Triple Talaq victims to get Pension

Assam, May 05: The Assam State govt has decided to provide the pension for Muslim women, who were the victims of 'Triple Talaq', which was announced by the state minister for health and education Himanta Biswa Sarma here on Thursday.

While coming to details, The state government in a bid to make those women as self-reliant and also will be providing skill development training along with the pension.

Minister Sarma said that, "The skill development training will be imparted to all women divorcees so that they acquire gainful employment.But for Muslim women divorcees, we have proposed special support by providing pension during the training period. This is because unlike other women divorcees, their Muslim counterparts do not get any alimony or support from the former husband".

The proposal for providing pension to Muslim women divorcees has been recommended in the revised draft population policy, which has been renamed as 'draft population and women empowerment policy of Assam.' The draft policy will be placed in the assembly session in August this year, Sarma added.

The objective of the proposed policy is to arrest the population growth in the state through socio-economic and medical interventions.