Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) has urged the government to sanction and release ₹5 lakh for brides marrying boys engaged in agriculture, in a bid to encourage such matrimonial alliances.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, December 5, the KRRS president Badagalpura Nagendra said that there was a steep decline among girls marrying youth who are farmers and this was an emerging social issue towards which the government is yet to pay any attention.
If the trend continues unabated, there will be a situation wherein there will be no farmer families to take forward agricultural practices and this in turn will result in food insecurity, said Mr. Nagendra.
