Web Portal To Support Women Deserted By NRI Husbands To Be Launched Soon  

New Delhi: A web portal will soon be launched by the government aiming to help women deserted by NRI husbands. The decision was taken last week by a three-member committee comprising officials of the ministry of women and child development, the ministry of external affairs and the ministry of home affairs.

The portal will help women who have been abandoned by men abroad and are struggling to get a divorce or seeking maintenance from them and their children. The portal will act as a single-point redressal system where women can voice their grievances and seek help from the civil society groups.

As per data available with the government, 275 complaints of fraudulent marriage have been reported at 12 Indian Missions abroad from 2011-12 to 2014-15. The National Commission for Women (NCW), however, says that the problem of such fraudulent marriages is much larger in scale than it seems with thousands of women falling prey to such alliances every year.

The MEA had recently issued a guidance booklet - Marriages to Overseas Indians - which contains information on safeguards available to women deserted by their NRI spouses, legal remedies available, authorities that can be approached for redressal of grievances and non-governmental organizations which can provide assistance.