Bihar Govt Paperwork 'Venture Pressure' To Save You, Get Rid Of Child Marriages; Led By Means Of leader Secretary
The bihar government has determined to represent a state-level 'assignment force' headed by the chief secretary to screen action taken by using authorities to prevent and eradicate infant marriages in the state.
In keeping with the countrywide Circle of Relatives health Survey (NFHS)-5, bihar has the second-highest charge of infant marriage inside the United States, following West Bengal.
The report stated forty-eight percent of girls inside the country get married before turning 18. But only 19 instances were registered underneath the provisions of the Prohibition of Infant marriage Act (PCMA) between 2020 and 2024.
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"We are running on a centered intervention to cut down child marriage in groups and geographical regions with a better incidence of the practice. The bihar government has determined to constitute a state-stage 'venture pressure' to monitor the movements taken by means of government to save you and eliminate baby marriages in the kingdom," leader secretary Amrit Lal meena instructed PTI on Saturday.
Police and other corporations were told to successfully take care of cases related to the PCMA and take strict action against those involved in such illegal practices, he added.
"The project force will regularly screen the actions taken in this regard," he stated.
The state authorities are implementing a multipronged approach to combat toddler marriage, which incorporates stricter enforcement of the law, empowering ladies via schooling, and raising focus through JEEViKA (the country-level girls's socio-economic empowerment program), he stated.
Moreover, the government has brought a 35% line with cent reservation for ladies in authorities jobs and 50% in step with cent reservation in any respect stages in panchayati Raj establishments (PRI) and urban nearby bodies (ULB), the chief secretary delivered.
"Financial empowerment and girls' schooling are key pillars of our method to reduce infant marriage. The status quo of excessive colleges in all gram panchayats and the budget statement for putting in diploma schools in every block will substantially contribute to reducing child marriages. We are also in the process of making a separate cadre of officers to prevent and manage toddler marriage instances. Those officials, appointed at sub-department and district levels, might be called 'child marriage protection officials,'" meena added.
Echoing a similar view, Harjot Kaur Bamhrah, additional chief secretary of the social welfare branch and chairman-cum-dealing with director of the Ladies and Baby Development Employer (WCDC), informed PTI, "Underneath the leadership of leader minister Nitish Kumar, the national government is taking numerous tasks to save you from toddler marriage and empower women. These tasks encompass the introduction of a country-degree mission force and a separate cadre of officials dedicated to addressing infant marriage instances." She added that special tips are being framed to ensure effective coordination between the unique Juvenile police Unit (SJPU) and toddler marriage Prohibition officials (CMPO) to tackle infant marriages in the country.
"The mixing of legal enforcement with network-based recognition programs is important to stopping toddler marriages in bihar," Bamhrah emphasized.
Speaking to PTI, Jehanabad district Justice of the Peace Alankrita Pandey said, "Essential measures are being taken to prevent child marriages within the district. We're first figuring out wallets at risk of baby marriages in Jehanabad and tasty neighborhood communities to save you. As a part of our network engagement tasks, we regularly organize consciousness camps in rural regions to tell people about the consequences of baby marriage and its grave impact on the fitness of both baby brides and their children." Further, Rohtas district magistrate Udita Singh instructed PTI, "As part of the Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign, the district management organizes interactive conferences with female college students (of sophistication 9) in government colleges every saturday on the block and panchayat degrees. All through these meetings, we educate them approximately on the effects of child marriage. Moreover, we have added an incentive program for informers who file cases of underage marriage to the authorities. If the statistics provided are demonstrated to be true, the informer will obtain a cash reward of up to Rs 5,000."
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