0007","tag-date-of-birth","tag-delhi-government","tag-fancy-registration-numbers","tag-highest-0007","tag-muslims-meaning-allah","tag-number-0001","tag-numerological-numbers","tag-rs-10-40-lakh","tag-rs-16-lakh","tag-rs-2-lakh","tag-special-digits-number-plates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/51810e58-32ec-11e7-aae9-524ad91d2809-copy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}