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48-Hour Decree Brought After 3500 Women Deserted By NRI Husbands In Two Years
The worrying numbers coming from various Indian missions led the ministry to bring in a stringent law that would protect the rights of Indian women abroad.
Around 3,500 cases of distressed women being deserted by their NRI (Non-Resident Indian) husbands were received by various Indian missions abroad between 2015 and 2017. It was this that led to the promulgation of a law recently by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), according to which all NRI marriages solemnised in India have to be registered in India within 48 hours.