Pre-marital counselling launched at 178 Santwana Kendras in Karnataka
The Karnataka government has launched a pre-marital counselling program called 'Kudi Balona' across 178 Santwana Kendras. The initiative aims to provide young couples with life skills, financial planning, and emotional readiness before marriage.
Why it matters
This state-led social intervention reflects an effort to address rising family disputes and promote social stability through institutionalized guidance.
For the first time, the Department of Women and Child Development, in collaboration with the National Commission for Women and the State Commission for Women, has introduced a pre-marital counselling programme, ‘Kudi Balona’, for young men and women preparing to get married.
An MoU was signed between the government and the commissions to implement this programme.
The programme has been introduced across 178 Santwana Kendras in the State. The pre-marital counseling sessions aim to promote values like sharing, caring, respect, and responsibility.
Shalini Rajneesh, Chief Secretary, who launched the programme on Monday, said, “In today’s rapidly changing social environment, it is essential to develop emotional readiness, mutual respect, and positive communication among young people before marriage. In this regard, Pre-Marital Communication Centres’ (PMCC) are being set up.”
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