To Discourage Dowry, UP Brings Mass Marriage Policy

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New Delhi:Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that government has come up with a mass marriage policy for poor girls to discourage the practice of dowry. He said that under the scheme financial assistance of Rs 35,000 will be given at each wedding. 

Chief Minister also said that a rehabilitation centre will come up in Gorakhpur's BRD Hospital campus for the disabled. He said that at least 100 disabled persons each in the state's 80 parliamentary constituencies will be provided motorised tricycles.

Chief Minister was speaking at a programme to distribute tricycles and other assisting devices to 4,115 differently-abled persons in Gorakhpur today. Union Social Justice and Empowerment minister Thawar Chand Gehlot was also present on the occasion.

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