Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)

Bengaluru, Jan 6: Taking into consideration the fact that more and more girls are showing disinclination to marry Hindu priests, the government has planned to announce a scheme of rewarding the girls agreeing for such marriages. The scheme will be set into motion on Wednesday January 6 by the chief minister.

Under the scheme, girls marrying the priests will receive bonds amounting to Rs three lac from Brahmin Development Board. The scheme is named 'Maitri'.

The beneficiaries will be eligible to encash the bond at the end of three years.

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This information was given by the state Brahmin Development Board chairman, S H Sachidananda. He said that for the first time, bonds of Rs three lac would be issued to brides under the 'Maitri' scheme. He said that most of the priests and those involved with the profession of performing religious rituals have remained unmarried as the girls are dithering from marrying them.

He said that in the same way, the board will be granting Rs 25,000 as financial assistance for the marriage of poor girls, and financial assistance for borewell and owning of tractor and undertaking dairying activity to families owning less than five acres of land.