MINISTER FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI MUKUL WASNIK)
(a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement in answer to parts (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 465 for
13.12.2010, by Shrimati Jayshreeben Patel, regarding ` Incentives for Inter-Caste Marriages`.
With a view to encourage inter-caste marriages, in which one spouse belongs to a Scheduled
Caste, Central assistance is provided to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations, for
payment of incentive to the couple. State Governments are provided 50% of their total
expenditure on this incentive, as Central assistance, while 100% assistance is provided to Union
Territory Administrations. The incentive amount is decided by the concerned State
Governments/Union Territory Administrations.
States/UT wise amount of incentive and central assistance released for this purpose,
during last three years and 2010-11(up to 9.12.2010) is given in the Annexure.