Account officer at the Office, Bhishma Dahal, said that the incentive amount was provided to the couples after opening a joint bank account of the couple entered into an inter-caste marriage. As many as 10 inter-caste married couples had filed application at the office for the incentive amount in the fiscal year 2012/13 and five couples in the fiscal year 2013/14, he added.
The government had in the fiscal year 2010/11 decided to provide incentive amount to remove caste discrimination between Dalit and non-Dalit from the society. A total of 50 such couples have received the incentive amount in the district so far.
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