Goa government has decided to come up with a policy to make premarital counselling mandatory
Panaji:
Citing rise in the number of divorce cases, the Goa government has decided to come up with a policy to make premarital counselling mandatory.
State Law Minister Nilesh Cabral recently said the state government s Goa Institute of Public Administration and Rural Development (GIPARD) will finalise the counselling course and its format. We are coming up with a new policy to make premarital counselling mandatory in the state. We may also rope in religious institutions for the same, he said.
The decision was taken following a rise in divorce cases reported in Goa, he said.