Shillong, Nov 11: The state government has come up with SOPs to check early marriages in the state.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, advisor to social welfare department said, “As far as the plan of action of the government is concerned, today we are in a position, we have already submitted our proposed standard operating procedures (SOPs) whereby the various implications of POCSO and the fact that there is rampant premature marriages of adolescents and minors, how do we work out a balance between what is being practiced and what the law of the land says, how do we come up with balancing act between the two,” Lyngdoh said.
“We have submitted our SOPs,and it is now lying with the advocate general of the state to give his final opinion”, he added.
