"We decided to get married without much grandeur by offering just tea and water to guests," said Daksha, the bride. But believe it or not, the central government's demonetization announcement led a cash crunch hit couple in Surat to get married for just Rs 500. The bride said they were initially tense after Modi made the demonetization announcement as their wedding date was already fixed, but then the families decided to go ahead with the wedding. #Demonetisation effect: A couple got married in just Rs 500 in Surat (Gujarat) as cash crunch hits their wedding budget pic.twitter.com/jC9wuMsQWR — ANI (@ANI_news) November 25, 2016"We were initially tense after Modiji made the demonetization announcement as our wedding date was fixed. Earlier, the drawee had to declare all payments he had to make out of the Rs 2.5 lakh withdrawal from the account.

Source: dna November 26, 2016 04:55 UTC