CAIT estimates ₹4.25 trillion business from 23 days of Indian wedding season
1 year, 2 months ago

CAIT estimates ₹4.25 trillion business from 23 days of Indian wedding season

Live Mint  

The Confederation of All India Traders estimates a business worth ₹4.25 trillion in just 23 days of this year's Indian wedding season. In the period between November 23 and December 15, around 3.5 million weddings are expected to be held, as per a survey conducted by CAIT Research & Trade Development Society. In the comparable period last year, a total of around 3.2 million weddings were held, resulting in a business of ₹3.75 trillion, the report added, citing the survey. Among the total weddings, an estimated 50,000 will fall in the luxury category, with expenses of ₹1 crore or more, CAIT national president B C Bhartia and secretary general Praveen Khandelwal reportedly said.

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Wedding extravaganza: How to spend the right way
1 month ago

Wedding extravaganza: How to spend the right way

New Indian Express  

The mother of all wedding seasons is upon us. A report estimates that Delhi traders expect the wedding business to be worth R6,00,000 crore this season. The data on cumulative annual revenue receipts for the latest year suggest that this amount is three and a half times more than the money major municipalities like those in Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, Bengaluru, …

Traffic chaos awaits Delhiites as wedding season begins; 4.5 lakh marriages to be held in 3 weeks
1 month, 1 week ago

Traffic chaos awaits Delhiites as wedding season begins; 4.5 lakh marriages to be held in 3 weeks

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Sluggish traffic, road barricades for marriage processions, loud bangs of 'dhols' and DJs during commute, and parking headache awaits Delhiites as the wedding season kicked off on Tuesday. Traffic chaos awaits Delhiites as wedding season begins; 4.5 lakh marriages to be held in 3 weeks With around 4.5 lakh weddings expected to be held over the next three …

Big fat Indian wedding season: ₹1.5 lakh crore boost expected in Delhi-NCR; 48,000 weddings today on Dev Uthani Ekadashi
1 month, 1 week ago

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Live Mint  

Delhi-NCR is set for an extraordinary day today as an estimated 48,000 weddings are scheduled, marking the official start of the winter wedding season. According to wedding industry insiders, the surge is attributed to the day's religious significance, which is considered “abhuj” or auspicious, allowing couples to marry without special planetary consultations. Meanwhile, Virender Chawla of Chawla Band and Manoj …

Anant-Radhika and nine other big, fat Indian weddings
5 months, 1 week ago

Anant-Radhika and nine other big, fat Indian weddings

New Indian Express  

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Ambani Pre-Wedding Event Sets Example to 'Wed in India', PM's Bid to Boost Trillion-Rupee Industry on Indian Soil
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Ambani Pre-Wedding Event Sets Example to 'Wed in India', PM's Bid to Boost Trillion-Rupee Industry on Indian Soil

News 18  

India hosts 25% of global weddings, indicating that it is a destination for one in four weddings in the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while promoting ‘Wed in India’ in his monthly radio programme, Mann Ki Baat, said that he was troubled by the trend of some “big families” organising weddings abroad, and he urged people to organise such events …

The bigger, fatter Indian wedding
1 year ago

The bigger, fatter Indian wedding

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : A glitzy upper-crust wedding this week at a sprawling Delhi farmhouse–one of about 400,000 taking place in the capital this matrimonial season–is being attended by the who’s who in the city. Mukta Kapoor, the planner for this mega-budget event, said the wedding business has never been better, with more than 3 million weddings taking place around the …

Memes Take Over Internet As Desis Prepare For 35 Lakh Weddings In 3 Weeks
1 year ago

Memes Take Over Internet As Desis Prepare For 35 Lakh Weddings In 3 Weeks

News 18  

As the holiday season approaches, India is buckled up for its much anticipated grand celebration, the wedding season. Projections for 2023 indicate a boost in the wedding industry, which is set to collect over Rs 4.25 lakh crore as 35 lakh weddings are planned this year. 35 lakh weddings in India in next 23 daysSingles : pic.twitter.com/yIVkley4gh — SwatKat November …

How young Indian couples budget for their weddings
2 years ago

How young Indian couples budget for their weddings

Live Mint  

Marriages are made in heaven, so goes the saying. Budgeting for the big day Malad-resident Shaili Shah says her sister Devanshi Vakil’s wedding preparations kept her very busy. This gave us some idea about the costs, and we added an inflation rate to arrive at the budget for my sister’s wedding," says Shah. The families of the bride and the …

Diwali festive sale breaks 10-year record at Rs 1.25 trillion: CAIT
3 years, 1 month ago

Diwali festive sale breaks 10-year record at Rs 1.25 trillion: CAIT

News 18  

After a year of mellow Diwali celebrations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, revellers thronged markets for festival purchases this year, helping generate business worth Rs 1.25 trillion. According to the Confederation of All India Traders, this trade figure broke the past 10 year’s sale record on Diwali, Business Standard reported. The trader’s body that represents nearly 70 million traders, said …

How Covid-19 impacted India’s big fat wedding industry
4 years, 2 months ago

How Covid-19 impacted India’s big fat wedding industry

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Over six months after the novel coronavirus brought India to a halt, uncertainty looms over several industries' future as many are left unemployed and without business. As winter approaches, the wedding industry looks at a vague future despite relaxations in form of the graded reopening of the COVID-19 induced lockdown. The Indian wedding industry, one of the first …

Wedding in the times of Corona
4 years, 3 months ago

Wedding in the times of Corona

Hindustan Times  

Covid-19 trimmed down the big fat Indian weddings to low-key personal events, held under strict safety precautions. Planners say they’re getting a large number of requests to organise destination weddings. Many feel it’s safer for guests to stay together at a preferred destination While total number of confirmed cases in Delhi stands at over 193K, states of Rajasthan and Himachal …

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