Government incentive for anti-child marriage crusaders
1 min read By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: In a step in direction of making Odisha baby marriage free by 2030, the State authorities has determined to reward whistle blowers and villages which have efficiently curbed the apply.
The authorities has determined to supply incentives to people and organisations who’ve labored in direction of eradicating the menace from the society apart from, baby marriage free villages on January 24, which is noticed because the National Girl Child Day.
The State authorities final 12 months had launched a Strategy Action Plan to finish the apply in all of the districts. Tt has been taking on varied measures in collaboration with neighborhood stage organisations in districts the place the kid marriage charge is above the nationwide common. Currently, baby marriage prevalence in Odisha is 21.3 per cent (computer) towards the nationwide common of 26.8 computer.
