Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Our govts failures

India slips to 114th place in global gender gap ranking: WEF

The biggest reason why the girl child is not preferred is the Dowry system. And for over 60 years we have not done anything to stop this menace.

As PM I intend to ensure that the practice is banned, in every form. And the punishment would be significantly harsher to ensure that people do not indulge in it. To ensure greater reporting, cash awards will be handed to informers. And besides jail time, fines will be imposed on the groom, which would include the entire sum that was demanded by them.
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