1. The ceremonies that commemorate a marriage are extravagant : Fancy locations, lavish clothing, opulent jewellery, dowry, a payment in cash or kind and food wastage are hallmarks of an Indian wedding. 2.Can lavish weddings be banned by law?

12/11/2016.
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Sub :Can lavish weddings be banned by law?

Ref : The ceremonies that commemorate a marriage are extravagant : Fancy locations, lavish clothing,  opulent jewellery, dowry, a payment in cash or kind and food wastage are hallmarks of an Indian wedding.

1. India buys anywhere between 800-1000 tonnes of gold annually, and is the world’s second-largest consumer of the metal.

2. Almost 60% of this demand can be attributed to bridal jewellery.

3. There is tremendous social pressure to spend on weddings.

4. Low levels of education, poverty, and caste-based discrimination compound these pressures.

5. Despite the 1961 Dowry Prohibition Act, the practice of presenting a dowry, a payment in cash or kind, persists in India.

6. In certain parts of Bharatham, the groom’s family typically asks that the bride’s family cover the entire cost of the wedding.

7. Occasionally, grooms’ families also expect — and indeed, demand — expensive gifts such as refrigerators or bicycles.

8.  As the financial pressure grows, the bride’s family has no access to liquid capital but from moneylenders.

9. Anti-dowry and anti-bondage policies exist, but the Indian government must improve implementation on the ground.

10. Prevention methods do exist but an inefficient Indian bureaucracy stymies progress.

11. For instance, education is a critical, long-term solution to marriage-related debt; it not only empowers women to challenge illegal practices like dowry, but also helps men fight the pressures that dictate they conform to such social norms. Federal education policy that aims to bridge the gender gap and battle social prejudices exists, but has not led to systemic change in practice.

12. “When families refuse to perform the rituals associated with each of these events, they are considered social outsiders,”

Note

1. Our PM has a plan to challenge these evil wastage and  black money, please wait you will hear

My view

1. Wedding expenditure and food wastage along with social evil dowry must be stopped, as rich use black money, while poor suffer as they imitate the rich and fall into debt!

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  To be continued......