A news report says a city's population is 12 lakh

A news report says a city's population is 12 lakh. Ravi says that equals 12 million, since both are 'big number' names. Is Ravi right?

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More disagreements in Large Numbers Around Us

Comparing two school funds, Meera says the ₹45,23,000 fund is bigger because the digit '5'In a district, two schools have 48,600 and 37,400 students respectively Kunal says 8 lakh and 80 lakh are both counted in 'lakh', so they are roughly similar-size