March 23, 2022
Pratima Mondal’s Zero Hour notice on women in India abandoned by their non-resident Indian husbands
Madam, there are more than 40,000 women in India who have been abandoned by their non-resident Indian
husbands. In more than 50 per cent of the cases, women are also harassed by their husbands’ families. The National Commission for Women received 2,846 complaints from women who had been abandoned between 2017 and 2021. The Standing Committee also noted that there are 5,298 complaints related to NRI marital grievances. According to the provisions of the Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indians Bill, 2019, every NRI who marries an Indian or another NRI will have to register the marriage within 30 days. In case the person fails to do so, the passport authority may seize his passport.
Thus, I would request the Minister of External Affairs, through you,
Madam, to make sure that the Bill is brought in the Upper House at the earliest,
and turned into a full-fledged law.
