MUGU: Chhayanath Rara municipality of Mugu district has provided Rs 100 thousand as an incentive to an inter-caste couple.
The newlyweds who are provided incentives are Devi Krishna Kami, 25, of Charapgoan from Chhayanath Rara-10, and of Ranjita Budha, 24, of Libra from Soru rural municipality-4.
The 12th municipal assembly of the municipality had decided to provide monetary incentives to the inter-caste couple.
Municipality Mayor Bishnu Kumar Bham informed that they had taken the decision to provide incentives to the inter-caste couple in a bid to reduce caste discrimination.
He also suggested other local levels to follow suit.
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