- Facts on Marriage expenses
- Every year there are 50-60 lacs weddings in India
- Estimated expenses on marriages in India per year are six lac crores.
- People in India spends one fifth of their accumulated wealth earned in their life time.
- Over 40% of food is wasted in marriages.
- In Bangalore alone, 950 tons of food is wasted in marriages every year.
- This means this can feed 2.6 crore people a normal Indian meal.
Facts on Poverty - Around 23 crores of people in India are still below poverty line.
- People below poverty line still spends less than Rs40 per day.
- Around 19 crore people in India go to bed without food therefore resulting to mal nutrition.
