The Goa government has decided to develop a policy to make pre-marital counseling compulsory in the state and to increase the number of divorce cases.
Premarital counseling has been made compulsory in Goa (image used for illustration)
Citing an increase in the number of divorce cases, the Goa government has decided to develop a policy making pre-marital counseling mandatory.
State Law Minister Nilesh Cabral said Monday the state government’s Goa Institute for Public Administration and Rural Development (GIPARD) would complete the advisory course and format.
“We are developing a new policy to make premarital counseling mandatory in the state. We could also win religious institutions for it,” he said.
The decision was made after a surge in divorce cases reported in Goa, he said.
“Many divorces take place within six months to a year of marriage. For political reasons, we believed that premarital counseling should be mandatory in order to raise awareness among couples,” said Cabral.
While the minister said he had no data on the exact number of divorce cases reported each month, he claimed the number had been increasing lately.
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