Re: Costly marriage by Mittals (see attachment)
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Costly marriage by Mittals (see attachment)
It refers to world’s second costliest marriage when media-reports indicate that Pramod Mittal reportedly spent 60 million Euros (about Rs 505 crore) for his daughter’s lavish wedding in Barcelona bypassing even the money spent by his steel-tycoon brother Laxmi Mittal who happens to be amongst world’s richest persons. It will be even more disturbing if media-reports about Pramod Mittal having been under huge debts of Indian banks are true which even hint of his being a bank-defaulter also. Union Finance Ministry should take appropriate action for safeguarding money of public-sector banks with Mittals and their companies.
Effective measures are necessary to unearth source of income and wealth of such people who compete to spend lavishly in marriages. Union government should encash show of status on mega-budgeted marriages by imposing special marriage-tax in a manner that status-conscious rich may compete to pay more and more such tax to get their names endorsed in record-books even if such marriages are performed by Indian nationals in foreign countries!
Extra-rich persons can also be encouraged to commemorate family-functions by setting up public-utility institutions like schools, colleges or hospitals rather than racing for mega-expenses in private functions. Such commemorative-institutions can be blessed and graced with benign presence of VVIPs and celebrities. Bollywood’s super family of Amitabh Bachchan made a smart beginning by laying foundation-stone in name of Aishwarya Bachchan for a women-college in backward Daultapur (Barabanki) of UP on 27.01.2008 to commemorate an occasion.
Religious-bodies like Delhi Sikh Gurudwara Management Committee had also induced austerity in marriages by allowing just one simple vegetarian meal because the Committee had rightly analysed that increasing expenses in marriages of girls is major cause of aborting female-foeticide. Union government should take measures to ensure marriages to be simple so that birth of girl may be taken as boon rather than bane. India should follow Pakistan by allowing only soft drinks and beverages in marriage-related functions. Political consensus should be developed so that welcome initiative started by outgoing Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dixit may be nationally adopted to compel elected representatives to boycott mega-budgeted functions.
SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL
(Guinness Record Holder & RTI Activist)
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14.12.2013
PRSEC/E/2013/20793
DOEAF/E/2013/00281
Arun Banerjee
Its nothing new. Kingfischer airline employee not getting salary. Family committing suicide. Debt ridden Mittal spending crores (503) on daughter's marriage.
Fin Min till date not able to get list of people who stashed black money abroad.
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