India, Nov. 27 -- Delhi-based food entrepreneur Kawaljeet Singh has expressed his shock at an employee buying an Apple iPhone worth Rs.70,000, noting that the employee's monthly salary is less than half the cost of the expensive gadget. Singh also hit back at critics who claimed he was underpaying the employee, defending the salary as adequate compensation for someone who has no formal education and whose food and accommodation expenses are being taken care of by his company.

Kawaljeet Singh is the co-founder of Khadak Singh Da Dhaba and founder of The China Door. In his post shared on the social media platform X one day ago, Singh said that an employee who earns Rs.26,000 per month just shelled out Rs.70,000 for an iPhone.

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