Registration of NRI marriages will be compulsory

In the first meeting of integrated Nodal Agency decided that Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) will launch a website to post summons issued against absconding husbands.

WCD Minister Maneka Gandhi

WCD Minister Maneka Gandhi Source: Women and Child Development Ministry, Government of India.

women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi chaired the first meeting of the Integrated Nodal Agency (INA) on Wednesday.


The first meeting of the Integrated Nodal Agency (INA) was held on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi.

INA is the inter-ministerial body to probe all issues faced by women in NRI (Non-Resident Indian) marriages.

With the rising number of complaints into NRI marriages, Indian Law Ministry will make registration of NRI marriages compulsory. All the required process to do amendments will be done soon.

Ministry of Law and Justice adviced INA on the legal aspects, and as per that advice, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is going to launch a website where the summons against absconding husbands will be posted.
As per the National Commission for Women (NCW), INA formally accessed the request to cancel the passport in 10 cases.

 

 


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