Use of either-or

[learnerAF]

Here's the link to a tweet from the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1601569449576132608

I suspect the use of the "either-or" in the tweet is incorrect. Please let me know whether or not I am right being a sus.

 

[emsr2d2]

The use of "either/or" is correct. There are only two possibilities for the several projects involved:

1. The project will be inaugurated.
2. The foundation stone will be laid.

Either one thing or the other will happen for each one.

"Would be laid" should be "will be laid".

What does "crore" mean in the post?

 

[learnerAF]

Thank you. The word "crore" means 10 million.

 

[5jj]

The word "crore" means 10 million.

That and lakh (one hundred thousand) are not used or understood in BrE or AmE.

 

[Barque]

The words "lakh" and "crore" are very common in Indian English (and the rest of the subcontinent). A lakh is a hundred thousand and a crore is a hundred lakhs (ten million).

To the OP, many Indians use "would" as a formal alternative to "will". It's not. They're different words. The tweet should have used "will".