PM Modi-led government offers Rs 2.5 lakh for inter-caste marriage with Dalit
PM Modi-led government offers Rs 2.5 lakh for inter-caste marriage with Dalit
According To The New Directives Inter-caste Couples Have To Apply Within A Year Of Their Marriage And It Should Be Their First One.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Deepak Mahato | Updated on: 06 Dec 2017, 07:02:31 PM
New Delhi :
Narendra Modi-led Central government has taken an extra mile to promote ‘socially bold’ step of inter-caste marriages with Dalits by flexing the rules to become eligible for financial incentive.
The NDA government has removed the income cap of Rs 5 lakh per annum for recently married inter-caste couples to avail cash incentive as per ‘Dr Ambedkar scheme for social integration through inter-caste marriage.’
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The recent announcement by the Karnataka government to adopt two schemes to brighten the matrimonial prospects of the poor from the Brahmin community raises several fundamental questions about the social character of the state. One of the editorials in this issue of EPW has already expressed some of the most pertinent concerns in this regard. Following from the editorial, let us take the argument a little further and ask some more relevant questions in regard to the schemes under reference. Ideally speaking, if marriages are personal or private affairs, should the state interfere in such matters? If yes, what are the normative grounds on which such partisan initiatives can be justified? As a preface to these two questions, an equally important question needs to be raised here. Is the state inherently partisan? If not, what are the sociopolitical conditions that “motivate” the state to step into the domain which is personal or private.
Updated Jan 03, 2021 | 08:32 IST
A 23-year-old man was murdered on Friday allegedly by his brother-in-law and his relative in Panipat city of Haryana. Man stabbed to death in Haryana over inter-caste marriage [Representative image] | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Key Highlights
In November 2020, the now-deceased man, who resided in Wadhwa Ram colony of Panipat, married a neighbourhood woman against the wishes of her family.
On Friday night, he was stabbed to death in the market area of Bhavna chowk in the city.
This comes after a couple was shot dead in Rohtak on Wednesday.
Haryana: In a suspected case of honour killing, a 23-year-old man was murdered allegedly by his brother-in-law and a relative of the latter in Panipat city of Haryana on Friday night. This is the second such case reported from the state in three days.
Honour killing: Man Stabbed To Death In Panipat, Haryana Jan 03, 2021, 13:24 IST
PANIPAT: In another shocking case of Honor Killing, a 23 year-old man was stabbed to death in Panipat Market, Haryana. The incident took place on Friday night, where the man was stabbed by his own brother-in-law.
The victim Neeraj, recently married a woman from a different caste. His wife Komal’s family was unhappy with the match. This resulted in Komal’s brother and one of the relatives to attack Neeraj in the Bhavna chowk market. The CCTV cameras recorded the entire incident. It can be seen that Neeraj was stabbed multiple times.