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Women Don't Need To Change Their Names in Passport after Marriage Anymore, Announces PM

April 14, 2017


Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently announced that women are free to retain their maiden names in their passports now after their marriage. & quot From now onwards, women will not have to change their names in the passport after their marriage,& quot Modi told a gathering of the Indian Merchants Chambers' ladies wing. The government wants the woman of the house to be the priority in all of its development schemes, he added. The Prime Minister further stated that maternity leave for the women has been extended now to 26 weeks from the present 12 weeks while another scheme provides for the transfer of Rs 6,000 to women, who chose to deliver in hospitals. On the free cooking gas distribution project launched last year under the Ujjwala scheme, Modi said, & quot The government has set a target of covering as many as 5 crore people from BPL families over the next two years. Within a year of its launch, the scheme has already benefited 2 crore women.& quot Praising women for their entrepreneurial spirit, Modi said wherever women are given an opportunity they have proved that they are two steps ahead of the men.

OUR TAKE

In order to streamline, liberalize and ease the process of issue of passport, the Ministry of External Affairs has taken a number of steps in the realm of passport policy which will benefit the citizens of India applying for a passport. The decision of the Ministry is extremely welcome as it will give women the liberty to retain their maiden name in passports.

 

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