- KR Bharat
- 2025-09-23
Maharashtra has the highest number of millionaire households in India, with 178,600, primarily due to concentrated wealth in its finance and industry sectors.
Over a third of the Indian rich prefer not to drink alcohol, a survey released on Thursday said.
The survey of 150 Indians having over Rs 8.5 crore of net worth individually had 34 per cent of respondents stating that they do not drink alcohol at all.
Whiskey came close second with 32 per cent of the respondents preferring it, followed by red wine at 11 per cent and champagne at 9 per cent.
The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) has emerged as the favourite mode of payments for the rich people in India, trumping cash and cards by a wide margin, as per the Mercedes-Benz Hurun India Luxury Consumer Survey 2025.
