Ranjeet Ranjan, a member of parliament from the eastern state of Bihar, plans to introduce a bill designed to curb¹ excessive wedding expenses in India.

 

来自印度东部比哈尔邦的一名议员兰吉特·兰詹计划提出一项议案来抑制印度过多的婚礼花费。

 

The proposal, should it become law, would require families that shell out more than 500,000 rupees ($7500) on nuptials² to donate 10% of the money spent to a special government fund. The money raised would be used to help poorer families pay for their own weddings.

 

The bill would also authorize³ the government to "fix the limit of guests and relatives and number of dishes to be served" in order to prevent food wastage.

 

"In our country there are so many million people who don't have two meals to eat everyday, and even they have to get their children married," Ranjan said in an interview on Thursday.

 

The lawmaker did not elaborate on how wedding spending would be monitored. But one of her representatives said that "police and other officials" will enforce the rules.

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