The 'Arundhati Swarna Yojana' launched by the Government of Assam aims to:
- Aencourage grooms to marry Assamese brides.
- Bencourage brides to register their marriage.
- Cencourage brides to buy gold
- Dencourage families to marry off their girl child after 18 years of age.
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
The Arundhati Swarna Yojana provides financial assistance up to a certain limit to purchase (one tola) of gold for brides belonging to economically weaker families. A key prerequisite requirement of the scheme is that the marriage must be legally registered under the Special Marriage Act, thereby incentivizing formal registration and reducing child marriages.