Inter Cast Marriage in Karnal
Inter Cast Marriage in Karnal. Government’s idea of promoting intercaste marriage by offering monetary incentive to low income groups has worked wonders. The trend, initially considered a taboo, has now become a huge hit
Karnal stood first in the number of intercaste marriages registered in 2015-16. A total of 442 people belonging to the Scheduled Caste — 264 men and 178 women — got married outside their caste in that period.
The social welfare department released an incentive of `1.83 crore for them in the same period. While a man belonging to the SC gets `2 lakh as incentive, a woman belonging to SC receives `3 lakh.However, their annual income should be less than Rs 2 lakh to get the monetary benefit. Women in the age group of 18 to 40 and men between 21 to 45 years are eligible to avail the benefit from the government.
The government will release money in two installments. While 50 per cent of the amount will be given in the form of national savings certificates (NSC), the remaining will be given in cash. Beneficiaries should avail the facility within a year of their marriage.Inter Cast Marriage in Karnal.
Davanagere and Shivamogga districts came second and third respectively. While a total of 208 people got intercaste marriages in Davanagere district, Shivamogga, the door for Malnadregion, reported 185 such marriages.
Social welfare department joint director Urmila said: Karnal has the highest number of intercaste marriages because of exodus of people from other states. People from many communities stay in the city”.
Inter Cast Marriage in Karnal
Inter Cast Marriage in Karnal.The department will release incentive on the basis of list of caste announced in the state. Those whose caste has not been enlisted in the list the department has, their application will be forwarded to the union government for verification of the caste and they will take a call on it, she explained.
Chandigarh – The scheme to abolish caste consciousness, inter-caste marriages, proved to be mirage in the Punjab as the 925 couples have been waiting for incentive since last four years. Interestingly, the Punjab government has removed the name of such scheme from the list, welfare for SC/ST. There was 31 schemes mentioned in the list of agenda note, except inter-caste marriages, in the meeting of high power state-level vigilance and monitoring committee for SC/ST, which held on Friday in Chandigarh to review the welfare schemes for the SC/ST.
Inter Cast Marriage in Karnal.
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