Haryana govt proposes ‘Right to Bride’ bill because of poor sex ratio



“FSB has given the food grain to the household but if there is no woman to cook, the purpose of the bill would not be served. It is in order to complete the loop of hunger alleviation that we drafted this bill. It supplements the Right to Food Bill and is called FBS (Foreign Bride Scheme) on the lines of FSB.” were the opening remarks of Chief Minister of Haryana, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, while announcing the ‘Right to Bride Bill’.
“Our young vice president has guided us towards motivating the youth of the country to take over the reins of nation and this is one important step towards achieving his dreams.”  Mr. Hooda added while looking indulgently at his son and Member of Parliament,  Deepender Hooda.
Giving details of the scheme, he said, “Under the scheme, the government will take the responsibility of arranging brides for all the young men between 16 and 60. These brides would be sourced from countries having negative human sex ratio (More females than males). The delegations of MLAs and ministers would be sent to different countries to conduct road shows and meet the leaders of society.  We were inspired by Finance Minister’s visit to US trying to attract foreign investors while the local one’s were running away and this scheme has been drawn on similar lines.”
Responding to a question on reaction of Khaps to this bill, Mr. Hooda said, “The Khaps have been unnecessarily castigated as being mediaeval and feudal and what not. They have not only welcomed this progressive legislation but have also given some constructive suggestions to improve it.  One of the suggestions given by Khaps and under active consideration by the government is on reserving a particular country for a specific caste in order to retain the social hierarchy of the communities. So while brides from Austria would be reserved for certain castes, other castes would be allotted Somalia and Ethiopia.”
He was happy to respond to questions on cultural and ethnic differences the future brides would need to surmount in order to get accepted in the typical Haryanavi household and declared, ”We have planned for training programs for the potential brides which would include buffalo maintenance, dung cake production, hukka upkeep in addition to standard skills of cooking, washing, cleaning & working in the fields. There would also be optional programs on ‘how to avoid/survive molestation’ etc.”
To another question on wisdom of spending foreign exchange on such schemes in current economic environment, he responded, “This scheme is actually foreign exchange accretive. The brides will bring dowry in dollars thus contributing to foreign exchange reserves. Further, when our boys visit their in-laws, they would also get Neg which will be recurring dollar income for the country.”
“The skewed sex ratio has resulted in finding a bride becoming a bigger problem the youth of  Haryana  are facing. With introduction of this scheme over 3 lakh bachelors of Haryana would be able to contribute to Bharat Nirman,” he concluded.

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