Bhubaneswar: The issue of child brides in Hyderabad is a very heavily running and extremely serious crime which has plagued the city as well as the country for decades. The major factors behind this notorious atrocity are still in practice very common such as financial and social inequalities, gender-related mindsets, misogyny and poverty. Despite the…
Bhubaneswar: Marriage is considered a pious institution in India. Now the central government has presented a bill in the Parliament – regarding the increase of age at marriage for girls from 18 to 21. The age at marriage for the boys was already 21 before, so it is kept unchanged. After the independence, the age…
Bhubaneswar: Girl child marriage in Nayagarh district in Odisha is extensively rising as the number of girls in this district are less as compared to boys. Once upon a time Nayagarh district was the centre point of discussion across the county due to a consistent female foeticide cases. Though the government has taken many different…
Bhubaneswar: The government of Odisha has taken another step to prevent child marriages in the state. The government has doubled the monetary incentive for doing ‘late marriage’ of the children. It has been raised to Rs 20,000 from 10, 000, which was earlier raised in 2020 for the second time from 2, 000 rupees. This…
