April 20 (Bloomberg) - Indian parties planning lavish marriage may face pressure to slim down their menus, which the Government considers curb celebrations which highlight a growing gap between rich and poor.
Minister of food K.V. Thomas said on April 18 that a panel will consider limiting the number of guests who can be invited to weddings and other social events, and the dishes that they can be served. Neighbors Pakistan restricts such revellers to a plate of food, he said, something India might emulate.While the Indian Government reacted after the food price boom began the popularity of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, leading to nationwide protests, wedding planners and political experts, said that the proposals would be impossible to enforce and fail to resolve the first cause of Indemaison food insecurity in 42% of children malnourished in the world, according to the International Food Policy Research Institute. "It is absolutely ridiculous, that it is a reactionary thought poorly across, populist measure which I think is implementable, said Ashish Abrol, a former manager of richness of Deutsche Bank AG and employee of International Business Machines Corp., which has begun wedding planning firm Big Indian marriage last year.9 Percent consumer price inflation is highest in the Group of 20 nations after the Argentina and the Russia. Thomas said up to 30% of food is wasted at the wedding in India. Approximately 40% of fruit and vegetables from the India rot before they can be sold because of a lack of refrigeration facilities and poor transport infrastructure, according to government figures.Wal-Mart, Carrefour "To think that this will have an impact on the food crisis is completely stupid," Biraj Patnaik, an activist for the securing of the rights of the food for the poor and an advisor to the Supreme Court, said of the plan of Thomas by telephone yesterday.Foreign retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Carrefour SA, prohibited to sell products directly to Indian consumers, say that they can improve the quality of the supply chain, if restrictions are relaxed.Regional political parties within the coalition in power of Singh to oppose such a move, saying it would be a threat to the livelihoods of millions of small traders and depreciate the value of the income of farmers. The India ranked 67 of 84 nations, below in Rwanda, the Zimbabwe and Pakistan, food, Global Index political Institute hunger compiled last year.Marriages of Indian middle class are renowned for their over indulgence and growing prosperity in the country, fuelled by economic expansion which can reach 9.25% this fiscal year, led to still more extravagant celebrations.Helicopter GiftKanwar Singh Tanwar, a businessman and a member of the Party of Congress Singh invited about 30 000 people to celebrate the marriage of his son to the daughter of a politician colleague, the Indian Express reported in the sons of March.Tanwar received a helicopter Bell 429 of her parents in law and the reception was more than 500 outlets serving food, said the newspaper. Responding to criticism the marriage was excessive, Tanwar said that the celebration is a case of "simple", said the Express.Prakash Javadekar, a spokesman for the main opposition of the India Bharatiya Janata Party, promised to support plans for the Government to crack down on excessive spending on marriage, which, said, risk increasing social unrest in a country where many people are hungry. "" Sumptuous parties create a gap between the rich and the poor, "said Javadekar, who sits in the upper House of the Parliament of the Rajya Sabha. "We need more simple Weddings".Food SubsidiesIn India, approximately 80% of the population control only 30% of the wealth of the nation, a 2006 study by the University of Western Ontario, Canada. Singh Government spend approximately $ 13.6 billion this fiscal year on subsidies for food for the poor.Thomas, said the Panel will consider measures to contain the parties will meet in the middle of May and then discuss the issue with representatives of the Government of the State in June. Its members were not yet appointed, he said.The inflation of food prices on average 16 percent last year after the late arrival of the rains caused a disturbance in the supply of fruit and vegetables, including onions, an essential reference in the local cuisine. Price of milk, eggs and meat have also gained as rising incomes stimulate consumer demand.Then Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in 1997 borders imposed on the amount of food that could be used during the wedding as part of austerity measures. Brother Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, imposed the edges similar in the province of Punjab in Pakistan when he was elected Prime Minister in 2008.Curry, RiceHosts can be used as a curry, rice and sweet dish according to Siddiq-ul Farooq, a spokesman of the Muslim League in Pakistan of the Sharifs. "Parties must end about 11 p.m.," "this law works in Punjab and of people benefit from this, Farooq said by telephone from Islamabad." "" The poor now have a very good reason to avoid overruns on these occasions. In the past, they were forced to follow the rich under social pressure. "President of the Congress Sonia Gandhi called periodically party colleagues to avoid displays of wealth, including tell them officials to fly economy class, reduce bills telephone and their use of vehicles provided by the Government.-With the help of Haris Anwar is Islamabad, Bibhudatta Pradhan and Unni Krishnan in New Delhi. Editors: Mark Williams, Dave Merritt
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