GUWAHATI: Bengali Hindu brides and grooms in Assam who choose to get married to Assamese Hindu partners are likely to receive around Rs 40,000 each as financial assistance under a scheme proposed by the state Linguistic Minority Development Board “to strengthen the bond between the two communities”, as per reports.
Board chairman Alok Kumar Ghose told TOI, “Couples in inter-community marriages are often deprived of property rights, besides facing a social boycott. We intend to assist such couples in setting up shops, beauty salons and also in farming.”
“The proposal was submitted to the state government two days ago,” he added. A website is already being designed for Bengali-Assamese Hindu couples to register their details online.
(With inputs from TOI)
