Kumaraswamy, chairman, Karnataka Legislative Committee on SC/ST Welfare, on Friday said the committee will recommend to the government to provide reservation in government jobs to inter-caste marriage couples. The committee will also recommend to the government to increase the subsidy for inter-caste marriages from ₹10,000 to ₹25,000, he announced. Mr. Kumaraswamy appreciated the steps taken by the Mysuru district administration which conducted 758 inter-caste marriages in a span of three years. The committee members told the authorities to encourage mass and simple marriages and release subsidy to couples immediately after marriages under the ‘Adarsha Vivaha’ scheme. Kumaraswamy asked the departments to take the help of NGOs in checking child marriages among tribals communities as done in H.D.

Source: The Hindu June 14, 2019 19:38 UTC