Speaking about the number of child marriage cases that were reported over the last few years, Geetha Jeevan, the Minister for Social Welfare and Women Empowerment said that strict action will be taken against perpetrators. She has told this in a press meet when she had been inspecting the facilities available in the government children’s hospital in Thoothukudi.
She said to the press, “the state granted incentive given to kids who lost both parents to COVID has been well received by the general public. The state has granted 5 lakh trust fund for or these kids and a monthly incentive of ₹3000 to aid their education.”
Commenting about the increase in child marriage cases, Geetha said that child marriages have been on the rise in Tamil Nadu for the past 10 years and steps have been taken to set up panchayat level committees to curb such marriages. She also said that steps were being taken to strengthen the separate unit in the police to take action against those who conduct child marriages.
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